Featured Publications

Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association

This article examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical period after World War II.

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Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

This policy brief by Alyce Adams and Mateen Ghassemi examines the financial burden experienced by cancer patients and their families, impacting around half of cancer survivors.

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International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Stanford Health Policy’s Maria Polyakova, PhD, and colleagues set out to measure how much doctors earn and, crucially, where their incomes fall within the overall income rankings of four wealthy countries: the US, Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands

NBER Paper

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

New research by SIEPR and SHP scholars Adrienne Sabety and Maya Rossin-Slater shows how early exposure to public preschool benefits low-income children with behavioral and developmental conditions.

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Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

A Study by Eran Bendavid in The Lancet Global Health finds the number of violent deaths in the Gaza Strip in the first year of the conflict with Israel was underreported

The Lancet Global Health Study

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

SHP's Michelle Mello argues there are late-career physician programs that can balance patient safety with procedural fairness.

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Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

SHP’s Michelle Mello and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky offer recommendations to clinicians struggling to follow new vaccine guidelines.

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Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

SHP researchers and colleagues at the California Correctional Health Care Services find that COVID-19 is associated with significant increases in hypertension incidence in the large, racially and ethnically diverse prison population.

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When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

In this Health Affairs study, Stanford researchers examine the promises of efficiency and risks of supercharged flaws in the race to use artificial intelligence in health care.

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Journal Articles

Characteristics and direct costs of academic pediatric subspecialty outpatient no-show events

Journal of Healthcare Quality, 2014

Working Papers

Will Divestment from Employment-Based Health Insurance Save Employers Money? The Case of State and Local Governments

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 2014

Journal Articles

Care Coordination Atlas Version 4 (Prepared by Stanford University under subcontract to American Institutes for Research on Contract No. HHSA290-2010-00005I)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014

Journal Articles

What is Care Coordination?

International Journal of Coordination Care, 2014

Journal Articles

Infrastructure and contamination of the physical environment in three Bangladeshi hospitals: putting infection control into context

PLoS One, 2014

Journal Articles

Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Measuring Fecal Calprotectin in Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adults and Children

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2014

Journal Articles

Impact of Including Readmissions for Qualifying Events in the Patient Safety Indicators

American Journal of Medical Quality, 2014

Journal Articles

The life cycle of bare branch families-A simulation study

Canadian Studies in Population, 2013

Journal Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Helicopter Versus Ground Emergency Medical Services for Trauma Scene Transport in the United States

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2013

Journal Articles

Evaluating the State of Quality-Improvement Science through Evidence Synthesis: Insights from the Closing the Quality Gap Series

Perm J, 2013

Journal Articles

Through the Quality Kaleidoscope: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Improving Health Care Quality in Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science. Methods Research Report.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2013

Journal Articles

Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association

Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

Characteristics and direct costs of academic pediatric subspecialty outpatient no-show events

Will Divestment from Employment-Based Health Insurance Save Employers Money? The Case of State and Local Governments

Care Coordination Atlas Version 4 (Prepared by Stanford University under subcontract to American Institutes for Research on Contract No. HHSA290-2010-00005I)

What is Care Coordination?

Infrastructure and contamination of the physical environment in three Bangladeshi hospitals: putting infection control into context

Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Measuring Fecal Calprotectin in Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adults and Children

Impact of Including Readmissions for Qualifying Events in the Patient Safety Indicators

The life cycle of bare branch families-A simulation study

Cost-Effectiveness of Helicopter Versus Ground Emergency Medical Services for Trauma Scene Transport in the United States

Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science. Summary Report

Stochastic Frontiers using STATA

Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes Under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor

A systematic review of the care coordination measurement landscape

The determinants of drug compliance: evidence based on a quantile regression approach

Evaluating the State of Quality-Improvement Science through Evidence Synthesis: Insights from the Closing the Quality Gap Series

Choosing a Physician Depends on How You Want to Feel: The Role of Ideal Affect in Health-Related Decision Making

Energy and resource efficiency as a unifying principle for human, environmental and global health

The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis

Through the Quality Kaleidoscope: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Improving Health Care Quality in Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science. Methods Research Report.

Impact of the Chiranjeevi Yojana Program on Institutional Deliveries and Birth Outcomes in Gujarat, India

Limitations of using same-hospital readmission metrics

Leveraging Information Technology to Improve Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Automating Quality Review For Heart Failure Through a Performance Measurement System

Disability and chronic disease among older adults in India: detecting vulnerable populations through the WHO SAGE Study

Learning about New Technologies through Social Networks: Experimental Evidence on Non-Traditional Stoves in Bangladesh