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

Risk Factors for Unplanned Transfer to Intensive Care Within 24 Hours of Admission From the Emergency Department in an Integrated Healthcare System

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2012

Journal Articles

Cost-effectiveness of early colectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastamosis versus standard medical therapy in severe ulcerative colitis.

Ann Surg, 2012

Journal Articles

Demand for elderly care and construction of an elderly care system in China: effects of aging population and one-child policy

Population Journal, 2012

Journal Articles

A Proposed Framework for Understanding the Forces Behind the Legislation of Universal Health Insurance- Lessons from Ten Countries

Health Services Research, 2011

Journal Articles

Demographic consequences of gender discrimination in China: simulation analysis of policy options

Population Research and Policy Review, 2011

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

Risk Factors for Unplanned Transfer to Intensive Care Within 24 Hours of Admission From the Emergency Department in an Integrated Healthcare System

Helicopter vs ground transportation for patients with trauma.

RESPECT-PTSD: Re-Engineering Systems for the Primary Care Treatment of PTSD, a randomized controlled trial

Characteristics of U.S. Emergency Departments That Offer Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening.

Cost-effectiveness of early colectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastamosis versus standard medical therapy in severe ulcerative colitis.

Epidemiology of henipavirus disease in humans

Low demand for nontraditional cookstove technologies

The New Demographic Transition: Most Gains in Life Expectancy Now Realized Late in Life

Diabetes, Its Treatment, and Catastrophic Medical Spending in 35 Developing Countries

Community hospital admission from the emergency department by persons with substance use disorders

Clinical applicability of the incidence of pediatric peptic ulcer bleeding in the United States.

The Utility of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Assessment in Relation to Adult Health

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality among survivors of AKI

Predictors of emergency department death for patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Demand for elderly care and construction of an elderly care system in China: effects of aging population and one-child policy

New Protease Inhibitors for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Pharmaceutical industry, drug quality and regulation. Evidence from US and Italy

Assessing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity

Health Care for 1.3 Billion: An Overview of China’s Health System

Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions

EHR Data for Complex Clinical Decision Support (CDS) and Quality Improvement: opportunities and challenges

Improving practice guidelines with patient-specific recommendations

Mammography result notification letters: Are they easy to read and understand?

A Proposed Framework for Understanding the Forces Behind the Legislation of Universal Health Insurance- Lessons from Ten Countries

Demographic consequences of gender discrimination in China: simulation analysis of policy options