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

Substance use disorders and health care costs among VA nursing home residents

Medical Care, 2011

Effect of Treatment Interruption and Intensification of Antiretroviral Therapy on Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced HIV

Medical Decision Making, 2011

Journal Articles

Results of Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption and Intensification in Advanced Multi-drug Resistant HIV Infection from the OPTIMA trial

PLoS ONE, 2011

Journal Articles

Comparison of screening using OGTT alone or in combination with the Indian Diabetes Risk Score or genotyping to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians

Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2011

Journal Articles

Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Expanding Harm Reduction Programs and HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in a Mixed HIV epidemic: An Analysis for Ukraine

PLoS Med, 2011

Journal Articles

The Behavioural Economics of Exercise Habits

VoxEU, 2011

Journal Articles

Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain: Advice for High-value Health Care from the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2011

Journal Articles

High-value, Cost-Conscious Health Care: Concepts for Clinicians to Evaluate Benefits, Harms, and Costs of Medical Interventions

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2011

Journal Articles

Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis in Countries with High Tuberculosis Burdens: Individual Risks and Social Determinants

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2011

Journal Articles

Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of HIV Antiretroviral Regimens Recommended in the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Resource-limited Settings

AIDS (Official Journal of the International AIDS Society), 2011

Journal Articles

Rifaximin for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Without Constipation

New England Journal of Medicine, 2011

Journal Articles

The effects of offering health plan choice within employment-based purchasing groups

Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2010

Journal Articles

Can State Early Intervention Programs Meet the Increased Demand of Children Suspected of Having Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 2010

Journal Articles

Designing an automated clinical decision support system to match clinical practice guidelines for opioid therapy for chronic pain

Implementation Science, 2010

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

Substance use disorders and health care costs among VA nursing home residents

Effect of Treatment Interruption and Intensification of Antiretroviral Therapy on Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced HIV

Results of Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption and Intensification in Advanced Multi-drug Resistant HIV Infection from the OPTIMA trial

Comparison of screening using OGTT alone or in combination with the Indian Diabetes Risk Score or genotyping to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians

Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Expanding Harm Reduction Programs and HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in a Mixed HIV epidemic: An Analysis for Ukraine

The Behavioural Economics of Exercise Habits

Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain: Advice for High-value Health Care from the American College of Physicians

High-value, Cost-Conscious Health Care: Concepts for Clinicians to Evaluate Benefits, Harms, and Costs of Medical Interventions

Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis in Countries with High Tuberculosis Burdens: Individual Risks and Social Determinants

Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of HIV Antiretroviral Regimens Recommended in the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Resource-limited Settings

Rifaximin for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Without Constipation

The effects of offering health plan choice within employment-based purchasing groups

Can State Early Intervention Programs Meet the Increased Demand of Children Suspected of Having Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Health Outcomes and Costs of Community Mitigation Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic in the United States

Acquisition of MRI equipment by doctors drives up imaging use and spending

Science as superstition: selecting medical students

Birth Registration in China: Practices, Problems and Policies

Longitudinal assessment of manic symptoms (LAMS) study: Background, design, and initial screening results

Designing an automated clinical decision support system to match clinical practice guidelines for opioid therapy for chronic pain

Historical trends in low birth weight: Commentary

Characteristics of children with elevated symptoms of mania: The longitudinal assessment of manic symptoms (LAMS) study

Acinetobacter baumannii: An Emerging and Important Pathogen

HMO coverage reduces variations in the use of health care among patients under age sixty-five

Estimating Lost Revenue from a Free-Care Mandate in VA

The effects of competition on assisted reproductive technology outcomes