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

Cost-Effectiveness of Using High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein to Identify Intermediate- and Low-Cardiovascular-Risk Individuals for Statin Therapy

Circulation, 2010

Journal Articles

A Model for Maternal Depression

Journal of Women's Health, 2010

Journal Articles

A Simulation Model Investigating the Impact of Tumor Volume Doubling Time and Mammographic Tumor Detectability on Screening Outcomes in Women Aged 40-49 Years

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2010

Journal Articles

Something Must be Done!: But is Moore Correct That Something Can be Worse Than Nothing in Alcohol Control Policy?

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2010

Journal Articles

Comparative Effectiveness of HIV Testing and Treatment in Highly Endemic Regions

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010

Journal Articles

The Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Guidance Statements of the American College of Physicians: Summary of Methods.

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2010

Policy Briefs

The Dedicated VAT Solution

SIEPR Policy Brief, 2010

Journal Articles

Predictors of health utility among 60-day survivors of acute kidney injury in the VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2010

Journal Articles

An Evaluation of Patient Self-Testing Competency of Prothrombin Time for Managing Anticoagulation: Pre-randomization Results of VA Cooperative Study #481 – The Home INR Study (THINRS).

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, 2010

Journal Articles

Comparative Effectiveness of HIV Testing and Treatment Strategies in Highly Endemic Regions

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2010

Journal Articles

The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Level and Hospital Volume on Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Medical Care, 2010

Journal Articles

AIDS and Declining Support for Dependent Elderly People in Africa: Retrospective Analysis Using Demographic and Health Surveys

BMJ, 2010

Journal Articles

Is Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Training Related to Perceived Responsibility for Treating Mental Health Problems?

Academic Pediactrics, 2010

Policy Briefs

When Tight Blood Pressure Control is not for Everyone: A New Model for Performance Measurement in Hypertension

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2010

Journal Articles

The Contribution of Health Plans and Provider Organizations to Variations in Measured Plan Quality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2010

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

Cost-Effectiveness of Using High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein to Identify Intermediate- and Low-Cardiovascular-Risk Individuals for Statin Therapy

A Model for Maternal Depression

A Simulation Model Investigating the Impact of Tumor Volume Doubling Time and Mammographic Tumor Detectability on Screening Outcomes in Women Aged 40-49 Years

Something Must be Done!: But is Moore Correct That Something Can be Worse Than Nothing in Alcohol Control Policy?

Comparative Effectiveness of HIV Testing and Treatment in Highly Endemic Regions

The Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Guidance Statements of the American College of Physicians: Summary of Methods.

The Dedicated VAT Solution

Predictors of health utility among 60-day survivors of acute kidney injury in the VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study

An Evaluation of Patient Self-Testing Competency of Prothrombin Time for Managing Anticoagulation: Pre-randomization Results of VA Cooperative Study #481 – The Home INR Study (THINRS).

Comparative Effectiveness of HIV Testing and Treatment Strategies in Highly Endemic Regions

The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Level and Hospital Volume on Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

AIDS and Declining Support for Dependent Elderly People in Africa: Retrospective Analysis Using Demographic and Health Surveys

Variation in Specialty Care Hospitalization for Children With Chronic Conditions in California

Multicenter Study of Preferences for Health Education in the Emergency Department Population

Incidental Extracardiac Findings at Coronary CT: Clinical and Economic Impact

Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia

Military-related sexual trauma among Veterans Health Administration patients returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Expected value information improves financial risk taking across the adult life span.

Health Care Is Different—That's Why Expenditures Matter

Diagnosing and Managing Common Food Allergies

Comparative Effectiveness of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Off-label Indications Versus Usual Care

An Environment-Wide Association study (EWAS) on type 2 diabetes mellitus

Is Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Training Related to Perceived Responsibility for Treating Mental Health Problems?

When Tight Blood Pressure Control is not for Everyone: A New Model for Performance Measurement in Hypertension

The Contribution of Health Plans and Provider Organizations to Variations in Measured Plan Quality