Featured Publications

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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Publications

Journal Articles

Initial Economic Damage From the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Is More Widespread Across Ages and Geographies Than Initial Mortality Impacts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2020

Journal Articles

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

Influence and Information in Team Decisions: Evidence from Medical Residency

Lancet Series on Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings

Alternative Dose Allocation Strategies to Increase Benefits From Constrained COVID-19 Vaccine Supply

Short-term and Long-term Educational Outcomes of Infants Born Moderately and Late Preterm

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human Capital and Economic Outcomes

Far More Transparency is Needed for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

School Reopenings and the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Missing Piece -- SARS-CoV-2 Testing and School Reopening

Initial Economic Damage From the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Is More Widespread Across Ages and Geographies Than Initial Mortality Impacts

Video Consultations in Primary and Specialist Care During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Retaining VA Women’s Health Primary Care Providers: Work Setting Matters

Health Care Claims Data May Be Useful For COVID-19 Research Despite Significant Limitations

Stanford Health Policy PhD Handbook 2020-2021

An Impact-Oriented Approach to Epidemiological Modeling

Association of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Women

Fair Regression for Healthcare Spending

Modeling Contact Tracing Strategies for COVID-19 in the Context of Relaxed Physical Distancing Measures

Hepatitis C Treatment in Prisons — Incarcerated People’s Uncertain Right to Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy

Operational Considerations on the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidance for K-12 School Reentry

Attacks on Public Health Officials During COVID-19

Partitioning the Curve — Interstate Travel Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Legal Authority for States’ Stay-at-Home Orders

Respecting Disability Rights — Toward Improved Crisis Standards of Care

COVID-19 Policies: Remember Measles

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response