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

An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure: Improving Communication to Reduce Mortality During Bioterrorism Responses

American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 2008

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

Variation in Experts' Beliefs about Lung Cancer Growth, Progression, and Prognosis

Individual differences in insular sensitvity during loss anticipation predict avoidance learning

Implementing Effective Hypertension Quality Improvement Strategies: Barriers and Potential Solutions

Common Polymorphisms of ALOX5 and ALOX5AP and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Modeling the Logistics of Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism

Systematic Review: The Effects of Growth Hormone on Athletic Performance

An Overview of Patient Safety Climate in the VA

Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus DNA testing and HPV-16,18 vaccination

Prevalence of Nonpolypoid (Flat and Depressed) Colorectal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Adults

Who Really Pays for Health Care? The Myth of "Shared Responsibility"

An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure: Improving Communication to Reduce Mortality During Bioterrorism Responses

The Role of Economics in the QUERI Program: QUERI Series

Prevalence and Health Correlates of Prostitution Among Patients Entering Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Variations in Hospital Resource Use for Medicare and Privately Insured Populations in California

Improving Patient Safety by Taking Systems Seriously

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, Winter 2008 Issue

Health Care Reform -- Why So Much Talk and So Little Action?

Violence Perpetration and Childhood Abuse Among Men and Women in Substance Abuse Treatment

Using Linked Data to Assess Patterns of Early Intervention (EI) Referral Among Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Chronic Disease and Severe Disability Among Working-Age Populations

Chronic Disease and Trends in Severe Disability in Working-age Populations

Race and Mortality after Acute Renal Failure

Information technology to support improved care for chronic illness

Affective Influence on Judgments and Decisions: Moving Towards Core Mechanisms

Conduct disorder