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

Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007

Journal Articles

Dysfunction of Reward Processing Correlates with Alcohol Craving in Detoxified Alcoholics

Neuroimage, 2007

Journal Articles

Predictors of a Suicide Attempt One Year After Entry into Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2007

Journal Articles

Integrating Clinical Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation Into Mental Health Care for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Clinical Trials, 2007

Journal Articles

Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007

Journal Articles

Factors Associated with Identification and Management of Maternal Depression by Pediatricians

Pediatrics, 2007

Journal Articles

Ventral Striatal Hyporesponsiveness During Reward Anticipation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Biological Psychiatry, 2007

Journal Articles

Workforce Perceptions of Hospital Safety Culture: Development and Validation of the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations Survey

Health Services Research, 2007

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

Complication Rates on Weekends and Weekdays in US Hospitals

Insurance Mandates and Trends in Infertility Treatment

Hospital Workload and Adverse Events

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, Spring 2007 Issue

Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Dysfunction of Reward Processing Correlates with Alcohol Craving in Detoxified Alcoholics

Predictors of a Suicide Attempt One Year After Entry into Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Integrating Clinical Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation Into Mental Health Care for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Influence of Race on Inpatient Treatment Intensity at the End of Life

Avoidance Coping Strategies Moderate the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and 5-Year Alcohol Treatment Outcomes

HIV Testing of At Risk Patients in a Large Integrated Health Care System

Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians

Factors Associated with Identification and Management of Maternal Depression by Pediatricians

Ventral Striatal Hyporesponsiveness During Reward Anticipation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Workforce Perceptions of Hospital Safety Culture: Development and Validation of the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations Survey

Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, Winter 2007 Issue

Systematic Review: The Safety and Efficacy of Growth Hormone in the Healthy Elderly

Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Thrombolysis in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

Personal and Treatment-Related Predictors of Abstinence Self-Efficacy

Does Cancer Risk Affect Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus?

Barriers to the Identification and Management of Psychosocial Issues in Children and Maternal Depression

Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs in Switzerland and the USA: Program Characteristics and 1-Year Outcomes

Differences in Neonatal Mortality Among Whites and Asian American Subgroups: Evidence From California

Closing the Quality Gap: A Crtical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Vol. 6: Healthcare-Associated Infections