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

Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Device for Detecting Retained Surgical Gauze Sponges Using Radiofrequency Identification Technology

Archives of Surgery, 2006

Journal Articles

Risk Assessment for and Strategies to Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006

Journal Articles

International Differences in Patient and Physician Perceptions of "High Quality" Healthcare: A Model from Pediatric Cardiology

American Journal of Cardiology, 2006

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, spring 2006 issue

2006

Journal Articles

Healthcare in the New Vietnam: Comparing patients' satisfaction with outpatient care in a traditional neighborhood clinic and a new, western-style clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

Social Science & Medicine, 2006

Journal Articles

The Instrumental Variable Method to Study Self-selection Mechanism: A Case of Influenza Vaccination

Value in Health, 2006

Journal Articles

Systematic Review: A Century of Inhalational Anthrax Cases from 1900 to 2005

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006

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

Bare-Metal Stent Outcomes in an Unselected Patient Population

Anthrax: A Systematic Review of Atypical Presentations

Effects of Quality Improvement Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes on Glycemic Control: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Is health insurance affordable for the uninsured?

Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Device for Detecting Retained Surgical Gauze Sponges Using Radiofrequency Identification Technology

Leveraging Change: Educational Opportunities in Information Technology Implementation

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2006 issue

Health Economics for 'Reform' (in Japanese)

Quality Improvement Strategies for Hypertension Management: A Systematic Review

Do Mandates Requiring Insurers To Pay For Emergency Care Influence The Use of the Emergency Department?

The Cost-effectiveness of Therapy With Teriparatide and Alendronate in Women With Severe Osteoporosis

Accuracy of Quantitative Ultrasound for Identifying Patients with Osteoporosis

Socioeconomic Status and the Prevention Quality Indicators

Cost-effectiveness of Screening BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers With Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Off-label Prescribing Among Office-Based Physicians

Reward-Motivated Learning: Mesolimbic Activation Precedes Memory Formation

Hospital Ownership and Quality of Care: What Explains the Different Results?

The Effects of Rate Regulation on Demand for Supplemental Health Insurance

Introduction to Personal Health Records, An

Risk Assessment for and Strategies to Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Guideline from the American College of Physicians

International Differences in Patient and Physician Perceptions of "High Quality" Healthcare: A Model from Pediatric Cardiology

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, spring 2006 issue

Healthcare in the New Vietnam: Comparing patients' satisfaction with outpatient care in a traditional neighborhood clinic and a new, western-style clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

The Instrumental Variable Method to Study Self-selection Mechanism: A Case of Influenza Vaccination

Systematic Review: A Century of Inhalational Anthrax Cases from 1900 to 2005