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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Publications

Journal Articles

Medical costs and quality of life 10 to 12 years after randomization to angioplasty or bypass surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease

Circulation, 2004

Journal Articles

Primary Care Management of Chronic Stable Angina and Asymptomatic Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004

Newsletters

Translating research into practice: organizational issues in implementing automated decision support for hypertension in three medical centers

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2004

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

Missed opportunities for patient education and social worker consultation at The Arbor Free Clinic

Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Cost-effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus

Clinician Awareness of Adherence to Hypertension Guidelines

The Role of Perceived Team Effectiveness in Improving Chronic Illness Care

Evaluating Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programs

Promotion and Prescribing of Hormone Therapy After Report of Harm by the Women's Health Initiative

More variation in use of care, more flat-of-the-curve medicine

Medical costs and quality of life 10 to 12 years after randomization to angioplasty or bypass surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease

Primary Care Management of Chronic Stable Angina and Asymptomatic Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, fall 2004 issue

Diet and Physical Activity Counseling During Ambulatory Care Visits in the United States

A systematic review of the economic burden of chronic angina

Cost-related Medication Underuse: Do Patients with Chronic Illnesses Tell their Doctors?

Consumers' Use of the Internet for Health Insurance

Race/Ethnicity and Patient Satisfaction: Using the Appropriate Method to Test for Perceived Differences in Care

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Vol. 1: Series Overview and Methodology

Transformation Of Child Health In The United States, The

Translating research into practice: organizational issues in implementing automated decision support for hypertension in three medical centers

Underuse of Evidence-Based Therapies

National trends in osteoporosis visits and osteoporosis treatment, 1988-2003

Evaluation of primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2004

Sustaining a market-based healthcare system

Cardiovascular health and economic effects of smoke-free workplaces