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

Prospective Analysis of Health and Mortality Risk in Veteran and Non-Veteran Participants in the Women's Health Initiative

Women's Health Issues, 2015

Racial Differences in Awareness of the Affordable Care Act and Application Assistance Among Low-Income Adults in Three Southern States

SAGE, 2015

Journal Articles

Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis

Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015

Journal Articles

Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry

Heart Rhythm, 2015

Journal Articles

Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh

Energy for Sustainable Development, 2015

Journal Articles

Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: an econometric analysis from 1995 to 2010

BMC Public Health, 2015

Journal Articles

A Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015

Journal Articles

Predicting inpatient hospital payments in the United States: a retrospective analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2015

Journal Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Adding Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Among Patients With Mild Heart Failure

2015

Journal Articles

Health Outcomes in US Children with Abdominal Pain at Major Emergency Departments Associated with Race and Socioeconomic Status

PLOS ONE, 2015

Journal Articles

Medicaid Dental Coverage Alone May Not Lower Rates Of Dental Emergency Department Visits

Health Affairs, 2015

Journal Articles

Quantifying demographic and socioeconomic transitions for computational epidemiology: an open-source modeling approach applied to India

Population Health Metrics, 2015

Journal Articles

Intended and Unintended Consequences of China's Zero Markup Drug Policy

Health Affairs, 2015

Journal Articles

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Associated With Current Exposure to HIV Antiretroviral Therapies in a US Veteran Population

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015

Commentary

Shifting Vaccination Politics — The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California

The New England Journal of Medicine, 2015

Journal Articles

Pediatric Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated With Treatment of Peritonsillar Abscess and Peritonsillar Cellulitis

2015

Journal Articles

Health Aid Is Allocated Efficiently, But Not Optimally: Insights From A Review Of Cost-Effectiveness Studies

Health Affairs, 2015

Journal Articles

Searching for Public Health Law’s Sweet Spot: The Regulation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

PLOs, 2015

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

Prospective Analysis of Health and Mortality Risk in Veteran and Non-Veteran Participants in the Women's Health Initiative

Antibiotic Use in Cold and Flu Season and Prescribing Quality

Evaluating the Productivity of VA, NIH, and AHRQ Health Services Research Center Development Awardees

Physician spending and subsequent risk of malpractice claims: observational study

Improving the global health workforce crisis: an evaluation of Global Health Corps

Peer-Review Fraud: Hacking the Scientific Publication Process

Less Physician Practice Competition Is Associated With Higher Prices Paid For Common Procedures

Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes of Assessing Fractional Flow Reserve With Computed Tomography Angiography

Racial Differences in Awareness of the Affordable Care Act and Application Assistance Among Low-Income Adults in Three Southern States

Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis

Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry

Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh

Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: an econometric analysis from 1995 to 2010

A Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program

Predicting inpatient hospital payments in the United States: a retrospective analysis

Cost-Effectiveness of Adding Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Among Patients With Mild Heart Failure

Health Outcomes in US Children with Abdominal Pain at Major Emergency Departments Associated with Race and Socioeconomic Status

Medicaid Dental Coverage Alone May Not Lower Rates Of Dental Emergency Department Visits

Quantifying demographic and socioeconomic transitions for computational epidemiology: an open-source modeling approach applied to India

Intended and Unintended Consequences of China's Zero Markup Drug Policy

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Associated With Current Exposure to HIV Antiretroviral Therapies in a US Veteran Population

Shifting Vaccination Politics — The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California

Pediatric Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated With Treatment of Peritonsillar Abscess and Peritonsillar Cellulitis

Health Aid Is Allocated Efficiently, But Not Optimally: Insights From A Review Of Cost-Effectiveness Studies

Searching for Public Health Law’s Sweet Spot: The Regulation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages