Primary Care and Delivery

Our primary care and health-care delivery efforts focus on enhancing clinical decision-making, improving the quality of care, and promoting patient safety. We explore the development and implementation of best clinical practices through clinical guidelines and decision support systems. Additionally, we measure care quality while creating metrics that foster patient safety.

Less Invasive Heart Procedure Proves Just as Effective—And Less Expensive

Previous studies found coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to be cost-effective compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but new research led by SHP's Mark Hlatky shows their comparative effectiveness and economic outcomes are changing.

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Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy

Stanford Law’s Michelle Mello discusses how sweeping changes in federal health policy are reshaping public health—and leading states to fill the void

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Addressing the Harms of Market-Driven Drug Development

Stanford researchers address a persistent flaw in the U.S. health system: prioritizing treatment investment based on market potential rather than medical necessity.

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Unhappy With Your Health Insurance? Your Employer May Not Care

Although 58% of Americans rely on employer-sponsored health insurance, U.S. corporations are doing surprisingly little to improve health-care options for their employees, according to research by SHP's Sara Singer.

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Policy Brief: Increasing Fairness in Medicare Payment Algorithms

This policy brief introduces two algorithms created by SHP's Marissa Reitsma and Sherri Rose, which can promote fairer Medicare Advantage spending for minority populations.

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Videos from Our Health Policy ForumsThe Stanford Health Policy Forum brings together leading voices from Stanford, the Bay Area, and beyond for dynamic conversations on today’s most pressing health policy challenges. Each event sparks fresh ideas, informed debate, and deeper understanding of the forces shaping health and healthcare worldwide.

Vaccines and Public Health in an Era of Distrust

Future of Health Care Financing

The Cost of Cancer

Even in Death, Victor Fuchs Has a Message to Share

A working paper that the longtime Stanford health economist drafted more than 35 years ago tying child-care subsidies to women’s economic equality sees the light of day.

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Sara Singer Honored with Top Academy of Management Award

Colleagues joined the Stanford professor of health policy at the annual AOM conference to praise Singer for the wide scope of her research and contributions on how organizations can producer higher quality and safer care.

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Video: Social Determinants of HealthStanford Health Policy's Alyce Adams discusses how the social determinants of health impact chronic illnesses.

Health Policy PhD Candidate Stages Satirical Musical About Luigi Mangione

The manhunt and arrest of the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare's CEO fueled a viral media circus that proved irresistible for some Bay Area comics, including Stanford Health Policy PhD candidate Nova Bradford.

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Fatal Trade-Off: Land Allotment Policy Raised Native American Death Rates

New Stanford research reveals a 19th-century federal program that gave Native Americans land and citizenship had devastating consequences.

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Supreme Court Upholds ACA’s Free Preventive Care Mandate

A study by the Stanford Prevention Policy Modeling Lab (PPML) finds that almost 30% of privately insured individuals, or nearly 40 million people, use at least one of the free preventive health services guaranteed under the ACA.

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US Life Expectancy Lags—But Worse for Aging `Forgotten Middle’

A new study finds lower-middle-class Americans are experiencing a sharp decline in health and well-being—especially those approaching retirement.

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When Health-Care Providers Go Bankrupt, Patients Pay the Price

U.S. health care organizations are filing for bankruptcy at record rates, leading to increases in staff turnover and harm to patients. New research by SHP's Adrienne Sabety shows elderly people living in nursing homes are hit hard.

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Health-Focused Arguments for Eliminating Overcrowding in Prisons

Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert writes in this commentary that overcrowding at U.S. prisons and jails not only leads to negative health outcomes for individual residents, but exacerbates chronic physical and mental health conditions and increases demands for already limited healthcare delivery.

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Balancing Efficiency and Equity in Screening for Chronic Kidney DiseaseMore than one in seven adults in the United States are believed to have chronic kidney disease, with the burden disproportionately impacting Black and Hispanic adults. A new Stanford study led by SHP's Marika Cusick suggests a population-wide CKD screening could reduce these disparities.

Lower Doses of Statins Just as Effective in Older Adults Who Are at Greater Risk of Side Effects from the Cholesterol Drugs

New research led by SHP's Mark Hlatky, MD, shows that starting cholesterol lowering treatment with a low- to moderate-intensity statin was associated with a greater reduction of LDL levels among older patients than with younger ones.

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Extending Prescription Drug Inflationary Rebates to Commercial Health Plans

A new study by SHP's Marissa Reitsma and Michelle Mello finds that extending prescription drug rebates to commercial health plans could lead to big savings.

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Does Health Insurance Create Jobs?

A new study by SHP's Maria Polyakova sheds important new light on a key question in health care economics.

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Companies Focus on Health Plans' Costs Instead of Employee Access and Experience

New research by SHP's Sara Singer finds that companies that work with benefits consulting firms emphasize finances over seeking employee feedback about health benefits.

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