Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Scholarly Publications
Compliance with Price Transparency by California Hospitals
An examination of how California hospitals are adhering to the federal policy on price transparency.
Other Publications
Far More Transparency is Needed for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
November 2020
With vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, on the near-term horizon, U.S. policymakers are focusing on how to ensure that Americans get vaccinated.
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
July 2020
Yet there has been no national-level, comprehensive review of the evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) practices.
News
Improving the Performance of Health Plan Payment Systems
August 2021
Sherri Rose illustrates ways to improve payments to health-care plans, making them more efficiently and fairly distributed.
Legal Look at Proof of Vaccination & Ongoing Fight Against COVID-19
July 2021
Stanford health law experts Michelle Mello and David Studdert discuss the ongoing pandemic, proof of vaccination “passports” at the state and federal levels, and a July 19 ruling that Indiana...
My Husband Had a Stroke After His COVID Vaccine. We Gave Our Kid His Shot Anyway
July 2021
Michelle Mello writes in this San Francisco Chronicle commentary that her husband had a stroke a few days after getting his COVID vaccine. On the same day he checked into a hospital, their son was...
Events
Confronting Health Misinformation: A Discussion with the Surgeon General on Building a Healthy Information Environment
June 25, 2021
* WATCH THE YOUTUBE LIVE STREAM * Join the Stanford Internet Observatory for a conversation with US Surgeon General Vivek H.
Research in Progress: Pascal Geldsetzer - Regression Discontinuity in Electronic Health Record Data
February 23, 2021
Pascal Geldsetzer, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health Title: Regression Discontinuity in Electronic Health Record Data Abstract: Regression...
Projects
Pigs and Parasites: Developing Interventions to End Cycles of Poverty Caused by Taenia solium and Neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis is a neglected infectious disease caused by larval forms of the pig tapeworm, Taenia solium, infecting people's brains.
English
Reducing lead exposure among residents of Bangladesh
Lead is a potent neurotoxin that irreversibly impairs child cognitive development.
English
Children in Crisis
Improving the Provision of Human Services in Areas of Conflict, Political Instability and Weak Governance
English
Multimedia
Grant Miller: The team approach to international heatlh
January 2016
Grant Miller, associate professor of medicine, has been working to help residents of a state in India access micro nutrients that they are lacking.
Jay Bhattacharya discusses health and aging
September 2015
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of Medicine and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member, speaks about the Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA).
People
Stefanos A. Zenios Professor, Operations, Information and Technology, Professor, Health Care Management 
