Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Scholarly Publications
Estimation of global insulin use for type 2 diabetes, 2018–30: a microsimulation analysis
November 2018
Background:The amount of insulin needed to effectively treat type 2 diabetes worldwide is unknown.
The fog of development: evaluating the Millennium Villages Project
August 2018
Shira Mitchell and colleagues' endline evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in The Lancet Global Health marks an important chapter in our understanding of Africa’s meandering path...
Anesthesia Care Team Composition and Surgical Outcomes
August 2018
The adjusted mortality for care teams with anesthesiologist assistants was 1.6% (95% CI, 1.4 to 1.8) versus 1.7% for care teams with nurse anesthetists (95% CI, 1.7 to 1.7; difference −0.08; 95% CI...
Other Publications
Medical Liability — Prospects for Federal Reform
March 2017
Medical malpractice reform appears to be back on the federal policy agenda.
The Grand Divergence in Global Child Health: Confronting Data Requirements in Areas of Conflict and Chronic Political Instability
March 2016
There is something deeply troubling about a death that goes unnoticed.
Shifting Vaccination Politics — The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California
July 2015
Stanford Health Policy's David Studdert and Michelle Mello discuss SB 277, a new California law that ends exceptions to vaccination mandates based on religious and philosophical beliefs, leaving...
News
USPSTF: Americans 15-65 should be screened for HIV; those at risk offered prevention drug
June 2019
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues two final recommendations: All Americans 15 to 65 should be screened for HIV and those at high risk offered prevention drug.
It’s good for health of new moms when dads can stay home
May 2019
A new study by Stanford economists shows that giving fathers flexibility to take time off work in the months after their children are born improves the postpartum health and mental well-being of...
Financing Longevity: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging World
May 2019
People today can generally expect to live longer and, in some parts of the world, healthier lives.
Events
Research in Progress: David Studdert
September 24, 2019
David Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPHProfessor of MedicineProfessor of LawStanford UniversityDavid M. Studdert is a leading expert in the fields of health law and empirical legal research.
Research in Progress: Gillian Sanders-Schmidler
April 12, 2019
Evidence-Based Decision Making for Patients, Providers, and Policymakers in the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac DeathGillian Sanders-Schmidler, PhDProfessor of MedicineDuke Clinical Research Institute...
Conversations in Global Health: Providing Healthcare in Conflict Zones with Dr. Tom Catena
January 31, 2019
Conversations in Global Health: Providing Healthcare in Conflict ZonesDr.
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).
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