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
Poor, Older Americans Healthier If They Live in More Affluent Communities
September 2019
New research by Maria Polyakova shows that older, low-income Americans tend to be healthier if they live in more affluent areas of the country.
Stanford Legal Experts on the Oklahoma Opioids Verdict and Ongoing Litigation
August 2019
On August 26, Judge Thad Balkman delivered a $572 million judgment against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for the company’s role in fueling the opioid epidemic in Oklahoma.
All Adults Should Be Tested for Hepatitis C; It Now Kills More Americans Than All Other Reportable Infectious Diseases Combined
August 2019
A task force of national health experts has released a draft recommendation to screen all adults 18 to 79 years for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), noting the opioid epidemic has fueled what has...
Events
Research in Progress: Maria Polyakova
November 19, 2019
Maria Polyakova, PhDAssistant Professor, Health Research and PolicyMaria Polyakova, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Research in Progress: Kyu Lee & Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert (Advisor)
October 29, 2019
Kyueun Lee, MSPre-Doctoral Student, Stanford Health PolicyAdvisor: Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD Kyueun is a PhD student in the Department of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University.
Research in Progress: Yiqun Chen & Dave Chan (Advisor)
October 15, 2019
Team-Specific Human Capital and Team Performance: Evidence from DoctorsYiqun ChenPre-Doctoral Student, Stanford Health PolicyAdvisor: David Chan, MD, PhDAbstract: This paper studies whether team...
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.
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Reducing lead exposure among residents of Bangladesh
Lead is a potent neurotoxin that irreversibly impairs child cognitive development.
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Children in Crisis
Improving the Provision of Human Services in Areas of Conflict, Political Instability and Weak Governance
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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 
