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.
News
Study Finds Transitional Care Services Cost-Effective After Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Elderly
January 2020
Elderly patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure have a poor prognosis and high risk of death and hospital readmission.
Karen Eggleston on Coronavirus Outbreak and Health Policy Implications
January 2020
Updated January 24Millions of residents in China are under lockdown measures as the number of reported deaths from the coronavirus outbreak rises to 26.
Vaccination Rates Climb in California After Personal Belief Exemptions Curbed by State Law
January 2020
Measles came back with a vengeance in 2019, with cases quadrupling globally and 1,276 cases reported in the United States since the beginning of the year — the largest increase in 27 years.
Events
Fernando Alarid-Escudero - Seminar: Modeling Gastric Cancer Into The 21st Century
February 10, 2020
Title: Modeling Gastric Cancer Into The 21st Century Dr.
Research in Progress: Amol Navathe
January 27, 2020
Research In Progress Amol Navathe, MD, PhDAssisstant Professor of Health Policy & Medicine Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics - University of Pennsylvania Amol Navathe, is an...
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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