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Scholarly Publications
A Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health Services: Possible Solutions to Current Service Inadequacies
December 2009
The Child-Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) system confronts clinically complex youth with high rates of behavior problems, diverse mental health disorders, substance abuse, criminal...
Effects of HMOs on Conventional Insurance Premiums: Theory and Evidence, The
November 1995
We develop a model of imperfectly competitive insurers that compete with HMOs for consumers who have private information about their health status.
Organizational Performance: Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness
December 1997
This book presents cutting edge thinking on the management of health care organizations.
Other Publications
Operating Room Utilization Alone is Not an Accurate Metric for the Allocation of Operating Room Block Time to Individual Surgeons with Low Caseloads
May 2003
INTRODUCTION: Many surgical suites allocate operating room (OR) block time to individual surgeons.
Multicenter Study of Preferences for Health Education in the Emergency Department Population
June 2010
Objectives: Emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly proposed as high-yield venues for providing preventive health education to a population at risk for unhealthy behaviors and unmet primary...
News
The collision of civil war and threat of global pandemics
October 2017
There are 30 civil wars underway around the globe, where civilians are dealing with death and destruction as well as public health emergencies exacerbated by the deadly march of conflict.Yemen is...
Physician-academics help assess medical response on the ground in Iraq
November 2017
Paul Wise was part of a small delegation of physician-academics asked to evaluate a World Health Organization-led system to treat civilians injured in the Mosul fighting.
Indirect child casualties of conflict far outnumber direct combatant deaths in Africa
August 2018
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflict in Africa than those killed in the crossfire and on the battlefields, according to a new study by Stanford researchers.
Projects
Age Differences in Emotional and Cognitive Decision-Making
Older adults tend to focus more on positive than on negative experiences and events.
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Age related changes in fronto-striatal connections underlying intertemporal choice
Previous research has produced highly conflicting results on differences in intertemporal preferences with age.
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Age related changes in the brain systems underlying intertemporal choice
Despite the fact that physical health and cognitive abilities decline with age, emotion regulation remains stable or improves across the adult lifespan.
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