Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Foreign Policy
Scholarly Publications
Frequency of HIV Screening in the Veterans Health Administrations: Implications for Early Diagnosis of HIV Infection
December 2008
We evaluated the frequency of HIV testing across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest provider of HIV care in the United States.
Theoretical Foundations of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
December 1996
A unique, in-depth discussion of the uses and conduct of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) as decision-making aids in the health and medical fields, Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine is...
Other Publications
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2004
July 2004
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter covers news and developments from the spring 2004 quarter.
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, spring 2005 issue
April 2005
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter covers news and developments from the winter 2004 quarter.
News
Government's new HIV screening guidelines influenced by CHP/PCOR research
October 2006
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced new guidelines recommending that all Americans ages 13 to 64 be voluntarily screened for HIV infection.
Award offers researchers $100,000 for improving health care access
April 2012
The $100,000 award will go to a non-tenured professor, post-doctoral student or research associate during a two-year period. The deadline to apply is May 11.
Researchers call for policy, aid and innovation to help world’s poorest
April 2012
Bill Gates spoke to a Stanford audience about the importance of foreign aid and product innovation in the fight against chronic hunger, poverty and disease in the developing world.
Events
Children in Crisis Project
April 7, 2011
Paul Wise is a clinical professor of pediatrics and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member.
Projects
Risk Taking and Financial Decision Making in Older Adults
Given that many decisions (such as choosing a stock in which to invest) involve high level cognitive processing, performance deficits in older adults may result from cognitive decline, but...
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The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Africa’s Orphaned Elderly
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has decimated family life in Africa. This project focused on the welfare of the “orphaned-elderly” – a class of elderly dependents whose traditional care-giving arrangements...
English
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