Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Public Health
Scholarly Publications
Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland
June 2018
We study the effect of diversity in the physician workforce on the demand for preventive care among African-American men.
Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men
August 2017
For forty years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively monitored hundreds of adult black males with syphilis despite the availability of effective treatment.
Implementation science for ambulatory care safety: a novel method to develop context-sensitive interventions to reduce quality gaps in monitoring high-risk patients.
June 2017
Missed evidence-based monitoring in high-risk conditions (e.g., cancer) leads to delayed diagnosis. Current technological solutions fail to close this safety gap.
Other Publications
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...
Half-Baked — The Retail Promotion of Marijuana Edibles
March 2015
FSI Fellow Robert MacCoun and co-author Michelle Mello argue for regulation of marijana-infused edible products.
News
Choice of Medicare drug plan reduces opioid use
December 2018
New research by a trio of Stanford scholars shows how different insurance strategies affect the volume of opioid use and could help stem inappropriate prescribing behaviors.
A glimmer of hope in the opioid epidemic among patients with musculoskeletal pain
December 2018
In new research by Health Research and Policy’s Eric Sun, the risk for chronic opioid use among patients with musculoskeletal pain actually decreased slightly between 2008 and 2014.
Global study predicts 20-percent rise in insulin use by 2030 — but half the world's diabetics who need it won’t get it
November 2018
The amount of insulin needed to effectively treat type 2 diabetes will rise by more than 20 percent worldwide over the next 12 years, according to new research led by Stanford Health Policy’s...
Events
Elena Lucchese, "Ambulance response time: why should we care?"
March 15, 2017
Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record by default.
Health Policy through 2020: The ACA, Payment Reform and Global Challenges
August 29, 2016
This event has reached capacity. Please join us to watch the live-stream at this link. The symposium will focus on the key questions that impact health through the year 2020.
Children in Crisis Project
April 7, 2011
Paul Wise is a clinical professor of pediatrics and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member.
Projects
The role of message framing in health behavior promotion among older adults
Adherence rates to public health recommendations are low, and seem to be falling.
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Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among the Elderly in China
February 2019
This project studied the patterns of health and health care disparities across elderly and non-elderly in China, including the impact of earlier educational and public health interventions on...
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Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
February 2019
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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