Featured Publications

Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

This policy brief by Alyce Adams and Mateen Ghassemi examines the financial burden experienced by cancer patients and their families, impacting around half of cancer survivors.

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International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Stanford Health Policy’s Maria Polyakova, PhD, and colleagues set out to measure how much doctors earn and, crucially, where their incomes fall within the overall income rankings of four wealthy countries: the US, Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands

NBER Paper

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

New research by SIEPR and SHP scholars Adrienne Sabety and Maya Rossin-Slater shows how early exposure to public preschool benefits low-income children with behavioral and developmental conditions.

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Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

A Study by Eran Bendavid in The Lancet Global Health finds the number of violent deaths in the Gaza Strip in the first year of the conflict with Israel was underreported

The Lancet Global Health Study

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

SHP's Michelle Mello argues there are late-career physician programs that can balance patient safety with procedural fairness.

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Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

SHP’s Michelle Mello and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky offer recommendations to clinicians struggling to follow new vaccine guidelines.

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Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

SHP researchers and colleagues at the California Correctional Health Care Services find that COVID-19 is associated with significant increases in hypertension incidence in the large, racially and ethnically diverse prison population.

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When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

In this Health Affairs study, Stanford researchers examine the promises of efficiency and risks of supercharged flaws in the race to use artificial intelligence in health care.

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Publications

Journal Articles

The cost-effectiveness and population outcomes of expanded HIV screening and antiretroviral treatment in the united states

Annals of Internal Medicine,, 2010

Journal Articles

Cost-effectiveness of strategies for diagnosing pulmonary embolism among emergency department patients presenting with undifferentiated symptoms

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2010

Journal Articles

Interventions aimed at decreasing obesity in children younger than 2 years: A systematic review

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2010

Journal Articles

Demographic effects of extreme weather events on a short-lived calcareous grassland species: stochastic life table response experiments

Journal of Ecology, 2010

Journal Articles

Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

Caregiver reports of serious injuries in children who remain at home after a child protective services investigation

Evaluating permanent disability ratings using empirical data on earnings losses

Expected value information improves financial risk taking across the adult life span

Maxillomandibular advancement for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Choice Set Size and Decision Making: The Case of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans

Integrating tobacco cessation into mental health care for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized, controlled trial

Insurance mandates, embryo transfer, outcomes - the link is tenuous

Public Avoidance and the Epidemiology of Novel H1N1 Influenza A

Cost effectiveness of nationwide Hepatitis B catch-up vaccination among children and adolescents in China

The lure of treatment: Expanded newborn screening and the curious case of histidinemia

The cost-effectiveness and population outcomes of expanded HIV screening and antiretroviral treatment in the united states

Tularemia presenting as a cervical abscess

Using policy to increase prescribing of smoking cessation medications in VA

Neonatal Health-care Policy: Promise and Perils of Reform

Traumatic stress reactions in parents in pediatric intensive care: A review

The Potential Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on U.S. Health Care Expenditures

Cost-effectiveness of strategies for diagnosing pulmonary embolism among emergency department patients presenting with undifferentiated symptoms

Interventions aimed at decreasing obesity in children younger than 2 years: A systematic review

Demographic effects of extreme weather events on a short-lived calcareous grassland species: stochastic life table response experiments

The relationship between HIV testing, stigma, and health service usage

No follow-up after positive newborn screening: Medical neglect?

Surgical options for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking

Care Coordination Atlas Version 3

Locating Prescriptions in Pharmacy Databases