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

Working Papers

Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy of Bupropion Combined with Nicotine Patch in the Treatment of Adolescent Smokers

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004

Journal Articles

Major Depression Among Adolescent Smokers Undergoing Treatment for Nicotine Dependence

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2004

Journal Articles

Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric Preneoplastic Conditions: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004

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

Evaluating Provider Adherence in a Trial of a Guideline-based Decision Support System for Hypertension

Predictors of Medical Service Utilization Among Substance Abusers with HIV Infection

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (Vol. 2: Diabetes Care)

Should U.S. hospitals go 24/7?

Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy of Bupropion Combined with Nicotine Patch in the Treatment of Adolescent Smokers

Major Depression Among Adolescent Smokers Undergoing Treatment for Nicotine Dependence

Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric Preneoplastic Conditions: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

An intelligent case-adjustment algorithm for the automated design of population-based quality auditing protocols

Assessing Weight-Related Biochemical Cardiovascular Risk Factors in African-American Girls

Anthropology of Bioethics

Disability forecasts and future Medicare costs

Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Self-Management Program in At-Risk, School-Aged Children with Asthma

Modeling guidelines for integration into clinical workflow

Kernicterus: Epidemiological Strategies for its Prevention Through Systems-Based Approaches

Impacts of informal caregiver availability on long-term care expenditures in OECD countries

Behavioral interventions and cost-effectiveness analysis

Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, The

Health Plans' Coverage Determinations for Technology-based Interventions: The Case of Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Vol. 2: Diabetes Mellitus Care

Price regulation in secondary insurance markets

U.S. Physician Workforce: Serious Questions Raised, Answers Needed

Stanford University's experience with managed competition

Missed opportunities for patient education and social worker consultation at The Arbor Free Clinic

Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Cost-effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus