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Global Health

Interdisciplinary research on global health problems through the lenses of economics, nutrition and politics.

Research Spotlight

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Tackling the Health of Women and Children in Global Conflict Settings

A new four-paper series in The Lancet exposes the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women’s and children’s health. Stanford researchers, including SHP's Paul Wise and Eran Bendavid, have joined other academics and health-care experts in calling for an international commitment from humanitarian actors and donors to confront political and security challenges.

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Ethics and Governance of Digital Epidemiology

Many countries have taken digital epidemiology to the next level in responding to COVID-19. Focusing on core public health functions of case detection, contact tracing, and isolation and quarantine, the authors explore ethical concerns raised by digital technologies and new data sources in public health surveillance during epidemics.

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Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland

African-American men have the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group in the United States and live on average 4.5 fewer years than non-Hispanic white men. This paper finds that the mortality disparity is partly related to underutilized preventive healthcare services.

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Featured Scholars

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Michelle Mello

Professor of Medicine

Professor of Law

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Doug Owens

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Medicine

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Maya Rossin-Slater

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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Paul Wise

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Child Health and Society

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Publications

Abstracts

What Questions do Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Surgery Have

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BMC Health Services Research , 2003

Journal Articles

Designing Competitive Wholesale Markets for Latin American Countries

Stanford University, Department of Economics, 2003

Commentary

How to Look Credible in Promoting Liberty

Christian Science Monitor, 2003

Journal Articles

Changes in Rate of Autopsy-Detected Diagnostic Errors Over Time: A Systematic Review

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Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003

Journal Articles

Cost of Operating Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

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Academic Medicine, 2003

Journal Articles

Applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Policy-making

Noushinkeigeka sokuhou (trans. Currently Practical Neurosurgery) , 2003

Books

Coercive Diplomacy and the Response to Terrorism

The United States and Coercive Diplomacy, 2003

Commentary

Democracy as a New International Norm?

Hoover Weekly Essay, 2003

Journal Articles

What is the Helicobacter pylori Global Reinfection Rate?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003

Journal Articles

Effect of Age on the Use of Health and Self-Care Information: Confronting the Stereotype

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The Gerontologist, 2003

Policy Briefs

Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor

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Catholic Relief Services, 2003

Working Papers

Intelligence and Prediction in an Unpredictable World: Part of the US Army's Eisenhower National Security Series

Eisenhower National Security Series, 2003

Journal Articles

Securing Nuclear Material and Strong Radiation Sources

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IAEA Bulletin, 2003

Journal Articles

Universal Democracy?

Policy Review, 2003

Working Papers

Politics of China's Shareholding System, The

Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Journal Articles

Aging and Emotional Memory: The Forgettable Nature of Negative Images for Older Adults

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

Journal Articles

Employment-Based Health Insurance Is Failing: Now What?

Health Affairs, 2003

Commentary

How to Reinvigorate the Relationship

Moscow Times, 2003

Journal Articles

Use of the Internet and E-mail for Health Care Information: Results from a National Survey

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Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003

Journal Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Management Strategies for Patients with Solitary Polmonary Nodules

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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003

Abstracts

Refinement and Validation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators

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2003

Working Papers

Electricity Restructuring and the Social Contract

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #15, 2003

Abstracts

Operating Room Utilization Alone is Not an Accurate Metric for the Allocation of Operating Room Block Time to Individual Surgeons with Low Caseloads

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Anesthesiology , 2003

Journal Articles

Capital-Account Liberalization, the Cost of Capital, and Economic Growth

American Economic Review, 2003

Working Papers

Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources, The

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #14, 2003