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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

https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/people/michelle-mello

Michelle Mello

Professor of Medicine

Professor of Law

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https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/people/douglas_k_owens

Doug Owens

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Medicine

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https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/people/maya-rossin-slater

Maya Rossin-Slater

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/people/paul_h_wise

Paul Wise

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor of Child Health and Society

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Publications

Journal Articles

Limitations of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

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Noushinkeigeka sokuhou (trans. Currently Practical Neurosurgery) , 2003

Working Papers

Local Governments and the Chinese Stock Market

Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Journal Articles

10-year Follow-up of Older Former Problem Drinkers: Risk of Relapse and Implications of Successfully Sustained Remission, A

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Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 2003

Books

Gaming of Pharmaceutical Patents, The

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NBER, MIT Press in "Innovation Policy and the Economy", 2003

Commentary

Military Reform Going Nowhere Again

The Moscow Times, 2003

Working Papers

Market Design: The Policy Uses of Theory

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American Economics Association Papers and Proceedings, 2003

Working Papers

Greenfield IPP Database (GRIPP): Based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database, The

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #16, 2003

Journal Articles

Models of standard and intensive outpatient care in substance abuse and psychiatric treatment

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Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 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

Commentary

Staying Power

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San Jose Mercury News, 2003

Commentary

Between Restoration and Revolution in Iraq

Washington Post, 2003

Commentary

British Traded Rights for Security, Too, The

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Washington Post, 2003

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR in the News (Spring Quarter 2003)

CHP/PCOR, 2003

Working Papers

International Organizations and Democratization: Testing the Effect of GATT/WTO Membership

Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Journal Articles

Qualitative methods in end-of-life research: recommendations to enhance the protection of human subjects

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2003

Journal Articles

Basic Concepts of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

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Noushinkeigeka sokuhou (trans. Currently Practical Neurosurgery) , 2003

Policy Briefs

Addressing the North Korea Nuclear Challenge

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Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Working Papers

Internal Organizations and Democratization: Testing the Effect of GATT/WTO Membership

Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Journal Articles

Dropout from 12-step self-help groups: Prevalence, predictors and counteracting treatment-related effects

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Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2003

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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Carbohydrate Diets

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Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003

Abstracts

Quality-of-Life Ratings for Health States of Dependency in Activities of Daily Living

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003

Journal Articles

Major Depression in Patients with Substance Use Disorders: Relationships to 12-step Self-help Involvement and Substance use Outcomes

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Addiction, 2003

Policy Briefs

U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Missile Defense: Is It Really Possible?

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Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2003

Journal Articles

Madman Nuclear Alert: Secrecy, Signaling, and Safety in the October 1969 Crisis, The

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International Security, 2003