list : Health Policy

  • Winslow leads national COVID-19 group

    A professor of medicine and former Air Force colonel, Winslow temporarily relocated to Washington to head an interagency group responding to this pandemic and preparing for the next one.

  • Cost of gun injuries to minors

    The average cost of initial hospitalization to treat pediatric gun injuries is about $13,000 per patient and has risen in recent decades, a Stanford Medicine study found.

  • Evaluating papers through patents

    By tracking which scientific papers are cited by patents, researchers can quantify which studies contribute to real-world applications.

  • Promote vaccination, not herd immunity

    Epidemiology expert Julie Parsonnet warns that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has probably made herd immunity unattainable, which makes vaccination all the more important for personal health.

  • California’s Latinos hit hard by pandemic

    Members of the state’s largest ethnic group have faced greater exposure to COVID-19 and have contracted and died from the coronavirus at higher rates than non-Hispanic whites, a Stanford-led study finds.

  • How to lower transactions costs in health care

    A new analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a “Medicare for All” program through incremental changes to the private health care market.

  • Excess mortality among racial minorities early in pandemic

    Excess mortality rates during the early days of the pandemic varied a lot depending on race, ethnicity and geography, researchers report.

  • How to promote vaccination in a polarized country

    COVID-19 vaccination rates must reach 80% to achieve herd immunity, but only about 60% of Americans are willing to be vaccinated, according to the Pew Research Center. Stanford physician and economist Kevin Schulman suggests marketing tactics to boost compliance.

  • How to bounce back from pandemic

    Stanford Medicine experts have created a framework to guide public officials, school administrators and business leaders on re-establishing normal operations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • New members of National Academy of Medicine

    Laurence Baker, Jeffrey Goldberg, Steven Goodman, Fei-Fei Li and Hannah Valantine are among the 90 regular members and 10 international members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine.