Removing Race Adjustment in Chronic Kidney Disease Care
A new study led by Stanford Health Policy researchers finds that algorithmic changes to a chronic kidney disease care equation are likely insufficient to achieve health equity as many other structural inequities remain.
QALY Ban Could Harm People with Disabilities and Chronic Illness
The U.S. House passed a bill that would ban the use of a metric known as quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in coverage and payment determinations for federal health-care programs. SHP's Joshua Salomon writes in this Health Affairs commentary the bill would compromise the evaluation of medical treatments.
In Conflict Zones and Borderlands, Paul Wise Protects the Health of Vulnerable Children
Stanford Health Policy's Paul Wise — professor of pediatrics and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies — is featured in this Stanford Magazine story about his work at the U.S.-Mexico border as the federally appointed juvenile monitor and around the world as a pediatrician who works on behalf of children of conflict.
Research by Eran Bendavid and colleagues reveals a steady increase in the number of people at risk from tropical cyclones and the number of days per year these potentially catastrophic storms threaten health and livelihoods. The findings could help relief agencies, development banks, and other organizations plan more effective strategies for mitigating extreme weather impacts.
Eran Bendavid and his Stanford colleagues examine how often Californians visit emergency departments (ED) and found that, surprisingly, people tend to avoid the hospital on the smokiest days.
The Center for Innovation in Global Health speaks with Bendavid about which populations are most vulnerable to malnutrition and food insecurity driven by poverty, climate change, and natural disasters — as well as the increasing role that conflicts and politics play in access to food.
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.
SHP's Eran Bendavid Warns that millions of young children around the world are at risk of missing their measles vaccines as health-care workers focus on COVID-19.