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The Value of Improving Insurance Quality: Evidence from Long-Run Medicaid Attrition

September 15, 2020

Title: The Value of Improving Insurance Quality: Evidence from Long-Run Medicaid Attrition Dr. Ajin Lee Assisstant Professor of Economics  Michigan State University Main fields of interest are...

Title TBA - Prashant Bharadwaj (UCSD)

September 15, 2020

Title: TBA  Prashant Bharadwaj  University of California, San Diego (UCSD)  Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego.

South Korea's Public Health Response to COVID-19

April 13, 2020

Soon after South Korea identified its first positive COVID-19 case on January 21st, the number of infections surged in February.

CANCELED: The Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Asia and Beyond

February 25, 2020

 IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE: In keeping with Stanford University's March 3 message to the campus community on COVID-19 and current recommendations of the CDC, the Asia-Pacific Research Center is...

Fernando Alarid-Escudero - Seminar: Modeling Gastric Cancer Into The 21st Century

February 10, 2020

Title: Modeling Gastric Cancer Into The 21st Century Dr.

Fighting to End Hunger at Home & Abroad: Ambassador Ertharin Cousin shares her journey & lessons learned

May 22, 2019

Fighting to End Hunger at Home & Abroad:  Ambassador Ertharin Cousin shares her journey & lessons learnedA Conversation in Global Health with Ertharin CousinFSI Payne Distinguished Lecturer...

CANCELLED: Lecture by Acting Minister of Health of Ukraine Ulana Suprun, MD: The Lenin Sanatorium Emancipation: Inmates & Architects in Ukraine's Healthcare Transformation

April 25, 2019

Ukraine reclaimed independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, yet instead of implementing wide ranging institutional change to develop and prepare Ukraine for the 21st century, reform programs were...

Research in Progress: Natural Experiments in Health Care with Anupam B. Jena

September 20, 2018

Natural Experiments in Health CareAnupam B. Jena, MD, PhDRuth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical SchoolAnupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, is the Ruth L.

Research in Progress: User-Generated Ratings in Healthcare-Evidence from Yelp with Yiwei Chen

August 28, 2018

User-Generated Ratings in Healthcare-Evidence from YelpYiwei ChenAdvisor: Kate BundorfAbstract: It is controversial whether user-generated physician ratings from online sources improve healthcare...

Research in Progress: The Roots of Health Inequality: The Value of Intra-Family Information with Maria Polyakova

August 24, 2018

The Roots of Health Inequality: The Value of Intra-Family InformationMaria Polyakova, PhDAssistant Professor of Health Research and PolicyMaria Polyakova, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health...

Victor Fuchs' Book Launch: Health Economics and Policy

May 15, 2018

Health Economics and Policy by Victor FuchsWith Introductions by Douglas K. Owens and Stanford Dean of Medicine Lloyd B.

RIP: Behavioral Economics & Health with Kevin Volpp

March 2, 2018

Kevin Volpp is the founding Director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Division Chief of Health Policy for the Department of Medical Ethics and Policy, and the Founders...

Research in Progress (RIP): "Does the NIH promote novelty in biomedical science?"

October 27, 2016

This event has reached capacity. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please contact Nicole at nicoletf@stanford.edu.Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record.

Health Policy through 2020: The ACA, Payment Reform and Global Challenges

August 29, 2016

This event has reached capacity. Please join us to watch the live-stream at this link. The symposium will focus on the key questions that impact health through the year 2020.

A Tale of Two Systems: The Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Financial Risk Protection in Taiwan and South Korea

May 10, 2016

Abstract:One of the key objectives of introducing a compulsory health insurance is to provide citizens, regardless of socioeconomic status, with financial risk protection against unexpected...

Research in Progress (RIP): "Screening for Breast Cancer: New Guidelines, Old Controversies"

April 26, 2016

Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record.

Global Alliance for Genomics and Health: Genome Data Sharing

March 28, 2016

Abstract: Industry, medical centers, academics and patient advocates have come together to create common standards for the representation and exchange of genomics information for both research and...

Health and human movement: global challenges, local solutions

February 22, 2016

Abstract: The interactions between biological and cultural processes are critical determinants of human health.

Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency

May 8, 2015

Avik Roy is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the Opinion Editor at Forbes.

Excess Burden or Excessive Burden: Prisons and Infectious Disease Control

March 2, 2015

Abstract: Prison systems can play numerous roles in a society's security in terms of the separation of criminals from the general population, rehabilitation of criminals prior to reentry in society...

Science Seminar: Eran Bendavid, "Health Plus: Spillover from Foreign Aid for Health in Africa"

December 15, 2014

Abstract:  Foreign aid for health in low- and middle-income countries has increased five-fold over the past 25 years.  Between 2005 and 2010, health aid made up more than 30% of all health spending...

Why the United States Spends So Much More on Health Care than Other Countries: Economic, Institutional and Political Perspectives

June 5, 2014

Abstract: The United States spends over 17 percent of GDP on health care; the next six highest countries spend over 11 percent.
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