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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Barbara Starfield was affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their academic work spanned a range of areas within health sciences and medicine during their career.

Starfield was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1978, marking a notable point in their professional contributions and standing in the medical research community.

While detailed records of their publication history, coauthors, and specific research topics are not available, their affiliation with a major research institution suggests involvement in clinical or public health-related fields.

The absence of listed recent papers, book publications, or main and subfields of study limits a detailed account of their specific research focus or the evolution of their scientific inquiry.

Nonetheless, the available data documents a career connected to Johns Hopkins University, a prominent center for medical research and education.

Best Publications

  • Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and Health

    Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi;James Macinko

  • Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly

    Jennifer L. Wolff;Barbara Starfield;Gerard Anderson

  • Continuity of care: a multidisciplinary review

    Jeannie L Haggerty;Robert J Reid;George K Freeman;Barbara H Starfield

  • Defining Comorbidity: Implications for Understanding Health and Health Services

    Jose M. Valderas;Barbara Starfield;Bonnie Sibbald;Chris Salisbury

  • The Contribution of Primary Care Systems to Health Outcomes within Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries, 1970–1998

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi

  • Primary Care: Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology

    Barbara Starfield

  • Is primary care essential

    Barbara Starfield

  • Development and Application of a Population-Oriented Measure of Ambulatory Care Case-Mix

    Jonathan P. Weiner;Barbara H. Starfield;Donald M. Steinwachs;Laura M. Mumford

  • Atenção primária: equilíbrio entre necessidades de saúde, serviços e tecnologia

    Barbara Starfield

  • The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health Determinants

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield

  • Policy relevant determinants of health: an international perspective

    Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi

  • Ambulatory care groups: a categorization of diagnoses for research and management.

    B Starfield;J Weiner;L Mumford;D Steinwachs

  • Is US Health Really the Best in the World

    Barbara Starfield

  • The medical home, access to care, and insurance: a review of evidence.

    Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi

  • The influence of patient-practitioner agreement on outcome of care.

    B Starfield;C Wray;K Hess;R Gross

  • Validating the Adult Primary Care Assessment Tool

    Leiyu Shi;Barbara Starfield;Jiahong Xu

  • Comorbidity: Implications for the Importance of Primary Care in ‘Case’ Management

    Barbara Starfield;Klaus W. Lemke;Terence Bernhardt;Steven S. Foldes

  • Poverty, race, and hospitalization for childhood asthma.

    L S Wissow;A M Gittelsohn;M Szklo;B Starfield

  • Elementary school-aged children's reports of their health: a cognitive interviewing study

    George W Rebok;Anne W Riley;Christopher B Forrest;Barbara Starfield

  • Quantifying the health benefits of primary care physician supply in the United States.

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Forrest
Christopher B. Forrest Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anne W. Riley
Anne W. Riley Johns Hopkins University
Leiyu Shi
Leiyu Shi Johns Hopkins University
Marie C. McCormick
Marie C. McCormick Harvard University
James Macinko
James Macinko University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan P. Weiner
Jonathan P. Weiner Johns Hopkins University
Margaret E. Ensminger
Margaret E. Ensminger Johns Hopkins University
Luis Rajmil
Luis Rajmil Government of Catalonia
Jordi Alonso
Jordi Alonso Pompeu Fabra University
Carme Borrell
Carme Borrell Pompeu Fabra University

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