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David A. Kindig publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David A. Kindig sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David A. Kindig D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David A. Kindig sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

David A. Kindig is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and social sciences, with significant contributions to general health professions, health, economics and econometrics, organizational behavior and human resource management, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Public health policies and education
  • Healthcare policy and management
  • Global public health policies and epidemiology
  • Food security and health in diverse populations
  • Child and adolescent health
  • Birth, development, and health

Their recent publications include:

  • "Keeping It Political and Powerful: Defining the Structural Determinants of Health" (2024) in Milbank Quarterly
  • "Trends in infants born at low birthweight and disparities by maternal race and education from 2003 to 2018 in the United States" (2021) in BMC Public Health
  • "What Do We Know About the Drivers of Health and Equity? A Narrative Review of Graphic Representations" (2020) in Health Equity
  • "Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine's 2030 Target" (2020) in American Journal of Public Health
  • "Why Did Cross-National Divergences in Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures Both Appear in the 1980s?" (2020) in American Journal of Public Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marjory L. Givens
  • Sanne Magnan
  • Sheri P. Johnson
  • Elizabeth A. Pollock
  • Keith P. Gennuso

Kindig has published frequently in venues such as Milbank Quarterly and American Journal of Public Health, each with three known publications, as well as BMC Public Health, Health Equity, and NAM Perspectives.

In 1996, David A. Kindig was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Best Publications

  • What Is Population Health

    David Kindig;Greg Stoddart

  • Understanding population health terminology.

    David A. Kindig

  • Message Design Strategies to Raise Public Awareness of Social Determinants of Health and Population Health Disparities

    Jeff Niederdeppe;Q. Lisa Bu;Porismita Borah;David A. Kindig

  • Variation in Chinese population health related quality of life: results from a EuroQol study in Beijing, China.

    Hong Wang;David A. Kindig;John Mullahy

  • Changes in the location of death after passage of Medicare's prospective payment system. A national study.

    Mark A. Sager;Douglas V. Easterling;David A. Kindig;Odin W. Anderson

  • DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FOR ASSIGNING WEIGHTS TO DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

    Bridget C. Booske;Jessica K. Athens;David A. Kindig;Hyojun Park

  • A Population Health Framework for Setting National and State Health Goals

    David A. Kindig;Yukiko Asada;Bridget Booske

  • The Adequacy Of Physician Supply In Small Rural Counties

    David A. Kindig;Hormoz Movassaghi

  • Even As Mortality Fell In Most US Counties, Female Mortality Nonetheless Rose In 42.8 Percent Of Counties From 1992 To 2006

    David A. Kindig;Erika R. Cheng

  • Skill mix changes: substitution or service development?

    Gerald Richardson;Alan Maynard;Nicky Cullum;David Kindig

  • The Value Of The Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exemption Was $24.6 Billion In 2011

    Sara Rosenbaum;David A. Kindig;Jie Bao;Maureen K. Byrnes

  • COMMITTEE ON HEALTH LITERACY

    Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman;Allison M. Panzer;David A. Kindig

  • Growth and Intracellular Development of a New Respiratory Virus

    Dorothy Hamre;David A. Kindig;Judith Mann

  • A Report Card on the Physician Work Force in the United States

    Marc L. Rivo;David A. Kindig

  • Purchasing Population Health: Paying for Results

    David A. Kindig

  • Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues: The Wisconsin County Health Rankings

    Paul E. Peppard;David A. Kindig;Elizabeth Dranger;Amanda Jovaag

  • Managed Health Care: Implications for the Physician Workforce and Medical Education

    Marc L. Rivo;Huey L. Mays;Jerald Katzoff;David A. Kindig

  • The Elusive Generalist Physician: Can We Reach a 50% Goal?

    David A. Kindig;James M. Cultice;Fitzhugh Mullan

  • The Substitution of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners for Physician Residents in Teaching Hospitals

    Roberta Riportella-Muller;Donald Libby;David Kindig

  • Virus-Like Particles in Established Murine Cell Lines: Electron-Microscopic Observations

    David A. Kindig;W. H. Kirsten

Frequent Co-Authors

John Mullahy
John Mullahy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeff Niederdeppe
Jeff Niederdeppe Cornell University
Sara J. Rosenbaum
Sara J. Rosenbaum George Washington University
Philip M. Farrell
Philip M. Farrell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark A. Sager
Mark A. Sager University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alan Maynard
Alan Maynard University of York
Gary J. Young
Gary J. Young Northeastern University
Thomas C. Ricketts
Thomas C. Ricketts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elliott S. Fisher
Elliott S. Fisher Dartmouth College

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