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James Macinko is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research centers primarily on medicine, health professions, and social sciences, with a significant focus on topics such as health disparities and outcomes, global maternal and child health, and global health care issues.

The main fields of study for Macinko include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, more specific subfields of study covered by Macinko's work are:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Finance

Macinko's research addresses various main topics such as:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Their recent papers reflect a focus on public health and social determinants of health in diverse populations, including:

  • Why do some countries do better or worse in life expectancy relative to income? An analysis of Brazil, Ethiopia, and the United States of America, 2020, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Cohort Profile: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSI-Brazil), 2022, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Distanciamento social, uso de máscaras e higienização das mãos entre participantes do Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros: iniciativa ELSI-COVID-19, 2020, Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • The effect of primary health care on tuberculosis in a nationwide cohort of 7·3 million Brazilian people: a quasi-experimental study, 2022, The Lancet Global Health
  • Incorporating social determinants of health into the mathematical modeling of HIV/AIDS, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Macinko include:

  • Davide Rasella
  • Inês Dourado
  • Luís Eugênio Portela Fernandes de Souza
  • Rodrigo Anderle
  • Laio Magno

Macinko frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • PLoS ONE
  • Population Medicine
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and Health

    Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi;James Macinko

  • The Brazilian health system: history, advances, and challenges

    Jairnilson Silva Paim;Claudia Maria de Rezende Travassos;Célia Almeida;Ligia Bahia

  • 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

  • Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future.

    Marcia C Castro;Adriano Massuda;Adriano Massuda;Gisele Almeida;Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho;Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho

  • Evaluation of the impact of the Family Health Program on infant mortality in Brazil, 1990–2002

    James Macinko;Frederico C Guanais;Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza

  • The Utility of Social Capital in Research on Health Determinants

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield

  • Brazil's family health strategy--delivering community-based primary care in a universal health system.

    James Macinko;Matthew J. Harris

  • Neighborhoods and obesity.

    Jennifer L Black;James Macinko

  • Internações por condições sensíveis à atenção primária: a construção da lista brasileira como ferramenta para medir o desempenho do sistema de saúde (Projeto ICSAP - Brasil)

    Maria Elmira Alfradique;Palmira de Fátima Bonolo;Inês Dourado;Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

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

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi

  • The effects of specialist supply on populations' health: assessing the evidence

    Barbara Starfield;Leiyu Shi;Atul Grover;James Macinko

  • The Relationship Between Primary Care, Income Inequality, and Mortality in US States, 1980–1995

    Leiyu Shi;James Macinko;Barbara Starfield;John Wulu

  • National Estimates of Genetic Testing in Women With a History of Breast or Ovarian Cancer.

    Christopher P. Childers;Kimberly K. Childers;Melinda Maggard-Gibbons;James Macinko

  • Annotated Bibliography on Equity in Health, 1980-2001

    James A Macinko;Barbara Starfield

  • Uma metodologia de avaliação do desempenho do sistema de saúde brasileiro

    Francisco Viacava;Célia Almeida;Rosângela Caetano;Márcia Cristina Rodrigues Fausto

  • Going to scale with community-based primary care: an analysis of the family health program and infant mortality in Brazil, 1999-2004.

    James Macinko;Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza;Frederico C. Guanais;Celso Cardoso da Silva Simões

  • Revisiting Alma-Ata: what is the role of primary health care in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?

    Thomas Hone;James Macinko;Christopher Millett

  • The impact of primary healthcare on population health in low- and middle-income countries.

    James Macinko;Barbara Starfield;Temitope Erinosho;Temitope Erinosho

  • Income Inequality and Health: A Critical Review of the Literature:

    James A. Macinko;Leiyu Shi;Barbara Starfield;John T. Wulu

  • Primary care, infant mortality, and low birth weight in the states of the USA

    L Shi;J Macinko;B Starfield;J Xu

  • Major Expansion Of Primary Care In Brazil Linked To Decline In Unnecessary Hospitalization

    James Macinko;Inês Dourado;Rosana Aquino;Palmira de Fátima Bonolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Starfield
Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University
Leiyu Shi
Leiyu Shi Johns Hopkins University
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Fran Baum
Fran Baum University of Adelaide
Irma T. Elo
Irma T. Elo University of Pennsylvania
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Mary T. Bassett
Mary T. Bassett Harvard University
Jody Heymann
Jody Heymann University of California, Los Angeles
Qingyue Meng
Qingyue Meng Peking University

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