This line of work focuses on access and safe use of medications in vulnerable populations, including immigrant and refugee populations. Studies utilize population-based methods to better understand the patterns and determinants responsible for medication use and underuse, and how these patterns influence health-related outcomes and disparities. In addition, research focuses on the policy perspective regarding these issues and what can be done both at a community and national level to address these global health issues.

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Guadamuz, J. S., Shooshtari, A., & Qato, D. M. (2022). Global, regional and national trends in statin utilisation in high-income and low/middle-income countries, 2015–2020. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061350.

Saadeh, R., Qato, D., Khader, A., Shahin, Y., & Seita, A. (2015). Trends in the utilization of antihypertensive medications among Palestine refugees in Jordan, 2008-2012. Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 8(1), 1-8.

Qato, D. M. (2013). Use of medicines in communities of Palestinian refugees: a mixed-methods study. The Lancet, 382, S30.

Qato, D., Doocy, S., Tsuchida, D., Greenough, P. G., & Burham, G. (2007). West Bank barrier decreases access to schools and health services. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 22(4), 263.

Qato, D., & Qato, D. Politics of Deteriorating Health in Palestine. (2006). In APHA Annual Meeting.

Qato, D. (2004). The politics of deteriorating health: the case of Palestine. International Journal of Health Services, 34(2), 341-364.