COVID impact survey: New doctors less likely to opt for rural practice, more likely to report poor job market
Hao Yu, PhD
Associate Professor
Primary Divisions and Centers
Research Focus
Hao Yu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research (HPI) at the Department of Population Medicine. He has more than 20 years of experience in studying health care financing and delivery reforms in both the US and China, with an overarching goal of informing policies to promote health equity. His research has focused on how these reforms affect health care and health outcomes for vulnerable populations, such as children and women with special health care needs, people with mental disorders, and residents of medically underserved areas. He has led 10 R01 projects, with four of them ongoing, examining insurance mandates for children with autism, impacts of health workforce expansion policies, and effects of telehealth policies. He has published in top medical and health policy journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, British Medical Journal, and Health Affairs.
Research Areas:
- Health Disparities and Equity
- Health Insurance
- Health Workforce
