Hyo Jung Tak, PhD

• Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Health Services Research and Administration
• Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Health Services Research and Administration
• Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of North Texas Health Science Center
• Postdoctoral scholar, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago

• PhD, Public Policy, University of Chicago
• MA, Economics, University of Chicago
• BA, Economics, Sung Kyun Kwan University

• Health economics, health policy, health services research, health econometrics
• Health insurance, health services utilization, medical costs, health outcomes 
• Physician supply, medical capacity, telemedicine
• Cancer, disability, chronic conditions

• Tak H, Ruhnke GW, Meltzer DO. “Association of Patient Preferences for Participation in Decision Making with Length of Stay and Costs among Hospitalized Patients.” JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013;173(13):1195-1203. 
• Tak H, Curlin F, Yoon J. “Association of Intrinsic Motivating Factors and Markers of Physician Well-Being: A National Physician Survey.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2017;32(7):739-746. 
• Tak H, Goldsweig AM, Wilson F, Schram A, Saunders M, Hawking M, Gupta T, Yuan C, Chen L. “Association of Post-Discharge Services Utilization and Timing with 30-Day Readmissions, Length of Stay, and Hospital Costs.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021 Aug;36(8):2197-2204.
• Tak H, Cozad M, Horner RD. “A National Perspective of Telehealth Use and Direct Medical Costs: Who Uses It and How Much It Costs.” Medical Care. 2023 Aug 1;61(8):495-504.
• Tak H, Horner RD, Lee M, Shih YT. “Impact of Functional Disability on Health-Care Use and Medical Costs among Cancer Survivors.” JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 2023 August, 7(5), pkad059.

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