Hong Wang, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Division of Health Policy and Administration
Professor Wang’s primary research interests are in health care financing, health care system development, and the determinants of population health in developing countries. He is currently working on health care financing in rural China, health delivery system development in rural Africa, medical service regulation, the effects of social changes on population health, and the economic analysis of tobacco consumption. He also works on a cost-benefit/effectiveness analysis of nurse intervention for improving the quality of life of ovarian cancer patients in the United States. Professor Wang has worked in China for a dozen years. He has served as a faculty member in the Department of Health Economics at Beijing Medical University and as Deputy Director in China National Health Economic Institute, Ministry of Health. Currently, he serves as Program Officer at Milbank Memorial Fund. He is a member of Chinese Ministry of Health Advisory Committee of Health Policy and Administration.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Population Health concentrating in Health Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
M.D., Beijing Medical University, 1986
Selected Publications
Wang, H., Hsiao, W., Zhang, L., and Yip, W. Adverse Selection in Voluntary-Based Rural Mutual Health Care in Rural China. Social Science and Medicine 63: 1236-1245, 2006.
Wang, H., Sindelar, J., and Busch, S. The Impact of Tobacco Expenditure on Household Consumption Patterns in Rural China. Social Science and Medicine 62(6): 1414-1426, 2006.
Wang, H. China’s Fragmented Health-system Reforms. The Lancet 366(9493): 1257-1258, 2005.
Wang, H., Yip, W., Hsiao, W., Zhang, L., and Wang, L. Community-based Health Insurance in Poor Rural China: The Distribution of Net Benefits. Journal of Health Policy and Planning 20(6): 366-374, 2005.
Wang, H. Social Change and Its Potential Impacts on Chinese Population Health. Hygiea Internationalis 4(1): 109-151, 2004.
Wang, H., Kindig, D., and Mullahy, J. Variation in Chinese Population Health Related Quality of Life: Results from a EuroQol Study in Beijing, China. Quality of Life Research 14: 119-132, 2005.
Wang, H., Remington, P.OL., and Kindig, D.A. How Fast Can the Racial Gap in Life Expectancy between Whites and Blacks Be Eliminated? Medscape,1999,
Wang, H. and Kindig, D.A. The Relationship Between Commuting Patterns and Health Resources in Nonmetropolitan Counties of The United States. Medical Care 12: 1154, 1992.
For a further list of Dr. Wang's publications, please see PubMed. |
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