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Hyo Jung Tak, PhD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Health Services Research and Administration

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Phone: 402-559-5260

Hyo Jung Tak, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Research & Administration of the UNMC College of Public Health.

Prior to joining UNMC in 2016, Dr. Tak was an assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy of the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, and a postdoctoral scholar in the Section of Hospital Medicine of the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

Education

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

Research interests

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

Selected Publications

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.