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Yue Li, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-3276

Fax: (585) 461-4532

Faculty Appointments

Biography

Professional Background

OTHER MAJOR ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Director, Health Services Research and Policy (HSR&P) MS/PhD programs
Editor-in-Chief, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology (HSORM)
(http://www.springer.com/public+health/journal/10742)
Director of Research, Division of Health Policy and Outcomes Research


TEACHING:

PM 422, Quality of Care and Risk Adjustment
PM 428, Health Services Research PhD Workshop
PM 456, Health Economics I


RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Li is a tenured Professor and an experienced health services researcher with major focuses on Medicare policy and quality of hospital and long-term care. His current research includes: 1) Quality and outcome assessment for hospital and long-term care; 2) Impact of Medicare payment reforms such as bundled payments on health care quality; and 3) disparities in quality of health care.

Dr. Li is currently leading two R01 grants as PI. The first project is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is designed to identify those aspects of state regulatory and payment policies that may foster or prevent the development of nursing home patient safety culture. The second project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), aims to use big data and statistical machine learning methods to analyze the violent death data and medical records of patients from the CDC and the CMS, in order to identify the risk and protective factors for suicide deaths among older adults in long-term care settings.

He also collaborates as co-investigator on several other federally funded research projects including 1) a funded project that aims to determine the effect of the CJR (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement) model on racial and SES disparities in the utilization and outcomes of lower extremity joint replacement procedures (R01MD012422; PI: Caroline Thirukumaran); 2) another project that tests the impact of state regulations on safety culture and safety outcomes in assisted living residences (R01HS026893; PI: Helena Tempkin-Greener); and 3) a more recent project designed to focus on Medicare ACOs (accountable care organizations) and their impact on surgical outcomes and post-acute care use.

For Dr. Li's past research activities, please go to https://webfiles.uci.edu/yli11/homepage/index.htm

Awards

2014 - Present
Editor-in Chief
Sponsor: Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology (HSORM)

2013
Winner of the Scholar Abstract Award
Sponsor: Amer Federation for Medical Research & the Assoc Clin & Trans Sc
Location: Washington, DC

2013
The Best Student Abstract in the Health Information Technology section of the Interest Group Poster Session (C. Thirukumaran)
Sponsor: 2013 AcademyHealth research meeting

2012 - 2012
Best Paper of the 2012 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Location: (one of the four best papers selected out of 1000+ submissions)

2009 - 2010
Exceptional Reviewer
Sponsor: Medical Care

2009
Award winner, James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award
Sponsor: APHA

2007
Most outstanding abstract in the Academy for HSR and Health Policy. 1 of 40 awardees from 1000+ submissions
Sponsor: Academy for HSR and Health Policy
Location: Orlando, Fl

2007
Award winner, The Aetna Susan B. Anthony Award for Excellence in Research on Older Women and Public Health
Sponsor: APHA

2004
Award winner, Medical Care Section Student Paper Award
Sponsor: APHA

2003
Finalist, Medical Care Section Student Paper Award
Sponsor: APHA

2001 - 2003
Pre-doctoral Fellowship,
Location: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

1991 - 1995
Top Student, The National Scholarship for Outstanding Performance
Location: Shanghai Medical University

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Publications

Journal Articles

3/2021
Simning A, Orth J, Caprio TV, Li Y, Wang J, Temkin-Greener H. "Receipt of Timely Primary Care Services Following Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care" . J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021; 22(3): 701-705.e1.

2/2021
Orth J, Li Y, Simning A, Zimmerman S, Temkin-Greener H. "End-of-Life Care among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Varies by Nursing Home and Market Characteristics" . J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021; 22(2): 320-328.e4.

2/2021
Wang J, Monroe TB, Simning A, Conwell Y, Caprio TV, Cai X, Temkin-Greener H, Muench U, Yu F, Ge S, Li Y. "Pain Management in Home Health Care: Relationship With Dementia and Facility Admissions" . Pain Manag Nurs. 2021; 22(1): 36-43.

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