Olga Yakusheva
Associate Professor
Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Yakusheva is an economist with interests in health services research, obesity, and fertility. Her health services work focuses on nurse education, nurse productivity, and patient outcomes in acute care, and it has been published in Medical Care and Health Services Research, as well as in nursing research and policy journals. This work has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Her work on obesity and fertility examines how an individual’s decision-making regarding his/her health is impacted by the social environment, and it has been published in leading economics and public health journals including the Journal of Human Resources, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Adolescent Health. In addition, Dr. Yakusheva is currently expanding her research agenda to include maternal and child health.
Research Interest
Social networks Acute care nursing Peer effects in health outcomes Patient outcomes in acute care Human capital
Publications
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Yakusheva O. “Health Spillovers among Hospital Patients: Evidence from Roommate Assignments.†American Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming in 2016.
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Davis M., Yakusheva O., Gottlieb DJ, Bynum JP.†Regional Supply of Chiropractic Care and Visits to Primary Care Physicians for Back and Neck Pain†J Am Board Fam Med. Jul-Aug 2015; 28(4):481-90
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Yakusheva O. and J.M. Fletcher. “Learning from Teen Childbearing Experiences of Close Friends: Evidence Using Miscarriages as a Natural Experiment.†Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(1) March 2015, pp: 29-43.
