Medical School

M.D., Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan 1993

Other School

M.Sc., Health Policy and Management, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston MA 1997

Other School

Ph.D., Health Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 2002

Zaitsu M, Yoo BK, Tomio J, Nakamura F, Toyokawa S, Kobayashi Y, “Impact of a direct-to-consumer information campaign on prescription patterns for overactive bladder,” BMC Health Serv Res, 2018 May 3;18(1):325. (PMID: 29724205) (Impact factor: 1.83)

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Hightower AD, Younge M, Eagan A, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, DiBitetto K, Concannon C, Vincelli P, Yoo BK, Humiston SG, “Impact of Elementary School-Located Influenza Vaccinations: A Stepped Wedge Trial Across a Community,” Vaccine, 2018 May 11;36(20):2861-2869. Epub 2018 Apr 17. (PMID: 29678459) (Impact factor: 3.24)

Yoo BK, Kim M, Sasaki T, Hoch J, Marcin JP, “Selected use of telemedicine in intensive care units based on severity of illness improves cost-effectiveness,” Telemedicine and e-Health, 2018 Jan;24(1):21-36. Epub 2017 Jun 29. (PMID: 28661790) (Impact factor: 1.79)

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Goldstein NPN, Vincelli P, Hightower AD, Younge M, Eagan A, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, DiBitetto K, Yoo BK, Humiston SG, “School-located Influenza Vaccinations for Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” J Adolesc Health, 2018 Feb;62(2):157-163. Epub 2017 Dec 13. (PMID: 29248390. (Impact factor: 3.97)

Yoo BK, Kim M, Sasaki T, Hoch JS, Marcin JP. Selected Use of Telemedicine in Intensive Care Units Based on Severity of Illness Improves Cost-Effectiveness. Telemed J E Health. 2017 Jun 29.

Yoo BK, Hasebe T, Kim M, Sasaki T, Styne DM. Pilot survey of a novel incentive to promote healthy behavior among school children and their parents. Prev Med Rep. 2017 Mar 29;6:286-293.

Yoo BK, Kim M, Sasaki T, Ward D, Spetz J, “The impact of economic recession on registered nurse workforce supply in California,” Nursing Economics, 2017, Jan-Feb;35(1):21-29 (Impact factor: 0.93)

Szilagyi PG, Schaffer S, Rand CM, Vincelli P, Eagan A, Goldstein NP, Hightower AD, Younge M, Blumkin A, Albertin CS, Yoo BK, Humiston SG. School-Located Influenza Vaccinations: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2016 Nov;138(5).

Yoo BK, Kim M, Lin TC, Sasaki T, Ward D, Spetz J. The effect of prior healthcare employment on the wages of registered nurses. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Aug 19;16(1):412.

Yoo BK, Kim M, Sasaki T, Melnikow J, Marcin JP. Economic Evaluation of Telemedicine for Patients in ICUs. Crit Care Med. 2016 Feb;44(2):265-74.

Kim M, Yoo BK. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Television Campaign to Promote Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Among the Elderly. Value Health. 2015 Jul;18(5):622-30.

Yoo BK, Hasebe T, Szilagyi PG. Decomposing racial/ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination among the elderly. Vaccine. 2015 Jun 12;33(26):2997-3002.

Yang NH, Dharmar M, Yoo BK, Leigh JP, Kuppermann N, Romano PS, Nesbitt TS, Marcin JP. Economic Evaluation of Pediatric Telemedicine Consultations to Rural Emergency Departments. Med Decis Making. 2015 Aug;35(6):773-83.

Yoo BK, Humiston SG, Szilagyi PG, Schaffer SJ, Long C, Kolasa M. Cost effectiveness analysis of Year 2 of an elementary school-located influenza vaccination program-Results from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Nov 16;15:511.

Akiyama M, Yoo BK. A Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluation of Telemedicine in Japan. J Prev Med Public Health. 2016 Jul;49(4):183-96.