FERNANDO A WILSON portrait
  • Director, CTSI Health Economics Core
  • Director and Endowed Chair, Matheson Center for Health Care Studies
  • Professor, Economics Department
  • Adjunct Instructor, Ois Operations & Info Systems
  • Professor, Population Health Sciences
801-585-7501

Research Statement

My research includes topics in immigrant health, traffic safety, health policy and health services research. As a health economist, other research includes economic evaluation of healthcare-related projects, including cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, return on investment and cost-utility analyses. I am a quantitative researcher with expertise in utilizing large-scale survey and health services databases to explore issues related to health disparities, particularly for immigrant communities, and health policies.

Research Keywords

  • Public Health
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Care Policy/Health Services Research
  • Economics
  • Applied Economics

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Mexico

Publications

  • Goldstein E (2022). Hispanic Immigrants and Suicide: Overcoming Data Challenges in an Anti-Immigrant Climate. American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus. Vol. 1. Published, 12/01/2022.
  • Goldstein EV (2022). Discrimination and Suicidality Among Hispanic Mental Health Patients, 2010-2020: A Natural Language Processing Approach. (pp. 131313141313-1314). Vol. 73. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). Published, 11/01/2022.
  • Lueth AJ, Allshouse AA, Blue NM, Grobman WA, Levine LD & Simhan HN (2022). Allostatic Load and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Obstetrics and gynecology. Vol. 140, 974982974-982. Published, 11/01/2022.
  • Ruhnke SA & Reynolds MM (2022). A healthy migrant effect? Estimating health outcomes of the undocumented immigrant population in the United States using machine learning. Social science & medicine (1982). Vol. 307, 115177115177. Published, 08/01/2022.
  • Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, van den Berg P & Epshtein I (2022). Author Correction: The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. (pp. 212212). Vol. 28. Nature medicine. Published, 07/01/2022.
  • Trout KE & Chen LW (2022). The Impact of Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use on Inpatient Quality. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Vol. 44, e15e23e15-e23. Published, 04/01/2022.
  • Tatar M, Jalali MS & Tak HJ (2022). Impact of Florida's prescription drug monitoring program on drug- related fatal vehicle crashes: a difference-in-differences approach. Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. Vol. 28, 105109105-109. Published, 04/01/2022.
  • Tatar M, Jalali MS & Tak HJ (2022). Impact of Florida's prescription drug monitoring program on drug- related fatal vehicle crashes: a difference-in-differences approach. Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. Vol. 28, 105-109. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Trout KE & Chen LW (2022). The Impact of Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use on Inpatient Quality. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Vol. 44, 15-23. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Roy S & Wilson FA (2022). The Link Between Medicaid Expansion and School Absenteeism: Evidence From the Southern United States. The Journal of school health. Vol. 92, 123-131. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Roy S & Wilson FA (2022). The Link Between Medicaid Expansion and School Absenteeism: Evidence From the Southern United States. The Journal of school health. Vol. 92, 123131123-131. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, van den Berg P & Epshtein I (2022). The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. Nature medicine. Vol. 27, 2120-2126. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Chhibber A, Kharat A & Duong K (2021). Strategies to minimize inequity in COVID-19 vaccine access in the US: Implications for future vaccine rollouts. Lancet Regional Health. Americas. Vol. 7, 100138. Published, 12/01/2021.
  • Chhibber A, Kharat A & Duong K (2021). Strategies to minimize inequity in COVID-19 vaccine access in the US: Implications for future vaccine rollouts. Lancet regional health. Americas. Vol. 7, 100138100138. Published, 12/01/2021.
  • Tatar M (2021). Excess Deaths Reveal the Substantial Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mortality in the State of Florida. (pp. e3-e4). Vol. 111. American journal of public health. Published, 08/01/2021.
  • Tak HJ, Goldsweig AM, Wilson FA & Schram AW (2021). Association of Post-discharge Service Types and Timing with 30-Day Readmissions, Length of Stay, and Costs. Journal of general internal medicine. Vol. 36, 2197-2204. Published, 08/01/2021.
  • Lamsal R & Napit K (2021). Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare Utilization in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. American journal of preventive medicine. Vol. 60, 856-865. Published, 06/01/2021.
  • Tatar M, Habibdoust A & Wilson FA (2021). Analysis of Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of Florida. American journal of public health. Vol. 111, 704-707. Published, 03/01/2021.
  • Larson JL, Rosen AB & Wilson FA (2021). The effect of telehealth interventions on quality of life of cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health informatics journal. Vol. 26, 1060-1078. Published, 02/01/2021.
  • Martin BI, Brodke DS, Wilson FA, Chaiyakunapruk N & Nelson RE (2021). The Impact of Halting Elective Admissions in Anticipation of a Demand Surge Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). Medical care. Vol. 59, 213-219. Published, 02/01/2021.
  • Roy S, Wilson FA, Chen LW, Kim J & Yu F (2020). The Impact of Medicaid Expansion for Adults Under the Affordable Care Act on Preventive Care for Children: Evidence From the Southern United States. Medical care. Vol. 58, 945-951. Published, 12/01/2020.
  • Wilson FA, Miller TL & Stimpson JP (2020). COVID-19 and TB control in immigrant communities. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Vol. 24, 975-977. Published, 11/01/2020.
  • Wilson FA & Stimpson JP (2020). Federal and State Policies Impacting Immigrant Access to Health Care. JAMA Health Forum. Published, 04/2020.
  • Rampa S, Wilson FA, Tak HJ, Roy S, Wani RJ, Markiewicz MR & Allareddy V (2020). Patient Characteristics and Causes of Facial Fractures in the State of California. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Vol. 77, 1855-1866. Published, 03/01/2020.
  • Tak HJ, Chen LW, Wilson FA, Goldsweig AM, Oleynikov D, Hawking M & Shih YT (2020). Post-Discharge Services for Different Diagnoses Than Index Hospitalization Predict Decreased 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of general internal medicine. Vol. 34, 1766-1774. Published, 02/01/2020.