Hongqiao Fu

Assistant Professor
hofu90@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Dr. Hongqiao Fu is an assistant Professor of Health Economics and Policy in School of Public Health at Peking University. He graduated from National School of Development at Peking University in 2018 and holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics. He was a visiting scholar from October 2015 to February 2017 at Harvard School of Public Health. His research focuses on rigorous and policy-relevant health system evaluations by integrating theories and methods of economics, management, and public health.

Dr. Fu has published a series of academic papers in leading international journals, such as Lancet Public Health, Lancet Regional Health- Western Pacific, Social Science & Medicine, Health Policy and Planning, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics and China Economic Review. His work has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education of China, and the Social Science Fund of Beijing. He now serves as the secretary-general of Health Insurance Specialty Committee of China Health Economics Association, the secretary-general of Yinchuan Internet+ Health Association, the member of NHSA expert committee on DIP payment, and the World Bank consultant for health care reform in China.

Main research directions

Health Economics, Health Policy, Health System

Representative scientific research projects

1. Principal Investigator (PI), The effects of healthcare platform's governance design on physician-patient behaviors and their mechanisms, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2025-2028)

2. Principal Investigator (PI), A study on online patient choice in the context of Healthy China Initiative: evidence from large online medical platforms, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2024)

3. PI, A study on the impacts of county-level medical alliances on medical expenditures and health outcomes and their mechanisms, Ministry of Education of China (2021-2024)

4. PI, A study on avoidable hospitalization in Beijing, Beijing Municipal Social Science Foundation (2021-2024)

5. Co-PI, A study on transformation of county medical consortium to health consortium under the rural revitalization strategy, Major Project, National Social Science Foundation of China (2023-2027)

6. Co-PI, A study on coordinated governance on medical insurance, medical care, and pharmaceuticals under the deepening medical reform background, Major Project, National Social Science Foundation of China (2023-2025)

10 representative papers

1. Yip, W., Fu, H.*, Jian, W., Liu, J., Pan, J., Xu, D., Yang, H., Zhai, T. (2023) Universal health coverage in China part 1: progress and gaps. Lancet Public Health, 12(8), e1025-e1034

2. Yip, W., Fu, H.*, Jian, W., Liu, J., Pan, J., Xu, D., Yang, H., Zhai, T. (2023) Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations. Lancet Public Health, 12(8), e1035-e1042

3. Li, Y., Zhang, C., Zhan P., Fu, H.*, Yip, W. (2023). Trends and projections of universal health coverage indicators in China, 1993-2030: An analysis of data from four nationwide household surveys. Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 31, 100646

4. Jia, Y., Hu, M.*, Fu, H.*, Yip, W. (2023). Provincial variations in catastrophic health expenditure and medical impoverishment in China: A nationwide population-based study, Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 100633

5. Fu, H., Cheng, T., Zhan, J., Xu, D., Yip, W. (2024) Dynamic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for telemedicine services: Evidence from China. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization，220, 531-557

6. Fu, H., Lai, Y.*, Li, Y., Zhu, Y., Yip, W. (2023). Understanding medical corruption in China: a mixed-methods study. Health Policy and Planning, 38, 496–508

7. Xu, D., Zhan, J., Cheng, T., Fu, H.*, Yip, W. (2022). Understanding online dual practice of public hospital doctors in China: a mixed-methods study, Health Policy and Planning, 37, 440-451

8. Lai, Y., Fu, H.*, Li, L., Yip, W. (2022). Hospital response to a case-based payment scheme under regional global budget: the case of Guangzhou in China, Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114601

9. Ta, Y.#, Zhu, Y.#, Fu, H*. (2020). Trends in access to health services, financial protection and satisfaction between 2010 and 2016: Has China achieved the goals of its health system reform? Social Science & Medicine, 245, 112715

10. Fu, H.＊, Li, L., Yip, W. (2018). Intended and unintended impacts of price changes for drugs and medical services: Evidence from China. Social Science & Medicine, 211, 114-122.