Professor Jongsay Yong

Associate Professor Jongsay Yong is a Principal Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research. He is an experienced applied economist specialising in health economics, health services research and industrial economics. He has extensive knowledge of the working of the Australian health care system, especially on issues related to health system performance, measurement and evaluation, and evaluation of health policy and programs. His current research includes projects on price transparency in specialist care, on hospitals competing for private patients on quality of care, and on whether competition in aged care affects nursing home quality and prices.