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Dr Huixuan Gao is a Research Officer at LSE Health. Prior to this, she was an LSE Fellow in the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research focuses on health economics and health policy, drawing on applied econometric methods to investigate questions relating to informal care, ageing, and health and social care. Her work examines the economic value of unpaid caregiving, the allocation of care responsibilities between families and formal services, and the implications of caregiving for health and wellbeing. Her broader research interests include health behaviours, healthcare utilisation, and health inequalities, using quantitative methods to inform health and social care policy.
Key expertise: Health Economics; Health Policy; Ageing and Long-term Care; Healthcare; Health and Wellbeing; Economic Valuation; Applied Econometrics