Eunhae Shin’s research examines how health policy, insurance design, and healthcare systems shape access to care, utilization, and health outcomes. Her work focuses on identifying structural and system-level drivers of variation in care delivery, with particular attention to disparities across populations and settings. Using large-scale administrative data and quasi-experimental methods, she studies how organizational features, market environments, and policy changes influence both the use of effective care and the persistence of gaps in access.

Her cancer-related research centers on disparities in cancer prevention and screening, particularly among populations served by safety-net providers. In recent work, she shows that cancer screening rates vary substantially across Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)—federally funded clinics that provide primary and preventive care to underserved and low-income populations—based on the social and economic characteristics of the communities they serve . This work highlights how differences in community context, resource constraints, and patient needs shape preventive care delivery and contribute to persistent inequities in cancer outcomes, pointing to the importance of system-level approaches to improving access.

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