ISSN: 2689-8942
Professor
School of Health Sciences
Jackson State University
United States of America
Tel: 601-979-8823
Dr. Mustafa Z Younis is currently a tenured professor of health economics policy and finance at Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA. He completed PhD in Health Systems Management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, M.A in Political Economy from University of Texas and M.B.A from Sull Ross State University of Texas. He has collaborated with faculties from the School of Medicine at Jena University (Jena, Germany), as well as those from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. He served with the American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon) and the World Bank training workshops for health sector reforms in the Middle East, which involved training health administrators from several Middle Eastern countries. His present and future research activities focus on issues related to disparities and access in healthcare, cancer centers, long-term care and nursing homes, capital structure and debt financing for hospitals and healthcare organizations, examination of quality and efficiency in the healthcare sector, hospital mergers, conversions and changes of ownership and hospital profitability. Dr Younis has administrative experience as Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Florida International University, Florida, USA where he led the accreditation efforts for the Healthcare Management Program. He has strong research expertise in working with hospital and nursing home data to measure economic and financial performance.
