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Miss Wanchun XU

Wanchun Xu

PhD student, Department of Family medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong

Mphil in Health Policy, The School of Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Bachelor in Preventive Medicine, The School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

 

Principle Supervisor: Dr. Eric Yuk Fai WAN

Co-supervisor: Professor Cindy L.K. LAM

email wanchunx@connect.hku.hk
Publications

Health service research in primary care

  1. Wanchun Xu, Ivy Lynn Mak, Ran Zhang, Esther Yee Tak Yu, Amy Pui Pui Ng, David Tak Wai Lui, David Vai Kiong Chao, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Eric Yuk Fai Wan*. Optimizing the frequency of physician encounters in follow-up care for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review. BMC Primary Care. 2024 Jan 26;25(1):41.
  2. Wanchun Xu†, Esther Yee Tak Yu†, Weng Yee Chin, Ivy Lynn Mak, Cheyenne I Ying Chan, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam*, Eric Yuk Fai Wan*. Team-based continuity of care for patients with hypertension: a retrospective cohort study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 2023 Jul 11.
  3. Wanchun Xu, Zijing Pan, Liang Zhang, Shan Lu*. Optimizing the medical equipment investment in primary care centres in rural China: evidence from a panel threshold model. BMC Health Services Research. 2024 Feb 1;24(1):160.

Pharmacoepidemiology research for cardiometabolic diseases

  1. Wanchun Xu, Lee Amanda Lauren, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Goodarz Danaei, Eric Yuk Fai Wan*. Benefits and Risks Associated with Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults: Real-World Evidence from a Target Trial Emulation Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2024 May 28.
  2. Eric Yuk Fai Wan†*, Wanchun Xu†, Anna Hoi Ying Mok, Weng Yee Chin, Esther Yee Tak Yu, Celine Sze Ling Chui, Esther Wai Yin Chan, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Goodarz Danaei*. Evaluating different low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol thresholds to initiate statin for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A target trial emulation study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2024 Feb 21.
  3. Wanchun Xu†, Linda Chan†, Goodarz Danaei, Yuan Lu, Eric Yuk Fai Wan*. Long-term statin use and risk of cancers: a target trial emulation study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2024 Jun 14.