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SOONMAN
KWON
Dept. of Health Policy and Management
Phone: +
28 Yonkon-dong, Chongno-gu
http://plaza.snu.ac.kr/~kwons
SEOUL 110-799, KOREA
Date of
Birth:
EDUCATION
1987:
B.A.,
1989:
M.P.H.,
1993: M.A.
and Ph.D., The
[Dissertation]
A Theory of Incentives for Providers: Payment Systems, Quality of Services and
Consumer Information in Health Insurance Markets (Advisor: Mark V. Pauly)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1993-1996:
Assistant Professor,
1997-present:
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Health Policy and
Management,
2004-2008:
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management,
2005-2009:
Director, Training Program for Senior Managers of National Health Insurance,
2005-present:
Director, Center for Canadian Social Policy,
2006-present,
Director, BK (Brain
2010-present,
Deputy Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University
VISITING
June-August
1999: Department of Economics,
June-August
2001: Department of Economics,
January-August
2002: Department of Population and International Health,
September
2002-January 2003: LSE Health and Social Care,
July-August
2003: Center for Social Policy (Zes),
January
2004: Institute on Aging,
August
2004: Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI),
July-August
2005:
January-August
2006: Department of Political Science,
MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST
Health
Economics and Financing; Comparative Health Systems and Policy; Aging and
Long-term Care Policy; Health Systems and Financing in Low-income Countries;
Pharmaceuticals and Industry; Political Economy of Health Care Reform
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
1983.3.-1987.2.:
Cum Laude,
1987.3.-1989.2.:
Summa Cum Laude,
1989.9.-1992.8.:
1990.9.-1991.8.:
Fellowship for Outstanding Scholars, University of
1992.9.-1993.8.:
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship,
1994.9.-1995.8.:
Faculty Fellowship, Haynes Foundation,
1999.6.-1999.8.:
Senior Researcher Fellowship, Friedrich-Ebert
2001.6.-2001.8.:
DAAD (German Academic Service) Scholarship,
2002.1.-2002.8.:
Fulbright Scholarship,
2002.9.-2003.2.:
Chevening Scholarship, British Council
2003.5.:
¡®Article-of-the-Year¡¯
2003.7.-2003.8.:
Senior Researcher Fellowship, Friedrich-Ebert
2005.5.-2005.12.:
Canadian Studies Grant, Foreign Affairs
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(Selected List)
International
Member, Independent Assessment Committee (IAC),
Advance Market Commitments (AMC), Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
(GAVI), Geneva, 2009-present
Member,
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), (WHO)
Member,
Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association, 2008-present
Domestic
Vice President
for Academic Affairs, Korean Gerontological Society,
2007-2009
Vice
President, Korean Health Economic Association, 2010-present
Committee
on Health Care Reform, Office of the Prime Minister, 1996-1997
DRG
Payment Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), 1997-1998
Committee
on the Evaluation of the Separation of Prescribing and Dispensing, MOHW,
2000-2001
Advisory
Board, National Health Insurance Corporation, 2000-2004
Committee
on Planning for Long-term Care, MOHW, 2003-2004
Committee
on National Health Insurance Reform, MOHW, 2003-2004
Committee
on Pharmaceutical Pricing and Expenditure, Health Insurance Review Agency,
2004-2005
Committee
on Payment Systems for Long-term
Committee
on Policy Review, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2004-2006
Committee
on the Evaluation of the National Pilot Programs of Long-term Care for the
Elderly, MOHW, 2005-2007
National
Committee on the Future of National Health Insurance, MOHW, 2007
Committee
on Low Fertility and Population Aging, MOHW, 2008-present
Committee
on Health Sector Development, MOHW, 2009
Committee
on Health Care Delivery System, MOHW, 2009-2010
Committee
on Hospice Care Payment and Development, MOHW, 2009-present
Executive
Board, Korean Society of Policy Studies, 1996-1999, 2004, 2005
Executive
Board, Korean Health Economic Association, 1998-present (Secretary General,
2000-2001; Director for International Cooperation, 2004-2009)
Executive
Board, Korean Hospital Management Association, 1998-2008 (Director for Policy
and Research, 2004-2006)
Executive
Board, Korean Social Security Association, 2000-present
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Policy Analysis and Evaluation, 2003
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Health Equity, 2004
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Public Finance and Economics, 2005-2007
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Regulatory Studies, 2005-present
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Social Policy, 2006-2008
Executive Board,
Korean Gerontological Society, 2007-present
Executive
Board, Korean Association of Health Policy and Administration, 2009-present
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Editor-in-Chief,
Korean Journal of Public Health, 2007-2009
International Journals
Health
Systems in Transition (HiT, European Observatory on
Health Systems and Policies), 2007-present;
Social
Science and Medicine (Elsevier), 2006-present;
Health
Economics, Policy and Law (Cambridge University Press), 2006-present;
Health
Sociology Review (Australian Sociological Association), 2004-present;
International
Review of Public Administration, 1996-2000
Korean Journals
Korean
Social Security Review, 1996-2000; Korean Journal of Policy Analysis and
Evaluation, 1999; Korean Health Economic Review, 2000-present; Kyungpook Journal of Local Governance, 2000-2001; Korean
Journal of Research in Gerontology, 2003-present; Korean Society and Public
Administration, 2004-2005; Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration,
2004-2007; Korean Journal of Hospital Management, 2004-2007; Korean Journal of
Regulatory Studies, 2005-present; Korean Journal of Applied Economics,
2006-2007; Korean Journal of Governance Studies, 2006-2008; Journal of
Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2010-present
SHORT-TERM CONSULTANCY
for International Organizations (Selected List)
GTZ (German Technical
Cooperation), PPR (Program Progress Review) for Health Care Programs of the
Philippines, Manila and Southern Leyte, Philippines, January-February 2004
GTZ, Segmenting the Informal
Sector for Premium Adjustment in Social Health Insurance of
GTZ, Strengthening Financial
Protection for Philippine Health Insurance, Manila, Philippines, October 2005
WHO, Health Care Financing of
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 2005
WHO, Health Care Financing
Reform and Social Development of
WHO,
Implementation of Health Care Financing Strategy,
WHO, Free
Health Care for Children under 6 in
GTZ,
Extension of Health Insurance to the Informal Sector,
World
Bank, Public Expenditure and Financial Management Review for Health Care in
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, February, 2007
GTZ,
Health Care Financing Strategies in NWFP (North West Frontier Province),
Peshawar, Pakistan, February-March, 2007
WHO,
Director of Training Program in Health Economics and Financing for Senior
Officials,
GTZ, PPR
(Program Progress Review) for Health Care Programs of the
WHO,
Health Care Financing Mechanism in
WHO,
Development of Training Module for Health Sector Financial Management, Lao PDR
and
WHO, User
Fee in the
WHO,
Health Care Financing Mechanism and Primary Care Financing in
EC
(European Commission), Case-based Payment System for Philippine Health
Insurance,
GTZ,
Social Health Protection in
World
Bank, Health Insurance in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2008
P4H
(Providing for Health), Developing a Conceptual Framework to Guide Assessment
for Social Health Protection, April-June 2009
World
Bank, Health Care Financing in Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR, May 2009
ADB (Asian
Development Bank), Impact of the Global Recession on Health in Asia,
May-October 2009
GTZ/P4H,
Social Health Protection in Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, August 2009
ADB,
Health Sector Development Project in Mongolia, August-December 2009
WHO,
Health Care Financing and Universal Coverage in Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR,
October 2009
GTZ,
Social Health Protection Master Plan in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October
2009
WHO,
Impact Analysis of Health Care Financing Reform in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,
November-December 2009
ADB, Population
Aging and Health and Long-term Care Policy in China, January-March 2010
WHO
(SEARO), Health Care Financing in Bhutan, Paro,
Bhutan, January 2010
WHO
(SEARO), Health Care Financing and Health System Strengthening in Myanmar, Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar, February 2010
WHO,
Pharmaceutical Policy in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, June 2010
SHORT-TERM CONSULTANCY for KOICA (Korea International Cooperation
Agency)
Feasibility Study of Hospital
and Health Programs:
Evaluation of Hospital and Health
Programs: Mexico, Ecuador and Peru (June-August 2007)
PUBLICATIONS
1. PAPERS IN
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Gerard Wedig and Soonman Kwon,
"Sustainable Asset Growth and the Accounting Rate of Return in
Not-for-profit Organizations: Theory and Evidence," International Journal of The Economics of Business (2:3), 1995,
367-391.
Soonman Kwon, "Structure of Financial Incentive Systems for Providers in
Managed Care Plans," Medical Care
Research and Review (53:2), 1996, 149-161.
Soonman Kwon, "Payment Systems for Providers in Health Insurance
Markets," Journal of Risk and Insurance (64:1), 1997,
155-173.
Soonman Kwon and Shui-Yan Tang, "Reinventing
Government: A Critique from an Institutional Perspective," International Journal of Public
Administration (
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Care Financing and Delivery for the Poor in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Economic Crisis and Social Policy Reform in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Globalization and Health Policy in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Care Financing Reform and the New Single Payer System in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Payment System Reform for Health Care Providers in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Quality of Life associated with Health and Health Care in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Pharmaceutical Reform and Physician Strikes: Separation of Drug
Prescribing and Dispensing in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Policy in
Sang
Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan, Soonman Kwon and Aviva Ron, ¡°Development of Social Health
Insurance in
Soonman
Kwon and Michael Reich, ¡°The Changing Process and Politics of Health Policy in
Robin Gauld, Michael D Barr, Tung-liang
Chiang, Derek Gould, Naoki Ikegami and Soonman Kwon,
¡°Advanced Asia¡¯s Health Systems in Comparison,¡± Health Policy, Vol. 79,
2006, 325-336.
Jui-fen Lu, Gabriel M Leung, Soonman Kwon, Keith YK Tin, Eddy van Doorslaer,
and Owen O¡¯Donnel, ¡°Horizontal Equity in Health Care
Utilization – Evidence from Three High-income Asian Economies,¡± Social Science and Medicine (64:1),
2007, 199-212.
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Fiscal Crisis of the National
Health Insurance in
Soonman Kwon and Ian Holliday, ¡°The Korean Welfare
State: A Paradox of Expansion in an Era of Globalization and Economic Crisis?¡± International Journal of Social Welfare
(
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Future of Long-term Care Financing
for the Elderly in Korea,¡± Journal of
Aging and Social Policy (20:1), 2008, 119-136.
O'Donnell, O., E. van Doorslaer, R. Rannan-Eliya, A. Somanathan, S. Adhikari, B. Akkazieva, D. Harbianto, C. Garg, P. Hanvoravongchai, A. Herrin, M. Huq, S. Ibragimova, A. Karan, S.
Kwon, G. Leung, J. Lu, Y. Ohkusa, B. Pande, R. Racelis, K. Tin, K. Tisayaticorn, L. Trisnantoro, Q.
Wan, B. Yang, and Y. Zhao, ¡°Who Pays
for Health Care in Asia?¡± Journal
of Health Economics (27:2), 2008, 460-475.
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Thirty Years of National Health
Insurance in South Korea: Lessons for Achieving Universal Health Care
Coverage,¡± Health Policy and Planning
(24:1), 2009, 63-71.
Soonman Kwon, ¡°The Introduction of Long-term Care
Insurance in
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Pharmaceutical Policy in Korea,¡± in Karen Eggleston, edit,
Prescribing Culture and Pharmaceutical
Policy in the Asia-Pacific, Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 31-44.
John Campbell , Naoki Ikegami and Soonman Kwon,¡±Policy Learning and
Cross-National Diffusion in Social Long-Term Care Insurance: Germany, Japan,
and the Republic of Korea,¡± International
Social Security Review (62:4), 2009, 63-80.
Soonman
Kwon, Youn Jung, Anwar Islam, Badri Pande, and Lan Yao,
¡°The Impact
of the Global Recession
on the Health of the People in Asia,¡± in
Armin Bauer and Myo Thant, edit, Poverty and
Sustainable Development in Asia: Impacts and Responses to the Global Economic
Crisis, ADB, 2010, forthcoming.
Soonman Kwon, Yue--Chune
Lee and Naoki Ikegami, ¡°Private Health Insurance in Japan, Republic of Korea
and Taiwan,¡± in Elias Mossialos, Sara Thompson and
Robert Evans, edit, Private Health
Insurance and Medical Savings Accounts: Lessons from International Experience,
Cambridge University Press, 2010, forthcoming.
Kunhee Park, Seung-Sik
Hwang, Jin-Seok Lee, Yoon Kim, and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Individual and Regional Risk Factors of Road
Traffic Injury Deaths: Nationwide Study in South Korea,¡± Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2010 (corresponding author).
Juhyun Lee, Sangmin Park, Kyunghyun Choi, and Soonman Kwon, The Association between the Supply of Primary
Care Physicians and Population Health Outcomes in Korea,¡± Family Medicine,
2010 (corresponding author).
<Book
Review>
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Healthy Democracies: Welfare
Politics in
2. REFREREED
PAPERS IN DOMESTIC (KOREAN) JOURNALS
Soonman Kwon, "Government Policy and Financial Performance of Regulated
Industry: Legal Ownership and the Dynamic Effect of Regulation," Korean Policy Studies Review (4:1),
1995, 256-284.
Soonman Kwon and Rando Kim, "Organizational
Economics and Public Administration: A Principal-Agent Perspective," Korean Public Administration Review
(29:1), 1995, 77-95 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "Nature of Competition and Regulation in Health Care Markets:
Implications for Public Policy," Korean
Journal of Health Policy and Administration (6:2), 1996, 14-42.
Soonman Kwon, "Efficiency and Incentive Systems in the Public Sector:
Political Economy and the Economics of Organization," Korean Policy Studies Review (5:2), 1996, 31-48.
Soonman Kwon, "Managed Care in the
Soonman Kwon, "Financial Distress and Entrepreneurship in Local Governments:
Lessons from the Bankruptcy of
Soonman Kwon, "Critical Assessments of the Resource-Based Relative Value
(RBRV) System," Korean Health
Economic Review (4:1), 1998, 56-68 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, Mark Pauly and Alan Hillman, "Reputation
and Disenrollment: Role of Consumer Information in Health Insurance
Markets," Korean Journal of Health
Policy and Administration (8:1),
1998, 266-282.
Soonman Kwon, "Health Care Policy and Reform in
Soonman Kwon, "Public Policy for Hospitals in the United States," Korean Journal of Hospital Management
(3:1), 1998, 238-260 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "Global Budgeting in Health Care," Korean Health Economic Review (5:1), 1999, 155-165 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "Financial Performance and Industry Dynamics of Hospitals:
Exit and the Change of Legal Ownership Types," Korean Journal of Policy Analysis and Evaluation (9:1), 1999, 37-51
(in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "Price Regulation in the Health Care Industry: Effects and the
Directions for Reform," Korean
Policy Studies Review (8:1), 1999, 255-271 (in Korean).
Jihee Yun and Soonman Kwon,
"An Analysis of Hospital-Related Articles in Daily Newspapers," Korean Journal of Hospital Management
(4:2), 1999, 60-84 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Soonman Kwon, "Information Failure and Health Care Policy," Korean Journal of Public Health (36:1),
1999, 31-40 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Care Reform in Germany,¡± FES (Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung) Information Series, November 1999 (in
Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "Strategic Planning in Hospitals," Journal of the Korean Hospital Association (29:1), Jan-Feb 2000,
28-35 (in Korean).
Hyon-Gyong Ji and Soonman Kwon,
"Marketing Mix and Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Antiulcer
Drugs," Korean Journal of Hospital
Management (5:1), 2000, 24-39 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Su-Kyong Seo and Soonman
Kwon, "Efficiency Benchmarking of Hospitals using DEA(Data Envelopment
Analysis)," Korean Journal of
Hospital Management (
Soonman Kwon, "Strategies to Implement a Fee Negotiation in Korea," Korean Health Economic Review (6:1),
2000, 33-55 (in Korean).
Hyuk Son, Maeng-jae Cho and Soonman
Kwon, ¡°Willingness to Pay for Psychiatric Consultation in the Cyber Space,¡± Korean
Journal of Psychopathology (9:1), 2000, 104-113 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Public Policy for Pharmaceuticals and the Hospital industry,¡± Korean
Journal of Public Health (37:1), 2000, 12-24 (in Korean).
Nami Lee and Soonman Kwon, "A
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Breast Cancer Screening," Korean Health Economic Review (6:2),
2000, 143-172 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Reform Issues in Health Insurance Benefits,¡± Journal of the
Jongchan Jung and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Substitutability
between the Physician and Pharmacy in Respiratory Diseases,¡± Health and
Social Science (9:1), 2001, 129-150 (in Korean) (corresponding
author).
Jiyoung Yim and Soonman Kwon,
¡°A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Medication for Osteoporosis,¡± Korean
Journal of Health Policy and Administration (11:3), 2001, 71-88 (in Korean)
(corresponding author).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Fiscal Crisis of the National Health Insurance in
Hongsoo Kim, Soonman Kwon and Sunmin
Kim, ¡°The Effects of Patient and Facility Characteristics on the Resource Use
of the Elderly in Long-term Care Services,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy
and Administration (12:1), 2002, 21-53 (in Korean) (corresponding
author).
Minchul Kim and Soonman Kwon, ¡°An Evaluation of Health
Information Sites in the Internet,¡± Korean Journal of Information Management
(19:3), 2002, 49-68 (in Korean).
Kyunghee Yi and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Performance of Local
Government Hospitals,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
(13:2), 2003, 101-124 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Long-term Care Financing and Delivery in Germany,¡± Korean
Journal of Research in Gerontology (Vol. 12), 2003, 27-48 (in Korean).
Bongmin Yang, Soonman Kwon, Taejin
Lee, Juwhan Oh and Suhyung
Lee, ¡°Equity in Health Care Financing in Korea,¡± Korean Health Economic Review (9:2), 2003, 1-12 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, Bongmin Yang, Taejin
Lee, Juwhan Oh and Suhyung
Lee, ¡°Equity in Health Care Utilization in Korea,¡± Korean Health Economic Review (9:2), 2003, 13-24 (in Korean).
Taejin Lee, Bongmin Yang, Soonman
Kwon, Juwhan Oh and Suhyung
Lee, ¡°Equity in Health Care Expenditure in Korea,¡± Korean Health Economic Review (9:2), 2003, 25-34 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Future of National Health Insurance in Korea,¡± Journal of the
Korean Hospital Association (33:1), 2004, 30-36 (in Korean).
Sang Min
Park, Yoon Jung Chang, Young Ho Yun, Tai Woo Yoo, Bong Yul Huh and Soonman Kwon, ¡°A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Colorectal
Cancer Screening in Korea,¡± Journal of
the Korean Academy of Family Medicine (25:4), 2004, 297-306 (in Korean) (corresponding
author).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Role of Public Sector in Health Care Delivery: Policy Options in
Eunok Kim and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Effects of a
Standardized Critical Pathway for Gastrectomy
Patients in a General Hospital,¡± Korean Journal of Hospital Management
(9:3), 2004, 128-142 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Kyunghee Yi and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Separation of Drug
Prescribing and Dispensing: Role of Interest Groups and Lessons from Policy
Process,¡± Korean Policy Studies Review (13:5), 2004, 255-277 (in Korean)
(corresponding author).
Sun-Ju Ahn and Soonman
Kwon, ¡°A Development of the Model for Evaluating the Security of Information
Systems in Health Care Organizations,¡± Koran
Journal of Hospital Management (10:4), 2005, 98-112 (in Korean) (corresponding
author).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Population Aging, Medical Expenditure and Long-term Care Reform in
Korea,¡± Korean Social Security Studies
(22: 2), 2006, 1-22 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon and
Hyuncheol Kim,
Eun-kyong Kim, Eun-Sil Choi, Yu-Jeong Kim, Hyun-Ju Lee, Jong-Ju Kim, Hyung-Suk Jang, Kyung-Seon Shim,
Sang-Nam Jeon, Yo-Han Kang,
Hyunseok Kang, Juwhan Oh,
Kung Sook Cho, and Soonman
Kwon, ¡°The Determinants of Adolescent
Smoking by Sex and School type in Korea,¡± Journal of Preventive Medicine Public Health (39:5), 2006, 379-388
(in Korean).
Soonman
Kwon, ¡°Technology and Health Policy: Rapid Technology Diffusion and Policy
Options in
Hyunsun Jung
and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Effects of Media Coverage on
Outpatient Care Appointments in a University Hospital,¡± Korea Journal of Public Health (44:1), 2007, 15-26 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Jungju Kim,
Juhwan Oh, Okryun Moon and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Quantitative and Qualitative Difference in
the Utilization of Health Care,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy and
Administration (17:3), 2007, 26-49 (in Korean).
Shin-Hong
Kang and Soonman Kwon, ¡°A
Development of a Cost Accounting System for Ultrasonography
in a Secondary Hospital,¡± Korean Journal
of Health Economics and Policy (13:2), 2007, 137-161 (in
Korean) (corresponding
author).
Young-in Lee, Be-long Cho, Soonman Kwon,
Jin-young Choi, ¡°The Relationship between Pain and
Stress in Senior Citizens,¡± Journal of the Korean Academy of Family
Medicine
(29:6), 2008, 418-423 (in Korean).
Su-jin
Kim, Young Ko, Ju-Hwan Oh,
and Soonman Kwon, ¡°The Effect of Expanding Health
Insurance Benefits for Cancer Patients on the Equity of Health Care
Utilization,¡± Korean Journal of Health
Policy and Administration
Jae-Heon Heo and Soonman
Kwon, ¡°Health Care Reform in Canada,¡± Korean
Review of Canadian Studies 14:1, 2008, 37-64 (in Korean) (corresponding
Author).
Seon Lee, Soonman Kwon and Cheonsoon
Lim, ¡°Privatization Policy Strategies for Public Services,¡± Social Science Researches 34:2, 2008,
97-122 (in Korean).
Soojung Kim
and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Social Cost of Smoking in Korea,¡± Korean Journal of Policy Analysis and
Evaluation 18:4, 2008, 119-140 (in Korean) (corresponding Author).
Chae-eun Lee
and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Differences in the Burden of
Disease of the Elderly by Socioeconomic Status,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration 18:4, 2008, 1-17
(in Korean) (corresponding author).
Youn Jung
and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Cash Benefits in Long-term Care
Insurance,¡± Korean Journal of Public
Health (45:1-2), 2008, 15-24 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Soonman
Kwon, ¡°Politics of Health Care Financing Reform in Mongolia,¡± Korean Journal of Public Health
(45:1-2), 2008, 25-34.
Nan-He Yoon, Soonman Kwon, Hoo-Yeon Lee, Eun-Cheol Park, Kui Son Choi, and Min-Son Kwak, ¡°Factors Affecting Satisfaction in National
Cancer Screening Program,¡± Korean Journal of
Health Policy and Administration
Yoojin Park, Myoung-hee Kim, Soonman Kwon, and Young-jeon
Shin, ¡°The Association between Public Social Expenditure
and Suicides: Evidence from OECD countries,¡± Journal of Preventive
Medicine and Public Health
(42:2), 2009, 123-129 (in Korean).
Jongnam
Hwang and Soonman Kwon, ¡°The Relation between the
Participation in Social Activity and Cognitive Function among Middle and Eelderly Population,¡± Journal
of the Korean Gerontological Society 29:3, 2009,
971-986 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Jungmi Joo and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Difference
in Outpatient Medical Expenditure and Physician Practice Patterns between
Medicaid and Health Insurance Patients,¡± Korean
Journal of Health Policy and Administration 19:3, 2009, 125-141 (in Korean)
(corresponding author).
Jungmi Joo, Soonman Kwon and Sera Kim,
¡°Determinants of Health Care Expenditure per Care for Outpatient Care,¡± Korean Journal of Health Economics and
Policy (15:2), 2009, 45-62 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Jinhee Jung, Soonman
Kwon, Kyounghoon Kim, Seonkyoung
Lee and Dongsook Kim, ¡°Impact of Health Insurance
Type on the Quality of Hemodialysis Services: A
Multilevel Analysis,¡± Journal of
Preventive Medicine and Public Health (43:3), 2010, 245-256 (in Korean).
Jong-ho Heo,
Young-tae Cho and Soonman Kwon, ¡°The Effect of Socioeconomic Deprivations
on Health,¡± Korean Journal of Sociology
(44:2), 2010 (in Korean) (corresponding author).
Bo Young Jeon, Soonman Kwon, Byong Hee Cho and Tae-Jin Lee,
¡°Factors associated with Employment and Life Satisfaction of Occupationally Injured People,¡± Korean Social Security Studies (26: 2), 2010,
199-222 (in Korean) (corresponding
author).
Heesuk Yun, Soonman Kwon, and Yong Jin Kwon, ¡°Improving
Priority-setting Procedures for NHI Benefit Package,¡± Korean
Journal of Health Policy and Administration 20:2, 2010, (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, Eun Young Bae
and Yongjun Choi, ¡°Health Care
Delivery System in Korea: Issues and Challenges,¡± Healthcare Policy Forum 8:2, 2010, 2-11 (in Korean).
3.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Soonman Kwon and Rando Kim, "Agency Theory," Yongduck Jung and Soonman Kwon,
et al., ed., Rational Choice and the New
Institutionalism, Daeyoung, 1999, 79-89. (in
Korean)
Soonman Kwon, "Political Economy of Public Organizations," in Sukhong Oh, Hajoong Song and Chungsoo Park, ed., Perspectives
on Public Administration, Bupmoonsa, 2000,
247-257 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, "On the Economic Analysis of Moral Hazard,"in
Sukhong Oh, Hajoong Song
and Chungsoo Park, ed., Perspectives on Public Administration, Bupmoonsa,
2000, 447-455 (in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Policy,¡± in Dong-Myeon Shin, ed.,
Social Policy to Overcome Social
Exclusion and Polarization, Pulbit, 2007, 301-338
(in Korean).
Soonman Kwon, ¡°Financial Burden of Health Care Expenditure,¡± in Korean Social Trends 2008, Statistics
Research Institute, 2008, 202-206 (in Korean).
REFEREES
FOR INTERNAITONAL JOURNALS
Social Science and Medicine; Health Economics; Health Policy;
Health Policy and Planning; Social Policy and Administration; International
Social Security Review; Reproductive Health Matters; Governance; International
Review of Administrative Sciences; International Review of Public
Administration
INVITED LECTURES AND
PAPER PRESENTATIONS in International Meetings (Selected List)
Department of Political
Science,
ASPA (American Soc of Public
Administration) Conference,
National Institute of Health
Care Management,
International Conference on
Global Health Perspective,
East Asian Studies Program,
Faculty of Economics,
International Conference on
Health Sector Reform,
International Conference on Evidence-Based Practice,
ASEM/World Bank Conference on Flexibility vs.
Security (Social Policy and the Labor Market),
Department of Economics,
Department of Economics,
International Conference on
Asian Studies,
Social Security Policy &
Development Division, International Labor Office (ILO),
ADB (Asia Development Bank) Seminar on Health
Insurance,
Conference on Structure & Process of Health
Reform,
International Conference on Asian Health Care
Reform,
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics,
Department of International Health, Harvard
Korea Institute,
Health Policy Unit,
LSE Health and Social Care,
APHEN (Asia Pacific Health Economics Network)
Conference,
Conference on Health Sector Reform and Missing
Jigsaws,
Health Care Financing Workshop,
International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Conference,
Social Security Policy & Development Division,
International Labor Office (ILO),
Center for
Social Policy (Zes),
International
Health Policy Monitoring Group, Institute of Advanced Studies,
International
Symposium on Aging,
National Institute
of Population and Social Security,
All
Department of
Economics,
Department of
International and Community Health,
Department of
Policy Sciences, National Institute of Public Health,
WHO WPRO
(Western Pacific Regional Office),
Hosei
Institute on Aging Macro Conference,
Globalization
and Medicine Pricing Workshop,
International
Health Policy Monitoring Group,
Shanghai Academy
of Social Sciences,
Danish National
Institute of Social Research (SFI),
International
Symposium on Consumerism and Elderly Long-term Care,
International
Conference on Comparative Health Policy in East Asia, National
International
Conference on Cross Cutting Issues in Health Care Reform, Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China, October 2004
WHO Meeting on
Economic Gains of Promoting Health,
International
Symposium on Health Care Systems in Asia,
Canada-Korea
Social Policy Symposium,
International
Conference on Cost Containment in National Health Insurance,
International
Conference on Pharmaceutical Innovation,
International
Symposium on Health Social Security, World Bank and
International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Conference,
Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth),
ASSA (ASEAN Social Security Association) Board
Meeting,
Department of Health,
Philippines Health Insurance Corporation,
International Consultative Meeting on Health Care
Financing Policy, Government House of
Health Studies Program,
Seminar in Asia-Pacific Studies,
School of Public Policy and Administration,
Comparative Program on Health and Society,
International Conference on Social Policy at
Crossroads,
WHO
Interregional Meeting on Implementation of the Strategy on Health Care
Financing,
Health
Strategy and Policy Institute, Ministry of Health,
GTZ/WHO/ILO
Conference on Extending Social Health Insurance to Informal Economy Workers,
American
Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting,
Inaugural
Conference of the
Japan
National Institute of Population and Social Security,
Institute
of Computer and Management Science,
Ministry
of Health,
International
Seminar in Health Policy and Politics, Overseas Development Institute,
Department
of Economics,
World Congress, IHF (
International Conference celebrating the 30 Years
of National Health Insurance of Korea, Seoul, Korea, November 2007
International Conference on Health Services
Management and Development,
Ministry of Health,
Trilateral Social Policy Symposium (
Conference on Pharmaceuticals in Asia-Pacific:
Prescribing Cultures, Industry Dynamics, and Health Policy,
WHO Meeting on the Impact of User Fee on Access and
Equity for the Pacific,
APRU (
World Bank Workshop on Vulnerability,
Health Policy Monitoring Network Annual Meeting,
UNESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission for
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation,
MSc Program in Health
Economics,
WHO SEARO Training Course in Health Economics,
Conference in Payment System for Health Care
Providers in
International Conference on Social Health
Protection,
World Bank Workshop on Health Insurance,
APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management)
International Conference on Aging,
WHO SEARO Seminar in Health Financing in Low-income
Settings,
World Bank Workshop Health Care Financing,
IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and
Geriatrics), Paris,
iHEA (International Health
Economics Association),
UNESCAP(UN Economic and Social Commission for
Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor, Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, August 2009
Ministry of Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
September 2009
Department of Health Economics, Health Science
University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2009
ADB Conference on the Impact of Economic Slowdown
on Social Protection in Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2009
Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October
2009
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
meeting, Manila, Philippines, October 2009
Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
November 2009
Global Forum for Health Research, Havana, Cuba,
November 2009
School of Global and Community Health, University
of Tokyo, January 2010
Asian Congress of Medical and Care Facilities, Kyoto,
March 2010
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