<!CENTER>                        SOONMAN  KWON

 


Dept. of Health Policy and Management                        Phone: +82-2-740-8875
School
of Public Health                                     Fax: +82-2-745-9104
Seoul National University                                   E-mail: kwons@snu.ac.kr

28 Yonkon-dong, Chongno-gu                                http://plaza.snu.ac.kr/~kwons

SEOUL 110-799, KOREA

 

Date of Birth: November 29, 1964

 

EDUCATION

1987: B.A., School of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea

1989: M.P.H., School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea

1993: M.A. and Ph.D., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

[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, School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

1997-present: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University, Korea

2004-2008: Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

2005-2009: Director, Training Program for Senior Managers of National Health Insurance, Seoul National University

2005-present: Director, Center for Canadian Social Policy, Seoul National University

2006-present, Director, BK (Brain Korea, Center of Excellence) Center for Aging and Health Policy, Seoul National University

2010-present, Deputy Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

 

VISITING

June-August 1999: Department of Economics, University of Duisburg, Germany

June-August 2001: Department of Economics, University of Trier, Germany

January-August 2002: Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health (Takemi Fellow)

September 2002-January 2003: LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics & Political Science

July-August 2003: Center for Social Policy (Zes), University of Bremen, Germany

January 2004: Institute on Aging, Hosei University, Japan

August 2004: Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Denmark

July-August 2005: Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

January-August 2006: Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada

 

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, School of Business Administration, Seoul National University

1987.3.-1989.2.: Summa Cum Laude, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

1989.9.-1992.8.: Wharton School Dean's Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

1990.9.-1991.8.: Fellowship for Outstanding Scholars, University of Pennsylvania

1992.9.-1993.8.: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Merck Foundation, U.S.A.

1994.9.-1995.8.: Faculty Fellowship, Haynes Foundation, U.S.A.

1999.6.-1999.8.: Senior Researcher Fellowship, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Germany

2001.6.-2001.8.: DAAD (German Academic Service) Scholarship, Germany

2002.1.-2002.8.: Fulbright Scholarship, U.S.A.

2002.9.-2003.2.: Chevening Scholarship, British Council

2003.5.: ¡®Article-of-the-Year¡¯ Award, Korea Association for Health Policy and Administration

2003.7.-2003.8.: Senior Researcher Fellowship, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Germany

2005.5.-2005.12.: Canadian Studies Grant, Foreign Affairs Canada

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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) Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Geneva, 2009-present

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 Care Hospital, Health Insurance Review Agency, 2004-2007

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 Philippines, Manila, Philippines, August 2005

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 China, Beijing, China, April-May 2006 

WHO, Implementation of Health Care Financing Strategy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2006

WHO, Free Health Care for Children under 6 in Vietnam, Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam, September-October 2006

GTZ, Extension of Health Insurance to the Informal Sector, Manila, Philippines, October 2006

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, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2007

GTZ, PPR (Program Progress Review) for Health Care Programs of the Philippines, Manila and Region 8, Philippines, November 2007

WHO, Health Care Financing Mechanism in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2007

WHO, Development of Training Module for Health Sector Financial Management, Lao PDR and Cambodia, January-May 2008

WHO, User Fee in the Pacific Islands, Fiji, May 2008

WHO, Health Care Financing Mechanism and Primary Care Financing in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2008

EC (European Commission), Case-based Payment System for Philippine Health Insurance, Manila, Philippines, August-September 2008

GTZ, Social Health Protection in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2008

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: Fiji (May-June 2007)

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 (21:10), 1998, 1449-1471.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Care Financing and Delivery for the Poor in Korea,¡± International Review of Public Administration (5:2), 2000, 37-45.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Economic Crisis and Social Policy Reform in Korea,¡± International Journal of Social Welfare (10:2), 2001, 97-106.

  

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Globalization and Health Policy in Korea,¡± Global Social Policy (2:3), 2002, 279-294.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Care Financing Reform and the New Single Payer System in Korea: Social Solidarity or Efficiency?¡± International Social Security Review (56:1), 2003, 75-94.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Payment System Reform for Health Care Providers in Korea,¡± Health Policy and Planning (18:1), 2003, 84-93.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Quality of Life associated with Health and Health Care in Korea,¡± Social Indicators Research (62-63), 2003, 171-186.

 

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Pharmaceutical Reform and Physician Strikes: Separation of Drug Prescribing and Dispensing in Korea,¡± Social Science and Medicine (57:3), 2003, 529-538.

  

Soonman Kwon, ¡°Health Policy in South Korea,¡± in Robin Gauld edit, Comparative Health Policy in the Asia-Pacific, Buckingham & Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2005, 48-68.

 

Sang Min Park, Young Ho Yun and Soonman Kwon, ¡°Feasible Economic Strategies to Improve Screening Compliance for Colorectal Cancer in Korea,¡± World Journal of Gastroenterology (11:11), 2005, 1587-1593 (corresponding author).

 

Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan, Soonman Kwon and Aviva Ron, ¡°Development of Social Health Insurance in Mongolia: Successes, Challenges and Lessons,¡± International Social Security Review (58:4), 2005, 27-44

 

Soonman Kwon and Michael Reich, ¡°The Changing Process and Politics of Health Policy in Korea,¡± Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (30:6), 2005, 1003-1026.

 

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 Korea: In Search of a New Paradigm,¡± Social Policy and Administration (41:2), 2007, 162-178.

 

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 (16:3), 2007, 242-248.

 

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 South Korea,¡± Eurohealth 15:1, 2009, 28-29.

 

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 Taiwan and South Korea, authored by Joseph Wong,¡± Pacific Affairs (78:3), 2005, 464-466.

 

 

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 U.S.," Hallym Health Forum (1), 1997, 136-156 (in Korean).

 

Soonman Kwon, "Financial Distress and Entrepreneurship in Local Governments: Lessons from the Bankruptcy of Orange County, California," Korean Policy Studies Review (6:1), 1997, 363-375.

 

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 Korea: Challenges to the Welfare State," Korean Review of Public Administration (3:1), 1998, 71-89.

 

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 (5:1), 2000, 84-104 (in Korean) (corresponding author).

 

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 Korean Hospital Association (30:2), March-April, 2001, 69-78 (in Korean).

 

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 Korea: Causes and Policy Options,¡± Korean Policy Studies Review (10:3), 2001, 177-198 (in Korean).

 

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 Korea,¡± Journal of Governmental Studies (10:2), 2004, 8-32 (in Korean).

 

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 Kun-Hee Park, ¡°Long-Term Care Financing for the Elderly: Policy Options and Challenges,¡± Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology (Vol. 15), 2006, 3-36 (in Korean).

 

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 Korea,¡± Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy (12:2), 2006, 107-123.

 

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).

 

Hayoung Park, Soonman Kwon and Youngho Jung, ¡°Competition in the Hospital Service Market and its Impact on Hospital Behavior in Korea,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration (18:1), 2008, 1-20 (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 18:3, 2008, 90-109 (in Korean) (corresponding author).

 

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 19:1, 2009, 31-48 (in Korean) (corresponding author).

 

Kihong Park and Soonman Kwon ¡°Attitude toward the Increasing Role of Private Health Insurance,¡± Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration 19:1, 2009, 62-80 (in Korean) (corresponding author).

 

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, Memphis State University, December 1992

School of Medicine, Stanford University, January 1993

School of Public Health, Yale University, February 1993

School of Management, University of California at Irvine, October 1994

ASPA (American Soc of Public Administration) Conference, Cheju, Korea, December 1995

National Institute of Health Care Management, Tokyo, Japan, July 1998

International Conference on Global Health Perspective, Bangkok, Thailand, November 1998

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, January 1999

School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, February 1999

East Asian Studies Program, University of Bochum, Germany, June 1999

Faculty of Economics, University of Ulm, Germany, July 1999

Institute of East Asian Studies, Humboldt University, Germany, July 1999

International Conference on Health Sector Reform, Taipei, Taiwan, February 2000

International Conference on Evidence-Based Practice, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2000

ASEM/World Bank Conference on Flexibility vs. Security (Social Policy and the Labor Market), Seoul, Korea, December 2000

Department of Economics, University of Duisburg, Germany, June 2001

Department of Economics, University of Trier, Germany, July 2001

International Conference on Asian Studies, Berlin, Germany, August 2001

Social Security Policy & Development Division, International Labor Office (ILO), Geneva, August 2001

ADB (Asia Development Bank) Seminar on Health Insurance, Beijing, China, November 2001

Conference on Structure & Process of Health Reform, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 2001

International Conference on Asian Health Care Reform, Seoul, Korea, March 2002

Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, May 2002

Department of International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, June 2002

Korea Institute, London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), October 2002

Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, October 2002

LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, January 2003

APHEN (Asia Pacific Health Economics Network) Conference, Manila, Philippines, February 2003

Conference on Health Sector Reform and Missing Jigsaws, Phuket, Thailand, February 2003

Health Care Financing Workshop, Australian National University, June 2003

International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Conference, San Francisco, June 2003

Social Security Policy & Development Division, International Labor Office (ILO), Geneva, July 2003.

Center for Social Policy (Zes), University of Bremen, Germany, August 2003

International Health Policy Monitoring Group, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna, September 2003

International Symposium on Aging, Tokyo, Japan, December 2003

National Institute of Population and Social Security, Tokyo, Japan, January 2004

All Japan Hospital Association, Tokyo, Japan, January 2004

Department of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan, January 2004

Department of International and Community Health, Tokyo University, January 2004

Department of Policy Sciences, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan, January 2004

WHO WPRO (Western Pacific Regional Office), Manila, Philippines, February 2004

Hosei Institute on Aging Macro Conference, Tokyo, Japan, March 2004

Globalization and Medicine Pricing Workshop, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, April 2004

International Health Policy Monitoring Group, Bertelsmann Foundation, Berlin, Germany, July 2004

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, August 2004

Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2004

International Symposium on Consumerism and Elderly Long-term Care, Copenhagen, August 2004

International Conference on Comparative Health Policy in East Asia, National University of Singapore, September 2004

International Conference on Cross Cutting Issues in Health Care Reform, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 2004

WHO Meeting on Economic Gains of Promoting Health, Manila, Philippines, November 2004

International Symposium on Health Care Systems in Asia, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, January 2005

Canada-Korea Social Policy Symposium, Toronto, Canada, January 2005

International Conference on Cost Containment in National Health Insurance, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2005

International Conference on Pharmaceutical Innovation, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2005

International Symposium on Health Social Security, World Bank and Keio University, Tokyo, June 2005

International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005

Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Manila, Philippines, August 2005

ASSA (ASEAN Social Security Association) Board Meeting, Vientiane, Laos, September 2005

Department of Health, Manila, Philippines, October 2005

Philippines Health Insurance Corporation, Manila, Philippines, October 2005

International Consultative Meeting on Health Care Financing Policy, Government House of Mongolia, UlanBator, Mongolia, November 2005

Health Studies Program, University College, University of Toronto, Canada, February 2006

Seminar in Asia-Pacific Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada, February 2006

School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, March 2006

Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, March 2006

Comparative Program on Health and Society, University of Toronto, Canada, April 2006

Development Research Center, State Council, Beijing, China, April 2006

International Conference on Social Policy at Crossroads, East West Center, Hawaii, July 2006

WHO Interregional Meeting on Implementation of the Strategy on Health Care Financing, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 2006

Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2006

GTZ/WHO/ILO Conference on Extending Social Health Insurance to Informal Economy Workers, Manila, Philippines, October 2006

American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2006

Inaugural Conference of the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, November 2006

Japan National Institute of Population and Social Security, Tokyo, Japan, January 2007

School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, January 2007

Institute of Computer and Management Science, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan, February 2007

Ministry of Health, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan, February 2007

International Seminar in Health Policy and Politics, Overseas Development Institute, London, May 2007

Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007

Beijing Forum, Peking University, Beijing, China, November 2007

World Congress, IHF (International Hospital Federation), Seoul, Korea, November 2007

International Conference celebrating the 30 Years of National Health Insurance of Korea, Seoul, Korea, November 2007

International Conference on Health Services Management and Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, December 2007

Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2007

Trilateral Social Policy Symposium (Canada, Japan, and Korea), Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2008

Conference on Pharmaceuticals in Asia-Pacific: Prescribing Cultures, Industry Dynamics, and Health Policy, Stanford University, March 2008

WHO Meeting on the Impact of User Fee on Access and Equity for the Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, June 2008

APRU (Asia and Pacific Rim University) Conference on Public Health, University of Tokyo, Japan, June 2008

World Bank Workshop on Vulnerability, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2008

School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2008

Health Policy Monitoring Network Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2008

Japan Health Economic Association Annual Conference, Kyoto, Japan, July 2008

UNESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) Expert Meeting on Health Care Financing, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2008

Institute of Health Management, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2008

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Manila, Philippines, September 2008

Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, September 2008

MSc Program in Health Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2008

WHO SEARO Training Course in Health Economics, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2008

Conference in Payment System for Health Care Providers in Asia, Peking University, Beijing, China, November 2008

International Conference on Social Health Protection, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2008

World Bank Workshop on Health Insurance, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2008

APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management) Conference, Singapore, January 2009

Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, February 2009

School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, February 2009

International Conference on Aging, Stanford University, February 2009

WHO SEARO Seminar in Health Financing in Low-income Settings, Bali, Indonesia, March 2009

World Bank Workshop Health Care Financing, Vientiane, Lao PDR, May 2009

IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics), Paris, France, July 2009

iHEA (International Health Economics Association), Beijing, China, July 2009

UNESCAP(UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) Expert Meeting on Health and MDG, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2009

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

 

 

TEACHING

 

University of Southern California (School of Policy, Planning and Development), 1993-1996

- Health Economics (Graduate)

- Health Care Finance (Graduate)

- Public Financial Management (Graduate)

- Business and Government (Undergraduate)

 

Seoul National University, 1997-present

- Political Economy of Health Policy and Systems (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Health Care Financing Policy and Management (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Comparative Health Systems and Policy (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Aging and Long-term Care Policy (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Health Care Industry and Pharmaceuticals (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Doctoral Seminar in Health Policy and Management (Graduate, School of Public Health)

- Health and Social Policy (Graduate, Department of Social Welfare, School of Arts and Sciences)

- Health and Society (Undergraduate, School of Arts and Sciences)

- Managerial Economics (Undergraduate, School of Business)

 

University of Toronto (Department of Political Science), 2006

- Comparative Health Policy (Undergraduate)

 

 

Updated: June 2010