Faculty

Current Position

Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Office

Room 310-2, Medical Building

Academic Degrees

1. 2005/09-2008-06-National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan (Ph.D. in Public Health)

2. 2002/08-2003/07-University of Oxford, United Kingdom (M.Sc Economics for Development)

3. 1999/08-2002/07-University of the West Indies, Trinidad (B.Sc Economics)

Experience

● 112特種考試地方政府公務人員考試命題委員

● Visiting scholar, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA 2019/08-2020/03.

● Associate Professor. Institute of Hospital & Healthcare Management, National Yang-Ming University, 2013/02-2018/01

● Assistant Professor. Institute of Hospital & Healthcare Management, National Yang-Ming University , 2010/02/-2013/01).

● Researcher. Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), Department of Health, Taiwan

●National Taipei College of Nursing. Lecturer (health economics), 2004/02-2006/06

●Division Head: Division of Health Policy & Law, Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, 2018-2019

●Deputy Head: Office of Student Affairs. National Yang-Ming University, 2018-2019

●Section Head: Student Housing Guidance Section, National Yang-Ming University. 2017-2019

●陽明大學醫學院卓越研究發展委員會之委員, 2021/2/1-2023/1/31

●榮總特聘研究員, 2021/4/1-2022/12/31

●台灣健康經濟學會監事, 2020/1-present

●傑出教學獎遴選委員會醫學院教師代表 , 2020/05

●國立陽明交通大學性別平等教育委員會委員 (08/2022-07/2024)

●國立陽明交通大學醫學系系教評委員(08/2022-07/2023)

●國家科學委員會生科處公衛與社會醫學復審委員 (1/1/2023-12/31/2023)

Research interests

1. National Health Accounts

2. Out-of-pocket healthcare spending and health costs estimation

3. Health services research

Other research interests

Public health in ophthalmology

Cost benefit analysis

Disability

Main courses taught

1. Introduction to Economics

2. Applied econometrics in healthcare

3. Health Economics

4. Applied Economics for Managers

Projects/grants

Research Grants (PI)

1.  Financial Status and Medical Burden for Disabled People (2023.08-2026.07) (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

2. International comparable out-of-pocket health expenditure and financial equity in Taiwan (3/3). (2023.08-2024.07) (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

3. International comparable out-of-pocket health expenditure and financial equity in Taiwan (2/3). (2022.08-2023.07) (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

4. International comparable out-of-pocket health expenditure and financial equity in Taiwan (1/3). (2021.08-2022.07) (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

5. The effect of market structure and regionalization on continuity of care and patient outcome. 2020.08-2022.07 (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

6. National Health Accounts Estimation and Model development (Long-term care estimation). Ministry of Health: 2020.01 ~2020.12 (Ministry of Health, 衛福部)

7. National Health Accounts Estimation and Model development. Ministry of Health: 2019.01 ~2019.12 (Ministry of Health, 衛福部)

8. Out-of-pocket Healthcare Spending. 2018.08~2018.12 (National Health Insurance Administration 健保署)

9. Continuity of care, healthcare system and drug-drug interaction. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 2017.08~2019.07. (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

10. National Health Accounts Estimation and Model development. Ministry of Health: 2016.04 ~2018.12 (Ministry of Health, 衛福部)

l1. Out-of-pocket medical expenditure under National Health Insurance in Taiwan. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan : 2013.08~2016.07. (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

l2. Health accounts and out-of-Pocket health expenditure estimation. Ministry of Health: 2014.01 ~2015.12 (Ministry of Health, 衛福部)

l3. The relationship between continuity of care and health outcome: the issue of endogeneity. 2012.08~2013.07 (National Science council, Taiwan 國科會)

Awards

1.97-2 醫學系優良教師 (感謝狀)

獲獎年份-2009

2. 98-2 醫學系優良教師 (感謝狀)

獲獎年份-2010

3. 101-2 醫學系優良教師 (感謝狀)

獲獎年份-2013

4. 102-2 醫學系優良教師 (感謝狀)

獲獎年份-2014

5. 103-2 醫學系優良教師 (獎座)

獲獎年份-2015

6. 101 良師益友獎

獲獎年份-2012

7. 102 優良導師

獲獎年份-2013

8. 103 校級傑出教師

獲獎年份-2014

9. 106 優良導師

獲獎年份-2017

10. 106-2 醫學系優良教師 (獎狀)

獲獎年份-2017

11. 107 良師益友獎

獲獎年份-2018

12. 107-2 醫學系優良教師 (獎狀)

獲獎年份-2019

13. Fulbright Senior Research Grant

獲獎年份-2019

14. 108 醫學院院級教學傑出獎 (院獎勵)

獲獎年份-2020

15. 109-2 醫學系優良教師 (獎狀)

獲獎年份-2021

16. 國立陽明交通大學 110 年第四季重要期刊論文獎(Research award)

獲獎年份-2021

17. 110 校級優良教學獎

獲獎年份-2022

18. 110-2 醫學系優良教師

獲獎年份-2022

19.111-2 醫學系優良教師 (獎狀) (Teaching award)

獲獎年份-2023

IHP Thesis Advisee

1. Nazli Javid (Pakistan) Maternal stature and child growth in Pakistan.

2. Ochirbat Batbold (Mongolia). Health care utilization and health inequality in Mongolia.

3. Tan Nguyen (Vietnam). Health education for medical student (co-advisor)

4. Sylvain SOME (Burkina Faso).  Contraceptive use by women in Burkina Faso.

5. Maria Paz Lucia Galeano Machuca. Medical Impoverishment in Paraguay and its determinants. (Co-advisor)

6. Pinda Khumalo (Swalizland) Antiretroviral treatment attrition in Swaziland: a population-based study. 

7. Sankara Placid (Burkina Faso). Preventive behavior, knowledge and attitude for stroke patient in Burkina Faso.

8. Emely Maite Monzon(Guatemala). Delay in seeking dental treatment among schoolchildren

9. Cordero Jeremy Aldric Telesford(St. Vincent). Socioeconomic Status and Mediation Effect of Health Behaviors on Obesity in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

Professional Affiliations

1. Taiwan Health Economics Association (Board)

2. AIMS Public Health Journal (Associate Editor)

3. PLOS One (Associate editor)

4. Academy Health (Member)

5. American Public Health Association (Member)

6. International Health Economics Association (Member)

Professional activities

1. 12h Annual Meeting of Asia Pacific Health Accounts Experts (2016)

主辦單位-世界衛生組織、經濟合作暨發展組織

開會地點-韓國首爾

經費來源-衛福部

擔任職務-與談人

會議期間-2016/06/16-2016/6/17

2. 14th OECD-WHO (2018)

主辦單位-世界衛生組織、經濟合作暨發展組織

開會地點-韓國首爾

經費來源-衛福部

擔任職務-與談人

會議期間-2018/04/25-2018/04/26

3. 15th Annual Meeting of Asia Pacific Health Accounts Experts

主辦單位-世界衛生組織、經濟合作暨發展組織

開會地點-韓國首爾

經費來源-衛福部

擔任職務-與談人

會議期間-2019/03/25-2019/03/29

4. Taiwan's response strategies to COVID-19

主辦單位-Fulbright

開會地點-台北

經費來源-Fulbright

擔任職務-Keynote speaker

會議期間-2020/08/20

5. Continuity of care in US (Research sharing)

主辦單位-Fulbright

開會地點-台北

經費來源-Fulbright

擔任職務-Speaker

會議期間-2022/05/28

Publications  (past 3 years)

(* Corresponding author)

1. CH Hou, C Pu* (2024). Long-Term Effect of Systemic Comorbidity on Glaucoma Medication Adherence. American Journal of Ophthalmology (Online)
2. SH Chen, MC Lee, C Pu* (2024). Medication Adherence in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes After Disability Onset: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Using Nationwide Data. BMC Medicine (Online)
3. SH Chen, C Pu* (2024). Medical Care Use and Mortality Rate After the Onset of Disability: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study Based on National Data in Taiwan. Disability and Health Journal (Online) (NSC Grant-111-2628-B-A49 -013)
4. MC Lee, C Pu* (2024). Decomposition of health-related inequalities in out-of-pocket expenditure under universal health coverage in Taiwan. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy (accepted).

5. CH Hou, C Pu* (2024). Socioeconomic Inequalities in Glaucoma Knowledge: A Decomposition Analysis. Epidemiology and Health. (online) (MOST Grant-112-2628-B-A49 -002)
6. C Pu*, HF Syu. (2023). Effects of disability on income and income composition. Plos One (online) (NSC Grant-111-2628-B-A49 -013) 7. C Pu, CH Hou* (2023). Ophthalmic Health Care Needs of Children With Disabilities. Eye (online). (NSC Grant:112-2314-B-A49 -052 -MY3)
8. CH Hou, C Pu*, (2023). Common Ocular Conditions and Related Ophthalmic Outpatient Utilization Among Children With Various Types of Disabilities: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Stud. BMJ Open (online). (NSC Grant:112-2314-B-A49 -052 -MY3)
9. C Pu*, MC Lee, TC Hsieh. (2023). Income-related inequality in out-of-pocket health-care expenditures under Taiwan's national health insurance system: An international comparable estimation based on A System of Health Accounts. Social Science and Medicine (online) (NSC Grant-111-2628-B-A49 -013)
10. YW Chuang, CY Deng, C Pu* (2023) Medication Adherence in Chronic Prescription Policy: An Analysis of Population-Based Data. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. (NSC Grant-111-2628-B-A49 -013)
11. CH Hou, SF Shih, C Pu* (2023) Adherence of those with Self-reported Glaucoma in the United States to Eye Examination Visits. Journal of Glaucoma. (NSC Grant-111-2628-B-A49 -013)
12. CH Hou, C Pu* (2022) Patients' awareness of their intraocular pressure. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology.2022 ;50(9):1103-1105 (MOST Grant110-2628-BA49A-502.)
13. CH Hou, C Pu* (2022) Association of Disability With Medication Adherence in Patients With Glaucoma-Reply. JAMA Ophthalmology. online January 2022. 
14. CH Hou, C Pu* (2022) Association Between Visual Impairment and Health Care Use. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 234.166-173. 2022. (MOST Grant110-2628-BA49A-502.)
15. YL Chen, C Pu, KK Lin, JS Lee, L Liu,,CH Hou*(2022) A Comparison of Visual Quality and Contrast Sensitivity between Patients with Scleral-Fixated and In-Bag Intraocular Lenses. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 May 22;11(10):2917. doi: 10.3390/jcm11102917.
16. CH Hou, C Pu* (2021) Medication Adherence in Patients With Glaucoma and Disability. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2021 Dec 1;139(12):1292-1298. doi: 
10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.4415. (國立陽明交通大學110年第四季重要期刊論文獎) (MOST Grant- 110-2628-B-A49A-502)
17. Some YM, C Pu, SL Huang*, (2021) Empowerment and use of modern contraceptive methods among married women in Burkina Faso: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health. 21, 1498 (2021)
18. CH Hou, JS Lee, KK Lin, L Liu, YS Lee, C Pu* (2021). Accuracy of perceived glaucoma risk by patients in a clinical setting. Plos One.16/2021 (MOST Grant109-2314-B-010 -049 -MY2)

19. O Batbold, C Pu* (2021) Crowding-Out Effect of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures on Consumption among Households in Mongolia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management 11(9), 1874–1882. (MOST Grant- 109-2314-B-010 -049 
-MY2)
20. CH Hou, KJ Chen, JS Lee, KK Lin, C Pu* (2021) Effect of the Time Interval Between Cataract Surgery for Both Eyes on Mental Health Outcome: A cohort study of 585 422 patients. BMC Ophthalmology, 1;21(1):110. (MOST Grant109-2314-B-010 -049 -MY2)
21. O Batbold, C Pu* (2021) Disparities in depression status among different industries in transition economy: a cross-sectional study of Mongolia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 33(4):418-426. (MOST Grant- 109-2314-B-010 -049 -MY2)