Faculty

Current Position

Professor, Institute of Public Health & Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Professor (joint appointment), Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Director, Master of Public Health Program, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Office
Room 201-1, Medical Building II

Academic Degrees
Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ph.D. in Health Policy with a Concentration in Economics
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Public Health, Master of Public Health
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine

Experience
Director, Alumni Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Chair, Social Medicine Domain, Department of Life Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chair, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Specialty
Health Policy, Medical Economics, Health Insurance

Research Interests
Study of health policy's impact to healthcare system. Ongoing researches include medical care by medical personnel, medical accessibility, utilization, quality, patient safety and other issues in national health insurance

IHP Thesis Advisee
1. Khuderbat Enkhtaivan. Factors Associated with the Use of Social Health Insurance (SHI) in Mongolia. 2011 (Co-advisor)

2. Rosmond Adams. Willingness to participate and to pay for National Health Insurance in St. Vincent and Grenadines: A Contingent Valuation Study. 2013 (Co-advisor)
3. Amadou Zoungrana. Predictors of severe malaria in children under five years of age in Burkina Faso. 2013 (Co-advisor)
4. Phinda Goodwill Khumalo. Factors Associated With Antiretroviral Treatment Program Attrition in Swaziland. 2015 (Co-advisor)
5. Chuluunbaatar Enkhzaya. Ouality of Life and Burden for Post-stroke Patients and Their Caregivers. 2016 (Co-advisor)
6. Patrrick Opiyo Owili. Associations in the Continuum of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. 2016 (Co-advisor)

Selected Publications

1. Pu, C., & Chou, Y. J. (2016). The impact of continuity of care on emergency room use in a health care system without referral management: an instrumental variable approach. Annals of epidemiology, 26(3), 183-188

2. Chou, C. Y., Yang, Y. F., Chou, Y. J., Hu, H. Y., & Huang, N. (2016). Statin use and incident erectile dysfunction—a nationwide propensity-matched cohort study in Taiwan. International journal of cardiology, 202, 883-888.

3. Yeh, H. J., Chou, Y. J., Yang, N. P., Cheng, C. C., & Huang, N. (2016). Association between physical therapy and risk of coronary artery disease and dyslipidemia among osteoarthritis patients: a nationwide database study. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 97(1), 8-16

4. Cheng, H. C., Yeh, H. J., Huang, N., Chou, Y. J., Yen, M. Y., & Wang, A. G. (2015). Amiodarone-associated optic neuropathy: a nationwide study. Ophthalmology, 122(12), 2553-2559.

5. Huang, H. H., Chen, C. Y., Chou, Y. J., & Huang, N. (2015). A Cost-Sharing Exemption Program for Patients With Mental Illness in Taiwan: Who Enrolls?. Psychiatric Services, 66(11), 1229-1234.

Supervised IHP Student Publications

• Zoungrana A1, Chou YJ2, Pu C3. Socioeconomic and environment determinants as predictors of severe malaria in children under 5 years of age admitted in two hospitals in Koudougou district, Burkina Faso: a cross sectional study. Acta Trop. 2014 Nov;139:109-14. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.07.011. Epub 2014 Jul 27. 25076108
• Adams R. Prevention is better than cure: tackling non-communicable diseases in developing countries by focusing on prevention. Perspect Public Health. 2015 May;135(3):121-2. doi: 10.1177/1757913915580929. 25925303
• Owili, P. O., Muga, M. A., Chou, Y.-J., Hsu, Y.-H. E., Huang, N., & Chien, L.-Y. (2016). Relationship between Women’s Characteristics and Continuum of Care for Maternal Health in Kenya: Complex Survey Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling. Women & Health, Accepted, null-null. doi:10.1080/03630242.2016.1222327 (SSCI)
• Muga, M. A., Owili, P. O., Hsu, C. Y., Rau, H. H., & Chao, J. C. (2016). Association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors among middle-aged and elderly adults in Taiwan: a population-based study from 2003 to 2012. PLoS One, 11(7), e0157745. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157745 (SCI) 27366909
• Owili, P. O., Muga, M. A., Chou, Y. J., Hsu, Y. H., Huang, N., & Chien, L. Y. (2016). Family structure types and adequate utilization of antenatal care in Kenya. Fam Community Health, 39(3), 188-198. doi:10.1097/FCH.0000000000000109 (SSCI) 27214674
• Owili, P. O., Muga, M. A., Chou, Y. J., Hsu, Y. H., Huang, N., & Chien, L. Y. (2016). Associations in the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health: a population-based study of 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 414. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3075-0 (SCI) 27188624
• Owili, P. O., Hsu, Y. H., Chern, J. Y., Chiu, C. H., Wang, B., Huang, K. C., & Muga, M. A. (2015). Perceptions and attitudes of health professionals in Kenya on national health care resource allocation mechanisms: a structural equation modeling. PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0127160. (SCI) 26039053
• Shih, C. M., Lin, C. W., Clinciu, D. L., Jian, W. S., Kuo, T. B., Nguyen, P. A., Iqbal, U., Hsu, C. K., Owili, P. O., Li, Y. C. (2015). Managing mass events and competitions with difficult-to-access locations using mobile electrocardiac monitoring. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 121(2), 109-115. (SCI) 26027939
• Amadou Zoungrana. Clinical Predictors of Death in Children under Five Years of Age in Burkina Faso. Journal of International Cooperation. 2013 September Volume 8.
• Adams R. Lessons learned from the Chikunguna outbreak in the Caribbean. Perspect Public Health. 2015 Nov;135(6):286-7. doi: 10.1177/1757913915606653. 26543147
• Adams R1, Chou YJ2, Pu C3. Willingness to Participate and Pay for a Proposed National Health Insurance in St. Vincent and the Grenadines: A Cross-sectional Contingent Valuation Approach. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr 9;15:148. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0806-3. 25890181