Sungchul Park

Bio

I am an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Korea University (Republic of Korea). Before coming to Korea University, I was a (tenure-track) faculty member in the Department of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University (United States) and the Department of Health Convergence at Ewha Womans University (Republic of Korea). 

I am a health economist and a health services researcher with particular expertise in payment and delivery care systems. I have the following 3 research interests: 

• Understanding the impact of policy interventions on health care with a focus on value-based payment models and alternative payment models. 

• Incorporating social determinants of health into health care to improve health and well-being. 

• Developing new methodologies grounded in policy through use of simulation modeling, machine learning, and big data analytics. 

Education

• BA in both economics and financial engineering from Korea University (Republic of Korea)

• MPH from Kyoto University (Japan)

• PhD in health services research from University of Washington (United States)

Professional Experience

• Editorial board, Health Services Research

• Editorial board, BMC Public Health 

Fields of Research

• Health Economics 

• Health Policy

• Health Services Research

• Health Disparity

• Data Science 

Selected Papers

• Park S, Werner RM, Coe NB. Racial disparities in access to and enrollment in high-quality Medicare Advantage plans. Health Services Research. 2023; 58(2): 303-31. [John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award]

• Park S, Wadhera RK, Jung J. Effects of Medicare eligibility and enrollment at age 65 years on use of high- and low-value care. Health Services Research. 2023; 58(1):174-185.

• Park S, Ortega AN, Chen J, Bustamante AV. Effects of Medicare eligibility and enrollment at age 65 among immigrants and US-born residents. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Forthcoming.

• Park S, Meyers D, Langellier BA. Rural enrollees in Medicare Advantage have substantial rates of switching to traditional Medicare. Health Affairs. 2021;40(3):469-477.

• Park S, Jung J, Burke R, Larson EB. Trends in use of low value care in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(3):e211762.

• Park S, Basu A. Alternative evaluation metrics for risk adjustment methods. Health Economics. 2018;27(6):984-1010.

Contact Information

• Phone: +82-02-3290-5676

• Email: sungchul_park@korea.ac.kr

• Address: 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea