Working papers

Papers under Revision

• Cheon H, Bae G, Ko H, Park S*. Does health insurance benefit expansion shift care to higher-tier hospitals? Disease-specific evidence from South Korea. Economics and Human Biology.  

• Park S*, Fendrick M. High- and low-value care use among the top 10% of U.S. health care spenders. Medical Care. 

• Yang J, Lee E, Park S*. Spending, utilization, quality of care, and recorded chronic-disease diagnoses after losing Medical Aid eligibility among low-income Korean beneficiaries. Medical Care. 

• Park S*, Bae G, Weaver MR, Dieleman JL. Disease-attributable health care spending in South Korea: a comorbidity-adjusted national estimate. Journal of Korean Medical Science.

Papers under Review

• Park S*. Health care AI deployment and deployment: cross-sector evidence on constraints and policy implications from South Korea. 

• Park S*, Dieleman JL, Weaver MR. Social spending and health care, health, employment, and economic outcomes in OECD countries. 

• Park S*, Lee D. Public reporting of performance evidence for FDA-listed sensor-based digital health technologies.

• Park S*,  Liao JM, Fendrick M. Geographic diffusion of artificial intelligence-enabled diagnostic services in Traditional Medicare.

• Park S*, Fendrick M, Chernew ME. Diffusion of AI-enabled medical services in Medicare. 

• Park S*, Kang S. Rapid growth and concentration in the next-generation sequencing market. 

• Park S*. Early uptake of digital mental health treatment after Medicare reimbursement.  

• Park S*, Coe N, Teno J. Patterns of end-of-life care in South Korea and the United States.

• Bae G, Kim DD, Jang W, Park S*. Brain MRI coverage expansion and public spending on low-value care.  

• Lee D, Park S, Gray SL, Li J. Association of psychotropic medication use with emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and related expenditures among older adults with cognitive impairment: a retrospective cohort study. 

• Jang S, Park S, Lin PJ, Chen J. Cognitive status and patient-provider communication: implications for access and utilization in older adults.  

• Myong C, Park S, Fung V. Access to care in Medicare Advantage versus Traditional Medicare for beneficiaries with mental illness under and over age 65.

• Joo JH, Browne DS, Wu M, Park S, Zhang E, Liao JM. Hospital Quality and Implementation of Clinical Artificial Intelligence.

Work in Progress

• Park S*, Coe N, Teno J. Prognostic recognition and the Intensity of end-of-life care in South Korea and the United States.

• Park S*. Societal costs of modifiable risk factors in South Korea. 

• Jang H, J Kim, Park S*. Economic costs of chronic pain in South Korea.

• Hur K, Park S*. Health, work capacity, and income security in an aging Korea.

• Koh K, Kown S, Park S*. Impact of the new diagnosis-related group-based prospective payment system implementation in South Korea: a difference-in-differences analysis.

• Bae G, Park S*. Hospital responses to CT reimbursement cuts in South Korea: short-run reactions and long-run adaptations. 

• Kwon S, Park S*. Provider diagnostic coding behavior in response to price changes under the South Korean FFS-DRG payment system.

• Joo S, Park S*. Effects of a mental health reimbursement change on utilization, spending, and health outcomes among medical aid beneficiaries with mental illness in South Korea: a difference-in-difference analysis.  

• Joo S, Park S*. Geographic variation in mental health treatment utilization: evidence from migration

• Lee S, Park S*. The impact of a delivery fee add-on policy in obstetrically underserved areas on health care utilization and spending in South Korea.

• Lee S, Park S*. Association of local social spending and mortality in South Korea.

• Kwon N, Park S*. Associations of health care spending with health, labor, and economic outcomes across 185 countries, 2000-2019.