Publications (recent 5 years)
Noh JW, Yoo KB, Kwon YD, Hong JH, Lee Y, Park K. Effect of Information Disclosure Policy on Control of Infectious Disease: MERS-CoV Outbreak in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(1):305.
Choi JW, Kim JH, Yoo KB. Subjective expectations for future and mortality among middle-aged and older adults. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020;99(17):e19421.
Noh JW, Yoo KB, Kim KB, Kim JH, Kwon YD. Association between lower urinary tract symptoms and cigarette smoking or alcohol drinking. Transl Androl Urol. 2020;9(2):312-21.
Noh JW, Choi M, Kwon YD, Yoo KB. Impacts of Smoking Ban Policies on Restaurants in Seoul, South Korea: Analysis of Objective Sales Information. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2020;22(6):950-7.
Koo JH, Son N, Yoo KB. Relationship between the living-alone period and depressive symptoms among the elderly. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2021;94:104341.
Lee GM, Yoon JH, Lee WR, Kim LH, Yoo KB. Factors Associated With the Differences Between Self-Report Smoking and Urinary Cotinine Criteria. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2021;33(4):357-68.
Baek SU, Lee WR, Yoo KB, Choi JH, Lee KE, Lee W, et al. Respiratory Tract Cancer Incidences across Industry Groups: A Nationwide Cohort Study with More Than 70 Million Person-Years of Follow-Up. Cancers. 2022;14(21):5219.
Noh JW, Kim MH, Lee Y, Kwon YD, Kim KB, Lee HJ, Yoo KB. Association between smokeless tobacco use and cigarette smoking amount by age. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):505.
Lee J, Lee WR, Yoo KB, Cho J, Yoon J. Risk of Cerebro-Cardiovascular Diseases among Police Officers and Firefighters: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study. Yonsei Med J. 2022;63(6):585-90.
Lee WR, Lee H, Nam EW, Noh JW, Yoon JH, Yoo KB. Comparison of the risks of occupational diseases, avoidable hospitalization, and all-cause deaths between firefighters and non-firefighters: A cohort study using national health insurance claims data. Front Public Health. 2022;10:1070023.
Lee WR, Yoo KB, Lee GM, Koo JH, Kim LH. Is Avoidable Hospitalization Experienced Prior to Infection Associated With COVID-19-Related Deaths? International Journal of Public Health. 2022;67.
Lee WR, Kim LH, Lee GM, Cheon J, Kwon YD, Noh JW, Yoo KB. Effect of COVID-19-Related Interventions on the Incidence of Infectious Eye Diseases: Analysis of Nationwide Infectious Disease Incidence Monitoring Data. International Journal of Public Health. 2022;67.
Lee WR, Yoo KB, Jeong J, Koo JH. Chronic Disease Management for People With Hypertension. International Journal of Public Health. 2022;67.
Noh JW, Lee WR, Kim LH, Cheon J, Kwon YD, Yoo KB. Influence of COVID-19-Related Interventions on the Number of Inpatients with Acute Viral Respiratory Infections: Using Interrupted Time Series Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023;20(4):2808.
Lee DW, Kim H, Lee W, Lee WR, Yoo KB, Choi JH, et al. Cancer Incidence in Korean Healthcare Workers in Hospitals. Cancers. 2023;15(7):2045.
Lee WR, Koo JH, Jeong JY, Kim MS, Yoo KB. Regional Health Disparities in Hypertension-Related Hospitalization of Hypertensive Patients: A Nationwide Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study. International Journal of Public Health. 2023;68.
Kim LH, Lee GM, Lee WR, Yoo KB. The Werther effect following the suicides of three korean celebrities (2017–2018): an ecological time-series study. BMC Public Health. 2023;1173.
Kim JY, Yoon JH, Yoo KB, Lee WR, Lee W, Kang MY. Disparity of Bladder Cancer Incidence Among Male Workers Across Industries: A Population Based Cohort Study From South Korea. J Occup Environ Med 2023;65(9):789-793.
Lee WR, Son N, Yoo KB, Han KT. Disparities of health expenditure associated with the experience of admission in long-term care hospital among patients with colorectal cancer in South Korea: A generalized estimating equation. PLoS One 2023;18:e0296170.
Lim H, Park Y, Hong JH, Yoo KB, Seo KD. Use of machine learning techniques for identifying ischemic stroke instead of the rule-based methods: a nationwide population-based study. European Journal of Medical Research 2024;29(1):6.
Noh JW, Cheon J, Seong H, Kwon YD, Yoo KB. Impacts of Smoking Ban Policies on Billiard Hall Sales in South Korea Using Objective Sales Information of a Credit Card Company: Quasi-Experimental Study. JMIR public health and surveillance 2024;10:e50466.
Cho Y, Lee HG, Kim J, Yoo KB, Choi J, Lee Y, Choi MN. Prediction of hospital-acquired influenza using machine learning algorithms: a comparative study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2024;24(1):466.
Kim GH, Song JS, Nam JW, Lee WR. Trajectory of medical expenditure and regional disparities in hypertensive patients in South Korea. Frontiers in Public Health 2024;12:1294045.
Lee K, Nam JW, Jung Y, Lee TS, Yoo KB. Review of the Development and Application of Disease Network. Health Policy and Management 2024;34(3):226-237.
Lee WR, Yoo KB, Noh JW, Lee M. Health expenditure trajectory and gastric cancer incidence in the National Health Insurance Senior Cohort: a nested case-control study. BMC Health Services Research 2024;24(1):1076.
Lee WR, Han KT, Yoo KB, Yoon JH. Comparison of the risk of noise-induced hearing loss between male police officers and male non-police officers: a nationwide cohort study using propensity score matching in South Korea. BMC Public Health 2024;24(1):2829.
Lee WR, Lee GM, Son N, Han KT, Chun S, Son Y, Yoo KB. Is avoidable diabetes-related hospitalization in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with increased health expenditure?: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in South Korea. Preventive Medicine Reports 2025;49:102946.
Research Projects
Establishment of national health screening strategy using disease prediction AI model - National Research Foundation of Korea 2022-2025
Development of medical big data-based information analysis technology - National Research Foundation of Korea 2022-2024
Developing colorectal cancer patient and stomach cancer patient samples dataset - National Cancer Center 2023
Designing cancer data linkage and utilization - National Cancer Center 2022
Developing hospital samples for cost panels - National Health Insurance Service 2022
Development of PHR-based elderly health management service app - National Research Foundation of Korea 2021
Development of National Patient Sample data - Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service 2020
Factors contributing to the improvement of health indicators in developing countries through ODA projects - National Research Foundation of Korea 2020