Education
Univ of Illinois-Chicago PH.D.
Publications
Chung K, Samson L, Essex E, “Timing of Hospice Enrollment among Minority Elderly?” Long-Term Care Interface, 2008. Chung K, Essex E, Samson L,“Ethnic Variation in Timing of Hospice Referral: Does Having No Informal Caregiver Matter?” Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2008;11(3):484-491. Chung K. "Long Term care," Encyclopedia of Health Services Research, 2008, Sage Publishing, 15 pages. Chung K. "Health Care as a Share of GDP,"Encyclopedia of Health Services Research, 2008, Sage Publishing, 12 pages. Shen J, Washington El, Chung K., Bell R., “Factors Underlying Racial Disparities in Hospital Care of Congestive Heart Failure,” Ethnicity and Disease, 2007; 17(3). Chung K, Yang DH, Lee J. “Minority Elderly and Timely Hospice Care: Caregiver Status” International Journal of Public Policy, 2007; 2(3):169-185 Choi Y, Krause J, Seo H, Capitan k, Chung K, “Telemedicine in the USA: Standardization through Information Management and Technical Application,” IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2006; 44(4): 20-40. Shen JJ, Washington EL, Bell R, Chung K, Gellatly D., “ Disparities in Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction across Health Insurance Statuses,” Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 2006; 24:41-61 Chung K, Bell R, Lee D. “A Point-of-Care Clinical Documentation System for Hospice Care Providers,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2006 February; 30(1):33-39 Chung K, Chung DS, Joo, YH. “Overview of Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2006 February; 30(1):51-57 Mullner RM, Chung K. “Current Issues in Health care Informatics,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2006 February; 30(1):1-3 Chung K. “End of Life Care,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (3134 words) Chung K. “Accessible Internet,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2202 words) Chung K. “Disparity,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2392 words) Mullner R, Chung K. “Managed Care,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (1566 words) Mullner R, Chung K. “Privatization,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (1750 words) Mullner R, Chung K. “Contracting for Services,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2000 words) Chung K, Gordon AK, Yang D. Bell R. “Do Care Givers Matter as to a Good Death when the Elderly Die?” Long-Term Care Interface, 2004 July; 5(4):31-35. Chung K, Yang DH, Bell R. “Health and GIS: Toward Spatial Statistical Analyses,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2004 August; 28(4):349-360. Mullner RM, Chung K, Croke KG, Mensah EK. “Geographic Information Systems in Public Health and Medicine,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2004 June; 28(3):215-221. Moon S, Chung K, Yang DH. “The Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Longitudinal Model Analysis” Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, 2003; 20(4): 443-455. Chung K, Choi YB, Moon S. “Toward Efficient Medication Error Reduction: Error-reducing Information Management Systems,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2003 Dec.;27(6), 545-560. Tolan PH, Gorman Smith D, Henry D, Chung K, Hunt M. “The Relation of Patterns of Coping of Inner-city Youth to Psychopathology Symptoms.” Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2002;12(4), 423-449. Chung K, Mullner R, Yang D. “Access to Micro data on the Internet: Web-based Analysis and Data Subset Extraction Tools.” Journal of Medical Systems, 2002 Dec;26(6):555-60. Mullner R, Chung K. “The American Hospital Association’s Annual Hospital Survey: A Critical Appraisal.” Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2002;19(7):614-618. Chung K, Bell R, Gellatly DL. “Mix of Health Workforce in Multispecialty Medical Groups: Capitation and Practice Size.” Medical Group Management Association Connexion, 2002 April;2(4):62-66. Chung K, Bell R, Coleman C. “Relationship between Two Utilization Measures for Non-Physician Providers in Medical Group Practices,” Group Practice Journal, 2002 April;51(4):27-31. Gordon AK, Chung K, Handler A, Turnock BJ, Schieve LA, Ippoliti P. “Public Health Linkages between School of Public Health and State Health Agencies.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1999 May;5(3):25-34. Conference proceedings"End of Life Care: Legislative and Regulatory Approaches,” Business and Health Administration Association 2005 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. "A Point-of-Care Clinical Documentation System for Hospice Care Providers,” Business and Health Administration Association 2005 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Changes in the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Areas in the U.S. 1990-2000,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Major Changes and Trends in Chicago Hospitals 1984-2004,” Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy, May 12-13, 2004 Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, Illinois. “Determinants of Primary Care Physicians’ Referral Pattern: A Structural Equation Model Approach,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “The Evolution of Medicare Reform: The Enactment of the Medicare + Choice Program,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Policy Tracking: State Children Health Insurance Program,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Overview of Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “New Trends of GIS Application in Health Care,” Business and Health Administration Association 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. "Racial Differences in Health Care Use among Medicare only and dual Eligibles,” Business and Health Administration 2004 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Characteristics of Midlevel Practitioners’ Patients: Insurance Types,” Business and Health Administration Association 2003 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Evidence from the SIPP data 1990-95,” Business and Health Administration Association 2003 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Managed Care And Health Care Workforce,” Business and Health Administration Association 2002 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Availability of Primary Care Physicians: Urban versus Rural Areas,” Business and Health Administration Association 2002 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Factors Affecting Staffing Decisions in Multi-specialty Medical Groups,” Business and Health Administration Association 2002 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Managed Care and Geographic Distribution of Primary Care Physicians,” Business and Health Administration Association 2002 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Staffing Pattern of Non-Physician Providers in Primary Care Multispecialty group Practices,” 9th Canadian Conference on Health Economics Proceedings, Toronto, Canada. May 23-26, 2001 “Non-physician Provider Utilization in Medical Group Practices: Implications for Future Demand for Non-Physician Providers,” Business and Health Administration Association 2001 Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. “Perceptions of Hospice Care in Nursing Home Facilities: A Survey of Nursing Homes in Illinois,” Illinois Hospice Organization Conference Proceedings, Springfield, Illinois. May 1998 “Perceptions of Hospice Administrators about Nursing Homes,” Governor’s Conference on Aging Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois. May 1997 “Estimating of the Effects of Parking, Employment and Development on CTA Ridership in Chicago Downtown,” Metropolitan Chicago Public Transportation Research, Chicago, Illinois. 1996.
Honors
Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award 2005, Gerontological Health Section, American Public Health Association. Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award 2004, Honorable Mention, Gerontological Health Section, American Public Health Association. Faculty Excellence Award 2006 Governors State University. Faculty Excellence Award 2002 Governors State University. Most Outstanding Abstract Award, Health Workforce Track, Academy Health’s Annual Research Meeting, June 21-23, 2002, Washington D.C., Paper Presented: “The Effect of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on Primary Care Physicians Referral Practices.”
Presentations
The Gerontological Society of America's 60th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA., Nov. 16-20, 2007, "Ethnic Variation in Length of Stay among Hospice Patients with Advanced Dementia." American Public Health Association's 135th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov.3-7,2007, "Improving the use of Hospice Services among Minority Elders." AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting,June 3-5, 2007 Orlando, FL. “Timing of referral to hospice: Interaction of race with having a hospital referral source” American Public Health Association’s 134rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA., Nov. 4-8, 2006: “Timing of Hospice Use Among Minority Elderly Receiving Personal Care from Formal Caregivers” The Gerontological Society of America’s 59th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX., Nov. 16-20, 2006: “Examining Racial Difference in Hospice Days of Care Among Patients Who are Still in Care” Healthcare Disparities Conference,IHSCR's 1st Annual Conference on Minority Health,Raleigh, NC,September 8, 2006: “Minority Elderly Receiving Hospice Care in Institutional Setting” Healthcare Disparities Seminar, ‘Stronger Together: Moving from Awareness to Action’ College of Health Professions, Governors State University, April 7, 2006: “Putting It All Together” (Panelist) American Public Health Association’s 133rd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., Dec. 10-13, 2005: “Does the Type of Caregiving Matter for Timely Hospice Care?” Universityof CentralFlorida 2nd Annual Health and Public Affairs Research Conference on The Medicaid Crisis and Policy Research Issues, Orlando, Oct. 21, 2005. “Informal vs Formal Caregivers for Minority Elderly in Hospice Care” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 26-29, 2005 Boston, MA. “Disparities for Minority Elderly in Receipt of Timely Hospice Care.” Business and Health Administration Association 39th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 16-18, 2005: “End of Life Care: Legislative and Regulatory Approaches.” Business and Health Administration Association 39th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 16-18, 2005: “A Point-of-Care Clinical Documentation System for Hospice Care Providers.” UIC College of Nursing UCHA Cohort Policy Workshop, March 30, 2005 Quad City, Iowa. “U.S. Nursing Workforce Policy” (Keynote speaker) American Public Health Association’s 132nd Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-10 2004 Washington DC. “Timely Hospice Care: Caregiver Status.” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 6-8, 2004 San Diego, CA. “Medicaid Patients Who Left Hospitals Against Medical Advice: Trend Analysis.” Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Annual Meeting June 3 - 6, 2004 San Diego, CA “Long-Term Care Services Management through Certificate of Need Process.” Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy, May 12-13, 2004 Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL. “ Major Changes and Trends in Chicago Hospitals 1984-2004, (Panelist) Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 17-19, 2004: “Changes in the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Areas in the U.S. 1990-2000.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 17-19, 2004: “Determinants of Primary Care Physicians’ Referral Pattern: A Structural Equation Model Approach.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 17-19, 2004: “Overview of Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 17-19, 2004: “The Evolution of Medicare Reform: The Enactment of the Medicare + Choice Program.” American Public Health Association’s 131st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA., Nov. 15-19, 2003 : “ Do Caregivers Matter as to a Good Death when the Elderly Die?” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27-29, 2003, Nashville, TN.: “ Comparison of Admission and Discharge Patterns for Patients with Chronic Diseases Discharged from Two Types of Acute Care Hospitals: Those that also Provide Long-term Care and Palliative Care versus those that do not.” International Health Economics Association’s Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2003, San Francisco, CA.: Nonphysician Providers and Physician Productivity.” Midwest Sociological Society’s Annual Research Meeting, April 17-19, 2003, Chicago: “A Structural Equation Model of Physician-Nonphysician Collaborative Relationships.” Illinois Rural Health Association’s Annual Conference, April 17-19, 2003, Bloomington, IL.: “Roles of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Collaborative Practice with Rural Physicians.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 12-15, 2003: “Characteristics of Midlevel Practitioners’ Patients: Insurance Types.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 12-15, 2003 : “Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Evidence from the SIPP data 1990-95.” Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy’s Annual Research Meeting, June 21-23, 2002, Washington D.C.: “The Effect of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on Primary Care Physicians Referral Practices.” IllinoisRural Health Association 13th Annual Conference, Bloomington, IL April 17-18, 2002: “Has Managed Care Worsened The Geographical Distribution of Primary Care Physicians?: State-Level Analysis.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL February 27- March 1, 2002: “Managed Care And Health Care Workforce.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL February 27- March 1, 2002 : “Availability of Primary Care Physicians: Urban versus Rural Areas.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL February 27- March 1, 2002: “Factors Affecting Staffing Decisions in Multi-specialty Medical Groups.” Business and Health Administration Association 38th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL February 27- March 1, 2002: “Managed Care and Geographic Distribution of Primary Care Physicians.” American Public Health Association’s 129th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., Oct. 21-24, 2001 “Geographical Distribution of Primary Care Physicians and Managed Care.” APHA Session #3132.0 American Public Health Association’s 129th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., Oct. 21-24, 2001 “Do Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Practicing in Private Sector Contribute to Increasing Access to Health Care in Impoverished Areas?” APHA Session #5125 Canadian Health Economics Research Association 2001 Annual Conference, May 23-26 2001, Toronto, Canada. “Staffing pattern of non-physician providers on primary care multi-specialty group practices.” Business and Health Administration Association 37th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL March 7-9, 2001: “Non-Physician Provider Utilization in Medical Group Practices: Implications for Future Demand for Non-physician Providers.” Urban Universities Collaborative Biannual Conference on Chicago Research and Policy, Chicago, IL ; Nov. 2000: “A Comparison of Characteristics of Medical Groups: With versus Without Non-Physician Providers in Practice: Chicago vs Nation.” American Public Health Association 128th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA ; Nov. 2000: “ Does Managed Care Increase Utilization of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Rural Areas? : National Study.” Association for Health Services Research 2000 Annual Meeting, LA, CA ; June 2000: “Does Managed Care Increase Utilization of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Rural Areas? : North Carolina Case Study.” National Hospice Organization , Dallas, TX ; Nov. 1998: “Perceptions of Nursing Home and Hospice Administrators about Hospice.” with Audrey Gordon IllinoisHospice Organization , Springfield, IL; May 1998: “Perceptions of Hospice Care in Nursing Home Facilities: A Survey of Nursing Homes in Illinois.” with Audrey Gordon Governor’s Conference on Aging , Chicago, IL; May 1997: “Perceptions of Hospice Administrators about Nursing Homes.” with Audrey Gordon Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning , Fort Lauderdale, FL; Nov. 1997: “Transportation Policy Planning to boost Mass Transportation Ridership.” Metropolitan Chicago Public Transportation Research , Chicago, IL; May 1996: “Estimating of the Effects of Parking, Employment and Development on CTA Ridership.”
Research
Palliative Care Need Assessment for African American Elders with Advanced Dementia (funded) Preference Setting of Hospice Care among Minority Elders (funded) State Policy on Hospice Residence (under review) Affecting Decisions on When to Enter Hospice: Minority Elderly Relying on Formal Caregivers (funded) Population Projection and Need Inventory for Need Determination in Illinois (funded) Increased Public Awareness of Hospice Care (funded) Acceptance of the Need for End-of-Life and Bereavement Services (funded) Source of Low Quality of Hospice Care: Ethnicity and Formal Caregiving Trends and risk factors of hospital patients who leave against medical advice (under revision- to be submitted to Medical Care) Changes in the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Areas in the U.S., 1990-2000 (under revision- to be submitted to the Journal of Rural Health). The Effect of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on Primary Care Physicians Referral Practices. (Under revision – to be submitted to Health Services Research, MS-28 pages) Do Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Practicing in Private Sector Contribute to Increasing Access to Health Care in Impoverished Areas? (Under revision – to be submitted to Journal of Public Health Policy, MS-18 pages) A Comparison of Characteristics of Medical Groups: With versus Without Non-physician Providers in Practice: Chicago Metropolitan Case Study (under revision – to be submitted to the Illinois Issues, MS-13 pages) Perceptions of Nursing Home and Hospice Administrators about Hospice (under revision – to be submitted to the Hospice Journal, MS-12 pages)
Service
National Level professional ServiceTrack Chair , health Care Informatics Track, Business and Health Administration association 2005-2008, Annual Conference. Guest Editor, Special Issue of Healthcare Informatics , Journal of Medical Systems, 2006. Guest Editor, Special Issue of Geographic Information System, Journal of Medical Systems, 2004. Board Member , Business and Health Administration Association , 2002- 2008. Local Level Professional ServiceMember, Research Committee, Illinois Rural Health Association , 2001-2004. Discussant of the Workshop "Meeting Health Care Work Force Needs in America's Communities " of the Illinois Area Health Education Centres, July 1995. University ServiceFaculty Senate, Governors State University, 2003-2007. Chair, MHA Admissions Committee, 2001-2003,2006-2007. Committee Member , GSU University personal Committee, 2006- 2008. Committee Member , GSU Institutional Review Board, 2006- 2008. Faculty Advisor , Governors State University ACHE student Chapter, 2000-2007. Committee Member, GSU Faculty Excellence Awards committee, 2003,2007. Governors State University Pre-election Open Forum,Panelist, November 1, 2004.
Professional Memberships
Academy Health
American Public Health Association
Business and Health Administration Association (Board Member)
International Health Economics Association
Illinois Rural Health Association. Gerontological Society of America. Fellowships,Grants and Research Contracts:Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Illinois Department of Public Health, Project titled “Modeling of Need Determination Formula IV” July 2007 – August 2008 (PI). Governors State University Research Grant, Project titled “Feasibility Study of Replicating a Short Communication Intervention: Increasing Hospice Use among Minorities” July 2007 – July 2008 (PI). Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Illinois Department of Public Health, Project titled “Modeling of Need Determination Formula III” May 2007 – June 2007 (PI). National Institutes of Health’s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparity, Health Disparity Research Project, Project Titled “Palliative Care Need Assessment for African American Elders with Advanced Dementia” & “Preference Setting of Hospice Care Among Minority Elders” October2006 – November 2008 (PI). GovernorsState UniversityResearch Grant, Project titled “Quantifying Untimely Hospice Care” July 2006 – July 2007 (PI). National Institutes of Health EXPORT Pilot Project, Project Titled “Affecting Decisions on When to Enter Hospice: Minority Elderly Relying on Formal Caregivers” March 2005 – March 2006 (PI). Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Illinois Department of Public Health, Project titled “Modeling of Need Determination Formula II” November 2006 – April 2007 (PI). Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Illinois Department of Public Health, Project titled “Health Facilities Inventory and Need Determination I” January 2006 – August 2006 (PI). Chicago Community Trust, Project titled “The need to educate health care professionals and the public about end-of-life care” July 2004 – May 2005 (Consultant). Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Illinois Department of Public Health, Project titled “Comparative Assessment of Certificate of Need Programs” January 2004 – July 2004 (PI). GovernorsState UniversityFoundation’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled “Do racial factors affect timely and adequate hospice care?" 2006 (PI). Governors State University Research Grant, Project titled “Does the Type of Caregiving Matter for Timely Hospice Care?” June 2005 – July 2006 (PI). Governors State University Research Grant, Project titled “Source of Low Quality of Hospice Care: Ethnicity and Formal Caregiving” June 2004 – July 2005 (PI). The Retirement Research Foundation, Project titled “Assessing the Effectiveness of Bonny Music Therapy on the Bereaved Spouses” March 2002 – August 2003 (Consultant). Governors State University Alumni Association’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled “A GIS-based approach to comparing primary care access and its change between urban and rural areas during the period of 1990 to 2000” 2004 (PI). Mount Sinai Health System, Project titled “Community Need Assessment Study: assist Mt. Sinai Medical Group in planning a new satellite primary care clinic to serve the Near West Side of Chicago” 2003 (PI). Governors State University Teaching with Technology Grant, Project titled “Create digital spatial databases that are placed on a Web site for interactive query and display using the Internet Map Server (IMS) extension for ArcView GIS” 2003 (PI). Governors State University Alumni Association’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled Non-physician Providers and Savings for Health Organization: Mount Sinai Health System Case Study.” 2003 (PI). Governors State University Research Grant, Project titled “Structural Equation Model of the Impact of Managed Care on Primary Care Physicians’ Referral Practices: Case for Collaborative Practice with Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.” 2002 (PI). Governors State University Alumni Association’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled “Empirical research on the role of primary care physicians based on Robert Wood Johnson’s Physician Survey Data.” 2002 (PI). GovernorsState University Research Grant, Project titled “Strategies to boost the supply of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Illinois.” 2001-2002 (PI). Governors State University Alumni Association’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled “Managed care and health workforce policy in underserved areas.” 2001 (PI). Governors State University Alumni Association’s Professional Development Fund, Project titled “Staffing pattern of non-physician providers in multi-specialty group practices.” 2000 (PI).
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