Health Disparities Research

Research Interests

Publications

Presentations

Honors

Fellowships, Grants, and Research Contracts

Professional Service

Dr. Chung's Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Chung, K., Samson, L., Essex, E., “Does Hospice Knowledge on the Side of Caregivers Matter for Quality Hospice Services that Their Loved Ones Receive?  Pilot Study of Minority Hospice Patients” American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2009; 26:165-171.

Chung, K., Yang, D.H. “Changes in the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Areas in the U.S. 1990-2000” International Journal of Public Policy, 2010 Forthcoming.

Lee, J., Chung, K., “Income-related Health Inequality Among South Korean: EQ-5D Scores of 2005 Korea National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey” International Journal of Public Policy, 2010 Forthcoming.

Chung, K., Yang, D.H., Lee, J., “Determinants of Primary Care Physicians’ Referral Pattern: A Structural Equation Model Approach” International Journal of Public Policy, 2010; 2(3): 263-275.

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., Yang, D.H., Lee, J. “Minority Elderly and Timely Hospice Care: Caregiver Status” International Journal of Public Policy, 2007; 2(3):169-185.

Shen, J., Washington, E.L., Chung, K., Bell, R., “Factors Underlying Racial Disparities in Hospital Care of Congestive Heart Failure,” Ethnicity and Disease, 2007; 17(3):206-213.

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, J.J., Washington, E.L., 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, D.S., Joo, Y.H. “Overview of Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2006 February; 30(1):51-57.

Mullner, R.M., Chung, K. “Current Issues in Health care Informatics,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2006 February; 30(1):1-3.

Chung, K., Yang, D.H., Lee, J. “Minority Elderly and Timely Hospice Care: Caregiver Status” International Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 2, Nos. 3/4, 2007.

Chung, K., Gordon. A.K., 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, D.H., Bell, R. “Health and GIS: Toward Spatial Statistical Analyses,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2004 August; 28(4):349-360.

Mullner, R.M., Chung, K., Croke, K.G., Mensah, E.K. “Geographic Information Systems in Public Health and Medicine,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2004 June; 28(3):215-221.

Moon, S., Chung, K., Yang, D.H. “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, Y.B., Moon, S. “Toward Efficient Medication Error Reduction: Error-reducing Information Management Systems,” Journal of Medical Systems, 2003 Dec.;27(6), 545-560.

Tolan, P.H., 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, D.L. “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, A.K., Chung, K., Handler, A., Turnock, B.J., Schieve, L.A., 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.

Encyclopedia Entries

Chung, K. “Long Term Care,” Encyclopedia of Health Services Research, Oct. 2008, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (3000 words)

Chung, K. “Health Care as a Share of GDP,” Encyclopedia of Health Services Research, Oct. 2008, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2150 words)

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. “Accountability,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2000 words)

Mullner R, Chung K. “Contracting Out Services,” Encyclopedia of Disability, Oct. 2005, Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA.  (2000 words)

Peer-Reviewed Published Abstracts

Chung K, Essex E.L., Samson L. “Ethnic Variation in Length of Stay among Hospice Patients with Advanced Dementia,” The  Gerontologist, 2007 Oct;47(1):217

Chung K, Essex E.L., “Examining Racial Difference in Hospice Days of Care Among Patients Who are Still in Care,, The Gerontologist, 2006 Oct;46(1):595

Essex E.L., Chung K. “Older Adults as Caregivers: Contrasting Experiences of Caring for Younger Adults or Minors,” The Gerontologist, 2006 Oct;46(1):306

Research Report, Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation

Research Report (Illinois Department of Public Health Grant, 2007): “Modeling of Need Determination Formula” Department of Public Health

Research Report (Illinois Department of Public Health Grant, 2006): “Certificate of Need Programs:  Bed Need Methodology” Illinois Department of Public Health.

Research Report (Illinois Department of Public Health Grant, 2004):“Certificate of Need Programs:  A Comparative Assessment” Illinois Department of Public Health.

Research Report (Mount Sinai Health System, 2002): Assessment of Community of Needs for a New Clinic.

Ph.D. Dissertation (1999):  Managed Care and Non-Physician Providers in Rural Areas.

Research Report (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Research Grant, 1997): Public Health Practice Research: Present & Past, Center for Public Health Practice, Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago.  

Conference Proceedings (Long Paper)

“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.

“SCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance Program,” 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.