Expertise at Chang Gung System

Lu, Jui-fen Rachel ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Professor
Department: Department of Health Care Management and Graduate Institute of Business and Management
Address: 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Tao-Yuan,Taiwan,33302
Tel: 886-3-211-8800 ext5271, 5272, 5483 Fax: 886-3-211-8345
E-mail: rachel@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Comparative health systems in Asia-Pacific region: equity performance
  • Economics analysis of the health service market and NHI policies
  • Analyses of National Health Expenditures
  • Psychometric testing of SF-36 Taiwan version

Fulltime Employment:
  • 2005-now Professor. Department of Health Care Management (joint appointment with Graduate Institute of Business and Management starting 2014), College of Management, Chang Gung University.
  • 2010-2013 Dean. College of Management, Chang Gung University.
  • 2009-2010 Associate Dean. College of Management, Chang Gung University.
  • 2000-2004 Chair. Department of Health Care Management,College of Management, Chang Gung University.

Education:
  • 1990-94 HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BOSTON, MA Doctor of Science, Health Policy and Management. Concentration in health economics
  • 1987-89 HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BOSTON, MA Master of Science, Health Policy and Management. Concentration in health care financing and financial analysis.
  • 1982-1986 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY TAIPEI, TAIWAN Bachelor of Public Health

Honors and Awards:
  1. 2009 IBM Faculty Award
  2. 2004-05 Takemi Fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health (NSC93-42174F).
  3. 2002, 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award, Chang Gung University.
  4. 2002 MinisterWang JinNaw Memorial Award for Best Paper in Health Care Management presented by Kimma Chang Foundation (paper titled: An Economic Analysis of Taiwan’s Hospital Industry).
  5. 1995 National Science Council, Research Award.
  6. 1990-93 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Fellowship.

 

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Sheu JT, Lu JR*, 2014. “The Spillover Effect of National Health Insurance on Household Consumption Patterns: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan”, Social Science and Medicine, 111: 41-49 (SCI & SSCI).
  2. Lu JR*, Chiang TL, 2011. “Evolution of Taiwan's health care system”, Health Economics, Policy and Law, 6(1):85-107 (SSCI).
  3. 李昭琴、盧瑞芬*，2013年。「臺灣兒童之健康平等及醫療照護利用公平性探討」，台灣公共衛生雜誌，32(5): 449-461 (TSSCI)
  4. Lu JR, Leung GM, Kwon S, Tin KYK, van Doorslaer E, O’Donnell O, 2007. “Horizontal equity in health care utilization – evidence from three high-income Asian economies”, Social Science and Medicine, 64(1): 199-212.
  5. Lu JR, Hsiao WC, 2003. “Does universal health insurance make health care unaffordable? Lessons from Taiwan”, Health Affairs, 22(3): 77-88.


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Board Certification:

  1. 2014-2016 President, Taiwan Society of Health Economics
  2. 2008-2014 Founding Vice-President, Taiwan Society of Health Economics
  3. 2008-now Member, Taiwan Public Health Association
  4. 2008-now Member, Taiwan Economics Association
  5. 1998-now Member, International Health Economics Association