I had a great time attending the 2023 Global Burden of Disease Korean Conference in Seoul. It was wonderful to meet people from my home school University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)!

In AJMC led by Sungchul Park | 박성철 we find immigrants with limited English proficiency have some of the highest MA enrollment. While financial protections from MA may be valuble for these benes, its important to make sure these are informed decisions. ajmc.com/view/medicare-…

We’re delighted to host a conference meeting with professors from Harvard University Stanford University on "Global Health Risks and Sustainability Challenges" on November 17th at Korea University. I’ll give a presentation on the effectiveness of health care spending in South Korea.

Thrilled to host Michele (Stanford Medicine) and Karen (Shorenstein APARC & StanfordHealthPolicy) at Korea University and explore Seoul together!

We have multiple post-doctoral fellowship positions (health economics, health services research, bioinformatics, public health) available! CHeSS UChicago Biological Sciences Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! More information and apply HERE: mailchi.mp/a42db169953c/c…

🚨New paper with David Meyers & Ben Cook is out Am Jnl of Geriatric Psych 🚨 We found that MA enrollees with mental health symptoms experienced limited access to mental health services and high financial hardship than TM enrollees with mental health symptoms. cutt.ly/awKAWRpU

Researchers Sungchul Park | 박성철 & Jim Stimpson observed an increasing trend in unmet need for medical care over time, especially for those with #disabilities and limited health insurance literacy. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 New paper out AJMC 🚨 Medicare eligibility at age 65 years improves access to care. But does this promote the diagnosis of chronic diseases? We find that Medicare coverage did NOT necessarily lead to ⬆️ diagnosis of chronic conditions. t.ly/pU1s-

What is the association of #food #insecurity with #health, access to care, affordability of care, financial burden of care, and financial hardships among #UnitedStates #adults during the #COVID_19 #pandemic? sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Sungchul Park | 박성철

We found 2 key results: - Medicare beneficiaries with severe functional disability experienced a disproportionate burden from health care costs. - But Medicaid played a pivotal role in reducing the financial strain for those with functional disability. shorturl.at/kd8qT

🚨🎉Now in Print🎉🚨 Great paper led by Sungchul Park | 박성철 showing that despite Medicare Advantage plans being able to offer food benefits and financial protections, MA beneficiaries do no better, and often worse, on measures of food insecurity and financial burdens:

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 What we found: - 1. Total health care spending in Korea increased from $55.0 billion in 2010 to $92.0 billion in 2019. - 2. Increases in spending per person accounted for 52.9% of the increase, followed by population aging and size (35.6% and 11.4%).

Important new work in JAMA Health Forum led by Sungchul Park | 박성철 + Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP showing ⬇️mental health service use and ⬆️acute care use among🧓adults w/ psychological distress after Medicare eligibility at age 65 - highlighting program gaps in mental health care: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Uncovering gaps in mental health care, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP Sungchul Park | 박성철 find that among adults with psychological distress, Medicare eligibility was associated with a ⬇ in mental health outpatient visits and an ⬆ in acute care use. New in JAMA Health Forum: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…