Shou-Hsia Cheng

Professor Cheng is a professor at the Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. During his teaching at NTU for more than 20 years, Professor Cheng has shortly served at the Taiwanese Government as the Deputy Minister of Health (2008/05- 2009/08) and the Director General of the Bureau of National Health Insurance (2009/09-2010/07). His performance during this period in government sector had been well recognized and he was awarded the Second-rank Health Medal from Department of Health, Executive Yuan in 2011. Professor Cheng has been awarded as a Fulbright Scholar and Takemi Fellow at Harvard Chan School of Public Health during 2016/08-2017/01. Professor Cheng’s primary expertise is health policy analysis and health economics. His research interests include the evaluation of Taiwan’s healthcare reform, impacts of financial incentive programs, and continuity of outpatient care etc. His recent research topics focus on the evaluation of NHI pay-for-performance programs and patient’s continuity of ambulatory care. He has published papers in esteemed international journals such as JAMA, Social Science and Medicine, Quality and Safety in Health Care, American Journal of Managed Care, Health Policy and Planning, Archive of Internal Medicine, and Medical Care. Professor Cheng’s academic performance has been well recognized; he has received the Superior Performance Award from National Taiwan University in 2010, the Outstanding Research Award from Ministry of Science and Technology in 2013, and the Distinguished Professorship from National Taiwan University in 2014.