| Dr Ya-seng (Arthur) Hsueh |
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Senior Lecturer |
| Biography |
Dr Ya-seng (Arthur) Hsueh grew up in Taiwan. He holds a Bachelor degree in Public Health from National Taiwan University, and three degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA: a Masters in Applied Economics, a Masters in Hospital Administration, and a PhD in Health Services Organisation and Policy (with a specialty major in health economics). Dr Hsueh taught at National Taiwan University in the areas of health economics, health policy and management. In policy and programme evaluation, he redesigned the hospital accreditation system in Taiwan by incorporating new international practices (such as patient safety and patient-centred care), and setting new standards and criteria for hospital accreditation. He has also been invited to chair major committees and provide advice and consultancy for the Department of Health in Taiwan.
Dr Hsueh is coordinating the teaching of Health Economics, Economic Evaluation, as well as Program Evaluation. His current research agendas use the following new approaches/perspectives:
- to explore ways to move from a single disease and curative care model to a patient-centred multiple-disease focused care strategies with preventive care;
- to develop incentive systems that reduce the need for care of patients while also increasing the demand for better health awareness and prevention; and
- to deploy ways to achieve and maintain both hospital efficency (for educing costs) and effectiveness (for safety and quality of care).
In 1997, Dr Hsueh won the ' Research Award of the Year', from the National Science Council, Taiwan. He has written 42 articles and 19 commissioned policy reports. He has completed 11 projects (funded by large national competitive research grants) that are related to economic evaluation of public health.
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