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Degree

                                Ph.D., University of North Carolina, USA
MA, University of North Carolina, USA 
BA, Department of Economics, NCHU
                            

Recent Professional Service

2002-08 -
                                                    臺北大學公共事務學院財政學系專任教授
                                                

Research Interests

                                Health Care Financing and Management
Health Economics
Health Insurance system
Public Finance
                            

Publications

  • 1. Chen, Bradley, CS Chen, TC Liu (2018) “Impact of Provider Competition under Global Budgeting on the Use of Cesarean Delivery” Health Services Research, 53(2):747-767, SSCI
  • 2. Shan,YS, TC Liu, CS Chen, YI Peng (2018) “A Changing Nexus between Unemployment and Suicide in Taiwan: Before and after Labor Welfare Improvement in the late 1990s” Social Indicators Research, forthcoming, SSCI
  • 3. Lin, CL, TC Liu, CS Chen (2017) “The association between attempted suicide and stock price movements: Evidence from Taiwan” Psychiatry Research, 254,323-331.SSCI
  • 4. Peng, YI, TC Liu, CS Chen, YS Shan (2016) “Does Poor Health Raise Preferences for Retirement?” The Social Science Journal, 53(4), 501-509, SSCI
  • 5. Chen, CC, YT Lin, TC Liu ,CS Chen (2016) “Economic stress and mental health: The relationship between the stock market and neurotic disorder doctor visits” Stress and Health, 32(5), 607-615, SSCI
  • 6. Teng, CY, Chan YS, YI Peng, TC Liu (2016 Mar)”Influence of Asian dust storms on daily acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions” Public Health Nursing, 33(2),118-128,SSCI
  • 7. Liu, TC, B Chen, YS Shan, CS Chen (2015) “Does prenatal care benefit maternal health? A study of postpartum maternal care use” Health Policy, 119(10), 1382-1389, SSCI
  • 8. Chen, CS, YI Peng, PC Lee, TC Liu (2015) “The Effectiveness of Preventive Care at reducing Curative Care risk for the Taiwanese Elderly under National Health Insurance” Health Policy, 119(6), 787 - 793, SSCI
  • 9. Lin, SH, CH Wang, TC Liu, CS Chen (2015) “Stroke: a hidden danger of margin trading in stock markets” Journal of Urban Health, 92(5),995-1006, SCI
  • 10. Lin, CL, CS Chen, TC Liu (2015) “Do Stock Prices Drive People Crazy?” Health Policy and Planning, 30(2), 206-214 SSCI, Econlit
  • Liu TC, CP Loh, CL Lin, CS Chen (2014) “Do Cesarean Deliveries on Maternal Request Lead to Greater Maternal Care Utilization during Six-Month, One-Year, and Two-Year Postpartum Periods? Evidence from NHI Claims Data in Taiwan”, Health Policy, forthcoming, (SSCI)
  • Chen CS, TC Liu, B Chen, CL Lin (2014) “The Failure of Financial Incentive? The seemingly inexorable rise of cesarean section”, Social Science and Medicine, 101, 47-51. (SSCI)
  • Lin CL, Chen CS, Liu TC (2014) “Do Stock Prices Drive People Crazy?”, Health Policy and Planning, forthcoming, (SSCI)
  • Liu TC, Sheu JJ, Lin HC, Jensen DA. (2013) “Increased Risk of Parkinsonism Following Chronic Periodontitis: a Retrospective Cohort Study”, Movement Disorders, 28(9) 1307-1308. (SCI)
  • Hung SH, MC Tsai, Liu TCLin, HC, Chung, SD (2013) “Routine endoscopy for esophageal cancer is suggestive for patients with oral, oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer”, PLoS One, 8(8) 1-5 :e72097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072097 2013 Aug 15 (SCI)
  • Chen CC, Chen CS, Liu TC, Lin YT (2012) “Stock or Stroke? Stock Market Movement and Stroke Incidence in Taiwan”, Social Science and Medicine, 75(11) 1974-1980. (SSCI)
  • Kang JH, Liu TC, Keller JJ, Lin HC (2013) “Asian Dust Storm Events Are Associated with an Acute Increase in Stroke Hospitalization”, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 67(2) 125-131. (SSCI)
  • Tian, WH, Tien J, Chen CS, Liu TC (2012) “Private Health Insurance and Inpatient Service Utilization among Adults and Elderly People under Taiwan’s National Insurance Program”, Geneva Paper on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 37(4) 655-677. (SSCI)
  • Tian, WH, Liu TC, Chen CS, Liu LF, Tien JI (2012) “The Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Health Service Utilization for Elderly People in Taiwan”, Health Policy, 108(2-3) 256-267. (SSCI)
  • Chen, CS and Liu TC (2012) “Medical Cost and Motorcycle Helmet Law in Taiwan", Economics Research International, 920901; 1-8. (EconLit)
  • Lin YJ, Chen B, Liu TC, Chen CS, (2012) “The Impact of Family Structure on Utilization of Preventive Care Services among Children under National Health Insurance in Taiwan”, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(4); 453-463. (EconLit)
  • Lin YJ, Liu TC, Chen CS, (2012) “Healthcare Information and the Utilization of Pap-smear Testing amongst Taiwanese Women”, Economics Bulletin, 32(1); 67-79. (EconLit)
  • Lin YJ, Chen CC, Liu TC, and Lin YT (2012) “Addiction and the Utilization of Medical Care”, Economics Research International, 801204;1-10. (Econlit)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS and Loh CP (2010) “Do children of parents with mental illness have lower survival rate? A population-based study”, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 51(3), 250-255. (SSCI)
  • Tian WH, Chen CS, Liu TC (2010) “The Demand for Preventive Care Services and its Relationship with Inpatient Services”, Health Policy, 94(2), 164-174. (SSCI)
  • Wei JC, Liu TC, Chen YH, Chen SF, Lin HC, Tsai, WC (2009) “No increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with myasthenia gravis: A nationwide population-based study” European Journal of Neurology, 16(8), 889-894. (SCI)
  • Tian, WH, CS Chen, Liu TC (2009) “The Effect of Implementing the National Health Insurance in Taiwan on Purchases of Private Health Insurance”, The Empirical Economics Letters, 8(12), 1207-1215. (JEL, Econlit)
  • Loh, CP, Chen CS and Liu TC (2009) “Multiple Dimensions of Cigarette Smoking and Responsiveness to Cigarette Price Changes in Taiwan” Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30, 203-213. (JEL)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Lin HC (2008) “Does Elective Caesarean Section Increase Utilization of Postpartum Maternal Medical Care?” Medical Care, 46(4) 440-443. (SSCI) (NSC96-2416-I-305-008-MY3) (Fulbright grant G68431007)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Lin HC, Lee HC (2008) “Obstetrician Gender and the Likelihood of a Maternal Request for a Cesarean Delivery” European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 136(1), 46-52. (SCI) (NSC92-2415-H-305-012)
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Lin HC (2008) “Does High Surgeon and Hospital Surgical Volume Raise the Five-year Survival Rate for Breast Cancer? A Population-based Study” Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 110, 349-56. (SCI)
  • Lin YR, Chen CS, Liu TC, Lin HC (2008) “Taiwan’s National Health Insurance System and the application of preventive care: the case of pap-smear testing” Public Health, 122(9) 857-61. (SSCI)
  • Chen CS, Lin HC, Liu TC, Lin SY, Pfeiffer S (2008) “Urbanization and the Likelihood of Cesarean section” European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 141, 104-10. (SCI)
  • Lee HC, Lin HC, Liu TC, Lin SY (2008) “Contact of Mental and Non-mental Healthcare Providers Prior to Suicide in Taiwan: A Population-based Study”. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53(6), 377-83. (SCI)
  • Yeh JY, Xirasaga S, Liu TC, Lee, CY, Lin HC (2008) “Does Marital Status Predict the Odds of Suicidal Death in Taiwan? A Seven-Year Population-Based Study” Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38(3), 302-310. (SCI)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Tsai YW, Lin HC (2007) “Taiwan’s high rate of cesarean section deliveries – impacts of National Health Insurance and fetal gender preference” Birth, 34(2), 115-122. (SSCI) (國科會計劃NSC92-2415-H-305-012)
  • Chen, CS, Liu TC, Lin HC and Tian WH (2007) “The effect of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance on infants’ preventive care use and inpatient care use”, Health Policy, 80, 432-443. (SSCI)
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chiu WT, Lin HC (2007) “Impact of Hospital and Physician Characteristics on Medical Expenditures for Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization” International Journal of Cardiology, 121, 127-129. (SCI)
  • Lin HC, Lin YR, Liu TC, Chen CS (2007) “Urbanization and place of death for the elderly: a ten-year population-based study” Palliative Medicine, 21,705-711. (SCI)
  • Lin HC, Lin YR, Liu TC, Chen CS, Chiu WT (2007) “Urbanization and Stroke Prevalence in Taiwan: Analysis of a Nationwide Survey” Journal of Urban Health, 84, 604-614. (SSCI)
  • Lin HC, Xirasaga S, Liu TC (2007) “Physicians’ Obstetric Experience and CS: Does Increasing Delivery Volume Result in Lower CS Likelihood? ” Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 13(6), 954-7. (SCI)
  • Xirasaga S, Lin HC, Liu TC (2006) “Do Group Practices Have Lower Cesarean Propensities than Solo Practice Obstetric Clinics? Evidence from a Single-Payer Health System” Health Policy and Planning, 21(4), 319-325. (SSCI)
  • Xirasaga S, Lin HC, Liu TC (2006) “Seasonality in Pediatric Asthma Admissions: Role of Climate and Environmental Factors”, European Journal of Pediatrics, 165, 747-752. (SCI)
  • Tian WH, Lee HC, Liu TC, Chen CS, Lin HC (2006) “Seasonal Variation in Schizophrenia Admissions in a Chinese Population”, Schizophrenia Research, 86.333-334. (SSCI)
  • Lin HC, Chen CS, Liu TC, Tsai SY, Lee HC (2006), “Lack of Care for Diabetes among Schizophrenia Patients”, Schizophrenia Research, 89, 353-4. (SSCI)
  • Lin HC, Chen CS, Liu TC, Lee HC (2006), “Differences in Practice Income between Solo and Group Practice Physicians”, Health Policy, 79, 296-305. (SSCI)
  • Lin HC, Tian WH, Chen CS, Liu TC, Tsai SY, Lee HC (2006), “The Association between Readmission Rates and Length of Stay for Schizophrenia: A Three-year Population-based Study”, Schizophrenia Research, 83, 211-214. (SSCI)
  • Lin HC, Chen CS, Lee HC, Liu TC (2006) “Physician and Hospital Characteristics Related to Length of Stay for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients—A Three-year Population-based Analysis”, Circulation Journal, 70, 679-685. (SCI)
  • Chu TB, Liu TC, Chen CS, Tsai YW, Chiu WT (2005), “Household out-of-pocket medical expenditures and national health insurance in Taiwan: income and regional inequality”, BMC Health Service Research, 5:60, 1-9. (SSCI, SCI) (NSC-94-2416-H-305-005)
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2005), “The Taiwan National Health Insurance Program and Full Infant Immunization Coverage”, American Journal of Public Health, 95(2), 305-311. (SSCI) (NSC91-2416-H-305-005)
  • Tsai YW, Yang CL, Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen PF (2005), “The effect of Taiwan’s tax-induced increases in cigarette prices on brand-switching and the consumption of cigarettes”, Health Economics, 14, 627-641. (SSCI)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2004), “The role of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance program in influencing adequate prenatal care”, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 19, 113-130. (SSCI)
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen LM (2003), “National Health Insurance and The Antenatal Care Use: A Case in Taiwan”, Health Policy, 64(1), 99-112. (SSCI)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Chen LM (2002), “The Impact of National health Insurance On Neonatal Care and Childhood Vaccination in Taiwan”, Health Policy and Planning, 17(4), 384-392. (SSCI)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2002), “An Analysis of Private Health Insurance Purchasing Decisions with National Health Insurance in Taiwan”, Social Science and Medicine, 55(5), 755-774. (SSCI)
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2001), “Health Care Utilization after Economic Reform in Mainland China: A Multinomial Logit Approach”, Issues and Studies, 37(3), 87-104. (SSCI)
  • Liu TC (1995), “The Decision of Purchasing Private Health Insurance to Supplement Social Insurance in the U.S.”, Tamkang Journal, 35, 123-148.
  • Akin JS, Liu TC (1994) “The Demand for Medigap Health Insurance: A Household Production Model”, Journal of Health Management, 7(1), 15-28.
  • Liu TC, Hwang T. (2006),“The analysis of collection status of premium receivable from government departments”, Public Finance Review, 38(4), 22-37.
  • Lin YL, Chen CS, Liu TC (2006),“The Impact of Insurance on Preventive Health Care Services: Pap Smear Test under National Health Insurance”, Insurance Monograph, 22(1), 1-20.
  • Chen CS, Tu-Bin Chu, Liu TC (2006), “Utilization of well-baby care services under National Health Insurance”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 7(1), 107-122.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen MY, (2006),“Utilization of medical care under National Health Insurance: a case of flu. And chronic disease”, Insurance Monograph, 21(2), 113-143.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Cheng YC (2005), “Medical specialty choice under National Health Insurance”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 5(4), 473-494.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Wei, MJ (2005), “Challenges to the Health Care Industry in Times of Recession”, Business Bank Quarterly Journal, 28(1), 175-186.
  • Chen, CS, Liu TC, Lin CJ (2005), “The Analysis of Family Income and Financial Burden of Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure” Taiwan Bank Quarterly Journal, 56(2), 200-229.
  • Chu TM, Lin CJ, Chen MY, Chen, CS, Liu TC (2004), “The National Health Insurance Premium Burden of Local Government-Problems and Solutions”, Public Finance Review, 36:6, 42-59.
  • Chen CS, Lin CJ, Liu TC, Sun CC (2004), “A New Thought for Taiwan’s Social Welfare: the Earned Income Tax Credit Program in the United States” Community Development Quarterly, 37(2), 43-55.
  • Liu TC, Lin CJ (2004), “Commentary on New Local Tax Act” The Journal of Taiwan Institute of Tax Research, 360, 23-26.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Hon SJ (2004), “The effect of National Health Insurance on the demand for private health insurance”, Public Finance Review, 36(2), 71-94.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2003), “The differences in social health insurance financing between China and Taiwan”, Taiwan Bank Quarterly Journal, 54(3), 381-394
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Yu GL (2003), “The investigation of Taiwan’s medical industry: medical manpower”, Small Business Bank Quarterly Journal, 26(3), 19-40.
  • Liu TC, Chu TM, Chen CS, Hwang RC (2003), “The empirical study on the distribution of government grant”, Public Finance Review, 35(4), 1-15.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Lin CJ, Chu TB, Chiu WT (2003), “Hospital Competition under Global Budgeting: A Game Theory Analysis” Journal of Healthcare Management, 4:3, 68-79.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2002), “The feasible ways of pre-collecting the premium of national health insurance”, Insurance Monograph, 18(1), 38-60.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Hwang RC(2002), “Government’s Subsidy on the Premiums”, Public Finance Review, 34(3), 100-115.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS(2001),“An Analysis of the Outpatient Care Utilization by the Residents of Taipei Metropolitan Area Under the National Health Insurance System”, Taipei Economic Inquiry, 37(1), 69-92.
  • Liu TC, Wu PC(2001), “The Choice of Medical Institutions under NHI—An Example of Pediatric Patients in Taipei”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 2(2), 87-108.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS(2001), “The Impact of Fiscal Revenues and Expenditures Demarcation Act on the Fiscal Conditions of Town-Level Governments”, Socioeconomic Law and Institution Review, 27, 135-158.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2001),“Local Public Finance and Distributional Tax: the Simulation Analysis of Metropolitan and County-Level Governments”, Public Finance Review, 33(1), 27-46.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2001), “Deductible in Taiwan? An Experience From the United States”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 2(4), 1-17.
  • Chiu WT, Chu TB, Chen CS, Liu TC (2001), “A Comparison of Health Insurance Reform Between Taiwan and China”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 2(3), 1-26.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2000), “The Feasibility of Medical Saving Accounts (MSAs) in Taiwan”, Journal of Healthcare Management, 1(1), 1-11.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chou TC(1998), “The Deductible System in National Health Insurance, Taipei Economic Inquiry, 35(1), 83-117.
  • Liu TC (1995), “The Decision of Purchasing Private Health Insurance to Supplement Social Insurance in the U.S.”, Tamkang Journal, 35, 123-148.

Conference Papers

  • Chen CS, Peng, YI, Lee PC and Liu TC (2014) “Preventive Health Care for the Elderly under National Health Insurance in Taiwan” Western Economic Association International: 89th Annual Conference, Denver, USA.
  • Ma, KZ, TC Liu, and CS Chen (2012) “The Effects of Payment Reforms on Cesarean Section Use in Taiwan." 2012 European Conference on Health Economics, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Ma, KZ and TC Liu (2011) “Does More Schooling Make People Healthier? Evidence from a Stochastic Dynamic Model in Taiwan” Transforming Health and Economics: 8th World Congress on Health Economics, Toronto, Canada.
  • Liu, TC and CS Chen (2012) “Medical Expenditure after Caesarean Section” Western Economic Association International: 87th Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.
  • Chen CS and Liu TC (2012) “The Effects of Prenatal Care Use on Birth Outcomes” Western Economic Association International: 87th Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.
  • Liu, TC, Chen CS and Chen B (2011) “Caesarean Section services and physician income” Western Economic Association International: 86th Annual Conference, San Diego, USA.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC and B Chen (2011) “The Effects of Prenatal Care Use on Maternal Health Outcomes” Western Economic Association International: 86th Annual Conference, San Diego, USA.
  • Chen CC, Chen CS, Liu TC (2011) “Unemployment rates and health status: Evidence from stroke incidence rate in Taiwan” Japan health Economic Association: The 6th Annual Meeting and The 3rd Joint meetings of health Economics Association of Japan, Korea and Taiwan
  • Chen CS, Wang CJ, and Liu TC (2010) “Relationship between health risk attitude and motorcycle traffic accident and its medical utilization” Western Economic Association International: 85th Annual Conference, Portland, USA.
  • Liu, TC and Chen CS (2010) “Payment and utilization of Caesarean Section services” Western Economic Association International: 85th Annual Conference, Portland, USA.
  • Liu, TC and CS Chen (2009) “Mental Health Economics: Relationship between Parental Mental Status and Survival Rates of Children” Western Economic Association International: 84th Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada
  • Chen CS and TC Liu (2009) “Medical expenditures and motorcycle helmet law” Western Economic Association International: 84th Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada
  • Liu, TC, CS Chen, Liu, HC Lin and HC Lee (2008) “Cost-effective of Drug Use and Readmission Rates for Psychiatric Patients” The IX World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Quebec, Canada.
  • Chen CS, TC Liu, HC Lin and HC Lee (2008) “The Impact of Psychiatrist Volume on Drug cost for Mental Disorder Patients: A Population-based Study” The IX World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Quebec, Canada.
  • Tian, WH, CS Chen and TC Liu, (2008) “The Demand for Preventive and the Relationship between Preventive Care and Inpatient Services by the Middle Age and Elderly in Taiwan”, Western Economic Association International: 83st Annual Conference, Hawaii, USA.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2007) “Variation in Hospital Cost for Acute Myocardial Infraction in Taiwan”, Explorations in Health Economics, 6th World Congress, July 8th-11th, 2007, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Copenhagen, Denmark ~ Lund, Sweden.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2007) “Association between Model of Delivery and Maternal Re-hospitalization: Vaginal vs. Elective Cesareans ”, Explorations in Health Economics, 6th World Congress, July 8th-11th, 2007, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Copenhagen, Denmark ~ Lund, Sweden.
  • Lin YJ, Chen CS, Liu TC (2007) “Urban Variations in the Utilization of Pap-smear and Breast-cancer Screening under the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan” 2007 Taiwan social welfare Association Annual Conference, Taipei.
  • Liu TC, Tian WH, Chen CS (2006) “Private Health Insurance Demand in Taiwan”, Western Economic Association International: 81th Annual Conference, San Diego, USA.
  • Chen CS, Lin YJ, Liu TC (2006) “Taiwan’s National Health Insurance and Pap Smear Test Demand”, Western Economic Association International: 81th Annual Conference, San Diego, USA.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2005) “Household Medical Expenditures and National Health Insurance in Taiwan”, Investing in Health, 5th World Congress, July 10th-13th, 2005, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Barcelona, Spain. (Oral presentation)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2005) “The difference in utilization of C-section in Taiwan by National Health Insurance”, Investing in Health, 5th World Congress, July 10th-13th, 2005, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Barcelona, Spain. (Oral presentation)
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2004) “Infant’s Preventive Care and Demand of Hospital Admission”, Western Economic Association International: 79th Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2004) “The Demand for Timely Prenatal Care in Taiwan” Western Economic Association International: 79th Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen LM (2003) “National Health Insurance and The Antenatal Care Use”, International Conference on Sexual Reproductive Health and Health Systems Development, University of Leeds, UK.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Chen LM (2003). “The Taiwan National Health Insurance Program and Full Infant Immunization Coverage”, 4th World Congress Conference, International Health Economics Association, San Francisco, USA.
  • Tsai YW, Yen LL, Chen CS, Liu TC, Yang CL(2003). Reduction in smoking and brand switching in response to tax-induced price increases in Taiwan. 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 3-8 August 2003. Helsinki, Finland.
  • Yeh HJ, Chen CS, Liu TC (2003), “Equity in the Delivery of Health Care in Taiwan”, ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • Chin-Shyan Chen, Tsai-Ching Liu and Li-Mei Chen (2003), “The Role of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Program in Influencing Adequate Prenatal Care”, Pacific Rim Conference, Western Economic Association International, Taipei 2003.
  • Tsai YW, Chen CS, Liu TC, Yang CL Chuang CC, Chen JI (2002). Analysis of Cigarette Tax in Taiwan. The Conference of Evidence-based Strategies for Comprehensive Tobacco Control in Taiwan, Taipei.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2002), “Taiwanese National Health Insurance Financing and Government subsidies”, Joint Conference on “Public Affairs in Global Perspective: Taiwan and Austrian Experiences”, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Chen LM (2001) “Determinants of Childhood Suggested Vaccination Completion in Taiwan: pre-NHI and post-NHI”, presented at the Conference of Taiwan Economic Association 2001 Annual Meeting.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen LM (2001) “The Impact of National Health Insurance on Neonatal Care and Childhood Vaccination in Taiwan”, presented at the 2001 Public Economic Conference.
  • Chen CS, Liu TC, Chen LM (2001), “National Health Insurance and The Antenatal Care Use : A Case in Taiwan”, presented at the Cross-Strait Women Development Conference.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Hwang RC(2001), “Government’s Subsidy on the Premiums”, presented at the Cross-Strait Taxation Conference (in Chinese).
  • Liu TC (2001) “The Investigation of Cross-strait Medical Care System”, presented at the Cross-strait Medical Care System Conference (in Chinese).
  • Liu TC (2001) “An Analysis of Medical Saving Accounts (MSAs)”, presented at the Conference on Medical Saving Accounts and Global Budget (in Chinese).
  • Liu TC (2001) “A Discussion of the Difference Between Taiwan and China”, presented at the District Hospital Association Conference (in Chinese).
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2001),“An Analysis of Government’s Grant”, presented at the Conference of Taiwan Economic Association 2001 Annual Meeting (in Chinese).
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2001),“Is Government’s Grant Based on the Political Consideration?”, presented at the Political Reform Conference (in Chinese).
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2001), “The Feasible Ways of Collecting NHI Premiums in Advance”, presented at the Conference on Finance Management (in Chinese).
  • Chen CS, Liu TC (2000) “Does Insurance coverage Affect Children’s Access to Immunization Services In China? ”, presented at the Conference of Taiwan Economic Association 2000 Annual Meeting.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS (2000) “Determinants of Health Care Utilization in China”, presented at the Conference of Taiwan Economic Association 2000 Annual Meeting.
  • Liu TC, Chen CS(2000),“The Exploration of Public Finance and Economic Policies under New Government”, presented at the Conference on National Development Policy after 520 (in Chinese).
  • Chen CS, Liu TC(2000),“National Health Insurance Financing: Medical Saving Accounts”, presented at National Health Insurance Reform Conference. (in Chinese).
  • Liu TC, Chen CS, Chou TC(1999),“The Contributors to the Utilization of Health Care in Taipei”, presented at the Economic Development Conference (in Chinese).

Professional Honors, Awards

                                Grants for visiting scholar at Harvard University, National Science Council, 2007.
Full Bright scholarship for visiting scholar at Harvard University, 2007.
Inclusion in the upcoming 2006-2007 (6th) Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.
Outstanding research award, National Taipei University (NTPU), 2004.
International Health Professional of the Year, the International Biographical center of Cambridge, England, 2004.
Academic research award, Taipei Wan Fang Hospital, 2004.
Grants for attending international conference in Canada, National Science Council, 2004.
Academic research award, College of Public Affairs, NTPU, 2003.
Grants for attending international conference in UK, University of Leeds, 2003.
Grants for attending international conference in USA, National Science Council, 2003.
Academic research award, College of Public Affairs, NTPU, 2002.
Grants for attending joint conference in Austria, College of Public Affairs, NTPU, 2002.
Academic research award, College of Public Affairs, NTPU, 2001.
                            

Others

                                Recent Professional Service
1.Editor, Taipei Economic Inquiry, August 2004 to present.
2.Editorial Board, Taipei Economic Inquiry, August 2003 to present.
3.Editorial Board, Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2004 to present.
4.Member, Taiwan College of Healthcare Executives Committee, August 2000.
5.Member, International Health Economics Association, 2002 to present.