Asia Health Policy Program at APARC - Publications

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Publications

High-quality, social science research on health policy and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific region

The Asia Health Policy Program runs a working paper series and regularly contributes to volumes distributed through the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center’s publishing program. Our faculty and researchers also publish extensively in peer-reviewed academic journals and scholarly and trade presses. Browse our publications below.

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"Who Shall Live? Health, Economics and Social Choice," by Victor R. Fuchs and Karen Eggleston

AHPP Working Paper Series

The AHPP working paper series is open to scholars and health policy experts around the world. We publish multiple papers each year and disseminate them to a broad international audience through the AHPP website and network and in collaboration with the Social Science Research Network.

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Publications

Working Papers

The Healer or the Druggist: Effects of Two Health Care Policies in Taiwan on Elderly Patients' Choice Between Physician and Pharmacist Services

Asia Heath Policy Program working paper #5, 2009

Working Papers

Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health

Asia Health Policy Program working paper #11, 2009

Journal Articles

Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-Directed Factory-Based Health Care in India

World Development, 2009

Journal Articles

Allocation of Control Rights and Cooperation Efficiency in Public-Private Partnerships: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

Asia Health Policy Program working paper #6, 2009

Working Papers

Publications

Publication Spotlight

The Healer or the Druggist: Effects of Two Health Care Policies in Taiwan on Elderly Patients' Choice Between Physician and Pharmacist Services

Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health

Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-Directed Factory-Based Health Care in India

The Effect of Soft Budget Constraints on Access and Quality in US Hospital Care

Comparing Public and Private Hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong [Working Paper]

The Net Value of Health Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, 1997 to 2005

Principal-Agent Problems in Health Care: Evidence from Prescribing Patterns of Private Providers in Vietnam

Inpatient treatment of diabetic patients in Asia: evidence from India, China, Thailand and Malaysia

Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific

Out-of-pocket household health expenditures and their use in National Health Accounts: Evidence from Pakistan

Does Your Health Care Depend on How Your Insurer Pays Providers? Variation in Utilization and Outcomes in Thailand

Allocation of Control Rights and Cooperation Efficiency in Public-Private Partnerships: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

Aging Risk and Health Care Cost in Korea

Has the Use of Physician Gatekeepers Declined among HMOs? Evidence from the United States

The Effect of Informal Caregiving on Labor Market Outcomes in South Korea

Developing Commercial Health Insurance in China

Hospital Ownership and Quality of Care: What Explains the Different Results?

Emerging Health Economics and Outcomes Research in the Asia-Pacific Region

From Plan to Market in the Health Sector? China's Experience

Incentives in China's Healthcare Delivery System

Pharmaceutical Policy in China

Soft Budget Constraints and the Property Rights Theory of Ownership

Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review

Healthcare Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Overview and Possible Implications for China

Ownership and performance of health service organizations: Evidence from hospitals

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