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.

Publication Spotlight

"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

Intended and Unintended Consequences of a New Limit on Working Hours in South Korea: Implications for Precarious Employment

Asia Health Policy Program working paper # 59, 2020

How Individuals’ Birth Weight and Later Risk Factors Interact to Determine Their Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study in the Philippines

Asia Health Policy Program working paper # 54, 2019

Working Papers

How Do Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)-Related Complications and Socioeconomic Factors Impact Direct Medical Costs? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Southeast China

BMJ Open, 2018

Working Papers

Publications

Publication Spotlight

Intended and Unintended Consequences of a New Limit on Working Hours in South Korea: Implications for Precarious Employment

COVID-19 Incidence and the Timing of Quarantine Measures and Travel Restrictions: A Cross-country Analysis

Healthy Aging in Asia

China’s Evolving Healthcare Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities

Intention to Pay for HPV Vaccination among Women of Childbearing Age in Vietnam

Smoking, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease in South Korea, Singapore, and the United States: A Microsimulation Model

Healing One-Fifth of Humanity: Progress and Challenges for China's Health System

Healing One-fifth of Humanity: Progress and Challenges for China’s Health System

Understanding "Value for Money" in Healthy Ageing (chapter in ebook)

Enhancing Financial Protection under China’s Social Health Insurance to Achieve Universal Health Coverage

Financing Longevity: The Economics of Pensions, Health and Long-term Care Insurance

Economic Impact of Diabetes in South Asia: the Magnitude of the Problem

Weathering the Storm: Weather Shocks and International Migrants from the Philippines

How Individuals’ Birth Weight and Later Risk Factors Interact to Determine Their Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study in the Philippines

The Impact of Adolescents’ Risky Health Behaviors on Their Later Economic Outcomes

Future Projection of the Health and Functional Status of Older People in Japan: A Pseudopanel Microsimulation Model*

The Impact of Energy Access on Mothers’ Health, Labor, and Time Allocation

The Impact of Social Pensions on Intergenerational Relationships: Comparative Evidence from China

How Do Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)-Related Complications and Socioeconomic Factors Impact Direct Medical Costs? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Southeast China

Dual Practice of Public Hospital Physicians in Vietnam

Direct Medical Cost of Diabetes in Rural China Using Electronic Insurance Claims Data and Diabetes Management Data

Poisonous Pandas: Chinese Cigarette Manufacturing in Critical Historical Perspectives

Selective Mortality and the Long-term Effects of Early-life Exposure to Natural Disasters

Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine in Asia: Evidence from Breast Cancer Treatment in Taiwan

Organizing Old Age Pensions for India’s Informal Workers: A Case Study of a Sector-Driven Approach

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