The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Scholarly Publications
Understanding "Value for Money" in Healthy Ageing
November 2019
In the new eBook Live Long and Prosper?
Healing One-Fifth of Humanity: Progress and Challenges for China's Health System
November 2019
In the 2019 fourth quarter edition of the Milken Institute Review, Asia Health Policy Program director Karen Eggleston discusses the progress China has made since the 2009 reforms to its healthcare...
Smoking, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease in South Korea, Singapore, and the United States: A Microsimulation Model
November 2019
The substantial social and economic burden attributable to smoking is well‐known, with heavy smokers at higher risk of chronic disease and premature mortality than light smokers and nonsmokers.
Other Publications
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
Disparities in health and health care in Myanmar
December 2015
Myanmar (Burma) is undergoing a complex political and economic transformation, from a long civil war and military regime to a peace process and democratisation.
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2014-15
November 2015
Shorenstein APARC's center overviews provide detailed information about Shorenstein APARC's mission, history, faculty, financial support, organizational structure, projects, and programs.
News
Pricing the Priceless: Measuring the Value of Healthy Aging
November 2019
The world population is aging faster than ever before and governments must confront the increasing burden of healthcare spending on their economies.
On China’s Dramatic Health Care System Improvements – and Its Tortuous Road Ahead
October 2019
Creating a high-quality universal health care system is an immense challenge anywhere, let alone in a country as large and diverse as China.
Stanford Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference Examines New Pathways for Aging Societies
July 2019
The world is “graying” at an unprecedented rate.
Events
Unresponsiveness to Microfinance: Evidence from Chinese Poverty Reduction Practices
November 15, 2019
The extraordinary achievement of Chinese poverty reduction practice has been well acknowledged.
Diabetes Health Policy in Thailand
October 22, 2019
Diabetes is a significant problem worldwide and especially for developing countries including Thailand, where the disease has increased in prevalence rapidly, resulting in high healthcare...
“Healthy China 2030” Implementation: Challenges and Progress Nationally and in Zhejiang Province
October 7, 2019
This seminar will present empirical evidence about policies to promote healthy lifestyles in China from a professor and a policymaker from the PRC.As a result of economic growth, urbanization,...
Projects
Innovations in Primary Care
The Asia Health Policy Program is hosting a series of events in China and at Stanford during the 2014-15 academic year focusing on the topic of innovations in primary care, thanks to generous...
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Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper Series
The Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) working paper series promotes dissemination of high-quality social science research on health policy and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific region, drawing...
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Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia
Launched in January 2011, Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia is a three-year research initiative at the Walter H.
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Multimedia
From Compression to Expansion of Morbidity: Upcoming Challenges for Healthcare and Long-term Care in China
May 2017
Video and transcript from the presentation, "From Compression to Expansion of Morbidity: Upcoming Challenges for Healthcare and Long-term Care in China," on April 24, 2017, by Bei Lu, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales,...
Cognitive Decline and Household Financial Outcomes at Older Ages
May 2017
Video and transcript from the presentation, "Cognitive Decline and Household Financial Outcomes at Older Ages," on April 24, 2017, by Marco Angrisani, an economist at the University of Southern California, followed by discussion led by Kathleen...
Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States
May 2017
Video and transcript from the panel discussion, "Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States," on April 24, 2017, with presentations from Hirotaka Unami, senior director for policy planning and research...
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