The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Scholarly Publications
Intended and Unintended Consequences of a New Limit on Working Hours in South Korea: Implications for Precarious Employment
June 2020
Effective as of July 1, 2018, South Korea set a new cap on employees’ weekly working hours, decreasing the maximum number from 68 to 52.
COVID-19 Incidence and the Timing of Quarantine Measures and Travel Restrictions: A Cross-country Analysis
June 2020
COVID-19 presents humanity with not just a health crisis but also a governance crisis as leaders around the globe confront the challenges of stemming the spread of the virus.
Healthy Aging in Asia
May 2020
Life expectancy in Japan, South Korea, and much of urban China has now outpaced that of the United States and other high-income countries.
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
APARC Announces Diversity Grant to Support Underrepresented Minority Students Interested in Contemporary Asia
June 2020
To encourage Stanford students from underrepresented minorities to engage in study and research of topics related to contemporary Asia, the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is offering a new...
Robots May Be the Right Prescription for Struggling Nursing Homes
June 2020
Karen Eggleston and Yong Suk Lee speak to the Oliver Wyman Forum on how robotics and advancing technologies are helping staff in Japanese nursing homes provide better and safer care to their patients...
Asia Health Policy Program Alum Wins Rothman Epidemiology Prize
June 2020
Dr. Young Kyung Do, an expert in health policy and management at the Seoul National University College of Healthy Policy and the inaugural postdoctoral fellow in Asia health policy at APARC, has been...
Events
COVID-19 and Policy Responses in South and Southeast Asia
May 13, 2020
This event is via Zoom Webinar.
COVID-19: The Economic Impact in China
April 20, 2020
Co-sponsored by the King Center on Global Development and Shorenstein APARC, this virtual panel discusses the impacts of the coronavirus pandemics on China's urban and rural employment and its...
How Goes the Double Pandemic? Tobacco in China amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 20, 2020
This event is via Zoom Webinar.
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
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...
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...
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