The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Health care institutions
Scholarly Publications
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.
Enhancing Financial Protection under China’s Social Health Insurance to Achieve Universal Health Coverage
June 2019
China started comprehensive health system reforms in 2009.
Avoidable Hospital Admissions From Diabetes Complications In Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, And Communities Outside Beijing
January 2018
Improving the quality of primary care may reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
Other Publications
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.
News
Postdoctoral Fellow Spotlight: Radhika Jain on Reducing Inequalities in Health Care and Outcomes
October 2020
Radhika Jain, a postdoctoral fellow with the Asia Health Policy Program, shares insights on her research into India’s health care system and how it is responding to both the COVID-19 pandemic and...
China’s National Health Reforms at 10
June 2019
In 2009, China launched comprehensive health system reforms to address challenges such as increasing rates of non-communicable diseases and population aging, problems with health financing and...
Video: Karen Eggleston on the Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance and Richard Zeckhauser’s Impact on Health Policy
December 2018
People who are acquainted with the work of Shorenstein APARC’s Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) may be aware of the Innovation for Healthy Aging collaborative research project led by APARC Deputy...
Old Events
The Growth of Private Hospitals and Public-Private Partnerships in Asia: Good or Bad for Health?
February 13, 2012
This colloquium will discuss the state of evidence, challenges, and research agenda regarding the growth of private hospitals and public-private hospital partnerships in developing Asia.
Mental Health in China after the Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake: An Empirical Study of Knowledge Transfer from Doctor to Patient
February 10, 2011
After the Sichuan 5.12 earthquake, many people in the disaster area suffered from mental health problems.
Patient Trust in Physicians in China: A Survey of Beijing
June 3, 2010
The Chinese health care system has experienced profound changes like retrenchment of state financial support in the past decades.
Multimedia
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...
The Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance's 20-year Journey: How has the market responded and will respond?
September 2016
Audio and transcript from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar, "The Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance's 20-year Journey: How has the market responded and will respond?" on April 19, 2016, with Karen Eggleston, Jui-fen Rachel Lu and...
Information, Development, and Life-course Smoking Pattern in Mainland China and Taiwan over 50 Years
August 2016
Audio, transcript and presentation from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar "Information, Development, and Life-course Smoking Pattern in Mainland China and Taiwan over 50 Years" on Jan.
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