The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Globalization
Scholarly Publications
Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health
December 2009
When one can circle the globe in less than the time of incubation of most infectious pathogens, it is clear every country relies to some extent on the health systems of other countries to prevent...
Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific
August 2009
Pharmaceutical policies are interlinked globally and at the same time deeply rooted in local culture.
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...
News
Working paper series on health and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific
December 2009
December 2009 marks the first anniversary of the launch of the Asia Health Policy Program's working paper series on health and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific.
- The Effect of Informal Caregiving on Labor Market Outcomes in South Korea
- Aging Risk and Health Care Cost in Korea
- Does Your Health Care Depend on How Your Insurer Pays Providers? Variation in Utilization and Outcomes in Thailand
- The Healer or the Druggist: Effects of Two Health Care Policies in Taiwan on Elderly Patients' Choice Between Physician and Pharmacist Services
- Allocation of Control Rights and Cooperation Efficiency in Public-Private Partnerships: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry
- Comparing Public and Private Hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong
- Soft Budget Constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong Hospital Industry
- Out-of-pocket household health expenditures and their use in National Health Accounts: Evidence from Pakistan
- The Emerging Role of Private Health Care Provision in China
- Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health
- Principal-Agent Problems in Health Care: Evidence from Prescribing Patterns of Private Providers in Vietnam
Comparing health systems through the lens of pharmaceutical policy: A new book
October 2009
A newly published book examines how pharmaceuticals and their regulation play an important and often contentious role in the health systems of the Asia-Pacific, focusing on China, Korea, Japan,...
Old Events
Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific: A Book Launch Event
September 23, 2009
Pharmaceutical policies are interlinked globally, yet deeply rooted in local culture.
Health Care Reform Under Progressive Governments in Korea; and Late Life Inequality in Health, Work, and Economic Resources in Korea
May 7, 2009
This talk will combine presentations on the health and economic well-being of the elderly in Korea, and an attempt to evaluate the impact of health policy under a decade of progressive governments...
Multimedia
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — A New Order for the Asia-Pacific?
October 2015
Audio and transcript from the event "The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- A New Order for the Asia-Pacific?" with Stanford scholars Donald Emmerson, Thomas Fingar, Daniel Sneider and Kathleen Stephens.After several years of tough negotiations,...