The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Health Outcomes
Scholarly Publications
Understanding "Value for Money" in Healthy Ageing
November 2019
In the new eBook Live Long and Prosper?
Economic Impact of Diabetes in South Asia: the Magnitude of the Problem
May 2019
With an estimated 84 million people suffering from diabetes in South Asia, the disease imposes substantial economic burdens on individuals, families, and society.
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.
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.
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...
Events
Air Pollution and Short-Term Mortality in Beijing
June 6, 2014
Little empirical evidence exists on the health costs of air pollution in China, one of the most polluted countries in the world.
Region-based v. Distance-based Information in Emergency Health Risk Communication: Evidence from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
October 9, 2013
A tremendous amount of radioactive products were discharged as a result of the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, which resulted in radioactive contamination of the plant...
Health and Aging in Japan
January 9, 2013
Professor Hidehiko Ichimura of the University of Tokyo will share recent results from his research on the health of older adults and the retirement process in Japan.
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...
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,...
Impact of China’s ‘Zero-markup Policy for Essential Drugs’ on Patients, County Hospital Revenue and Government Subsidy Levels
August 2016
Audio and transcript from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar "Impact of China’s ‘Zero-markup Policy for Essential Drugs’ on Patients, County Hospital Revenue and Government Subsidy Levels" on April 5, 2016, with Yanfang Su.China implemented a...