The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
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Scholarly Publications
Economic Research on Elderly Health and Implications for Analysis of Aging China
March 2013
"Old while not affluent" situation, together with an unsustainable high investment rate and high dependency on foreign trade, spurs hot debates on the challenges of a fast-aging population and the...
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.
Healthcare Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Overview and Possible Implications for China
December 2007
This article focuses on the healthcare system reforms in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the past decade.
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...
Testimony on China's healthcare sector
April 2014
On April 3, 2014, Karen Eggleston provided testimony before the U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission at the "Hearing on China’s Healthcare Sector, Drug Safety, and the U.S.-China Trade...
News
APARC Delegation Visits Hanoi and Bangkok
December 2019
Southeast Asia, home to over 640 million people across 10 countries, is one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing regions.
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...
Exploring China's formidable cigarette industry
March 2012
How has the cigarette become so integrated into the fabric of everyday life across the People's Republic of China? To get to the heart of this question, a diverse group of experts met Mar.
Events
Why Do Parents Abort Girls? Patrilocality and Its Historical Origin
January 15, 2014
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for International Development Recent scholarship has documented an alarming increase in the sex ratio at birth in parts of East Asia, South Asia and the Caucuses...
The Impact of Migration on the Sending Country: Evidence from the Philippines
May 9, 2013
More than 215 million people—approximately 3% of the world’s population—now live outside their country of birth (United Nations, 2009).
The Impact of Water Quality on Health and Youth Education in Rural China
January 30, 2013
Providing people with safe drinking water is one of the most important health-related infrastructure programs in the world.
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,...