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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...
Longevity, Capital Formation and Economic Development
July 2010
Many researchers have concluded that longer life expectancies prompt increased investment in education, as a prolonged labor supply raises the rate of return on education.
Provider Payment Incentives: International Comparisons
December 2009
This issue of the International Journal of Healthcare Finance and Economics features eightarticles evaluating different provider payment methods in comparative international perspective, with...
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...
Inpatient treatment of diabetic patients in Asia: evidence from India, China, Thailand and Malaysia
October 2009
Aims The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) has grown rapidly, but little is known about the drivers of inpatient spending in low- and middle-income countries.
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.