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Innovation, Regulation, and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific

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The Comparative Health Policy Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is proud to present a panel on “Innovation, Regulation, and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific.” The panel will include presentations by F.M. Scherer (Harvard University); Henry G. Grabowski (Duke University); Mingzhi Li (Tsinghua University, PRC); Yiyong Yang (National Reform and Development Commission, PRC); Bong-min Yang (Seoul National University, ROK); John H. Barton (Stanford Law School); and pharmaceutical industry representatives.

The session is the opening to a conference on “Pharmaceuticals in the Asia-Pacific: Prescribing Cultures, Industry Dynamics, and Health Policy” hosted by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, March 7-8, 2008. The Friday morning session is free and open to the public.

The remainder of the conference is for the co-authors of a forthcoming book on Pharmaceuticals in the Asia-Pacific and thus by invitation only.

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Conference on Healthcare Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific

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The Asian health policy program is pleased to announce that a conference on "Provider Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific" will be held November 7-8, 2008, at the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University in Beijing, P.R. China.

Organizers of the conference include health economists at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University; the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University; Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Department of Economics; and Seoul National University School of Public Health.

We welcome empirical and theoretical research analyzing how reimbursement incentives shape health and healthcare behavior in the economies of the Asia Pacific. We especially welcome evaluations of policy reforms and natural experiments impacting health service provider incentives. The papers can examine payment incentives in one country, region, or healthcare setting, or include comparative analysis of two or more regions in the Asia Pacific.

Please email papers or extended abstracts (about 500 words) to Karen Eggleston. The submissions deadline is June 1, 2008. The selection committee will notify authors by July 1, 2008.

We also encourage inquiries from researchers that may have access to relevant payment reform data but are interested in support regarding their research design or analytic methods. We will work with you to identify appropriate collaborators and possible financial support for completing the research.

Authors of papers selected for presentation will receive partial subsidy for their participation in the conference as well as opportunity to publish their research in a special volume through the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University or in a special issue of an English-language health policy journal.

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Population Aging, Child Health and Control of Infectious Diseases

The Asia Health Policy Program works with other researchers at Stanford and several countries of the Asia-Pacific to analyze prominent issues in population aging, child health, and control of infectious disease. Examples include comparative study of long-term care insurance and informal caregiving; collaborative study of health and healthcare access for children with special health needs; and a research project focusing on controlling tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Northeast Asia.

Center invites applications for newly established post-doctoral fellowship in comparative health policy

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Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce the establishment of a postdoctoral fellowship in comparative health policy for the 2008-09 academic year. The fellowship will support a junior scholar who will conduct research and writing on contemporary health or healthcare in two or more countries of the Asia-Pacific. We welcome applications from scholars from a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, public policy, law, health services research and related fields.
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Healthcare Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Overview and Possible Implications for China

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This article focuses on the healthcare system reforms in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the past decade. The first section provides an overview of healthcare financing, social insurance frameworks, and the public/private mix in service delivery. The second section discusses four reform challenges in CEE that are perhaps also relevant for China:

  1. subsidizing the supply side or demand side (that is, a national health service Beveridge model vs. Bismarckian social insurance);
  2. establishing a single payer or insurance competition;
  3. confronting the legacy of soft budget constraints; and
  4. provider payment reforms.

A brief conclusion uses the lens of current health policy controversies in Hungary to highlight some of the trade-offs implicit in the complex political economy of health system reforms.

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Economic Consequences of Population Aging in Asia

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Dr. Lee currently holds the Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Endowed Chair in Economics and is a professor in the Department of Demography at University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley). He has taught courses in economic demography, population theory, population and economic development, demographic forecasting, population aging, indirect estimation, and research design, as well as a number of pro-seminars.

Professor Lee is also the director of the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging at Berkeley, funded by the National Institute of Aging. His current research includes including modeling and forecasting demographic time series, the evolutionary theory of life histories, population aging, Social Security, and intergenerational transfers.

He has received several honors, including Presidency of the Population Association of America, the Mindel C. Sheps Award for research in mathematical demography, the PAA Irene B. Taeuber Award for outstanding contributions in the field of demography. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Corresponding member of the British Academy. He has chaired the population and social science study section for NIH and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Population, and served on the National Advisory Committee on Aging (NIA Council).

Professor Lee holds an MA in demography from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

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Healthcare Payment Incentives: A Comparative Analysis of Reforms in Taiwan, South Korea and China

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Payment incentives have significant consequences for the equity and efficiency of a health care system, and have recently come to the fore in health policy reforms. This paper first discusses the economic rationale for apparent international convergence toward payment systems with mixed demand and supply-side cost sharing. We then summarize the recent payment reforms undertaken in Taiwan, Korea and China. Available evidence clearly indicates that incentives matter, and that supply-side cost sharing in particular can improve efficiency without undermining equity. Further study and monitoring of quality and selection is warranted.

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