Karen Eggleston

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Karen Eggleston, PhD

  • Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • Center Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
  • Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Faculty Affiliate at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
  • Director of the Asia Health Policy Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
  • Stanford Health Policy Associate
  • Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center at Peking University, June and August of 2016

Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
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Stanford, CA 94305-6055

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Biography

Karen Eggleston is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at FSI. She is also a Fellow with the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her research focuses on government and market roles in the health sector and Asia health policy, especially in China, India, Japan, and Korea; healthcare productivity; and the economics of the demographic transition.

Eggleston earned her PhD in public policy from Harvard University and has MA degrees in economics and Asian studies from the University of Hawaii and a BA in Asian studies summa cum laude (valedictorian) from Dartmouth College. Eggleston studied in China for two years and was a Fulbright scholar in Korea. She served on the Strategic Technical Advisory Committee for the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the WHO regarding health system reforms in the PRC.

publications

Working Papers
December 2023

Nonprofits and the Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to the Health Sector

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Nonprofits and the Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to the Health Sector
Working Papers
September 2021

Robots and Labor in the Service Sector: Evidence from Nursing Homes

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Robots and Labor in the Service Sector: Evidence from Nursing Homes
Working Papers
February 2021

The Effects of Chronic Disease Management in Primary Health Care: Evidence from Rural China

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The Effects of Chronic Disease Management in Primary Health Care: Evidence from Rural China

Current research

In The News

Shoulder shot of old man on video with to doctor on mobile phone: concept of digital health innovation, telemedicine.
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Digital Health Innovations: A Pathway to Improving Healthcare in Underserved Communities

In a new paper, a research team including Stanford health economist Karen Eggleston discusses the challenges and opportunities digital health technologies present in South and Southeast Asia, sharing evidence-based recommendations for shaping effective digital health strategies in low- and middle-income countries.
Digital Health Innovations: A Pathway to Improving Healthcare in Underserved Communities
Photo of a doctor and patient in a hospital setting. The doctor wears a white coat and has a stethoscope hanging around her neck. The patient sits on a blue chair and wears a brown shirt. The background is a wooden wall. This photo is taken from the patient's perspective. The location is in China.
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New Study Reveals Health Insurance Expansion Significantly Improves Well-Being

Researchers including Stanford health economist Karen Eggleston, the director of the Asia Health Policy Program at APARC, find that China’s urban-rural integration policy for social health insurance significantly improved the life satisfaction of rural residents, especially among elderly people and lower-income residents.
New Study Reveals Health Insurance Expansion Significantly Improves Well-Being
Kiran Gopal Vaska, CK Cheruvettolil, and Siyan Yi at the panel discussion on digitial health initiatives
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Expert Panel Discusses Digital Health Innovations in South/Southeast Asia

Shorenstein APARC continued its APEC seminar series with the second installment, Asia-Pacific Digital Health Innovation: Technology, Trust, and the Role of APEC, a panel discussion that focused on how India’s digital health strategy has evolved and its lessons for other countries creating their own.
Expert Panel Discusses Digital Health Innovations in South/Southeast Asia

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