Health care institutions
Scholarly Publications
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.
Mortality In Rural China Declined As Health Insurance Coverage Increased, But No Evidence The Two Are Linked
September 2017
Health insurance holds the promise of improving population health and survival and protecting people from catastrophic health spending.
Health Insurance and Chronic Disease Control: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Hypertension in Rural China
February 2017
"Health Insurance and Chronic Disease Control: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Hypertension in Rural China" is a chapter within the volume China's Healthcare System and Reform.
Other Publications
Disparities in health and health care in Myanmar
December 2015
Myanmar (Burma) is undergoing a complex political and economic transformation, from a long civil war and military regime to a peace process and democratisation.
News
Mortality declines in rural China yet no clear link to universal health insurance
September 2017
Rural areas of China have made remarkable progress in reducing adult mortality within the past 15 years yet broadened health insurance was not a casual factor in that decline, according to a new...
Asia Health Policy Program holds trans-Asian conference on diabetes in Beijing
May 2017
The Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center hosted the Net Value in Diabetes Management Workshop in March to discuss progress on an international research...
Asia Health Policy Program announces its 2017-18 postdoctoral fellow
March 2017
Sarita Panday has been selected as the 2017-18 Developing Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC).
Events
The Growth of Private Hospitals and Public-Private Partnerships in Asia: Good or Bad for Health?
February 13, 2012
This colloquium will discuss the state of evidence, challenges, and research agenda regarding the growth of private hospitals and public-private hospital partnerships in developing Asia.Dominic...
Mental Health in China after the Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake: An Empirical Study of Knowledge Transfer from Doctor to Patient
February 10, 2011
After the Sichuan 5.12 earthquake, many people in the disaster area suffered from mental health problems.
Patient Trust in Physicians in China: A Survey of Beijing
June 3, 2010
The Chinese health care system has experienced profound changes like retrenchment of state financial support in the past decades.
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...
The Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance's 20-year Journey: How has the market responded and will respond?
September 2016
Audio and transcript from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar, "The Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance's 20-year Journey: How has the market responded and will respond?" on April 19, 2016, with Karen Eggleston, Jui-fen Rachel Lu and...
Information, Development, and Life-course Smoking Pattern in Mainland China and Taiwan over 50 Years
August 2016
Audio, transcript and presentation from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar "Information, Development, and Life-course Smoking Pattern in Mainland China and Taiwan over 50 Years" on Jan.
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