Health Care
Scholarly Publications
Other Publications
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2019-20
December 2020
Shorenstein APARC's annual overview for the academic year 2019-20 is now available.
China’s Evolving Healthcare Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities
Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
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
Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow Radhika Jain Wins Prestigious Health Economics Award
July 2021
Jain is the recipient of the inaugural Adam Wagstaff Award for Outstanding Research on the Economics of Healthcare Financing and Delivery in Low- and middle-Income Countries. Her award-winning paper...
Why Insurance Alone May Not Improve Women's Access To Healthcare
July 2021
A new study of the Rajasthan government's Bhamashah health insurance program for poor households has found that just providing health insurance cover doesn't reduce gender inequality in...
Robotics and the Future of Work: Lessons from Nursing Homes in Japan
June 2021
On the Future Health podcast, Karen Eggleston discusses the findings and implications of her collaborative research into the effects of robot adoption on staffing in Japanese nursing homes.
Events
Research Presentations (3 of 4) - Ishiai, Mehta and Wang
May 21, 2014
In this session of the Shorenstein APARC Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellows Research Presentations, the following will be presented: Tetsuo Ishiai, "How the Advancement of Virtualization...
The Effects of Indonesia's Conditional Cash Transfer Program
May 8, 2014
This study analyzes the effects of Indonesia's conditional cash transfer program on the local health care market in terms of price, utilization, and quality of care.
Projects
Korea Program
Shorenstein APARC's Korean Studies Program, begun in September 2000 and led by Gi-Wook Shin, features weekly luncheon seminars on Korea-related issues, from war reporting to health care to...
English
Comparative Health Care Policy Research Project
The Comparative Health Care Policy Research Project was initiated by APARC in 1990 to examine issues related to the structure and delivery of health care in Japan by utilizing contemporary social...
English
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...
Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States
May 2017
Video and transcript from the panel discussion, "Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States," on April 24, 2017, with presentations from Hirotaka Unami, senior director for policy planning and research...
From Compression to Expansion of Morbidity: Upcoming Challenges for Healthcare and Long-term Care in China
May 2017
Video and transcript from the presentation, "From Compression to Expansion of Morbidity: Upcoming Challenges for Healthcare and Long-term Care in China," on April 24, 2017, by Bei Lu, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales,...
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