http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from AHPPen-usPublic domainhttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/60http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1644The July/August issue of Health Affairs, the leading U.S. health policy journal, focuses on China and India. The special issue includes an article on China's pharmaceutical policy by five contributors to "Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific," a book forthcoming in 2009 from the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center series with Brookings Institution Press.]]>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1644http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1643The organizing committee of the "Provider Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific" conference -- including health economists from Shorenstein APARC, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Seoul National University -- reviewed submissions in June 2008 and accepted sixteen. The conference papers cover payment issues in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Tajikistan, the Philippines, and the US, examined from a range of disciplines (e.g., economics, health services research/health policy, public health, medicine, and ethics).]]>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1643http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1486Official growth in Chinese life expectancy between 1950 and 1980 ranks among the most rapid in documented global history, yet virtually no study has quantitatively assessed the determinants of those longevity gains. Recently Karen Eggleston received notice of an award from Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging--supported by the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Aging--for a study entitled "Health Improvement under Mao and Its Implications for Contemporary Aging in China." Eggleston will undertake this study jointly with colleagues Grant Miller (Stanford) and Hongbin Li (Tsinghua, PRC).]]>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1486http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1464The Comparative Health Policy Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Asia-Pacific Health Policy Forum to promote collaboration among social scientists studying health and healthcare in the Asia-Pacific region. Our asiahealthpolicy website includes a link to the Forum, which provides a searchable database of researchers studying health and healthcare in the Asia-Pacific by discipline, topic, and country or region. With the active participation of colleagues throughout the region, the Asia-Pacific Health Policy Forum can be a valuable resource for research, teaching, and input to health policy discussions.]]>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1464http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1421The comparative health policy program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Young Kyung Do has been awarded the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Health Policy for 2008-2009.]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1421http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1410The comparative 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. 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. Please email papers or extended abstracts to Karen Eggleston by June 1, 2008.]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1410http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1387Stanford 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.]]>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/news/1387http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/events/5349RSVP (RSVP required)
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