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Publication: Consumer choice and public-private providers: The role of perceived prices

We investigate the role of perceived price and quality on consumer choice for four different health conditions across public and private providers using a nationally representative survey in Malaysia. We estimate a mixed logit model and show that consumers value different dimensions of quality depending on the health condition. Furthermore, increasing perceived prices for private providers reduces demand for minor, more frequent health conditions such as flu, fever, or cough,…

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Meaningful Dying and End of Life Care in China

Event Summary The medicalization of ageing has increased reliance on the use of medical treatments to prolong life. However, death represents an inevitable reality, raising important questions about what it means to provide people with a meaningful, quality death. On June 2, 2022, the Harvard China Health Partnership invited Dr. Jun JING, Professor of Social Anthropology at Tsinghua University, to explore this question in the Chinese context at an online…

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Publication: Can a global budget improve health care efficiency? Experimental evidence from China

The Analysis of Provider Payment Reforms on Advancing China’s Health (APPROACH) project shifted the payment method of China’s rural health insurance scheme for county hospitals from fee-for-service to a novel global budget. APPROACH conducted a large-scale RCT of the global budget in 56 counties (22 million enrollees) of Guizhou province from 2016–2017. Applying randomization inference to claims data, we find a significant shift of inpatient utilization and expenditure from out-of-county…

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HCHP Newsletter – China Health Connection: Issue 3

The third issue of the Harvard China Health Partnership’s newsletter China Health Connection has been released. This newsletter brings readers updates on the progress we are making across our research portfolio and the positive impact HCHP’s work is having on strengthening China’s health system. In this issue, Faculty Director Winnie Yip highlights recent research contributions spanning health systems, internet health, ageing, and health philanthropy; our third annual Executive Education Program for policymakers at…

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Researcher Profile: Hao Zhang

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Meet Dr. Hao Zhang, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Part of an occasional series of windows into the lives of researchers on the Harvard China Health Partnership. Why did you become a public health researcher? There was no monumental moment. The decision came rather naturally after alternatives had been eliminated. Growing up, I had a lot of fond memories associated with the healthcare setting, as my mom is a doctor. But she…

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Researcher Profile: Xuanyi (Max) Nie

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Meet Dr. Xuanyi (“Max”) Nie, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Part of an occasional series of windows into the lives of researchers on the Harvard China Health Partnership. How did you become interested in researching “medical cities”? I’ve always been interested in how humans interact with complex things. Health care systems constantly pose challenges to us as humans and people respond differently to the constraints of the built environment, thus shaping behavior.…

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Healthy Ageing: Societal and Medical Support for the Elderly Population in China

At a Chinese-language event attracting more than 450 participants from across the globe, Dr. Wannian Liang, Executive Vice Dean of the Tsinghua University Vanke School of Public and Former Director of the Department of Institutional Reform of the National Health Commission, joined Harvard’s Dr. Winnie Yip, Professor of Global Health Policy and Economics, and Dr. William Hsiao, K.T. Li Professor of Economics Emeritus, in discussing key challenges and opportunities for…

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What Waits Ahead for the Private Health Care Providers in China? (featuring Professor Winnie Yip)

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At the 2022 China Conference organized by Harvard Kennedy School’s Greater China Society, Professor Winnie Yip, Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership, discussed the Chinese government’s role in providing access to basic healthcare and opportunities for the private sector to fill additional healthcare needs. She was joined by Antony Leung, Chairman of New Frontier Health and CEO of Nan Fung Group, and Jin Wang, Partner at McKinsey Greater China. Resources A recording…

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Population Ageing, Pension System, and Retirement Income Security in China

Dr. Hanming Fang is Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an applied microeconomist with broad theoretical and empirical interests focusing on public economics, including topics such as discrimination, social insurance, and welfare reform, health insurance markets, and population aging. In 2008, Professor Fang was awarded the 17th Kenneth Arrow Prize by the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) for his research on the sources of advantageous…

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New Publication: Informal Payments and Patients’ Perceptions of the Physician Agency Problem: Evidence from Rural China

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Informal payment for medical services is a common phenomenon in China. Patients make informal payments, in cash or in kind, to physicians in addition to official charges billed for medical services. This paper assesses the associations between patients’ perceptions of the physician as an agent for the patient’s interests (physician agency problem) and informal payment behavior. Using data of 24,000 and 6700 rural households respectively from the Health Development of…

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