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From December 6 – 10, 2021, the Harvard China Health Partnership (HCHP) hosted nearly 40 senior national and provincial-level government policymakers from China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) for the “Third Annual Flagship Training on Effective and Sustainable Health Care Financing” in Qingdao, Shandong. On-site attendees were joined online by almost 150 other NHSA officials from across the country, including more than 30 high-ranking officials who participated in special viewing…

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In 2009, China embarked on health reforms that would eventually expand coverage of its social health insurance (SHI) programs to approximately 96% of the population. To ensure the long-term financial sustainability of its social health insurance programs, China is assessing the package of services that should be covered under its SHI programs and considering the potential role of commercial insurance in providing supplementary coverage. The Fourth Chinese Health Economics Development…

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At the opening plenary session of the inaugural World Health Forum hosted by Tsinghua University, Dr. Winnie Yip, Faculty Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership, was invited to share her long-running research on pathways to universal health coverage and lessons for China’s health system. Opening remarks at the Forum, themed “Building a Resilient Public Health System,” were delivered by Vice Premier SUN Chunlan, and approximately 400,000 attendees joined the…

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At the UBS Philanthropy Forum Greater China held from November 18-19, 2021, Amy Lo, Co-head of UBS Wealth Management APAC and Head of UBS Hong Kong Branch, highlighted the need for a philanthropic roadmap to navigate the health and environmental challenges created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The hybrid event, themed “Reimagining Philanthropy for the Next Decade,” attracted 700 participants to explore topics in health and environment philanthropy, climate change,…

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In an interview with iNewsweek (Chinese: 中国新闻周刊), Dr. Winnie Yip discusses the historical transition in China’s health system towards its current hospital-centric care delivery model. Prior to China’s health reforms, village-level doctors were the main providers of patient care. The quality of services provided by these village doctors was highly variable, and many of them exhibited profit maximization behavior by limiting provision of services with lower subsidies. This began to change…

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The second issue of the Harvard China Health Partnership’s newsletter China Health Connection has been released. This newsletter brings readers the latest news 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 discusses HCHP’s work on ageing in China, the research we showcased at the 2021 Congress of the International Health Economics…

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