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New Publication: Hospital response to a case-based payment scheme under regional global budget: the case of Guangzhou in China

Social Science and Medicine

Both developed and developing countries have been searching for effective provider payment methods to control health expenditure inflation. In January 2018, Guangzhou city in Southern China initiated an innovative case-based payment method for inpatient care under the framework of the regional global budget, called the Diagnosis-Intervention Packet (DIP). Contrary to the usual practice of the case-based payment, the DIP payment scheme includes a price adjustment mechanism through which the actual…

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Research Grants Announced: China’s Ageing Population and Lessons from China’s COVID-19 Response

Dr. Winnie Yip, Faculty Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership, will serve as the advisor for six research teams examining key questions related to China’s ageing population and lessons learned from China’s COVID-19 pandemic response. The projects, part of a 2021 research grant program promoting the development of a 21st Century Healthcare System in China, are funded by the Taikang Health Foundation and were announced at a November 2021 event…

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iNewsweek: China’s village medicine – how did we get here?

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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HCHP Newsletter – China Health Connection: Issue 2

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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New Publications on Chronic Disease Management

Healthcare in Rural China

The management of chronic disease and its economic impact on households in rural China have been the focus of three articles recently published by our team based on our collaboration with the primary health care project of the National Health Commission and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Stronger primary care management of chronic disease was found to decrease unnecessary hospitalizations and this reduce financial burden. Chen, Siyuan, Wuping Zhou,…

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Yip Presents at Maternal and Child Health Forum Marking Lancet Commission Launch

On May 28th, 2021, Professor Winnie Yip, Faculty Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership, shared her research on the progress and gaps in China’s health reform efforts at the opening session of the 2021 International Forum on Maternal and Child Health. This event helped mark the launch of The Lancet Commission on RMNCAH (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health) in China. In her presentation, Dr. Yip highlighted the…

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HCHP Partners Host Social Health Insurance Forum

Multi-tiered Social Health Insurance Forum at Fudan University On March 27th, Harvard China Health Partnership collaborators at Fudan University hosted an in-person forum in Shanghai to explore strategies for building an effective multi-tiered health insurance system in China by leveraging commercial insurance to supplement existing social health insurance programs. Dr. Winnie Yip, Professor of Global Health Policy and Economics, joined the forum virtually to share approaches other countries have employed…

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Global Health Systems: Fixing the Underlying Problems of the Broken American Health System (Chinese)

***This event was hosted in Chinese on March 9, 2021; a link to the event recording can be found in the “Resources” section below. More information about the English-language encore event held on April 1, 2021 is available here.*** Global Health Systems Series As countries seek to improve the way their health systems function, international approaches to reform serve as an important source of lessons for achieving outcomes and avoiding…

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Wary of coronavirus vaccines, some Chinese citizens are ‘opting out’ (Prof. Winnie Yip quoted in The World)

Countries across the globe are wrestling with the complexities of rolling out vaccination programs, but as Dr. Winnie Yip, Professor of Global Health Policy and Economics, shared with The World, “The fact that China was able to control [the pandemic] allows them to have a slower schedule on the vaccine.” At the same time, China’s relative success in curbing the spread of COVID-19 may ultimately complicate its long-term vaccination efforts. Some…

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New Publication: Time Well Spent Versus a Life Considered: Changing Subjective Well-Being in China

Using unique longitudinal survey data that employed the Day Reconstruction Method to measure experienced utility (EU) in rural China, this study reveals striking differences in the trends for life satisfaction and EU. We find that reported life satisfaction changed little over the period from 2006 to 2009. However, EU increased significantly during the same period. The improvement in EU is mainly due to more positive feelings about specific activities rather…

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