Instructors
Karen Eggleston - Stanford University

This course will discuss population health and healthcare systems in contemporary China, Japan, and Korea (north and south), in comparative perspective with other health systems. Using primarily the lens of social science, especially health economics, we will analyze recent developments in East Asian health policy, including economic development, population aging, infectious disease control, chronic non-communicable diseases, social health insurance, health service delivery, payment incentives, competition, pharmaceutical policy, long-term care, and regulation. Although some background in Asian Studies, international health, and/or economics will be useful, no prior knowledge of economics or healthcare is required.

Level
Graduate and undergraduate

Units
3-5