In 2009, China initiated a new round of health reform to establish a well‐functioning health
system. The 2009 health reform did make some significant achievements in improving …

Authoritarian local leaders face two driving forces in social policymaking: top‐down pressure
from the regime and bottom‐up motivations derived from local conditions. Existing studies …

“Social Policy and Development Studies in East Asia” aims to provide a platform for
academics, researchers and policy analysts to contribute their reflections and analysis of …

Objective The purpose of this paper is to describe current practices of medical waste
management, including its generation, investments, collection, storage, segregation, and …

" The objective of the book is to assess the policy actions of select Asian governments-in
China, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand-to address critical health …

Background Initiatives on integrated care between hospitals and community health centers
(CHCs) have been introduced to transform the current fragmented health care delivery …

The rapid diffusion of medical technologies is widely recognized as a key driver of
healthcare cost escalation. The excessive duplication of technologies gives rise to the so …

Many developing nations witness systemic healthcare reforms where the expansion of
health financing mechanisms and reforms of the service delivery system are being rolled out …

While the importance of primary health care (PHC) as a foundation for a strong healthcare
system is widely accepted, the policies needed to achieve it remain deeply controversial …

Taking policy experimentation in several selected pilot sites as test beds prior to the
implementation nationwide has emerged as a notable phenomenon amidst China's reform …