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The Asia-Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (APO) recently released a comparative country study entitled “Public-private mix for continuity of care for older persons: study of select countries in the Asia Pacific region”. Professor Alex Jingwei He, Associate Professor of the Division of Public Policy and Acting Director of the Institute for Public Policy, is a key member of the multinational interdisciplinary research consortium. In collaboration with prominent scholars in India, South Korea, and Mainland China, Professor He has been engaged in this comparative health policy research since 2021. This report is intended to draw useful lessons for health policymakers in the Asia Pacific region to strengthen the continuity of care for the elderly population through public private collaborations. Housed under the World Health Organization, the APO is a key collaborative partnership of governments in the region, international agencies, foundations, and researchers that promotes evidence-informed health system policy regionally and in all countries in the Asia Pacific region. The full report is available at https://apo.who.int/publications/i/item/public-private-mix-for-continuity-of-care-for-older-persons-study-of-select-countries-in-the-asia-pacific-region.   Booklet PDF Read more

The Stanford World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scholars ranking (2023) was released in early October 2023. Professor Alex Jingwei He, Associate Professor of PPOL and Acting Director of IPP, has been ranked 413 out of 22449 scholars worldwide in the field of Political Science and Public Administration based on 2022 single-year impact. Read more