Healthy aging in Asia / edited by Karen Eggleston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, publisher.

Eggleston, Karen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Asia.

Aging.

Older people--Medical care--Asia.

Older people.

Health Services for the Aged.

Chronic Disease--economics.

Health Policy.

Older people--Medical care.

Asia.

Medical Subjects:

Health Services for the Aged.

Chronic Disease--economics.

Health Policy.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 2020.

Summary:

"Life expectancy in Japan, South Korea, and much of urban China has now outpaced that of the United States and other high-income countries. With this triumph of longevity, however, comes a rise in the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension, reducing healthy life years for individuals in these aging populations, as well as challenging the healthcare systems they rely on for appropriate care. The challenges and disparities are even more pressing in low- and middle-income economies, such as rural China and India. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the vulnerability to newly emerging pathogens of older adults suffering from NCDs, and the importance of building long-term, resilient health systems. What strategies have been tried to prevent NCDs--the primary cause of morbidity and mortality -- as well as to screen for early detection, raise the quality of care, improve medication adherence, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and increase "value for money" in health spending? Fourteen concise chapters cover multiple aspects of policy initiatives for healthy aging and economic research on chronic disease control in diverse health systems -- from cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong to large economies such as Japan, India, and China."-- Publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Healthy Aging in Asia: Introduction / Karen Eggleston

2. Healthy Aging and Inequality in Age of Death: Comparing Trends in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the United States / Zhi Ping Teo

3. Healthy Aging and Economic Research on the Net Value of Noncommunicable Disease Management in Japan / Karen Eggleston

4. The Political Economy of Precision Health: The Case of Japan / Minori Ito

5. Personalized and Precision Medicine in Japan / Hokuto Asano

6. Diabetes Care Management and Policy toward Healthy Aging in South Korea / Hongsoo Kim

7. Noncommunicable Disease Management in Hong Kong: Current Policies and the Potential Role of Economics Research / Jianchao Quan

8. Creating National Demonstration Areas for the Integrated Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in China / Maigeng Zhou

9. Avoidable Admission Rates for Diabetes Patients and Associated Medical Spending in Rural China: Evidence from Zhejiang Province / Karen Eggleston

10. Exploring and Promoting the Family Doctor System in an Aging China / Hai Fang

11. Hypertension Control after Health Insurance Expansion: Empirical Evidence from China / Jason Li

12. Private Roles for Public Goals in China's Social Services / Richard J. Zeckhauser

13. Cancer, Disparities, and Public-Private Roles / Nancy Zhang

14. Healthy Aging Policies in India / Dorairaj Prabhakaran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781931368544

1931368546

OCLC:

1101634064

Publisher Number:

99987876071