https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8696 2026-06-11T00:27:31Z 2026-06-11T00:27:31Z Barber, Sarah https://hdl.handle.net/2123/34219 2025-08-12T06:41:28Z 2025-08-12T00:00:00Z

S T Lee Lecture 2025 Barber, Sarah The care dividend: why and how countries should invest in long-term care, will discuss how aged care is a vital economic strategy as populations age. Emerging areas of research will be discussed to shift the policy debate towards policies that can promote benefits to economies, health systems, and communities.

2025-08-12T00:00:00Z Dickson, Michelle Haywood, Phil Reid, Papaarangi Newman, Jamie Casey, Dawn Finlay, Summer https://hdl.handle.net/2123/33141 2024-10-10T21:35:58Z 2024-10-11T00:00:00Z

Health Systems Resilience - A First Nations Perspective Dickson, Michelle; Haywood, Phil; Reid, Papaarangi; Newman, Jamie; Casey, Dawn; Finlay, Summer Recent events and ongoing challenges, such as pandemics and climate change, demonstrate the need for more resilient health systems. Preparing, absorbing, recovering and adapting to challenges benefits everyone. We will hear perspectives on how to strengthen health systems resilience, for local, national and global communities. This event highlights the strengths, opportunities and obstacles, both historical and contemporary, that impact health system resilience. It will conclude with a panel discussion reflecting on the recent past and the research and policies that will be needed for the future.

2024-10-11T00:00:00Z Kingkaew, Pritaporn Norris, Sarah Janssen, Anna https://hdl.handle.net/2123/30063 2023-02-16T03:55:55Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

How international approaches to the regulation and assessment of Digital Health Technologies might be applied in Thailand Kingkaew, Pritaporn; Norris, Sarah; Janssen, Anna The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) at the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand recently commissioned landscape analyses from three countries (Australia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom) to inform local policies regarding health technology assessment of digital health technologies. This lecture will highlight key findings from these policy analyses and discuss the applicability of these findings to the regulation and assessment of digital health technologies in Thailand. These findings will be supplemented with a discussion of relevant, current challenges in Australia to assessing the value of digital health technologies.

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Ursu, Ioana Narvaez, Joanna Maries https://hdl.handle.net/2123/20735 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

STEP into UHC - Developing the health technology assessment unit of the Philippines - STEP - as an integral ingredient of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Ursu, Ioana; Narvaez, Joanna Maries The concept of cost-effectiveness as main criteria for procurement of new technologies was embedded in Filipino policy back in 2003, but with no clear implementing rules. The need for an objective decision-making process was however answered with the creation of a clinical evaluation group – the DOH Formulary Committee. In addition, true to its historic heritage, Philippines kept free pricing and use of competition as main pillars for pharmaceutical policy. The result was a DOH issued list of medicines only partially covered by PhilHealth, highest prices for medicines in the region, and high out of pocket expenditure. Major policy reforms and start-ups have something in common: timing, playing a critical role in take-off. In this talk, we aim to showcase how over a decade old policy concept - cost-effectiveness - came to fruition in the form of a new Health Technology Assessment unit (STEP) within DOH Philippines. We will also discuss how we used timing, a potential public health crisis and the HTA to include, in the UHC Bill, policy reforms like price negotiation, centralised pricing agreements and prescribing control.

2019-06-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel Leung https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18931 2026-04-29T00:31:49Z 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

The science that dares not speak its name Gabriel Leung Technology assessment, broadly defined as the evaluation and monitoring of relative effectiveness and cost in health care delivery, began with Archie Cochrane's Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services In the current anti-elitist climate where the postmodern fluidity of truth and facts is taken to an unprecedented level, I posit that the underpinnings to this evaluative science would require a fundamental rethink if it were to survive the present existential challenge. I illustrate the evolution of the field with examples in mammography screening and diabetes care and conclude with a possible set of transformative responses for the future.

2018-10-17T00:00:00Z Chia, Keng See https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17097 2026-04-29T00:31:59Z 2017-08-09T00:00:00Z

Public Health in this Brave New World Chia, Keng See Our world has changed dramatically since the 1950s. The pace of change has been so rapid that the last 6 decades have been dubbed as “The Great Acceleration”. This Great Acceleration will continue to dash forward but in a highly volatile and unpredictable fashion. At the same time, Public Health has grown significantly and contributed to higher life expectancy and quality of life. However, the pace is one of evolution. Academic systems are even more archaic and resistant. Academic Public Health must lead the way to keep pace with how the world will change and demonstrate how academia can impact and shape the future. The training of Public Health professionals will also have to change. The challenge for Academic Public Health is to demonstrate the translation of our research findings into future healthier communities.

2017-08-09T00:00:00Z Teerawattananon, Yot Chalkidou, Kalipso https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16498 2026-04-29T00:31:53Z 2017-03-10T00:00:00Z

Setting fundable priorities for universal healthcare coverage: global concept, local applications Teerawattananon, Yot; Chalkidou, Kalipso Between 20-40% of the $7.1 trillion spent annually on healthcare is wasted (1). Development assistance for health makes up less than 1% of this (~$36bn) (2) – and if global health gains are to be made –as codified in the recently-endorsed Global Goals (3)- aid must leverage greater efficiency of spending in low- and middle-income countries themselves (4). Since the goal of moving towards universal health coverage is gaining support globally and locally, it raises public expectations in health investment, not only to ensure good health but also equitable access to health services (5). To achieve defensible resource allocation decisions which improve efficiency and meet the distributional objectives of societies and their representatives, priority setting processes must be put in place which allow comparative evidence (including economic evidence) and values to be accounted for (6), (7). For the past ten years or so, the authors have been working on enhancing the institutional, technical and evidential capacities for evidence-informed priority setting through effective South-South and North-South partnerships of policy makers, researchers and frontline practitioners. More recently, their work has been carried out through the international Decision Support Initiative (www.idsihealth.org), a network funded by the UK's DFID, BMGF and Rockefeller. IDSI is a demand driven collaborative and practical support network with active presence in Indonesia, India, China, South Africa, Ghana, Myanmar and Vietnam. Distinguished Guest Lecturers, Kalipso Chalkidou and Yot Teerawattananon, discuss their experiences in working alongside policy makers in their own countries (HITAP in Thailand and NICE in England) and also around the world to promote good processes and robust methods in setting fundable priorities for universal healthcare coverage.

2017-03-10T00:00:00Z Eggleston, Karen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/12230 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2014-11-06T00:00:00Z

Health Policy in East Asia: Responding to Demographic and Epidemiologic Transition Eggleston, Karen

2014-11-06T00:00:00Z Pang, Tikki Magnusson, Roger https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11524 2026-04-29T00:31:48Z 2014-07-22T00:00:00Z

S T Lee Lecture 2009 Pang, Tikki; Magnusson, Roger

2014-07-22T00:00:00Z Phua, Kai Hong https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11525 2026-04-29T00:31:55Z 2014-07-22T00:00:00Z

Health Systems and Population Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges and Policy Options for the Future Phua, Kai Hong Health care for the ageing population has surfaced as a critical issue in many countries that have undergone rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. As chronic and degenerative health conditions are expected to intensify the demand and expenditure for health care, it becomes necessary to plan for appropriate and cost-effective services for the increasing number and proportion of elderly persons. Hence the urgency to apply bold and innovative approaches to the organization and financing of health care against the pressures of increasing costs for rapidly ageing societies. What are the regional lessons and what would be the long term impact on health and health systems? It is timely to take stock and monitor the trends and issues in healthcare systems around the region and to identify from a comparative perspective, the challenges that have arisen with changing social, economic and political conditions, and the ways in which governments are responding to these challenges. In this regard, it would be important to examine the changing roles concerning the interface between the public, private and voluntary sectors; the extent of public-private participation and integration in health and social care; and the policy implications in terms of future developments for health governance, education and research throughout the region.

2014-07-22T00:00:00Z Kwon, Soonman https://hdl.handle.net/2123/9331 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2013-08-21T00:00:00Z

Health Care Financing and Universal Health Coverage for Low-and Middle-Income Countries in Asia Kwon, Soonman Health care financing agencies and governments should implement various policy tools including payment systems, contracting, regulation, and accreditation to encourage health care providers to improve the quality of care and to provide health care in a cost-effective way. Political will and commitment is a crucial component in any investment in health care and health financing reform that moves towards universal coverage.

2013-08-21T00:00:00Z