10:00 am - 10:25 am
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract This presentation describes the Australian Health care system which is positioned as one of the best performing health systems across the range of OECD countries. The Australian health system is complicated as there is shared funding and service delivery between the States and the Commonwealth (National government). While we have a national health ...
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10:25 am - 10:40 am
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract Rapidly aging and how to deal with problems relating aging are major challenges common in East and South-east Asian countries. Reform of the total society is needed to deal with aging related problems and make the society and social systems sustainable. Although Japan is highly industrialized and Japanese makers are highly competitive in ...
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10:40 am - 10:55 am
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract Rapidly aging and how to deal with problems relating aging are major challenges common in East and South-east Asian countries. Reform of the total society is needed to deal with aging related problems and make the society and social systems sustainable. Although Japan is highly industrialized and Japanese makers are highly competitive in ...
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10:55 am - 11:20 am
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract Thailand has performed admirably in its health reform over the last few decades and achieved universal health insurance. The challenges now faced by Thailand are similar to most developed countries; an ageing and increasingly urban population reflecting adult mortality and risk factors of an upper-middle income population and the need to modify institutional ...
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11:40 am - 12:00 pm
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is being embraced globally as an important goal to improve population health. In 2015, Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) celebrated its 20th anniversary since its historical inauguration in 1995. The single-payer NHI program, operated by National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), was established through integrating three existing social insurance schemes and ...
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12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract Since launching the health care reform in 2009, China has made significant progress in establishment of a basic health insurance system covering both urban and rural residents. China’s social health insurance schemes – including the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance scheme (UEBMI; launched in 1998), Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance scheme (URBMI; launched ...
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12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
Abstract The author reviews major health care reform initiative attempts by the Hong Kong government since the 1990’s. The author applies public choice and other public policy theories to explain the lack of success in these initiatives. The current financing and delivery system is evaluated in terms of its efficiency and its ability to ...
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A. Healthcare ReformB. Financing and ManagementC. Healthcare DeliveryD. Education and TrainingE. Community-Based Programmes(coffee and tea served from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm)
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus
A. Healthcare Reform (UG06) (Chairs: Prof. Lee Ngok / Dr Artie Ng) A01 New Theory and Method of Big Data Management for 21c Super-super Aged Society in Asia Prof. Toshihiko Hasegawa The Comprehensive Cost of Illness in Super-aged Society Dr Kunichika Matsumoto, Dr Yinhui Wu, Prof. Tomonori Hasegawa A02 Interrogating the Conditions for
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