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1 Course ID Number: ADC6536 Course Title: Health Policy No. of Credits: 1 Graduate School of International Relations International University of Japan Term: Fall 2013 Instructor: Yoko Ibuka Course Description: This course explores a variety of topics in health policy in Japan and other developed and developing counties. Using a series of academic papers fro journals in medicine, health services research, and health policy, contemporary issues in health care and health policy will be discussed.

2 Health Policy Location and time: TBA Course Information Instructor: Yoko Ibuka Office hours: TBA Course Goals This course explores a variety of topics in health policy in Japan and other developed and developing counties. Using a series of academic papers fro journals in medicine, health services research, and health policy, contemporary issues in health care and health policy will be discussed. Prerequisites Textbook There is no textbook for this course. Grading Grades will be calculated based on points based both class participation (50%) and in-class presentation (50%). Reading list. 1. The History of Health Cutler D, Deaton A, Lleras-Muney A (2006) The Determinants of Mortality Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (3), Cutler D and Miller D(2005) The Role of Public Health Improvements in Health Advances: The 20 th Century United States, Demography 42 (1): Deaton D (2006) The Great Escape: A Review of Robert Fogel s The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death , Journal of Economic Literature 44(1): Preston S (1996) American Longevity: Pas, Present and Future, Syracuse University Surface Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Available at: Lee R (2003) The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change, Journal of Economic Perspectives 17 (4):

3 2. Health and Economic Development Wenning JE and Gittlesons A (1973) Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery, Science 182: Boom D and Canning D (2000) The Health and Wealth of Nations, Science 287 (5456): Acemoglu D and Johnson S (2007) Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (6): Pritchett L and Summers L (1996) Wealthier is Healthier, Journal of Human Resources 31(4): Health Systems around the World Gerdtham U and Jonsson B (2000) International Comparisons of Health Expenditure: Theory, Data, and Econometric Analysis Handbook of Health Economics 1A (Culyer AJ and Newhouse JP eds.). Chapter Cutler DM (2002) Equity, Efficiency, and Market Fundamentals: The Dynamics of International Medical Care Reform, Journal of Economic Literature 40(3): Blumenthal D (2001) Controlling Health Care Expenditures, New England Journal of Medicine, 344 (10): Sanmartin C, et al. (2006) Comparing Health and Health Care Use in Canada and the United States, Health Affiars 25(4), Japan: Universal Health Care at 50 Years Michael RR, et al. (2011) 50 Years of Pursuing a Healthy Society in Japan, Lancet 378 (9796): Murray CJ (2011) Why is Japanese Life Expectancy So High? Lancet 378(9797): Ikeda N et al. (2011) What has made the population of Japan Healthy? Lancet 387(9796): Ikegami N et al. (2011) Japanese Universal Health Coverage: Evolution, Achievements, and Challenges, Lancet 378 (9796): Hashimoto H et al. (2011) Cost Containment and Quality of Care in Japan: Is There a Trade-off? Lancet 378(9796): Kondo A and Shigeoka H (2011) Effects of Universal Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Supply-side Responses: Evidence from Japan Journal of Public Economics 99: The Demand for Health Services and Health Insurance in Developing Countries 2

4 Gertler P and Gruber J (2002) Insuring Consumption against Illness, American Economic Review 92 (1): Gertler P (2004) Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESAs Control Randomized Experiment, American Economic Review 94 (2): Makinen M et al. (2000) Inequalities in Health Care Use and Expenditures: Empirical Data from Eight Developing Countries and Countries in Transition, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78 (1): Child Health Almond D and Currie J (2011) Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis, Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(3): Case A et al. (2002) Economic Status and Health in Childhood: The Origins of the Gradient American Economic Review 92(5): Currie J and Stable M (2003) Socioeconoic Status and Child Health: Why is the Relationship Stronger for Older Children? American Economic Review 93(5): Bleakley H (2007) Disease and Development: Evidence from Hookworm Eradication in the American South, Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(1): Miguel E and Kremer M (2004) Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities, Econometrica 72(1): HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases in the Developing World Young A (2005) The Gift of Dying: The Tragedy of AIDS and the Welfare of Future African Generations, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(2): Oster E (2005) Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Behavior, and HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Quarterly Journal of Economics 120(2): Thornton E (2008) The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status, American Economic Review 98(5): Dupas P (2010) Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya, Quarterly Journal of Economics 125(1): Barid et al. (2010) The Short-term Impacts of s Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women, Health Economics 19(Suppl): Cohen J and Dupas P (2010) Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? Evidence from a Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 125(1): Obesity and Alchol Jacobson MF and Brownwell KD (2000) Small Taxes on Soft Drinks and Snack Foods to 3

5 Promote Health, American Journal of Public Health 90(6): Yach et al. (2004) The Global Burden of Chronic Disease: Overcoming Impediments to Prevention and Control, The Journal of American Medical Association 291(21): Mascie-Taylor CGN and Karim E (2003) The Burden of Chronic Disease, Science 302(5652): Pharmaceutical Industry and Health Technologies Kremer M (2002) Pharmaceuticals and the Developing World, The Journal of Economic Perspectives 16(4): Bendt et al. (2007) Advance Market Commitments for Vaccines against Neglected Diseases: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness, Health Economics 16(5): Danzon PM and Furukawa MF(2003) Prices and Availability of Pharmaceuticals: Evidence from Nine Countries, Health Affairs 22(6): W521-W Discussion 4

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