The Asian Pacific Journal of Health Economics and Policy is an e-journal published by the Institute for Health Economics and Policy and the Japan Health Economics Association.
This journal is a no-fee open-access peer-reviewed journal that accept articles on areas of health economics, health care policy, and health services research in a various context of healthcare systems, including non-Western settings. All the scholars in the area above are welcome to submit to the Journal.
NEW
In addition to the submitted papers, The APJHEP Volume7 has invited Professor Chunhuei Chi (Global Health Program, Professor, Health Management and Policy Program Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.) as a guest editor for the special Issue, featured health economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and policy reactions under country/region-specific contexts to share policy lessons across Asian Pacific regions. Appearing articles discussing the responses of six countries (Taiwan, Chile, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal Scope
- 1 Enhancing research in the area of health economics, health care policy, and health services research in the context of healthcare system with a specific demographic, social, and politico-historical background.
- 2 Setting an academic platform for scholars and other interested parties including policy makers to enhance discussion for evidence-based health policy making.
- 3 Promoting open exchange of views, theories, and opinions among all concerned with the various dimensions of healthcare systems to seek for an innovating integration of related disciplines for efficient and fair healthcare systems.
Editorial Committee
- Editor-in-ChiefHaruko Noguchi, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
- Editorial Committee
(Member List)Ataru Igarashi, MD PhD
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Tokyo University
Yoko Ibuka, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Takuma Sugahara, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
Takehiro Sugiyama, MD PhD
Chief, Division of Health Services Research, Diabetes and Metabolism Information Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine / Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Reo Takaku, PhD
Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Haruhisa Fukuda, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Care Administration and Management Center for Cohort Studies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
Hideo Yasunaga, MD PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, the University of Tokyo
Atsuhiro Yamada, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
- Adjunct EditorJui-fen Rachel Lu, ScD
Professor, Dept of Health Care Management & Graduate Institute of Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University
Soonman Kwon, PhD
Professor, Seoul National Univesity School of Public Health
- AdviserNaoki Ikegami, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Keio University / Adjunct Professor, Kurume University School of Medicine
Shuzo Nishimura, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Executive Advisor of Institute for Health Economics and Policy (IHEP)