(2013) 12-120 |
Peking University Health Science Center |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$101,889 |
- Project: CMB-OC: The Impacts of DRGs Payment Reform in Beijing
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This CMB Open Competition (CMB-OC) grant in HPSS aims to evaluate the impact of Beijing’s Diagnosis-Related-Groups (DRG) payment reform on health expenditure and quality of care, and to identify barriers and preconditions necessary for successful implementation of DRG reform.
PI: JIAN Weiyan, Peking University Health Science Center
- Principal Investigator: Jian Weiyan
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(2013) 12-119 |
Peking University Health Science Center |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$117,832 |
- Project: CMB-OC: The Effect of Provider Payment Method on Reducing Cost of Delivery
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This three-year $117,832 project will provide empirical evidence on how various provider payment approaches impact demand-side subsidies for alleviating impoverishment due to costly delivery care in rural China. The study will be carried out in different counties, where different provider payment schemes are applied, using a clustered sampling framework.
- Principal Investigator: Feng Xinglin
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(2013) 12-118 |
Sichuan University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$145,200 |
- Project: CMB-OC: Improving Maternal Health Services in Rural China
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This three year project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in promoting the utilization of maternal health services and improving health outcomes of the infants and mothers across poor counties in Sichuan.
- Principal Investigator: Zhou Huan
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(2013) 12-117 |
Zhejiang University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$100,200 |
- Project: CMB-OC: Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Use for Childhood Fever
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This $100,200 project aims to design, implement, and evaluate a non-randomized control intervention to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in childhood fever. The interventions to be carried out in 3 towns in Jiangshan County in Zhejiang province include training rural doctors to use the childhood fever guidelines, implementing economic incentive measures to discourage antibiotic use among doctors, and carrying out health education programs for patients. The impact of the intervention will be assessed in terms of the change of the knowledge about antibiotic use, the rate of antibiotic use and infusion use, and average cost per visit for childhood fever.
- Principal Investigator: Zhou Xudong
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(2013) 12-116 |
Central South University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$149,888 |
- Project: CMB-OC: Improving Pre-Hospital Care in China Through Training
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This three year project with a budget of $149,888 aims to carry out an observational study of the current status of the county-level pre-hospital care in Hunan province and explore the feasibility of a provincial-wide model for strengthening pre-hospital care services. Based on the observational study, standardized web-based pre-hospital care training will be developed and carried out in regional pre-hospitals centers, half of which will be randomly selected to receive in-person training. Evaluation of knowledge and critical actions performed by pre-hospital service providers, as well as some key health outcome variables, will be compared to produce suggestions for improving pre-hospital care quality.
PI: XIAO Ping, Central South University
- Principal Investigator: Xiao Ping
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(2013) 12-115 |
Central South University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$136,900 |
- Project: CMB-OC: Intervention to Decrease Cost of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This project aims to develop, deliver, and evaluate hospital outreach intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A randomized controlled trial will be carried out, and the study team will develop intervention manuals and employ interviewing techniques to minimize the lack of adherence.
- Principal Investigator: Yan Jin
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(2013) 12-114 |
Central South University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$109,916 |
- Project: CMB-OC: Schizophrenia Case Management in Rural China
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This study with a budget of $109,916 is designed to compare the effects of village doctor-assisted case management (VD model) for patients with schizophrenia versus care-as-usual (CAU model) in rural China. It is expected that the VD model, when compared with the CAU model, will lead to a higher systematic treatment rate, lessened schizophrenic symptoms, better social function, lower hospitalization rate, and lower incidence of risky behavior among schizophrenia patients.
PI: GONG Wenjie, Central South University
- Principal Investigator: Gong Wenjie
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(2013) 12-113 |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$300,000 |
- Project: Research in Environmental Health and Non-Communicable Diseases
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This project utilizes an ongoing Dongfeng-Tongji longitudinal cohort to study the determinants of chronic diseases, especially air pollution and lifestyle factors.
- Principal Investigator: Wu Tangchun
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(2013) 12-112 |
Institute of International Education |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$1,135,370 |
- Project: CMB Faculty Development Awards and Next Generation Fellowships
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2014
- Region: China
- Description: This two-year grant at $1,135,370 enables the Institute of International Education (IIE) to offer two more rounds of CMB mid-career Faculty Development (FD) awards and Next Generation (NG) fellowships. Thus far, CMB has supported 26 distinguished professorships, 34 faculty development awards, and 42 next generation fellows.
- Principal Investigator: Keith Clemenger
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(2013) 12-111 |
Sun Yat-Sen University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$300,000 |
- Project: CMB-CP in Migrant Health Policy
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This three-year project supports the institutional development of the SYSU Center of Migrant Health Policy, primarily through strengthening its leadership and young faculty capacity and supporting research projects.
- Principal Investigator: Ling Li
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(2013) 12-110 |
Peking Union Medical College |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$300,000 |
- Project: CMB-CP in Bioethics Research
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: Based in PUMC’s Bioethics Center, this project proposes to fill in the cognitive, moral and regulatory gaps in bioethics and strengthen capacity of researchers, ethical committee members, faculty, biomedical editors and policy makers through workshops, symposiums and exchange programs.
- Principal Investigator: Zhai Xiaomei, Qiu Renzong
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(2013) 12-109 |
Peking University Health Science Center |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$300,000 |
- Project: CMB-CP Lab in Health Economics
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This project will create a PKU-CMB Lab for Health Economics (LHE), which will produce rigorous economic research for better health policymaking and help train the next generation of Chinese health economists. In policy-related research, the LHE will focus on research related to the national priorities as indicated in the 12th five-year Health Reform Plan, specifically: the universal insurance system, national drug policy, and public hospital reform. The LHE will also produce a cadre of young Chinese health economists by providing researchers with access to high-quality data, new research opportunities, and mentorship from Chinese and international researchers.
PI: LIU Guo’en (Gordon), Peking University Health Science Center
- Principal Investigator: Liu Guo'en
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(2013) 12-108 |
Zhejiang University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$300,000 |
- Project: CMB-CP in Non-Communicable Diseases
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This project assembles a multidisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, epidemiologists, and health economists to address modifiable risk factors associated with obesity-related chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
- Principal Investigator: Zhu Shankuan
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(2013) 12-107 |
Peking Union Medical College |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$450,000 |
- Project: CMB-CP in Burden of Diseases in China
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This project creates a China Burden of Disease Research and Dissemination Center (CBDRDC) based at Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in collaboration with the University of Washington and Queensland University.
- Principal Investigator: Yang Gonghuan & Wan Xia
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(2013) 12-106 |
Sichuan University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$700,000 |
- Project: Western China Center for Rural Health Development
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This grant supplements an earlier commitment (09-983) to Sichuan University in developing a center that focuses on studying health challenges and policy of rural China. It supports development capacity of a cohort of next generation researchers in the field of Health Policy and System Sciences (HPSS) through training and landscaping research.
- Principal Investigator: Li Hong
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(2013) 12-105 |
Peking Union Medical College |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$35,000 |
- Project: Second China-U.S. Health Summit
- Dates: October 01, 2012 to June 30, 2013
- Region: China
- Description: This project supported attendance by Chinese representatives, including healthcare policymakers and professionals, to the Second China-U.S. Health Summit co-hosted by Harvard School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College, and Tsinghua School of Public Policy and Management. The summit aims to offer a high-level platform to facilitate communication and cooperation between the two countries. The theme of the summit, which had 800 over attendees, was "Healthcare Reforms: The Roles of Government, Market and Professionalism."
- Principal Investigator: Zeng Yixn
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(2012) 12-104 |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$884,228 |
- Project: HPSS Masters Training
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2014
- Region: China
- Description: This grant supports high quality masters-level training at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in HPSS-related subjects for up to 14 young faculty and the brightest undergraduate and master's graduates of CMB-supported institutions.
- Principal Investigator: Anne Mills
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(2012) 12-103 |
Peking Union Medical College |
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$173,400 |
- Project: Strengthening Grant Management in CMB Universities
- Dates: January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This grant supports two training workshops that convene liaison officers of CMB’s grantee schools and CMB staff to work together for improving CMB’s work in China.
- Principal Investigator: Jiang Yuhong
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(2012) 12-102 |
Mahidol University |
Southeast Asia |
$434,560 |
- Project: Myanmar Regional Fellowship for Faculty Development
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2017
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Description: The five-year project will support master degree training of 15 Myanmar faculty members in biomedical sciences and public health through fully funded fellowships at Mahidol University, Thailand.
- Principal Investigator:
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(2012) 12-101 |
Prince of Songkla University |
Southeast Asia |
$268,740 |
- Project: PhD Training in Community Epidemiology of Chinese Faculty
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2016
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Description: This four-year project at $268,740 will provide opportunities for faculties from selected schools of the rural network to pursue PhD studies in epidemiology in relation to rural health policy and systems.
- Principal Investigator: Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
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(2012) 12-100 |
Mahidol University |
Southeast Asia |
$230,000 |
- Project: Five-Country Network on Health Professional Education Reforms
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to December 31, 2014
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Description: In this 2.5-year project at $230,000, a five-country Asian regional network will make joint efforts in reforming health professional education.
- Principal Investigator:
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(2012) 12-099 |
Kunming Medical University |
Health Professional Education |
$100,000 |
- Project: Consolidation of Two Rural Human Resources for Health
- Dates: February 01, 2012 to September 30, 2015
- Region: China
- Description: This will develop an online training platform and an evaluative system to assess capacity of rural doctors.
- Principal Investigator:
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(2012) 12-098 |
Guangxi Medical University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$342,550 |
- Project: CMB Western Rural Health Network
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2013
- Region: China
- Description: This one-year project budgeted at $342,550 will fund three major start-up activities of the CMB-supported Western Rural Health Network.
- Principal Investigator:
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(2012) 12-097 |
Peking University Health Science Center |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$144,000 |
- Project: Youth Participants for 2nd Health Systems Research Symposium and 5-C Network Workshop on Health Professional Education
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to December 31, 2012
- Region: China
- Description: This six-month grant of $144,000 will support up to 100 young Chinese and 4 special Myanmar scholars to attend the 2nd Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) in Beijing from October 31 to November 3, 2012.
- Principal Investigator:
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(2012) 12-096 |
Fudan University |
Health Policy and Systems Sciences |
$285,615 |
- Project: Westlake Forum IV and CMB President's Council
- Dates: July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2013
- Region: China
- Description: This grant will support Westlake Forum IV and the CMB President’s Council meeting, both scheduled for Shanghai on November 17-18, 2012.
- Principal Investigator:
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