Health, Aging, Innovation, and the Private Sector: Evidence from Vietnam and Korea

Join us for succinct overviews of the current research of two current Asia health policy postdoctoral fellows, both using discrete choice modeling to examine health policy issues related to aging, innovation, and public-private roles. Dr. Nguyen will discuss her research on the role of Vietnam’s growing private healthcare sector in supplementing the public healthcare sector for individuals with chronic diseases such as diabetes, drawing on her extensive experience working for the Ministry of Health of Vietnam. Dr. Kim will discuss his research on the correlation between age and preference for specific technologies such as electronic vehicles in South Korea, with implications for innovation diffusion and technology consumption in aging populations.