Chen, Zaiyu

Biography

Education 2005     Ph.D., Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University 2002     M.S., Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University 1991     B.S., Economics, Yangzhou University Academic Experience 2005-  Associate Professor of health economics, Department of Economics, Business School,China Pharmaceutical University 2013-2014  Visiting scholar of health economics，Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Awards and Honors 2005  Outstanding Postgraduate, Nanjing Agricultural University, 2005. 2007   Outstanding Teaching Award, China Pharmaceutical University. 2014   Outstanding Teaching Award, China Pharmaceutical University

Research Interest

My research focuses on health economics, specifically in the area of health system finance, impact of policy interventions on health expenditures and outcomes, social medical insurance. In recent years I have taken charge of research projects about New Rural Cooperative Medical System, such as “A Study on New Rural Cooperative Medical System and Optimal Medical Security Design in Rural China”, funded by Social Science Project of Ministry of Education of China, “A Study on Inequality in the Healthcare Finance in Rural China”, funded bySocial Science Project of Department of Education of JiangSu Province. I recently published a paper entitled “Does the New Rural Cooperative Medical System withhigher reimbursement rates reduce catastrophic healthexpenditures in rural China?” which test if the NRMS have reduced medical financial burden of rural residents.