Under review

  1. Maulod A, Rouse S, Lee A, Ravindran M, Mohamad H, Goh V, Azman D, Low LL, Malhotra R, Chan A. Ethics of Participation and Social Inclusion of Older Persons in Research: Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 Pandemic in Singapore. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue. 
  2. Rosenberg M, Tomioka S, Barber SL. Introductory article to the supplement on research to inform health systems’ responses to rapid population ageing. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue. 
  3. Normand C, Williams GA, Cylus J. The implications of population ageing for health financing in WPRO countries. Exploring futures and options using the PASH simulator. WKC, WPRO, EURO Observatory for Health Systems and Policy. 2022. 
  4. Shah SA, Rosenberg M, Ahmad D, Ahmad S, Safian N, Shobugawa Y. Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  5. Vo MTH, Nakamura K, Seino K, Moncatar TRT, Han TDT, Siongco KLL, Tashiro Y, Vo TV. Can collaboration among health and social care workers help overcome geriatric care challenges? A qualitative case study in Central Vietnam. – Health and Social Care in the Community.
  6. Cylus J, Williams G, Roubal T, Barber SL. Health system financial sustainability and population ageing: a refined approach to monitor two sides of the same coin across countries. – Health Policy.
  7. Nguyen GH, Nguyen VT, Hoang PT, Nguyen TT, Tran OTM. Household financial burden associated with health care for older people in Viet Nam: A cross-sectional survey. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  8. Williams G, Cylus J, Tayara LA, Roubal T, Tsilaajav T, Barber S. Can healthy ageing moderate the effects of population ageing on economic growth and health spending trends in Mongolia? A modelling study. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  9. Nozaki I, Shobugawa Y, Sasaki Y, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Zin PE, Bo TZ, Nyunt TW, Oo MZ, Lwin KT, Win HH. Unmet needs for hypertension diagnosis among older adults in Myanmar: secondary analysis of a multistage sampling study. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  10. Nakamura K, Siongco KL, Moncatar TRT, Tejero LM, Vega SA, Bonito S, Javier R, Tsutsui T, Tri HTD, Vo MTH, Tashiro Y, Al-Sobaihi S, Seino K, Vo TV, Lorenzo FM, Canila CC. In-service training programme for health and social care workers in the Philippines to strengthen interprofessional collaboration in caring for older adults: a mixed methods study. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  11. Sivapragasam N, Matchar D, Chhoun P, Kol H, Chhun L, Islam AM, Ansah J, Yi S. Developing a toolkit for implementing evidence-based guidelines to manage hypertension and diabetes in Cambodia: descriptive case study. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  12. Aung MN, Moolphate S, Aung TNN, Koyanagi Y, Kurusattra A, Chantaraksa S, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Effectiveness of community integrated intermediary care (CIIC) service model to enhance family-based long-term care for Thai older adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a cluster randomized controlled trial. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  13. Kounnavong S, Vonglokham M, Sayasone S, Savathdy V, Masaki E, Kayano R, Phoummalaysith B, Boupha B, Hamajima N. Assessment of cognitive function among adults aged ≥60 years using the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale: cross-sectional study, Lao People's Democratic Republic. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  14. Kojima S, Kikuchi T, Kakei Y, Kowa H, Yamamoto Y, Kajita H, Osaki T, Fukushima M, Kayano R, Nagai Y. Implication of using cognitive function-related simple questions to stratify the risk of long-term care need: population-based prospective study in Kobe, Japan. – Health Research Policy and Systems. Supplement issue.
  15. Melinda G, Ono R, Tsuboi Y, Chaiyawat P, Kawaharada R, Perrein E, Rosenberg M, Agustina R, Fukuda H. Applying a life course approach to health service coverage monitoring in countries undergoing population aging: A scoping review. - PLOS ONE.

  16. Rahman MM, Rosenberg M, Flores G, Parsell N, Akter S, Alam MA, Rahman MM, Edejer T. A systematic review and meta-analysis of unmet needs for healthcare and long-term care among older people. - Health Economics Review.

  17. Barber SL, Ikegami N. Pricing Health Services: an underutilized tool for access and quality. Health Services Insight. 2022.

  18. Viriyathorn et al. Definition, practice, regulations, and effects of balance billing: a scoping review. Health Services Insight. 2022.

2022

  1. Yumiya, Y.; Chimed-Ochir, O.; Taji, A.; Kishita, E.; Akahoshi, K.; Kondo, H.; Wakai, A.; Chishima, K.; Toyokuni, Y.; Koido, Y.; Tachikawa, H.; Takahashi, S.; Gomei, S.; Kawashima, Y.; Kubo, T. Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among Patients Treated by Emergency Medical Teams: Findings from J-SPEED Data Regarding the West Japan Heavy Rain 2018. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11454. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811454

  2. Newnham EA, Mergelsberg E, Chen Y, Kim Y, Gibbs L, Dzidic P, Ishida DaSilva M, Chan EYY, Shimomura K, Narita Z, Huang Z, Leaning J. Long term mental health trajectories after disasters and pandemics: A multilingual systematic review of prevalence, risk and protective factors. Clinical Psychology Review. Vol. 97. 2022. 102203. ISSN 0272-7358, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102203

  3. Okamoto S, Komamura K. Towards universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: a narrative review on the implications from the long-term care system in Japan. Arch Public Health. 2022;80:210. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00970-8

  4. Aung TNN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Angkurawaranon C, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M, Aung MN. Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Thai Older Adults in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022;15:1761-1774. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S370353

  5. Aung TNN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Angkurawaranon C, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M, Aung MN. Depression and Associated Factors among Community-Dwelling Thai Older Adults in Northern Thailand: The Relationship between History of Fall and Geriatric Depression. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19(17):10574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710574　

  6. Costa_Font J, Raut N. Global Report on Long-Term Care Financing. London School of Economics and Political Science. June 2022.

  7. Lorenzoni L, Dougherty S. Comparison of health and hospital prices and volumes across OECD countries. Health Services Insight 2022. Jun 23; 15:11786329221109755. doi: 10.1177/11786329221109755. eCollection 2022.

  8. Bhattarai HK, Hung KKC, MacDermot MK, et al. Role of community health volunteers since the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: a qualitative study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.47

  9. Chimed-Ochir O, Yumiya Y, Taji A, Kishita E, Kondo H, Wakai A, Akahoshi K, Chishima K, Toyokuni Y, Koido Y, Kubo T. Emergency Medical Teams' Responses during the West Japan Heavy Rain 2018: J-SPEED Data Analysis. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Feb 28;37(2):1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X22000231. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35225205; PMCID: PMC8958047

  10. Hirashiki A,  Shimizu A, Nomoto K, Kokubo M, Suzuki N, Arai H, Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community Intervention and Health Promotion Programs for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in Japan and Other East and Southeast Asian Countries. Circulation Reports 2022; 4: 149-157. doi.org/10.1253/circrep.CR-21-0165

  11. Kayano R, Lin M, Shinozaki Y, Nomura S, Kim Y. Long-Term Mental Health Support after Natural Hazard Events: A Report from an Online Survey among Experts in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):3022. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053022

  12. Carroll C, Sworn K, Booth A, Tsuchiya A, Maden M, Rosenberg M. Equity in healthcare access and service coverage for older people: a scoping review of the conceptual literature. Integrated Healthcare Journal 2022;4:e000092. doi: 10.1136/ihj-2021-000092

  13. Newnham EA, Chen Y, Gibbs L, Dzidic PL, Guragain B, Balsari S, et al. The mental health implications of domestic violence during COVID-19. Int J Public Health 2022;66:1604240. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604240.

2021

  1. Bayly J, Bone AE, Ellis-Smith C, Tunnard I, Yaqub S, Yi D, Nkhoma KB, Cook A, Combes S, Bajwah S, Harding R, Nicholson C, Normand C, Ahuja S, Turrillas P, Kizawa Y, Morita T, Nishiyama N, Tsuneto S, Ong P, Higginson IJ, Evans CJ, Maddocks M. Common elements of service delivery models that optimise quality of life and health service use among older people with advanced progressive conditions: a tertiary systematic review. BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 1;11(12):e048417. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048417. PMID: 34853100; PMCID: PMC8638152.

  2. Kowal, P. , Tun, M. , Leik, S. and Rocco, I. (2021) Contributions of Social Networks to Health and Care Services in Myanmar’s Older Adult Population: 2012 Myanmar Aging Study. Health, 13, 1530-1545. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.1312109  

  3. Shah SA, Safian N, Ahmad S, Nurumal SR, Mohammad Z, Mansor J, et al. Unmet health care needs among older Malaysians. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021;14:2931–2940. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S326209. eCollection 2021.

  4. Managing people with cognitive decline: validation of a checklist. WKC Evidence Summary. October 2021.

  5. WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345591 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  6. Key concepts for assessing equity in health care access among older people. WKC Evidence Summary. September 2021.

  7. Promoting healthy ageing in the Western Pacific Region: implications for health expenditure trends and economic growth. The economics of healthy and active ageing series: New evidence for the Western Pacific Region. WHO Centre for Health Development and the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. World Health Organization 2021. 

  8. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎Kobe, Japan)‎, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Barber, Sarah L, van Gool, Kees, Wise, Sarah. et al. (‎2021)‎. Pricing long-term care for older persons. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344505. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

    Country case studies and policy briefs

  9. Australia: Case study - DOWNLOAD 

  10. Wise S, Woods M, van Gool K.  Aged care in Australia: consumer choice and control within a highly regulated market-based system. WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 1: Australia. August 2021.  

  11. France: Case study - DOWNLOAD 

  12. Or Z, Penneau A. Long-term care in France: the loose connection between pricing, costs and quality with regional inequalities.  
    WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 2: France. August, 2021.

  13. Germany: Case study - DOWNLOAD

  14. Milstein R. Mueller M, Lorenzoni L. Germany’s difficult balancing act: universality, consumer choice and quality long-term care for older persons.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 3: Germany. August 2021.

  15. Japan: Case study- DOWNLOAD  

  16. Ikegami N. Long-term care insurance in Japan: expanding services, increasing costs and developing new forms of institutional care.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 4: Japan. August 2021.

  17. Republic of Korea: Case study - DOWNLOAD 

  18. Kwon S. Long-term care in the Republic of Korea: overcoming coordination challenges between health and social services to achieve universal coverage.  WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 5: Republic of Korea. August 2021. 

  19. Netherlands: Case study - DOWNLOAD 

  20. Bakx P, Schut E, Wouterse B. Price setting and contracting help to ensure equitable access in the Netherlands. 
    WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 6. The Netherlands. August 2021. 

  21. Spain: Case study - DOWNLOAD  

  22. Flores M. Increasing beneficiaries and the decline in informal care in the Spanish long-term care system for older persons.  
    WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 7: Spain. August 2021.

  23. Sweden: Case study - DOWNLOAD  

  24. Lorenzoni L. “Ageing in place”: how Sweden provides and pays for universal and comprehensive long-term care for older persons.  
    WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 8: Sweden. August 2021.

  25. United States of America: Case study - DOWNLOAD 

  26. Lorenzoni L. A safety net that leaves large gaps in access to needed long-term care services in the United States of America (USA).   WKC Policy Series on Long-Term Care No. 9: United States of America. August 2021.

  27. Siongco KLL, Nakamura K, Seino K, Moncatar TRT, Tejero LMS, De La Vega SAF, et al. Improving community health workers' attitudes toward collaborative practice in the care of older adults: an in-service training intervention trial in the Philippines. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:9986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18199986 

  28. Jebeli SSH, Rezapour A, Rosenberg M, Lakeh MM. Measuring universal health coverage to ensure continuing care for older people: a scoping review with specific implications for the Iranian context. East Mediterr Health J. 2021. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.21.040 

  29. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Roubal T. Price setting for health services: a taxonomy. Working Paper. WHO Centre for Health Development. 22 June, 2021

  30. Nagai Y, Kojima S, Kowa H, Kayano R, et al. Kobe project for the exploration of newer strategies to reduce the social burden of dementia: a study protocol of cohort and intervention studies. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e050948. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050948

  31. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Ichikawa M, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Estimating Service Demand for Intermediary Care at a Community Integrated Intermediary Care Center among Family Caregivers of Older Adults Residing in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(11):6087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116087

  32. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Caregiver Burden and Associated Factors for the Respite Care Needs among the Family Caregivers of Community Dwelling Senior Citizens in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(11):5873. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115873

  33. Kayano R, Nomura S, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Chan EYY, Murray V. Progress towards the Development of Research Agenda and the Launch of Knowledge Hub: The WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (Health EDRM RN). Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(9):4959. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094959

  34. Nomura S, Kayano R, Egawa S, Harada N, Koido Y. Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(9):4447. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094447

  35. Hung KKC, Mashino S, Chan EYY, Kayano R, Abrahams J, et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(7):3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382

  36. Yasumoto S, Gondo Y. CBSI as a Social Innovation to Promote the Health of Older People in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:4970. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094970

  37. Moncatar TRT, Nakamura K, Siongco KLL, Seino K, Carlson R, Canila CC, Javier RS, Lorenzo FME. Interprofessional collaboration and barriers among health and social workers caring for older adults: a Philippine case study. Hum Resour Health 2021;19:52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00568-1

  38. Aung TNN, Aung MN, Moolphate S, Koyanagi Y, Mulati N, Supakankunti S, Yuasa M. Thai older people’s willingness (intention) to participate in a care prevention, community group exercise program: an assessment before implementing an intervention trial in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:4044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084044

  39. Shah SA, Safian N, Ahmad S, Wan Ibadullah WAH, Mohammad ZB, Nurumal SR, et al. Factors associated with happiness among Malaysian elderly. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:3831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073831

  40. Sasaki Y, Shobugawa Y, Nozaki I, Takagi D, Nagamine Y, Funato M, et al. Rural–urban differences in the factors affecting depressive symptoms among older adults of two regions in Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:2818. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062818

  41. Han TDT, Nakamura K, Seino K, Duc VNH, Vo TV. Do communication patterns affect the association between cognitive impairment and hearing loss among older adults in Vietnam? Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18:1603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041603 

  42. Safian N, Shah SA, Mansor J, et al. Factors associated with the need for assistance among the elderly in Malaysia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18:730. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020730

  43. Wang X, Chen Y, Akl EA et al. The reporting checklist for public versions of guidelines: RIGHT-PVG. Implementation Sci 2021;16(10). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01066-z

  44. Aung M, Moolphate S, Yuasa M, Aung T, Koyanagi Y, Supakankunti S, Ahmad I, Kayano R, Ong P. Community-Integrated Intermediary Care (CIIC) service model to enhance family-based, long-term care for older people: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Thailand. JMIR Res Protoc 2021;10(3):e20196. URL: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/3/e20196. DOI: 10.2196/20196

  45. Exploring available data collection mechanisms in Myanmar to examine how ageing and older populations are included in health and social services as part of achieving UHC by 2030 https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/en/project-details/asean_myanmar University of Economics, Yangon, Myanmar, 2021.

  46. Hart A, Rodríguez Á, Carvajal J, & Ciottone, G. 2021. Earthquake response in Chile: A case study in health emergency and disaster risk management. American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2021. 16(4), 313-318. doi:https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2021.0413

2020

  1. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Australia and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  2. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Japan and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  3. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Mongolia and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  4. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in New Zealand and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  5. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Republic of Korea and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  6. How will population ageing affect health expenditure trends in Viet Nam and what are the implications if people age in good health? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  7. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. Nisen-niju-nen no sekai hoken kikan kenko kaihatsu sogo kenkyu sentaa [WHO Centre for Health Development in 2020]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi [Japanese Journal of Public Health] 2020;67:845-9. https://doi.org/10.11236/jph.67.12_845  

  8. Win HH, Nyunt TW, Lwin KT, et al. Cohort profile: healthy and active ageing in Myanmar (JAGES in Myanmar 2018): a prospective population-based cohort study of the long-term care risks and health status of older adults in Myanmar. BMJ Open 2020;10:e042877. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042877 

  9. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Vietnam? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  10. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Australia? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  11. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Korea? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  12. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in New Zealand? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  13. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Mongolia? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  14. How does healthy ageing affect economic growth in Japan? The economics of healthy and active ageing series: new evidence for the Western Pacific Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2020.

  15. Barber S.L., Ong P., Han Z.A. Long-Term Care in Ageing Populations. In: Haring R., Kickbusch I., Ganten D., Moeti M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_65-1 LTC chapter download

  16. Rosenberg M, Kondo K, Kondo N, Shimada H, Arai H. Primary care approach to frailty: Japan’s latest trial in responding to the emerging needs of an ageing population. Integrated Healthcare Journal 2020;2:e000049. doi: 10.1136/ihj-2020-000049

  17. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Roubal T. Price setting and price regulation in health services. Geneva: The World Health Organization 2020 (Health Financing Policy Brief no. 7), https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/3319

  18. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. WHO kenko kaihatsu sogo kenkyu sentaa no 25-shunen kinen ni yosete [Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the WHO Centre for Health Development]. Koshu Eisei Joho [Public Health Information] 2020;Sep:24-5. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/kousyu9_p24_25_0907.pdf 

  19. Wright N, Fagan L, Lapitan JM, Kayano R, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Murray V. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: Five Years into Implementation of the Sendai Framework. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 2020, (11): 206-17. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13753-020-00274-x.pdf

  20. Newnham EA, Dzidic PL, Mergelsberg E, Guragain B, Chan EYY, Kim Y, Learning J, Kayano R, Wright M, Kaththiriarachichi L, Kato H, Osawa T, Gibbs L. The Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network: Setting a Health EDRM Mental Health Agenda. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(17): 6144. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/17/6144

  21. Ghiga I, Pitchforth E, Lepetit L, Miani C, Ali GC, Meads C. The effectiveness of community-based social innovations for healthy ageing in middle- and high-income countries: a systematic review. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2020 Jul;25(3):202-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819619888244

  22. Chan EYY, Sham TST, Shahzada TS, Dubois C, Huang Z, Liu S, Hung KK, Tse SL, Kwok KO, Chung PH, Kayano R, Shaw R. Narrative Review on Health-EDRM Primary Prevention Measures for Vector-Borne Diseases. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17 (16): 5981. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/16/5981

  23. Liu J, Ross A, Garcon L Is There a Panacea for Ageism? An International Law Perspective Journal of Comparative and International Aging Law & Policy 2020. 11: 105-140 https://www.stetson.edu/law/agingjournal/media/JCIALP%20Vol%2011%20(Final).pdf

  24. Barber SL, O'Dougherty S, Vinyals Torres L, Tslilaajav T, Ong P.  Other considerations than How much will Universal Health Coverage cost. Bulletin of the WHO. Bull World Health Organ 2020;98:95–99l doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.238915 .

  25. Ono R, Chaiyawat P, Melinda G, et al. Developing a conceptual framework with a life course approach to support universal health coverage monitoring systems. WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) Working Paper (#K18021). August 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/Life-course_UHCmonitoring_KobeUniv.pdf

  26. Hosseinijebeli SS, Rezapour A, Lakeh MM. Measuring universal health coverage to ensure continuing care for older people: a scoping review with specific implications for the Iranian context. WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) Working Paper (#K18022). April 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/metrics_Iran_working_paper_20200401_0.pdf 

  27. Barber SL. Government initiatives to publish price and quality information.  WKC working paper. Jan 2020. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/Priceandqualityinformation.pdf

  28. Tomioka S, Rosenberg M, Fushimi K, Matsuda S. An analysis of equity in treatment of hip fractures for older patients with dementia in acute care hospitals: Observational study using nationwide hospital claims data in Japan. BMC Health Services 2020;20:830. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05690-9

  29. Siongco KLL, Nakamura K, Seino K. Reduction in inequalities in health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization among older adults in the Philippines after mandatory national health insurance coverage: trend analysis for 2003–2017.  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2020;25:17. doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00854-9

  30. Vo THM, Nakamura K, Seino K, Nguyen HTL, Vo TV. Fear of falling and cognitive impairment in elderly with different social support levels: findings from a community survey in Central Vietnam. BMC Geriatrics 2020;20:141. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01533-8

  31. Moncatar TR, Nakamura K, Siongco KLL, Rahman M, Seino K. Prevalence and determinants of self-reported injuries among community-dwelling older adults in the Philippines: A 10-year pooled analysis. ? Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020;17:4372. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124372

2019

  1. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Ong P. Price setting and price regulation in health care: lessons for advancing universal health coverage. WHO Centre for Health Development (Kobe, Japan), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2019 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/325547 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  2. Barber SL, Lorenzoni L, Ong P. Institutions for health care price setting and regulation: A comparative review of eight settings. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2019; 35 (2); 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2954

  3. Cylus J, Roubal T, Ong P, Barber S. Sustainable health financing with an ageing population: implications of different revenue raising mechanisms and policy options. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. 2019. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331977   

  4. Williams GA, Cylus J, Roubal T, Barber SL. Sustainable Health Financing with an Ageing Population: Will population ageing lead to uncontrolled health expenditure growth? Copenhagen, Denmark: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2019.  Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK550604/

  5. Kayano R, Chan EY, Murray V, Abrahams J, Barber SL. WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (TPRN): Report of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health Apr 6 2019, 16(7):1232. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/7/1232 PMID: 30959880; PMCID: PMC6480684.

  6. Kubo T, Yanasan A, Herbosa T, Fernando F, KayanoR. Health Data Collection Before, During and After Emergencies and Disasters-The Result of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health Mar 2019, 12;16(5): pii: E893. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050893. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/893

  7. Aung MN, Murray V, Kayano R. Research Methods and Ethics in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Result of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 3;16(5):770. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050770. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30832448/

  8. Généreux M, Schluter P, Takashi S, Usami S, Mashino S, Kayano R, Kim Y. Psychosocial Management Before, During, and After Emergencies and Disasters-Results from the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 12;16(8). pii: E1309. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081309. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31013679/

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  10. Evans et al. Service Delivery Models to Maximize Quality of Life for Older People: A Rapid Review. Milbank Quarterly 2019; 97 (1): 113-175. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.12373

  11. Saito J, Haseda M, Amemiya A, Takagi D, Kondo K, Kondo N. Community-based care for healthy ageing: lessons from Japan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2019;97:570-574. http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.223057  

  12. Nagamine Y, Kondo N, Yokobayashi K, Ota A, Miyaguni Y, Sasaki Y, Tani Y, Kondo K. Socioeconomic disparity in the prevalence of objectively evaluated diabetes among older Japanese adults: JAGES cross-sectional data in 2010. J Epidemiology 2019; 29(8): 295-301. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614078/

  13. Watanabe R, Kondo K, Saito T, et al. Change in municipality-level health-related social capital and depressive symptoms: ecological and 5-Year repeated cross-sectional study from the JAGES. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019;16(11):2038. doi:10.3390/ijerph16112038 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6604020/

  14. Saito M, Kondo N, Oshio T, Tabuchi T, Kondo K. Relative deprivation, poverty, and mortality in Japanese older adults: a six-year follow-up of the JAGES cohort survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019;16(2):182. doi:10.3390/ijerph16020182 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/2/182

  15. Tani Y, Suzuki N, Fujiwara T, Hanazato M, Kondo K. Neighborhood food environment and dementia incidence: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study cohort survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;56(3):383-92. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)32384-5/fulltext

  16. Amemiya A, Kondo N, Saito J, Saito M, Takagi D, Haseda M, Tani Y, Kondo K. Socioeconomic status and improvement in functional ability among older adults in Japan: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 2019;19:209. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6531-9

  17. Sato H, Kondo S, Saito M, Saura R. Effects of strengthening the hip flexor muscles on walking ability and the locomotive syndrome rank test: An intervention study. Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jos.2019.09.014

  18. Wang X, Chen Y, Akl E, Ana Marušić A, Tokalić R, Qaseem A, Claire G, Ahmed F, Falck-Ytter Y, Soo Lee M, Siedler M, Barber S, Zhang M, Chan ESY, Yang K, Norris SL, The RIGHT working group. Development of Reporting Items for Patient/Public Version of Guidelines: RIGHT-PVG. BMJ Open 9(3): 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023147

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  20. The World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre), WKC Research Plan (2018 – 2026). Kobe: World Health Organization; 2019 (WHO/WKC/2019.2). Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

  21. Moncatar TR, Nakamura K, Rahman M, Seino K. Health status and health facility utilization of community-dwelling elderly living alone in the Philippines: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Health 2019;11:1554¬-72. doi.org/10.4236/health.2019.1111117s

2018

  1. World Health Organization. Capacity building towards a national network of age-friendly cities and communities in Japan, 4-5 December, 2017, Kobe, Japan: meeting report. World Health Organization. 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/275683. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  2. Ghiga I, Cochrane G, Lepetit L, Meads C, Pitchforth E.  Understanding Community-Based Social Innovations for Healthy Ageing. 2018; Publisher: World Health Organization Centre for Health Development; https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/en/project-details/community-based-social-innovations

  3. Barber SL, Ong P, Nozaki S. Universal Health Coverage and the Renewal of Primary Health Care. Journal of International Health 2018;  33 (2) 93-97 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jaih/33/2/33_93/_article/-char/en 

  4. Barber SL, Kumar A, Roubal T, Colombo F, Lorenzoni L. Harnessing the private health sector by using prices as a policy instrument: Lessons learned from South Africa. Health Policy 2018; 2018 May;122(5):558-564  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29622381  

  5. Dahl N., Ross A., Ong P. Self-Neglect in Older Populations: A Description and Analysis of Current Approaches, Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2018; 17:1-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2018.1500858

  6. Kano, M., Rosenberg, P.E. & Dalton, S.D A Global Pilot Study of Age-Friendly City Indicators. Soc Indic Res 2018; 138, 1205-1227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7

  7. Orlovic M. Health Technology Assessment: A Prioritization Exercise 2018. Imperial College: London. https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/PrioritizationExercise_Final%20December%202017_Final%20V2.pdf

  8. Kondo, K., Rosenberg, M. & World Health Organization. Advancing universal health coverage through knowledge translation for healthy ageing: lessons learnt from the Japan gerontological evaluation study. World Health Organization. 2018. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/279010 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

  9. Tsuji T, Kondo K, Kondo N, Aida J, Takagi D. Development of a risk assessment scale predicting incident functional disability among older people: Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Geriatrics & Gerontology International 2018;18(10):1433-8. doi:10.1111/ggi.13503. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ggi.13503

  10. Kanamori S, Takamiya T, Inoue S, Kai Y, Tsuji T, Kondo K. Frequency and pattern of exercise and depression after two years in older Japanese adults: the JAGES longitudinal study. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):11224. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29053-x. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060146/

  11. Tani Y, Suzuki N, Fujiwara T. et al. Neighborhood food environment and mortality among older Japanese adults: results from the JAGES cohort study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2018;15:101. doi:10.1186/s12966-018-0732-y. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-018-0732-y

  12. Tsuji T, Miyaguni Y, Kanamori S, Hanazato M, Kondo K. Community-level sports group participation and older individuals’ depressive symptoms. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018;50(6):1199–1205. https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/6023572

  13. Yagi A, Hayasaka S, Ojima T, Sasaki Y, Tsuji T, Miyaguni Y, Nagamine Y, Namiki T, Kondo K. Bathing frequency and onset of functional disability among Japanese older adults: a prospective 3-year cohort study from the JAGES. J Epidemiol. 2018. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20180123 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/advpub/0/advpub_JE20180123/_article

  14. Zaitsu M, Kawachi I, Ashida T, Kondo K, Kondo N. Participation in community group activities among older adults: Is diversity of group membership associated with better self-rated health? J Epidemiology 2018;28(11):452-457. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170152. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192976/

  15. Aida J, Cable N, Zaninotto P, Tsuboya T, Tsakos G, Matsuyama Y, Ito K, Osaka K, Kondo K, Marmot MG, Watt RG. Social and behavioural determinants of the difference in survival among older adults in Japan and England. Gerontology 2018;64(3):266-277. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5969072/

  16. Haseda M, Kondo N, Ashida T, Tani Y, Takagi D, Kondo K. Community social capital, built environment, and income-based inequality in depressive symptoms among older people in Japan: an ecological study from the JAGES project. J Epidemiol. 2018;28(3):108-116. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20160216. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5821687/

2017

  1. Barber SL, Rosenberg M. Ageing and universal health coverage: implications for the Asia Pacific region. Journal of Health Systems & Reform, August 2017; 3: 154-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2017.1348320 .

  2. Kayano R. "Global Health Challenge in 21st Century-Double Burden of Communicable Disease and Non-Communicable Disease-". Journal of Hyogo Public Health Association 2017: 32: 002-026 (Japanese)

  3. Aboderin I, Kano M, Owii HA. Toward "age-friendly slums"? Health challenges of older slum dwellers in Nairobi and the applicability of the Age-Friendly City; Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017 Oct 20;14(10):1259.  doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101259   https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1259

  4. Lo S, Chan E, Chan G, Murray V, Abrahams J, Ardalan A, Kayano R, Yau J. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM): Developing the Research Field within the Sendai Framework Paradigm. Int J Disaster Risk Sci (2017) 8: 145-9. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-017-0122-0

  5. Chan EYY, Murray V. What are the health research needs for the Sendai Framework? The Lancet. June 19 2017, 390(10106):e35-e36. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31670-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28641876/

  6. Aida J, Hikichi H, Matsuyama Y, Sato Y, Tsuboya T, Tabuchi T, Koyama S, Subramanian SV, Kondo K, Osaka K, Kawachi I. Risk of mortality during and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami among older coastal residents. Scientific Reports 2017;7(1):16591. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29185489/

  7. Kano M, Rosenberg PE, Dalton SD. A global pilot study of Age-friendly City indicators: a process evaluation. Social Indicators Research. 2017; doi 10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7.

2016

  1. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎‎‎Kobe, Japan)‎‎‎. (Imagine tomorrow: report on the 2nd WHO global forum on innovation for ageing populations, Kobe, Japan, 7-9 October 2015. World Health Organization. 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/205288

  2. WHO Centre for Health Development (‎‎‎‎Kobe, Japan)‎‎‎‎. First expert consultation on community-based social innovations that support older people in low- and middle-income countries, 14–15 July 2015; Kobe, Japan: report. World Health Organization. 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/205445

  3. Garçon L, Khasnabis C, Walker L, et al. Medical and Assistive Health Technology: Meeting the Needs of Aging Populations. Gerontologist 2016; 56 Suppl 2:S293-S302. doi:10.1093/geront/gnw005  https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/56/Suppl_2/S293/2605300 

  4. World Health Organization & UN-Habitat. Global report on urban health: equitable healthier cities for sustainable development. World Health Organization. 2016. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/204715

  5. Prasad A, Gray CB, Ross A, Kano M. Metrics in urban health: Current developments and future prospects. Annual Review of Public Health. 2016;37:113–33.

  6. Kano M. Public health observatories and urban health. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016:31;S267–8.

  7. Bortz M, Kano M, Ramroth H, Barcellos C, Weaver SR, Rothenberg R, Magalhães M. Disaggregating health inequalities within Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002-2010, by applying an urban health inequality index. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2016:31;S107–19.

  8. Kano M, Rosenberg PE. Age-friendly indicators: a new guide. The Journal. January 2016. Washington, D.C.; AARP International: 63–4.