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Wenjian Zhou

Peking University


Wenjian Zhou

Wenjian Zhou, MSc. in Economics and Ph.D. in Demography, is a postdoctoral fellow with focuses on health management of older people, public policy evaluation for older adults, and integrated care. Over the years, Dr. Zhou has conducted a series of studies on these issues. Dr. Zhou serves as a committee member of the Pharmaceutical and Health Law Division at the Beijing Research Association for Chronic Diseases Control and Health Education, and is also a member of the Chinese Society for Labor Economics. Recently, Dr Zhou has just published a paper on China’s integrated medical and social care policy as the first author in Lancet Healthy Longevity and undertook the National Science and Technology Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Diseases as a task leader.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries China;
Topics Artificial Intelligence; Care economy; Care inequalities; Care integration/ coordination; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care outcomes; Dementia care and support; Economics of LTC; End-of-life care and LTC; Gender and care; Housing Adaptations; LTC and people with mental health conditions; LTC Policy; LTC utitilisation; Prevention and rehabilitation and LTC; Primary Health Care; Relationship between LTC use and hospital use; Unmet needs;
Methods Data science and LTC research; Economic evaluation; Implementation science; Longitudinal data analysis; Longitudinal qualitative studies; Machine learning; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Panel data analysis; Pilot study; Policy analysis; Political decisions analysis; Prevalence study; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Quasi-experimental methods; Social network analysis;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Community-based approaches to dementia care; Data Science; Economics of Long-Term Care; Integrated Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; policy; Quasi-experimental methods; Strengthening Responses to Dementia; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
Websitehttps://www.cchds.pku.edu.cn/english/info/1089/1147.htm
Other 1https://klemd.pku.edu.cn/info/1076/1108.htm;
Research interests

Health management of older people, public policy evaluation for older adults, and integrated care.

Key publications

[1] Zhou W, Guo M, Hu B, Jiang Y, Yao Y*. The effect of China’s integrated medical and social care policy on functional dependency and care deficits in older adults: a nationwide quasi-experimental study. Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2024, 6(4): e1-e9.
[2] Hou J, Zhou W*, Jiang Y*. Multidimensional energy poverty and depression among China’s older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 10: 977958.
[3] Zhou W, Hou J*, Sun M, et al. The impact of family socioeconomic status on elderly health in China: based on the frailty index. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19(2): 968.