MENG, Qingyue, MD, PhD, is Professor in Health Economics and Policy. He got his Bachelor in medicine from Shandong Medical University (now Shandong University), Master in public health from Shanghai Medical University (now Fudan University), Master in economics from University of the Philippines, and PhD in health economics and policy from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Before taking the current position, he was the Dean of Shandong University School of Public Health and Director of Shandong University Center for Health Management and Policy. His research interests include health financing policy and health provider payment systems. He has led a team doing dozens of research projects supported by both domestic and international funding sources. He has been Member of the Expert Committee on Health Policy and Management to China National Health and Family Planning Commission. He is the Board Member of Health Systems Global elected from the Asia and Pacific Region.

 

Research Projects as PI

2016-2018, Evaluating performance of China’s Health System, grant from WHO (150,000 US$)

2014-2016, Evaluation of China’s “the 12 Five-Year Health Plan” and development of strategies and actions for “the 13 Five-Year Health Development Plan”, grant from China National Health and Family Planning Commission, (220,000 US$)

2013-2015, Global Health Support Project, Health Systems Strengthening, grant from DFID, (500,000 US$)

2013-2015, Evaluation of China National Healthy City, grant from National Health and Family Planning Commission (160,000 US$)

2012-2015, Health systems planning, grants from MoH, WHO, and UNICEF (400,000 US$)

2011-2012, Evaluation of China’s health systems reform, grant from Ministry of Health (250,000US$)

2009-2012，Incentives for public health workers. Grant from China Natural Science Foundation, (50, 000 US$)

2009-2012, Improving the health systems reform in China. Grant from Ministry of Education :The Key Research Program on Social Science, (110,000 US$)

2009-2012, Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia (HEFPA) , EU project, PI from China (310,000 Euros)

2008-2011, Thematic Center in Systematic Review on Health Financing, grant from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO (300,000 US$)

2008-2010, Assessment and selection of health technologies for primary health care providers, grant from Ministries of Science & Technology (200,000 US$)

2005-2009, Equitable and sustainable rural health financing system in China and Vietnam, grant from EU, Country Leader (220,000 Euro)

2006-2008 Monitoring and evaluation of Medicaid program in Shenyang and Chendu, grant from DFID and Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator (40,000 US$)

2005, Response of public health system to health problems, grant from Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator (80,000US$)

2005-2007, Planning the human resources for health in China, grant from Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator (140,000US$)

2004-2006, Assessment and prioritization of health technologies for use in rural health facilities, grant from Ministries of Science & Technology and Health, Principal Investigator (500,000US$)

2004, Health resource planning for meeting the public health needs in Ganus, grant from World Bank and Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator (100,000US$)

2003-2004, The role and performance of private health providers in TB care, grant from WHO/TDR, Principal Investigator (32,000US$)

2002-2003, Regulation of infectious disease control in China, grant from LSHTM, Principal Investigator (31,000US$)

2001-2002, Impact of health care pricing reform on cost containment and health utilization, grant from WHO, Principal Investigator (24,000US$)

2000-2003, Research and development: a strategic study in Chinese Health Care System, grant f from Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator  (42,000US$)

2000-2001, Impact of health funding responsibility decentralisation on access to TB health care for the poor in China, grant from WHO/TDR, Principal Investigator (35,600US$)

1999-2000, Cost-effectiveness and funding policy analysis of maternal and child health services in China, grant from Ministry of Health, Principal Investigator (10,000US$)

1999-2001, Cost-effectiveness and financial analysis of public health programs in China, Grant from World Bank, Principal Investigator (76,000US$)

1999-2000, Planning on development and training of health manpower in China, Grant from Ministry of  Health and Ministry of  Education, Principal Investigator, 1999-2000 (41,300US$)

1998-2001, Reforming health services for equity and efficiency in urban China, grant from EU, Responsible Scientist from Shandong University (82,000US$)

1997-1998, Methodology and policy on regional health planning and community health care system in urban cities, grant from Shandong Provincial Government, Principal Investigator (35,000US$)

1996-1998, Assessing private medical practice in rural area in Shandong, China.  Grant from WHO, Co-Principal investigator (40,000US$)

1994-1995 An Exploratory Study of the Impact of the Changes in Health Care Financing on Leprosy Control Program.  Grant from TDR, World Health Organization. Principal Investigator (8.900 US$)

 

Peer-reviewed English publications (*correspondence)

Wang X, Birch S, Zhu W, Ma H, Embrett M, Meng Q*.Coordination of care in the Chinese health care systems: a gap analysis of service delivery from a provider perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Oct 12;16(1):571.

Liu X, Sun X, Zhao Y, Meng Q. Financial protection of rural health insurance for patients with hypertension and diabetes: repeated cross-sectional surveys in rural China. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Sep 8;16:481. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1735-5.

Wang X, Birch S, Ma H, Zhu W, and Meng Q*. The Structure and Effectiveness of Health Systems: Exploring the Impact of System Integration in Rural China. International Journal of Integrated Care, 16(3): 6, pp. 1–12, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2197

Sun X, Liu X, Sun Q, Yip W, Wagstaff A, Meng Q*. The Impact of a Pay-for-Performance Scheme on Prescription Quality in Rural China. Health Econ. 2016 Mar 4. doi: 10.1002/hec.3330

Pan X, Xu J, Meng Q*. Integrating social health insurance systems in China. Lancet. 2016 Mar 26;387(10025):1274-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30021-6.

Meng Q*, Fang H, Liu X, Yuan B, Xu J. Consolidating the social health insurance schemes in China: towards a more equitable and efficient health system. Lancet 386(10002):1484-92

Meng Q*, Yang H, Chen W, Sun Q, Liu X. People’s Republic of China: Health System Review (Book). Produced by APO of World Health Organization, 2015 (English and Chinese versions)

Mukem S, Meng Q, Sriplung H, Tangcharoensathien V. Low Coverage and Disparities of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Thai Women: Analysis of National Representative Household Surveys. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(18):8541-51.

Wei X, Li H, Yang N, Wong SY, Chong MC, Shi L, Wong MC, Xu J, Zhang D, Tang J, Li DK, Meng Q, Griffiths SM. Changes in the perceived quality of primary care in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China: a difference-in-difference analysis. Bull World Health Organ. 2015 Jun 1;93(6):407-16. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139527

Hou Z, Meng Q, Zhang Y. Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Following China's Healthcare Reform. Am J Hypertens. 2015 Jul 31. pii: hpv125

Wang C, Kane RL, Xu D, Meng Q*. Health literacy as a moderator of health-related quality of life responses to chronic disease among Chinese rural women. BMC Womens Health. 2015 Apr 15;15:34. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0190-5.

He J and Meng Q. An interim interdisciplinary evaluation of China’s national health care reform: emerging evidence and new perspectives. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2015.1014299

Liu X, Zhao S, Zhang M, Hu D and Meng Q. The development of rural primary health care in China’s health system reform. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 8:1, 88-101, DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2015.1008195

Jia L, Yuan B, Huang F, Lu Y, Garner P, Meng Q*. Strategies for expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable populations. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Nov 26;11:CD008194. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008194.pub3.PMID: 25425010

Wang Q, Yamashita T, Xu J, Shen JJ, Neishi S, Cheng G, Meng Q. The Spouse's Level of Education and Individuals' Dietary Behaviors in China. Int J Behav Med. 2014 Sep 25

Meng Q* and Xu L. Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in China. PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 22;11(9):e1001694. doi: 10.1371

Hou J, Michaud C, Li Z, Dong Z, Sun B, Zhang J, Cao D, Wan X, Zeng C, Wei B, Tao L, Li X, Wang W, Lu Y, Xia X, Guo G, Zhang Z, Cao Y, Guan Y, Meng Q, Wang Q, Zhao Y, Liu H, Lin H, Ke Y, Chen L. Transformation of the  education of health professionals in China: progress and challenges. Lancet. 2014 Aug 30;384(9945):819-27. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61307-6.

Hou Z, Jie Chang, Yue D, Fang H, Meng Q*, Zhang Y. Determinants of willingness to pay for self-paid vaccines in China. Vaccine. 2014 Jul 31;32(35):4471-7. doi: 10.1016

Meng Q* and Xu K. Progress and challenges of the rural cooperative medical scheme in China. Bull World Health Organ 2014;92:447-451| doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.13.131532

Yuan S, Rehnberg C, Sun X, Liu X, Meng Q*. Income related inequalities in New Cooperative Medical Scheme: a five-year empirical study of Junan County in China. International Journal for Equity in Health 2014;13:38.

Wang C, Kane R, Xu D, Li L, Guan W, Li H, Meng Q*. Maternal Education and Micro-Geographic Disparities in Nutritional Status among School-Aged Children in Rural.  Northwestern China. PLOS One. December 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 12 | e82500

Wang C, Li H, Li L, Xu D, Kane R, Meng Q*. Health literacy and ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life among rural women: results from a Chinese poor minority area. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2013 Sep 11;11(1):153.

Song K, Scott A, Sivey P and Meng Q*. Improving Chinese primary care providers’ recruitment and retention: a discrete choice experiment. Health Policy and Planning 2013;1–10 doi:10.1093/heapol/czt098

Hung LM, Shi L, Wang H, Nie X and Meng Q*. Chinese primary care providers and motivating factors on performance. Family Practice 2013; 30:576–586,doi:10.1093/fampra/cmt026

Shi L, Huang H, Cheng G, Meng Q*. Time Trends And Determinants Of Pharmaceutical Expenditure In China (1990-2009). PharmacoEconomics, (2014) 32:257-264, DOI 10.1007/s40273-013-0072-3

Shi L, Huang L, Song K, Rane S, Tsai J, Sun X, Li H, Meng Q*. Chinese Primary Care Physicians and Work Attitudes. International Journal of Health Services, 2013;1:167-181

Hou Z, Van de Poel E, Van Doorslaer E, Yu B, Meng Q. Effects of NCMS coverage on access to care and financial protection in China. Health Econ. 2013. DOI: 10.1002/hec.2965.

Shi L, Song K, Rane S, Li H, Sun X, Meng Q*. Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction by Chinese Primary Care Providers. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 2013.2

Meng Q*, Zhang J, Yan F, et al. One country, two worlds: The health disparity in China. Global Public Health, 2012,3:1-13.

Liu J, Shi L, Meng Q, Khan M. Income-related inequality in health insurance coverage: Analysis of China health and nutrition survey of 2006 and 2009. International Journal for Equity in Health 2012, 11:42 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-42

Meng Q*, Yuan B, Jia L, Wang J, Yu B, Gao J, Garner P. Expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable groups: a systematic review of options. Health Policy Plan. 2011；26 (2): 93-104. Doi:10.1093/heapol/czq038

Rosenbaum S, Glenton C, Wiysonge C, Abalos E, Mignini L, Young T, Althabe F, Ciapponi A, Marti S, Meng Q, Wang J, et al. Evidence summaries tailored to health policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries. Bull World Health Organ 2011;89:54–61 | doi:10.2471/BLT.10.075481

Sun X,  Lucas H, Meng Q,  Zhang Y. Associations between living arrangements and health-related quality of life of urban elderly people: a study from China. Quality of Life Research 2010; DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9752-z

Meng Q*, Yuan B, Jia L, Wang J, Garner P. Outreach strategies for expanding health insurance coverage in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD008194. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008194.

Yu B, Meng Q, Collins C, Tolhurst R, Tang S, Yan F, Bogg L, Liu X.  How does the New Cooperative Medical Scheme influence health service utilization? A study in two provinces in rural China. BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:116

Yip W, Hsiao W, Meng Q, Chen W, Sun X. Realignment of incentives for health-care providers in China. The Lancet 2010;Vol 375 March 27, 1120-1130

Sun Q, Liu X, Meng Q, Shenglan Tang, Baorong Yu and Rachel Tolhurst. Evaluating the financial protection of patients with chronic disease by health insurance in rural China. International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8:42. doi:10.1186/1475-9276-8-42

Meng Q*, Yuan J, Jing L, Zhang J. Mobility of primary health workers in China. Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:24

Sun X, Rehnberg C, Meng Q. How are individual-level social capital and poverty associated with health equity? A study from two Chinese cities. International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8:2

Qian D, Pong R, Yin A, Nagarajan K and Meng Q. Determinants of health care demand in poor rural China: the case of Gansu Province. Health Policy and Planning 2009; 5: 1–11

Sun Q, Meng Q; Yip W, Yin X, Li H. DOT in rural China: experience from a case study in Shandong Province, China. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 12, Number 6, June 2008, pp. 625-630(6)

Sun Q, Santoro M, Meng Q, Caitlin Liu and Karen Eggleston. Pharmaceutical Policy In China. Health Affairs, 27, No. 4 (2008): 1042-1050

Tang S, Meng Q, Chen L, Bekedam H, Evans T, Whitehead M. Tackling the challenges to health equity in China. The Lancet 2008, Volume 372, Issue 9648, Pages 1493-1501

Karen Eggleston, Li Ling, Meng Q, Magnus Lindelow, Adam Wagstaff.  Health service delivery in China: a literature review，Health Economics 2007;2(17): 149-165

Lee DT, Yip WC, Chen Y, Meng Q, Kleinman A. Ethno-psychometric evaluation of the General Health Questionnaire in rural China. Psychol Med. 2006 Feb;36(2):249-55

Degeling P, Zhang K, Coyle B, Xu L, Meng Q, Qu J, Hill M. Clinicians and the governance of hospitals: A cross-cultural perspective on relations between profession and management. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Mar 29

Liu Y, Berman P, Yip W, Liang H, Meng Q, Qu J, Li Z. Health care in China: The role of non-government providers. Health Policy. 2006 Jul;77(2):212-20

Gang C, Tolhurst R, Li R, Meng Q, Tang S. Factors affecting delays in tuberculosis diagnosis in rural China: a case study in four counties in Shandong Province. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2005; 99:355—362

Meng Q*, Cheng G, Silver L, Sun X，Rehnberg C, and Tomson G. The impact of China's retail drug price control policy on hospital expenditures: a case study in two Shandong hospitals, Health Policy and Planning 2005; 20:185-196

Stephen J;Bian Y; Jumpa M; Meng Q; Nyazema N; Prakongsai P; Mills A. Dual job holding by public sector health professionals in highly resource constrained settings: problem or solution? Bulletin World Health Organization, October 2005, 771-776

Meng Q*, Li R, Cheng C, Blas E. Provision and financial burden of TB services in a financially decentralized system: A case study from Shandong, China. International Journal of Health Planning & Management 2004;19:S45-61

Meng Q*, Rhneberg C, Zhuang N, Bian Y, et al. The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: A case study from two cities in China. Health Policy 2004;68:197-209

Forbes I, Hindle D, Degeling P, Zhang K, Xu L, Meng Q, Wang J.  The effects of increased market competition on hospital services in Shandong and Henan Provinces. Aust Health Rev 2002;25(2):52-65

Meng Q*, Sun Q, and Hearst N. Exemption from hospital user charges in China. Health Policy and Planning, 2002;17(suppl 1):56-63.

Meng Q*, Liu X, and Shi J. Comparing the services and quality of private and public clinics in rural China. Health Policy and Planning, 2000;15( 4):349-356

Liu G, Liu X, Meng Q: Privatization of the medical market in socialist China: a historical approach. Health Policy 1994;(27):157 174.