HGPI ranked in the top 15 think tanks worldwide in the field of health policy
date : 1/23/2012
The institute has been ranked in the top 15 think tanks worldwide in the field of health policy, according to the “2011 Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings” announced by the University of Pennsylvania in January 2012. Among such leading American organizations as Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health (ranked 1st), Brookings Institutions (2nd), and American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (3rd), the Institute has been in ranking for three consecutive years.
The survey was started by Dr. James G. Mcgann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and is based on research conducted by around 1,500 scholars, policymakers, journalists and regional experts around the world. The 2011 Rankings present the results of the fourth such survey, with a total of 6,545 organizations from 182 countries being assessed. For the full rankings in the field of Health Policy, please see below.
“Top 15 Health Policy Think Tanks”
1. Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health –
United States
2. Brookings Institutions – United States
3. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) –
United States
4. RAND Corporation – United States
5. Urban Institute – United States
6. Cato Institute – United States
7. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) – United States
8. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) – United States
9. Fraser Institute – Canada
10. Council on Foreign Relations Global Health Program – United States
11. Civitas – United States
12. Center for Global Development (CGD) – United States
13. National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) – United States
14. African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) – Kenya
15. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) – Japan
■The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World *Page46
The survey was started by Dr. James G. Mcgann, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and is based on research conducted by around 1,500 scholars, policymakers, journalists and regional experts around the world. The 2011 Rankings present the results of the fourth such survey, with a total of 6,545 organizations from 182 countries being assessed. For the full rankings in the field of Health Policy, please see below.
“Top 15 Health Policy Think Tanks”
1. Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health –
United States
2. Brookings Institutions – United States
3. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) –
United States
4. RAND Corporation – United States
5. Urban Institute – United States
6. Cato Institute – United States
7. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) – United States
8. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) – United States
9. Fraser Institute – Canada
10. Council on Foreign Relations Global Health Program – United States
11. Civitas – United States
12. Center for Global Development (CGD) – United States
13. National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) – United States
14. African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) – Kenya
15. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) – Japan
■The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World *Page46
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