HGPI ranked #17 amongst health policy think tanks around the world
date : 1/23/2014

The institute was ranked 17th amongst health policy think tanks worldwide by the University of Pennsylvania’s 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index in January 2014. The Institute has been in the ranking for five consecutive years amongst leading policy organizations including the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers, and the RAND Corporation,
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 over 1,900 experts from 120 countries around the world. The 2013 rankings present the results of the fourth such survey, which assessed a total of 6,826 organizations from 182 countries. For the full rankings in the field of health policy, please see below.
Top 20 Health Policy Think Tanks
1. Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (United Kingdom)
2. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) (United States)
3. RAND Corporation (United States)
4. Brookings Institution (United States)
5. Fraser Institute (Canada)
6. Council on Foreign Relations Global Health Program (United States)
7. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) (United States)
8. Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
9. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
10. Center for Studying Health Systems Change (HSC) (United States)
11. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
12. Civitas (United Kingdom)
13. FUNSALUD Centre for Health Policy (Mexico)
14. National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
15. Urban Institute (United States)
16. Cato Institute (United States)
17. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) (Japan)
18. Peterson Institute for International Economics (United States)
19. Phillips Center for Health and Well-Being (The Netherlands)
20. Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) (Ethiopia)
The full report is available at the link below. Health Policy is featured on page 62.
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