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October 30, 2006
8th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry: Investing in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research
Location: Venice, Italy
Conference dates: 9-11 March 2007
Submission Deadline: 30 October 2006
Submissions are being accepted for the 8th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Investing in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research, Venice, Italy, March 9-11, 2007.
The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics (please visit the Journal at http://www.icmpe.org/ will publish the Abstracts selected for presentation at the 8th Venice Workshop in Vol. 10, Supplement 1, 2007.
Detailed information on the 8th Workshop and on the abstracts submission process is available at http://www.icmpe.org/test1/events/events.htm
Subject areas
The subject areas (not exhaustive) for the submission of abstracts of original research are listed below.
Burden of Mental and Addictive Disorders
- Burden of Illness / Cost of Illness Studies
- Costs of Psychiatric and Medical Comorbidities
- Family and Worksite Consequences
- Labor Market Impacts
Value of Psychiatric Treatments and Services Provision
- Cost-benefit, Cost-effectiveness, and Cost-utility Analysis of:
- Inpatient and Outpatient Services
- New Psychotropic Medications for Mental and Addictive Disorders
- Psychotherapy and Psychological Treatments
- Psychosocial Interventions
- Preventive Services
- The Value of Treatment Guidelines
- Cost-benefit, Cost-effectiveness, and Cost-utility Analysis of:
Financing Psychiatric Services and Treatments
- Analysis of Services for Mental and Addictive Disorders
- Public and Private Financing of Psychiatric Services
- Plinking Payment and Quality
- Contractual Arrangements and Financial Risks for Providers and Payers
- Parity in Financing Psychiatric and Medical Services
- Access to psychiatric services and treatments
- Reimbursements of services and pharmaceuticals
- Aging, Epidemiological Transition and Planning of Psychiatric Services
- Cost-Shifting Patterns between Psychiatric and Social Services
Financing Psychiatric and Social Services for Special Populations
- Financing Community Psychiatric Services for:
- Severe Mental and Addictive Disorders
- Deinstitutionalization of Long-term Institutionalized Individuals
- Young Severely Ill Patients
- Chronic Psychiatric Patients
- Medically Underserved Populations
- Minorities Health and Socioeconomic Disparities
- Financing Community Psychiatric Services for:
Rationing
- Management of Psychiatric Care
- Rationing Psychiatric Services
Moral Hazard and Cost-sharing
- Out-of-Pocket Expenditures and Financial Burden on Families
- Formularies
- Optimal Cost-Sharing Arrangements
Ethics and Perspectives
- Need, Demand and Medical Necessity
- Analysis of Perspectives and Behaviors (Patients, Families, Clinicians, Payers, Mental Health Services and Health Technology Providers, Managed Care Companies, Society)
- User Behavior
- Involuntary Commitment Policies and Practices
Mental Health Policy
- Mental Health Policy Formulation
- Analysis of Mental Health Policy Implementation
- Drug Reimbursement Policy Models
- Mental Health Policies in Different Regions of the World
Please direct questions regarding this Call for Papers to: Massimo Moscarelli, MD moscarelli@icmpe.org
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October 2006: Economics , Health Economics , Health Technology Assessment