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

• 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

• 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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The Global Development Network announces its latest call-for-proposals for its Fifth Global Research Project:

“Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia”

This 3 year USD 5.9 million project involves conducting extensive international standard impact evaluations and cost-effectiveness analyses of both about-to-be-launched and ongoing health and health-related programs from the developing and transition world.

Submissions are invited from researchers, NGOs, private sector organizations or governments, from and/or operating in developing and transition countries.

Who can apply?

Researchers can apply as independent evaluators of programs; managers of NGO programs, private sector managed development programs and government programs can submit applications for high-quality evaluations of projects they implement in health and related fields.

Why apply?

Researchers who apply will receive funds for conducting an international standard impact evaluation research project and will benefit from high-quality mentoring and interaction with international experts, networking with researchers from around the world, and development of program evaluation skills and expertise in best-practice impact evaluation techniques.

Program managers who apply will benefit through marketable and publishable international standard evaluations with credible results that can be confidently presented to donors. GDN will also promote the most promising programs with international donors and policymakers to facilitate fund raising.

The last date for submissions is October 31, 2006

Detailed call for proposals and guidelines for submission

The Canadian High Commission and the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK are pleased to announce the 2006-08 competition under the Sustained Studies in Contemporary Canadian Issues Programme.

The competition is open to scholars at UK universities and other degree-granting institutions. Applications will be accepted from teams of at least three scholars either from within the same UK institution or from different institutions.

The four broad research themes for which applications are invited are:

1. Healthcare Reform in Canada and the UK
2. Managing Social Diversity in Canada and the UK
3. Electoral Reform in Canada and the UK
4. Energy Security in Canada and the UK

The value of the grant is up to a maximum of £7000 per year for two years. One grant will be made for the 2006-08 competition; unsuccessful bidders may have a chance to bid for the same topic in a subsequent round. The deadline for receiving applications at Canada House is 1 November 2006. First payment to a successful bidder will be made in December 2006.

To request the guidelines and an application form, please e-mail Dr William Lawton at william.lawton@international.gc.ca

Individual abstract and session submission opens September 15, 2006 and ends November 15, 2006.

Proposal intake for individual abstracts and session proposals (abstract-based or panel) will be done online (no emailed submissions will be accepted).

Disclosure of funding sources for the session as well as other potential conflicts of interest will be required for both individual abstracts and session proposals. If the material has already been presented or published elsewhere we will ask that you include this in the disclosure step.

Individual Abstracts

Individual abstracts may be up to 500 words in length on any topic in health economics. Individual abstracts will be subject to blinded review by three separate reviewers. Please ensure that you do not include any author details within the abstract text. Detailed instructions will be available at:

http://www.healtheconomics.org/congress/2007/submissions/

Session Proposals

Submission of session proposals will include uploading a detailed written proposal. Please see our session examples for guidance in developing your session proposal. Submitted organized session proposals are peer-reviewed by three separate reviewers as a complete package. Prior professional activities of session participants are criteria for acceptance and thus this review is not blinded. Individual abstracts from proposals not accepted in the organized session intake will be entered in a repêchage peer-review that is blinded.

Please contact us if you have any questions about how to submit your session. Individual abstracts and session proposals will not be considered after the closing date without permission from iHEA.

Submission Deadline: 15 November 2006

Templates

Submission templates in MS Word format are available at:

http://www.healtheconomics.org/congress/2007/submissions/

More information

• Abstract and Session Submissions & Examples
• Important Dates & Deadlines
• Registration Rates for Members and Non-Members
• Pre-Conference Session Rates
• Refunds
• Scholarships
  • Developing Country Presenters
  • Students
• Visa Requirements
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
• Official Airline Network

For further details please visit: the 6th World Congress Conference site

Venue: University of Athens (30 Panepistimiou Street)

The University of Athens (School of Law, Economics and Political Science) in collaboration with the Health Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organize their 6th International Conference in Athens, Greece, June 7-8, 2007. The conference website is http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Health.htm

The registration fee will be O300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a Greek Night with live music and a one-day cruise to picturesque Greek Islands will be organized.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of health economics, management and policy. Special Sessions will be devoted to Equity and Poverty in Health, Pharmaceutical Economics, Quality of Life, Economic Evaluation, Health Care Reforms, Social Security, School Health Programs, and Health Related Business.

Selected (reviewed) papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings.

Please submit a 300-word abstract (by email) by November 19th, 2006 to:

Dr. John Yfantopoulos, Professor,
School of Law, Economics and Political Science,
University of Athens, and Head of the Health Research Unit of ATINER,
8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki,
10671 Athens, Greece

Tel.: + 30 210 363-4210
Fax: + 30 210 3634209

Email: health@atiner.gr
URL: http://www.atiner.gr/

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), Director, ATINER.

Abstract submission deadline: 22 November 2006

Venue: W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University

The Eighteenth Annual Health Economics Conference will take place March 16-17, 2007, hosted by the School of Health Management and Policy (SHMP) in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The purpose of this invitational conference is to facilitate discussion of the latest health economics research among a relatively small group of economists.

Nobel Laureate Edward Prescott will present a keynote address. Papers will be chosen for their originality and timeliness. All conference lunches and dinners for presenters and discussants will be covered by SHMP. Other expenses, including transportation, are the participant’s responsibility.

If you would like to present a paper at this invitational conference, please submit an abstract (maximum two pages) by November 22, 2006, as an e-mail attachment (pdf preferred) to ahec@asu.edu. Please include “Health Economics Conference” in the subject line. Submitted papers should be unpublished.

Decisions on accepted abstracts will be made by December 17, 2006 and completed papers must be received by the conference organizers by February 5, 2007.

Additional information will be provided online. For further questions, please contact Jonathan Ketcham (480-965-5507, ketcham@asu.edu) or Marjorie Baldwin (480-965-7868, marjorie.baldwin@asu.edu).

Deadline for Submission: 15 January 2007

Conference Website: http://bioethics.lumc.edu/news/Latino%20Health%202007.htm

Send Abstracts to Laura Bartosik, e-mail: lbartosik@lumc.edu

The Loyola University Chicago Public Health Action Project conference is seeking proposals for posters to be presented at this unique conference. All topics related to the health of the Latino population in the United States, barriers to effective health care and health promotion, and strategies for improving health status and access to health care will be considered. Related issues such as the health-related impacts of immigration status and the potential impact of proposed immigration reforms are also of interest.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Graduate School and Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University Chicago (LUC). The program is being developed in collaboration with the community leaders and advocates for the well being of the Latino community.