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October 19, 2007
Priorities and Equity in Health Care Policy: 12th Annual Conference of the Italian Health Economics Association (AIES)
Location: Florence, Italy
Venue: University of Florence - Faculty of Economics
Conference dates: 18-19 October 2007
Scientific Commitee
- Stefania Lorenzini, IRPET: lorenzini@irpet.it
- Cristina Ugolini, University of Bologna: cristina.ugolini@unibo.it
- Mario Del Vecchio, University of Florence and CERGAS–University Bocconi Milan: mario.delvecchio@uni-bocconi.it
- Cesare Cislaghi, Regional Health Care Agency-Tuscany and University of Milan: cesare.cislaghi@arsanita.toscana.it
Organization and Conference Secretariat
- Lucia Dalla Villa: dallavilla@irpet.it
- Grazia Cadeddu: cadeddu@irpet.it
IRPET, Via La Farina, 27, 50132, Florence - Italy
Phone: +39 055 57411 Fax: +39 055 574155
The theme of the Conference – Priorities and Equity in Health Care Policy - may be faced both with theoretical and empirical papers pertaining either to Italian or foreign experiences. Some examples of topics that fit the Conference targets include:
- Basic levels of public health care: definition, consistency, impact on management
- Funding and resource allocation at regional and local level: criteria, methods and effects
- Determinants of health needs: macroeconomic effects and scope for public intervention
- Relevance of ethical and economic values in defining priorities and management choices
- Costs of unappropriate care: analysis and intervention strategies
- Inequalities in health and access conditions, equity in health care delivery and finance
- Policy options for reducing inequalities and promoting equity
- Models, tools and experiences of measurement of equity and quality in health care
- Responsibility of health care management in pursuing equity
A limited number of papers not specifically pertaining to the Conference theme will be admitted for discussion in one ore more free sessions.
Some sessions in English language will be organized. The languages of the conference are English and Italian (with no simultaneous translation).
All information on the Conference will be published on AIES website: http://www.aiesweb.it
