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July 23, 2008
Guidelines and Economists Network International (GENI) Half-Day Satellite Pre-Conference Session at ECHE Roma 2008
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 23 July 2008, 1pm to 5pm
Satellite Pre-Conference Session at the 7th European Conference on Health Economics: Rome July 2008
GENI was spearheaded at the European Health Economists Conference in 2006 with Terms of Reference to facilitate the effective integration of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs), economic & clinical evidence into national decision making and clinical practice in the health sector, especially hospitals and primary care.
The 2007 IHEA GENI Satellite Session in Denmark provided a broad international overview and assisted in synthesizing methodological issues and developing key priorities for GENI’s Masterplan, with input from a broad range of stakeholders including economists, governments, the WHO, World Bank and OECD.
The GENI Satellite session at the 7th European Conference on 23 July 08 will expedite international developments by considering the progress on implementing the GENI Master plan and provide an opportunity for further input and participation by a broad range of countries, especially European. Board members will finalise the establishment the GENI committees that will report to the GENI Board through further stakeholder participation and will review time lines for key deliverables. We seek to further facilitate our collaboration with other economists, WHO, OECD, World Bank and possibly the Gates Foundation and thereby achieve GENI’s key aims and objectives. There is no charge for participation in this Satellite Session.
GENI’s Board members: Prof Frans Rutten (Erasmus University, The Netherlands); Prof Michael Drummond (York University, NICE, UK); Dr Kathryn Antioch (Health Economics and Funding Reforms, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Monash University, Australia); Prof Louis Niessen (Erasmus University, The Netherlands and John Hopkins School of Public Health, USA) Dr William Lawrence (Agency for Health Care Research & Quality USA)
For further information contact: Dr Kathryn Antioch, kantioch@yahoo.com.au Ph 0400-446-132.
Weblinks for Satellite Session
Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics
Location: Roma, Italy
Dates: 23-26 July 2008
Venue: Faculty of Economics, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”
Theme: “Health Economics and Global Renaissance”
More information and Registration: http://www.echeroma2008.eu/
About the Faculty of Economics: The Faculty of Economics, University of Roma, Tor Vergata has got an approximate enrollment of 4,000 students. There is a library with more than 30 thousand catalogued monographs and over 2 thousand magazines and journals, a press office, a data processing center, a language lab, and a graduates’ work opportunity office which initiates a liaison between graduates and enterprises. The teaching, training and research activities are organized so they encourage an active and continuous student participation also via interaction with professors.
Conference Background: The present situation in the European economy is beset with problems of growth in an atmosphere of deep inequality; the latter being all the more accentuated and a source of concern when considering the delicate state of the global economy. As is universally recognised health is a fundamental component, if not the principle one, to further equitable and sustainable development. Not by chance, the majority of the health reforms in the nations of the old Europe dwell upon improvement of efficiency and of equity of their existing health service systems. While the health policies proposed have common features, they form an important part of the economic cultural and social contexts which are fundamentally different from one another: at the same time, it has been pointed out that there is a risk of some countries following routes which have already been demonstrated to be inefficient and/or inadequate by other health systems. The theme chosen for the ECHE Roma 2008 Conference raises the hope that health economics becomes the centre of a global process of renewal based on development stemming from new knowledge in the scientific field but also paying due attention to the experience and knowledge previously accumulated. No apology is made for parallel reference to the Renaissance which had its beginnings and its maximum splendor in Italy.
Our hope is that health economics will become ever more important for policy makers in the formulation their strategies, to the extent that (following the popular Roman tale) their hands may be confidently inserted into the Bocca della Verità , also present in our symbol, without fear of amputation at the wrist.
Conference themes and sections:
- Migration and health
- Health Insurance and methodological issues
- Economics in public health
- Economics of prevention
- Pharmaceutical economics
- Economic evaluation
- Mediterranean countries health systems
- Equity and health
- Efficiency of health care
- Welfare and welfarism
- Organizational models for health assistance
For all sections papers dealing with benchmarking across countries, regions and types of providers and payer systems are especially welcome.
Who should attend? The conference is of interest to a variety of groups and professionals within the larger industry of healthcare and healthcare delivery. These groups include medical and healthcare practitioners, researchers, academics, manufacturers, jurists, regulators, and consultants involved in all the phases of development, delivery, evaluation, risk management, research or teaching of healthcare services and of healthcare technologies management.
Included in this list, are also the manufacturers of medical instruments and healthcare equipment/ devices; pharmaceutical companies; biotechnology companies; providers of information and telecommunication technology for healthcare delivery; regulatory agencies; medical and healthcare professional groups and associations; insurance and other financial companies involved in healthcare; and faculty and students in programs in healthcare management, technology, policy, strategy, economics, and ethics.
Key Dates
- Deadline submission of abstract: 15 January 2008 (now closed)
- Notification: 1 March 2008
- Deadline submission of full paper: 16 June 2008
- Early bird registration: 15 February 2008
Proceedings and Publication: All the papers and posters will be published in the Conference Proceedings and in a CD-ROM distributed at the conference to all conference participants who register for the conference. In addition, a book based on papers presented at the Conference is also planned.
Contact: For additional information, please visit http://www.echeroma2008.eu/ or contact the conference coordinators at: f.mennini@uniroma2.it; spandonaro@economia.uniroma2.it and a.donia@uniroma2.it. Please send any abstract submissions to eche@healtheconomics.org