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September 25, 2008
The 14th NIMH Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health: Toward Building a High Performance Mental Health System
Location: Rockville, Maryland, USA
Dates: September 25-26, 2008
Venue: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
The National Institute of Mental Health is pleased to announce “The 14th NIMH Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health: Toward Building a High Performance Mental Health System.”
The biennial economics conferences are an integral part of the dissemination and research portfolio development activities of the Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR) of NIMH. These scientific conferences are convened exclusively for presentation and discussion of original, rigorous and innovative technical research papers in mental health economics.
This year the theme of the conference is building a high performance mental health system. Improving the efficiency of mental health care is an important policy goal, and can lead to higher quality of care and improved clinical outcomes.
Program Committee:
- Douglas Leslie, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Medical University of South Carolina
- Agnes Rupp, Ph.D., Co-Chair, NIMH/NIH
- Anirban Basu, Ph.D., University of Chicago
- Benjamin Druss, M.D., M.P.H., Emory University
- Susan Ettner, Ph.D., UCLA
- E. Michael Foster, Ph.D., UNC
For more information and to register for the conference, please visit: http://econnimh.dgimeetingsupport.com/Home.aspx.
