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June 10, 2011
Call for Abstracts: Health System Reform in Asia Conference
Location: Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Dates: December 9 - 12, 2011
Abstract submission deadline: Friday 10th June 2011
Health System Reform in Asia is a new conference, in association with Social Science and Medicine - the world’s most cited social science journal. It is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the health system reforms Asian countries have adopted, or are considering, during rapid economic, social, demographic and epidemiologic change in the region.
Comparisons of reform experiences within and outside Asia are particularly encouraged. The conference welcomes empirical examinations of health outcomes, social, economic and political analyses as well as theoretical and philosophical contributions on these themes. The conference is sponsored and hosted by Social Science and Medicine - the world’s most cited social science journal.
Topic List
- Governance and regulation
- Financing and payment arrangements
- Service delivery, quality assurance and and organisation of care
- Knowledge management for policy; policy capacity and policy process
- Monitoring, evaluating and researching the impact of reform
- Health workforce development
- Medical pluralism and mainstreaming of traditional healthcare
- Health access and improvement particularly for vulnerable populations and equity impact
- Aid management and the role of donors in health sector reform
- Consumer and community participation
- Use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs); innovation and e-health
- Emerging ecological, social and epidemiological challenges (inc. chronic illness)
- Risk reduction and illness prevention
