Evaluation
March 5, 2011
Valuing Lives - A Conference on Ethics in Health and the Environment
Location: New York, New York, USA
Venue: New York University
Date: March 5, 2011
Abstract submission deadline: November 1, 2010
Call for papers and other information can be found at http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/object/Bioethics.valuinglives
Questions? email sachs@nyu.edu
Various policy issues in environmental and health-related matters force policymakers to trade human lives against other values. We seek to bring together scholars from philosophy, law and economics for a one-day conference to discuss whether and how this can be done in a morally permissible manner. The conference will feature original, unpublished papers of high quality.
March 8, 2011
An Introduction to Measuring Efficiency in Public Sector Organisations: Analytical techniques and policy
Location: York, UK
Dates: 8th to 11th March 2011
Full details, including online registration: http://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/short/measuring-efficiency/
- This four-day course will be held at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK, on 8th to 11th March 2011.
- Presenters: Chris Bojke, Adriana Castelli, Silvio Daidone, Rowena Jacobs and Andrew Street.
- Learn the techniques and applications for stochastic frontier analysis and data envelopment analysis: advanced tools for measuring relative efficiency in the public service sector.
- Appropriate content for researchers, analysts in central and local government, and PhD students.
This intensive workshop will provide an introduction to the use of techniques for measuring the relative efficiency of public sector organisations. The two measurement tools concentrated on will be Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), which is a form of econometric model, and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is a form of linear optimisation.
Areas to be covered include:
- the context and purpose of productivity and efficiency measurement;
- the economic theories underpinning efficiency measurement techniques;
- how to conduct analysis;
- the similarities and differences between techniques and;
- the interpretation and application of results to support policy objectives.
The workshop will introduce participants to computer software (including Limdep, Stata, DEAP, and Frontier Analyst) with which they will be able to apply the techniques to data during practical sessions. Throughout the workshop there will be a strong focus on the policy interest in these techniques.
The presenters have worked extensively in this area and will guide participants through the potential pitfalls of measuring efficiency using case studies and practical examples.
http://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/short/measuring-efficiency/
Contact:
Gillian Robinson
Workshop Administrator: Intro to Measuring Efficiency
Centre for Health Economics
Alcuin A Block
University of York
York, UK, YO10 5DD
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 321436
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 321454
Workshop: http://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/short/measuring-efficiency/
Email: gillian.robinson@york.ac.uk
Disclaimer: http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm
March 11, 2011
18th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI)
Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
Dates: July 11-14, 2011
RAND is pleased to announce the 18th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI), which will take place in Santa Monica, CA, July 11-14, 2011. The RSI consists of two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: a Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (July 11-12) and a workshop on the Demography, Economics and Epidemiology of Aging (July 13-14). The primary aim of the RSI is to expose scholars interested in the study of aging to a wide range of research being conducted in fields beyond their own specialties.
The Mini-Med School focuses on biomedical issues relating to aging and should be of interest to all non-medically trained scholars regardless of background. Topics will be drawn from the diverse fields of biomedicine, including biology, genetics, patient care, psychiatry, and other areas. Expert clinicians and researchers will provide participants with insight into the science of aging and a greater understanding of relevant medical issues.
The Workshop on Aging is targeted to pre- and post-doctoral students and
junior faculty, and to more senior researchers new to aging research.
It will consist of four half-day sessions with topics drawn from
research areas in the social sciences, including discussions of savings,
disability, and quality of life issues. In each session, leading experts
will discuss the state of the literature, integrating results from their
own research and supplementing these overviews with more detailed
analyses of specific topics.
We invite all interested researchers to apply to attend the 2011 RSI. Applicants may apply for fellowship support to pay for registration, travel, and accommodations. Both the Mini-Med School and the workshop are described more fully at our web site: http://www.rand.org/labor/aging/rsi/. For additional information, please contact Diana Malouf malouf@rand.org. RSI is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health. RAND is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
March 14, 2011
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Market Access in Germany after Major Pricing and Reimbursement Reform Understanding the regulatory impact and demonstrating value to today's new stakeholders in Europe's most significant market
Location: Berlin, Germany
Conference Dates: March 14-15th, 2011
Unlike other general market access meetings, this event will purely focus on the large and globally significant German market and healthcare system, about to undertake immense change. The focused topics and presented by thought-leaders, will guarantee that all participants are exposed to beneficial information and experiences which can increase their chances to achieve market and patient access goals in a dynamic, mature pharmaceutical marketplace, central to global pricing strategy.
Why Attend?
- Focus on the unique and largest European market, that is central to global pricing strategy.
- Evaluate how pricing and reimbursement will be affected under the imminent AMNOG pricing and reimbursement reforms.
- Hear policy makers’ and payers’ views, initiatives and incentives on how the system will work in practice.
- Learn how innovation will be measured and rewarded in Germany from 2011 onwards.
- Understand all stakeholders’ roles in the decision making process in the new healthcare reform.
- Find out more about the implementation of new contracting options in Germany and their affect on pricing, market access and competition.
- Learn how to overcome pricing challenges and market access delays in niche markets.
- Network with key decision makers who are the first to implement this significant reform.
Who will benefit
- Pharmaceutical and Medical devices companies:
- Global, European and German Vice-Presidents, Directors, Managers involved in:
- Pricing and Reimbursement, Health Economics and Outcomes, Government and Stakeholder Relations, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Therapy Area Heads, Market Access, Country Managers
- Solution providers and consultants:
- CEOs, Business Development, Senior Consultants, Regional Heads Independent Academics, Health Economists, Government Officials, Public and Private Healthcare Providers, Senior Doctors, and Patient Representatives.
Agenda request
To request the full agenda please click here
For Booking Information contact:
Erika Vavrovicova
Tel: +421 232 660 382
Fax: +421 2 3301 0331
Email: erika@nextlevelpharma.com
Visit: http://www.nextlevelpharma.com
March 14, 2011: Pharmaceuticals
March 15, 2011
Call for Papers: 10th Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference in Public Economics
Location: Marseille, France
Dates: June 20-21-22, 2011
Submission deadline: March, 15 th 2011
More information: http://www.idep-fr.org
The tenth edition of the Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet will take place in Marseille on June 20-21-22, 2011
Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public econom- ics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-Andre Gerard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.
The Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics:
- Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.)
- Local Public Economics and Geographical Economics
- Fiscal Federalism
- Provision of public goods
- Externalities
- Political Economy
- Auctions and public markets
- Regulation of firms
- Law and economics
- Environment
- Health Economics
- Education
- Normative foundation of public intervention and Social Choice
- Economic Inequalities
- Macroeconomic policy and growth
For its 10th edition, the conference will hold a special memorial day devoted to Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet.
The program will as usual consist in both contributed papers and keynote lectures. Two of the keynote lectures will be given this year by:
- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Nobel Laureate
- Emmanuel Saez, University of Berkeley.
The contributed papers will be selected out of the submissions received. These submissions, which should at least take the form of a four pages abstract or, much preferably, of a version of the complete paper, must be received no later than March, 15 th 2011 by the scientific committee. A decision will be communicated to submitters no latter than April, 15th 2011.
Submissions may be uploaded on the IDEP website http://www.idep-fr.org that will be open on November 15th
Contact: Prof. Nicolas Gravel nicolas.gravel@univmed.fr Idep/Greqam, 2 rue de la Charite, F-13236 Marseille cedex 2
March 15, 2011: Health Economics
Second Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA)
Location: Dakar, Senegal, Africa
Dates: 15th to 19th March 2011
Abstract Deadline: 31 August 2010
We call on all African health economists and health policy analysts or those working in Africa or on research of relevance to Africa to submit abstracts for the Second Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), which will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 15th to 19th March 2011. The overall theme of this conference is “Toward universal health coverage in Africa”. Universal coverage is understood to mean providing financial protection against health care costs for all as well as ensuring access to needed health care for all.
Abstracts must be submitted by 31 August 2010 to john.ataguba@uct.ac.za and copied to afhea08@gmail.com. They will be reviewed by the AfHEA conference Scientific Committee, which includes representatives from a wide range of African countries and is chaired by Prof. Di McIntyre of the University of Cape Town. Those submitting abstracts will be informed of the outcome by the end of October 2010.
March 15, 2011: Health Communications , Health Policy
Call for Abstracts: The 10th Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference in Public Economics
Location: Marseille (France)
Dates: June, 20-22 2011
Submission deadline: March, 15th 2011
The tenth edition of the Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet will take place in Marseille on June 20-21-22, 2011.
Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public econom-ics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-Andre Gerard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.
Organized by Institut D’Economie Publique - IDEP / Institute for Public Economics http://www.idep-fr.org
Two of the keynote lectures will be given this year by:
Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Nobel Laureate 2007
Emmanuel Saez, University of Berkeley
Contact: Prof. Nicolas Gravel, nicolas.gravel@univmed.fr
March 15, 2011: Health Economics
March 16, 2011
International Healthcare Payers and HTA Summit Managing a Limited Budget for Expensive Medicines Whilst Encouraging Innovation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Conference Dates: March 16-17th, 2011
This meeting will provide an ideal opportunity for “payers” and other decision makers from both public and private organisations, to benchmark with peers internationally. Attendees will be able to understand and develop best practice approaches to such vital and common challenges, with the ultimate goal of encouraging innovation and improving patient access to novel and powerful medications.
Payers and HTAs - Why attend?
- Benchmark and network with payers, HTA’s, insurers, health departments from around the world who are facing the same challenges: restricted budgets, limited evidence, the need to find savings and pressure to increase health outcomes without massive budget impact.
- Understand the latest developments and methodologies to improve HTA to enable smarter, faster decision making on innovative drugs.
- Find out other ways to cut costs, such as improving prescriber guidance and incentives, enhancing patient adherence to avoid wastage and raise outcomes.
- Work out how to improve communication with the pharma industry and improve pre and post approval scientific guidance, to obtain the most-relevant, accurate data that you need to help you make the right decisions.
- Have your say! Be part of a personal, interactive environment and the chance to help lead the debate on issues crucial to the future of healthcare and patient access.
- Gain an insight into the future of healthcare and regulatory harmonization at the local, national, regional and global level, and discover what could be the models of the future.
- Learn why the global drug development, pricing and reimbursement systems are unsustainable and put forward your ideas in terms of possible solutions.
Who will benefit?
Primarily: Senior representatives from health plans and insurers, payers, health technology assessors, hospital financial management, government and health ministry officials, health management and managed care organizations.
Stakeholders: Regulatory agencies, key-opinion-leaders, independent health economists and academics, physicians, patient groups and other key stakeholders.
Industry: A strictly limited number of senior pharmaceutical industry representatives.
Agenda request
To request the full agenda please click here
For Booking Information contact:
Erika Vavrovicova
Tel: +421 232 660 382
Fax: +421 2 3301 0331
Email: erika@nextlevelpharma.com
Visit: http://www.nextlevelpharma.com
March 16, 2011: Health Technology Assessment , Pharmaceuticals
March 17, 2011
Healthcare in Europe: Transforming policy, systems and funding
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Dates: March 17th 2011
Organised by Economist Conferences, Healthcare in Europe will bring together influential healthcare stakeholders from government, providers, suppliers and patient groups to confront and explore key issues around healthcare reform. You’ll be able to participate in interactive brainstorming sessions, hear cutting-edge case studies, and hear from a range of inspiring speakers.
- Paula Risikko, Minister for Health and Social Services, Government of Finland
- Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director, Europe, World Health Organization
- Axel Wehmeier, Senior Vice-president, Strategic Market Health Care, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Jaak Peeters, Chairman, EMEA, Janssen
- Joanna Groves, Chief Executive Officer, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations
For the full speaker line-up visit http://www.economistconferences.com/healthcare
Special iHEA members discount
iHEA members can take advantage of a 15% discount when booking. To reserve your place, visit http://www.economistconferences.com/healthcare, quoting code: IHEA/DC when registering.
March 20, 2011
Call for Papers: CEF.UP and NIPE Workshop LEED 2011: Economic analysis using linked employer and employee data: bringing together theory and empirics
Location: Porto, Portugal
Venue: Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Dates: 16-17 June, 2011
Submission deadline: March 20, 2011
CEF.UP and NIPE are jointly organizing a Workshop on recent research developments based on LEED. We aim to promote the interaction of researchers within this community by creating a forum for the discussion of applied and theoretical contributions in economics and the role of LEED in opening new research paths. The event will count with the participation of John M. Abowd,Francis Kramarz and Jean-Marc Robin as invited lectures.
This event celebrates the decision to make the Portuguese LEED, Quadros de Pessoal, fully accessible to the academic community.Quadros de Pessoal is internationally renowned as one of the richest data sets on product and labour markets, with detailed and comprehensive information on workers and firms.
We encourage researchers using LEED, including PhD students, to submit a related paper to this Workshop. The deadline for paper submission is March 20, 2011. Applicants will be notified about the status of their submissions by April 15, 2011.
All correspondence should be addressed to Ana Bonanca, leed_workshop@fep.up.pt. For further information please visit our website at
http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/cef.up/workshopleed2011/
March 20, 2011: Evaluation , Health Research
March 25, 2011
10th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Policy and Economics
Location: Venice, Italy
Conference dates: 25-27 March 2011
Submission Deadline: 30 October 2010
Submissions of Abstracts are being accepted for the 10th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Policy and Economics, Venice, Italy, March 25-27, 2011.
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 10th Venice Workshop in Vol. 14, Supplement 1, 2011.
Detailed information on the 10th 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
Economic 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
Financing Psychiatric Services and Treatments
- Analysis of Services for Mental and Addictive Disorders
- Public and Private Financing of Psychiatric Services
- Contractual Arrangements and Financial Risks for Providers and Payers
- Parity in Financing Psychiatric and Medical Services
- Innovative Payment Methods
- Access to psychiatric services and treatments
- Reimbursements of services and pharmaceuticals
- Aging, Epidemiological Transition and Planning ofPsychiatric 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
- Peer Support among Subjects with Severe Mental Illness
- Housing
Rationing
- Management of Psychiatric Care
- Rationing Psychiatric Services, Burden on Families and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures
- Formularies
- Cost-Shifting Patterns between Psychiatric and Social Services
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
- “Recovery” Oriented Models
Outcomes Analysis
Clinical Measures:
- Diagnosis, Symptoms, Disabilities, Quality of Life
- Treatment Side-effects
- Disorder-specific and General Health Measures
Social Measures:
- Social Activity Measures
- Productivity Measures
Utility Measures:
- Utility Measures of Disease-specific and General Health States and Disabilities
- Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO)
- Patient Subjective Usefulness and Preferences of Outcomes and Interventions
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)
- Moral Hazard
- Involuntary Commitment Policies and Practices
- Civil Rights
Please direct questions regarding this Call for Papers to:
Massimo Moscarelli, MD moscarelli@icmpe.org
Secretariat
International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics
ICMPE
Via Daniele Crespi 7 20123 Milan Italy
FAX +39-02-5810 6901
E-mail: info@icmpe.org
Website: http://www.icmpe.org/
Call for Abstracts: International Society for Equity in Health 6th International Conference: Making Policy a Health Equity Building Process
Location: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Dates: September 26-28, 2011
Equity is an important issue to champion for, and is far for been overcome by governments, international or global institution, or academia. However nobody disagrees with it because is too broad. We would like to provide more detail, be more specific and, at the same time, offer a multi disciplinary look. Following this, we intend to “qualify” equity, defining a series of key topics:
- Inequity in access to essential drugs
- Inequity in access to high cost treatments
- Inequity in access to primary health care
- Inequity in the process of health care provision
- Sexual and reproductive health and equity
- Financially catastrophic out of pocket expenditures in health
- Community Participants and health equity
- Quality assurance and its impact to equity
- Communication campaigns, advocacy and health
- Equity to care in different health systems and the impact on equity of Health reforms (decentralization, primary health care strategies, georeference).
- Impact evaluation of health programs and health promotion interventions
- Environment, water, sanitation and inequity in health status and treatment
Equity is not only a research issue. It requires an interdisciplinary approach and a research and policy partnership showing clear experiences about how to reach equity in health. Therefore, we identify certain arenas where research and policymaking interact:
- Political economy of health reforms
- Program evaluation
- Governance
Important Dates and Deadlines:
Organized Session Submission Deadline: Mar 4 Organized Session Selections Announced: Apr 4 Individual Abstract Submission Deadline: Mar 25 Early Bird Registration Deadline: Apr 15 Individual Abstract Selections Announced: Apr 25 Draft Program Posted: May 25 Participant Registration Deadline (Presenter/Chair/Discussant): Jul 15
Call For Submissions
All participants are invited to submit an abstract for symposia and/or oral and/or poster presentations to abstracts@iseqh.org. It is not necessary to be a member of the International Society for Equity in Health to submit an abstract. Members of the Scientific Program Committee will review abstracts. All accepted abstracts would be published in a program and abstract book.
For more information please visit our site on http://www.iseqh.org
April 4, 2011
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress
Location: National Harbor, Maryland, USA
Venue: The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
Dates: April 4-6, 2011
Website: http://www.worldhealthcarecongress.com
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) is World Congress’ flagship event in which over 1,800 health care, government and corporate leaders formulate solutions to the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. In response to demands from the nation’s largest providers, payers and employers, the 8th Annual WHCC convenes the major sectors in health care to determine actionable goals and implementation strategies to demonstrate quality, consumer choice, cost-effectiveness and transparency. Thought leaders engage in debates, present case studies and share best practices from all industry sectors including leading employers, CMS officials, insurers/payers, health system and hospital providers, pharmaceutical and biotech executives, academics, analysts and government officials.
Through hard hitting keynotes and 10 targeted summits, WHCC delivers:
- Unparalleled speaker faculty of over 250 nationally recognized thought leaders
- Most critical and timely program agenda
- Over 130 members of the press
- Networking opportunities with leaders from all sectors including Health Plans, providers, employers government, pharma, biotech, medical devices and academia
- Best Practices from the World’s Innovators including delegations from over 30 countries and growing!
April 13, 2011
The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Venue: Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Dates: 13-14 April, 2011
Website: http://www.worldcongress.com/europe
As the leading European event on health care business innovation, The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress—Europe is the only major international forum that convenes over 500 leaders from all sectors of health care to share the best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. The 2011 Congress will feature the top industry influencers including health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health care industry suppliers.
Key Emerging Themes and Markets Include:
- The Pan-European Financial Crisis and the Impact on Health Care Systems
- Front Line Health Care: Vision and Strategy 2020
- Innovations in Financing Health Care and Health Insurance
- New Models for Cross-Border Services: Developments in Patient Mobility and Financing
- Privatization of Health Care In Europe: Strategies For Delivering Patient-Centred Care
- Re-Aligning Market Forces To Foster Innovation
- Successful Patient-Centred eHealth Deployment: Sustainable Telemedicine Models to Ensure Quality and Control Costs
- Building Strategic Public-Private Partnerships Towards Sustainable Health Care
- Aligning Incentives forAll Health Care Stakeholders:DevelopingModels for Shared Goals, Improved Quality, and Cost Effective Care
- Quality and Care Delivery Re-Design Solutions
- Models to Manage Major and Chronic Diseases
- Strategies for Health Financing and Funding
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Direct, Indirect and Mixed Treatment Evidence
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Venue: University of Glasgow
Dates: 13th-15th April 2011
The Health Economics Appraisals Team (HEAT) at the University of Glasgow are pleased to announce a three day course on conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Through a series of lectures and hands-on workshops (using Stata and WinBUGS), this course will cover the principles and practice of conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of a variety of measures of treatment effects. In addition, participants will learn the important aspects of network meta-analysis, going beyond traditional pairwise techniques when comparing multiple treatment options.
The course is suitable for clinicians, health service researchers and other healthcare professionals who are involved in systematic reviews and meta-analyses as a piece of independent work or an integral part of a health technology assessment.
Participants should have knowledge of basic medical statistics. A basic appreciation of research design would be helpful, as would basic knowledge of Stata and WinBUGS. A one day introduction to Stata is available on 12 April for those less familiar with the software.
More information can be found on the course webpage see http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/hehta/
Further details and booking information are available from the HEAT administrator: heat@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
April 16, 2011
Call for papers: 32nd Nordic Health Economists' Study Group meeting (NHESG)
Location: Odense, Denmark
Dates: 17th -19th August 2011
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th April 2011
We are pleased to invite you to the 32nd Nordic Health Economists’ Study Group meeting (NHESG)!
This year’s meeting will take place between the 17th and 19th of August at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense
Papers on all topics within health economics are welcome. The submitted papers can be reports on completed studies or work in progress.
The conference language is English.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the meeting, please submit a title and an abstract (up to 250 words) of the proposed content, with some indication as to the nature of the piece and techniques expected to be used (e.g., econometrics, theoretical modeling, economic evaluation, etc.).
The deadline for abstracts is April 16th.
Please submit your abstract by email if possible, as text in the body of the email message (not as attachment). Abstracts will be available on the conference website to allow for a more informed choice for those interested in discussing a paper.
The deadline for full papers will be June 23rd.
Please note: The deadline will be strictly enforced - papers not submitted in time will be considered withdrawn from the conference. To make the full use of the electronic media, we will make it possible for all the participants to download submitted papers from the conference website. However, access to papers will be restricted to participants at the meeting (a password will be distributed).
You can also participate without presenting a paper.
If the numbers of papers submitted exceeds the number of slots, the following selection criteria will apply:
- Work-in-progress papers and those at an early stage are particularly welcome.
- Authors, or set of authors (but not institutions or units) may be restricted to one paper.
A final selection will be made by a scientific committee.
Kindly pass the information about the meeting on to any colleagues who might be interested. We apologize for double postings.
Please send abstracts, enquiries, etc. to: nhesg@sam.sdu.dk
Christian Kronborg, Jorgen Lauridsen, Terkel Christiansen, Helle Moller Jensen, conference organizers.
April 16, 2011: Health Economics , Meeting
May 6, 2011
Call for Papers: The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
Dates: October 23 - 26, 2011
Abstract submission deadline: May 6, 2011
The Society for Medical Decision Making is soliciting proposals for Oral and Poster Abstracts to be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting being held Sunday, October 23, 2011 through Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
The annual meeting offers on average a total of 75 Oral Presentations. The meeting is structured to offer multiple Concurrent Oral Sessions under which each session will have up to 6 presentations. Oral presentations are scheduled in 15 minute blocks and grouped in categories that are listed below. The top rated oral abstracts will be presented on Monday following the Keynote Presentation. Poster sessions allow attendees to delve into and discuss the specifics of an abstract with the author in a one-on-one or small group setting. Approximately 240 posters will be presented, 60 in each of 4 sessions.
All accepted oral and poster abstracts will be published online in Medical Decision Making, SMDM’s peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Oral and Poster Abstract Submissions will be accepted from Monday, February 7, 2011 through Friday, May 6, 2011.
For more information see SMDM web link and Call for Abstracts
May 11, 2011
3rd International Conference on Health Financing in Developing and Emerging Countries: CERDI-Cnrs, Uni
Location: Clermont-Fd, France
Venue: CERDI, University of Auvergne
Dates: May 11 to 13, 2011
Submission deadline: 24 January 2011
This 3rd International Conference on Health Financing in Developing and Emerging Countries aims to bring together academics and professionals (universties, research centres, government bodies, developing institutions, etc. ) to discuss papers on theoretical, conceptual, methodological and applied issues related to health financing in developing and emerging countries.
Call for abstracts and information for submitting a session are on http://www.cerdi.org or on http://cerdi.org/uploads/sfCmsContent/file/343/call-for-papers.pdf
May 11, 2011: Health Economics
May 19, 2011
Second Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference (MHEC)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Dates: May 19-20, 2011
Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2011
Sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the Altarum Institute
The purpose of this invitational conference is to present and promote active exchange and discussion of the latest health economics research among senior and junior economists. Some meals will be provided. All other expenses, including transportation and lodging, are the participants’ responsibility.
Ten papers will be accepted for presentation. The conference will consist of a full day of presentations on Thursday, May 19 and a half-day of presentations on Friday, May 20. There will be approximately 10 papers with each paper allotted 60 minutes for the presentation, comments from a discussant and general discussion. While submissions are invited from any geographical location, preference will be given to presenters from the Midwestern region of the United States.
If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) in electronic format to tbuch@umich.edu by February 1, 2011. Submissions should be unpublished. Decisions will be made by February 21. Completed papers must be received by the conference organizers by April 15. For further information, please contact Tom Buchmueller by email (preferred) or by phone (734) 764-5933.
Steering Committee:
Tom Buchmueller (University of Michigan)
Tom DeLeire (University of Wisconsin)
David Dranove (Northwestern University)
Roger Feldman (University of Minnesota)
Bob Kaestner (UIC)
Tony Lo Sasso (UIC)
Will Manning (University of Chicago)
Tim McBride (Washington University)
Anne Beeson Royalty (IUPUI)
Organizing Committee: Tom Buchmueller and Charlie Roehrig (Altarum Institute)
May 19, 2011: Health Economics
May 26, 2011
International Workshop on Economic and Financial Risks
Location: Niort, France
Dates: 26-27 May 2011
Submission deadline: February 15,
2011
Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2011
Deadline for full
papers: April 30, 2011
Jointly organised by:
IRIAF
(Institute of Industrial, Insurance and Financial Risks)
CRIEF (Research
Centre on Economic and Financial Integration)
Bringing together academics and professionals, this workshop aims at providing furtherinsight into risk management by means of an economic and financial approach.
We invite both theoretical and empirical papers on one of the following topics (non-exhaustive list):
Financial Risks: financial crisis and systemic risk; international financial regulation; alternativeinvestments; risk modeling and risk measures; market volatility and behavioural finance.
Bank Risks: banking profitability and prudential supervision; bank loan supply, capital structureand risks; bank governance and incentives mechanisms; contagion and risk management; bankingintermediation and asymmetric information.
Major Risks (industrial risks, environmental risks, geopolitical risks): insurability; major risk management: incentives mechanisms, risk prevention and interactions between actors (public sector, firms, individuals); reinsurance; legal risks.
Health and Ageing: health insurance systems; health market regulation: rationalization, incentives mechanisms and asymmetric information; retirement, saving and life cycle; life insurance; dependency risk.
Risk and Regulation: insurance litigation, strategic behaviour between actors (insurer,insured, judge…); prevention and compensation.
Scientific Committee
Christian Aubin (University of Poitiers)
Raphaelle
Bellando (University of Orleans)
David Crainich (CNRS (UMR 8179), IESEG-
School of Management)
Myriam Doriat-Duban (University of Metz)
Johanna
Etner (University of Paris Descartes)
Daniel Goyeau (University of
Poitiers)
Agnes Gramain (University of Nancy)
Christophe Hurlin
(University of Orleans)
Meglena Jeleva (University of Maine)
Catherine
Lubochinsky (University of Pantheon Assas)
Sandrine Spaeter (University
of Strasbourg)
Amine Tarazi (University of Limoges)
Nicolas Treich (LERNA,
IDEI, Toulouse School of Economics)
Invited Speakers
Plenary session: Louis Eeckhoudt (IESEG-School of Management): From financial risks to major risks: how to provide a global approach to risk management?
Round Tables:
“Financial, Bank and Insurance Risk Management” Daniel Goyeau (University of Poitiers), Catherine Lubochinsky (University of Pantheon Assas), Nicolas Piotrowski (General Manager SMACL-SANTE) and Laurence Scialom(University of Paris X-Nanterre).
“Management of Major, Industrial and Environmental Risks” Johanna Etner (University of Paris Descartes), Alain Ayong le Kama (University of Lille I), Tony Pozzana (ICSI, Toulouse) and Nicolas Treich (LERNA, IDEI, Toulouse School of Economics).
Paper Publication
Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the review “Economies et Societes”.
Young Researcher Award
A prize of 500 euros will be awarded to the best article submitted by a Ph.D. student or ayoung researcher (having defended the Ph.D. within the last three years).
Local Organizing Committee
Lydie Ancelot (IRIAF,
University of Poitiers)
Jean-Marc Bascans (IRIAF, University of
Poitiers)
Cornel Oros (IRIAF, University of Poitiers)
Contact:
iriaf-colloque@univ-poitiers.fr
Web page : http://iriaf.univ-poitiers.fr/colloque2011
Paper Submission
The papers should be submitted electronically in pdf format to the following address: iriaf-colloque@univ-poitiers.fr
The following information is requested:
- The title of the paper and the keywords.
- Authors’full name, affiliations, and address (including e-mail).
- The full paper (in French or English) or a long abstract (2 pages) describing the topic, the methodology used and the results.
May 26, 2011: Health Economics , Insurance
May 31, 2011
2nd Annual Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences (IGSS) Conference
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dates: May 31st - June 1st 2011
Abstract submission deadline: January 15th, 2011
With support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Population Association of America, the Institute of Behavioral Science and CU Population Center are hosting the 2nd annual conference entitled Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences. The goal of this conference is to showcase behavioral and molecular genetic studies that enhance demographic and social scientific inquiry or in some way integrate genetics and the social sciences. Researchers from any of the biological or social sciences are encouraged to participate. Interested researchers are encouraged to examine the conference website from 2010 at:
http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/CUPC/conferences/IGSS_2010/
To be considered for this conference, please submit a complete paper, a working draft, or an extended abstract (including data description, methods, and preliminary results) as a .pdf file to boardman@colorado.edu by January 15th, 2011. Please use the subject line IGSS 2011 and indicate that this submission is for the 2011 Conference in the text of your email. Decisions will be made by February 1st and participants will have until May 15th to update final drafts of their papers.
The conference is co-hosted by Jason Boardman, Institute of Behavioral Science and Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder and Jason Fletcher, Division of Health Policy and Administration and School of Public Health, Yale University and Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University.
June 1, 2011
Call For Papers: Twentieth European Workshop On Econometrics And Health Economics
Location: York, UK
Venue: University of York, UK
Dates: 7th - 10th September 2011
Abstract submission deadline: 1 June 2011
Series organisers: Andrew Jones (University of York) and Owen O’Donnell (Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Macedonia)
The Programme:
This series of workshops provides a forum for the development and dissemination of applications of econometrics and other quantitative methods in health economics. The 2011 workshop will take place at the University of York in the UK. As in previous years, the number of participants will be limited to around 50 to avoid the need for parallel sessions. The programme will consist of 14 papers. Each paper will be allocated an hour, made up of a short presentation by the authors, followed by a response from a nominated discussant and a general discussion. Papers will be circulated in advance and taken as read. Participants will be expected to attend the whole meeting and it is hoped that all participants will play a role as author, discussant or chairperson.
Selection Of Papers:
Papers for the 2011 Workshop will be selected on the basis of full papers. The deadline for submitting papers is 1 June 2011. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in the “workshop issue” of Health Economics, and it would be helpful if papers are prepared according to the journal’s notes for contributors.
Further Information:
A registration form and further information about the Workshop can be found at the webpage: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/research/ew/index.htm
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
June 16, 2011
CEF.UP and NIPE Workshop LEED 2011: Economic analysis using linked employer and employee data: bringing together theory and empirics
Location: Porto, Portugal
Venue: Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Dates: 16-17 June, 2011
Submission deadline: March 20, 2011
CEF.UP and NIPE are jointly organizing a Workshop on recent research developments based on LEED. We aim to promote the interaction of researchers within this community by creating a forum for the discussion of applied and theoretical contributions in economics and the role of LEED in opening new research paths. The event will count with the participation of John M. Abowd,Francis Kramarz and Jean-Marc Robin as invited lectures.
This event celebrates the decision to make the Portuguese LEED, Quadros de Pessoal, fully accessible to the academic community.Quadros de Pessoal is internationally renowned as one of the richest data sets on product and labour markets, with detailed and comprehensive information on workers and firms.
We encourage researchers using LEED, including PhD students, to submit a related paper to this Workshop. The deadline for paper submission is March 20, 2011. Applicants will be notified about the status of their submissions by April 15, 2011.
All correspondence should be addressed to Ana Bonanca, leed_workshop@fep.up.pt. For further information please visit our website at
http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/cef.up/workshopleed2011/
June 16, 2011: Evaluation , Health Research
June 20, 2011
10th Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference in Public Economics
Location: Marseille, France
Dates: June 20-21-22, 2011
Submission deadline: March, 15 th 2011
More information: http://www.idep-fr.org
The tenth edition of the Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet will take place in Marseille on June 20-21-22, 2011
Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public econom- ics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-Andre Gerard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.
The Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics:
- Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.)
- Local Public Economics and Geographical Economics
- Fiscal Federalism
- Provision of public goods
- Externalities
- Political Economy
- Auctions and public markets
- Regulation of firms
- Law and economics
- Environment
- Health Economics
- Education
- Normative foundation of public intervention and Social Choice
- Economic Inequalities
- Macroeconomic policy and growth
For its 10th edition, the conference will hold a special memorial day devoted to Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet.
The program will as usual consist in both contributed papers and keynote lectures. Two of the keynote lectures will be given this year by:
- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Nobel Laureate
- Emmanuel Saez, University of Berkeley.
The contributed papers will be selected out of the submissions received. These submissions, which should at least take the form of a four pages abstract or, much preferably, of a version of the complete paper, must be received no later than March, 15 th 2011 by the scientific committee. A decision will be communicated to submitters no latter than April, 15th 2011.
Submissions may be uploaded on the IDEP website http://www.idep-fr.org that will be open on November 15th
Contact: Prof. Nicolas Gravel nicolas.gravel@univmed.fr Idep/Greqam, 2 rue de la Charite, F-13236 Marseille cedex 2
June 20, 2011: Health Economics
The 10th Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet Conference in Public Economics
Location: Marseille (France)
Dates: June, 20-22 2011
Submission deadline: March, 15th 2011
The tenth edition of the Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet will take place in Marseille on June 20-21-22, 2011.
Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public econom-ics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-Andre Gerard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.
Organized by Institut D’Economie Publique - IDEP / Institute for Public Economics http://www.idep-fr.org
Two of the keynote lectures will be given this year by:
Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Nobel Laureate 2007
Emmanuel Saez, University of Berkeley
Contact: Prof. Nicolas Gravel, nicolas.gravel@univmed.fr
June 20, 2011: Health Economics
June 23, 2011
2nd IRDES Workshop on Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation
Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 23-24th, 2011
Submission Deadline: January 15th, 2011
Programme:
The programme will consist of 16 papers covering the following topics, with an emphasis on how results can help public decision or evaluate public policies:
- Health inequalities
- Health services utilization
- Insurance
- Health services research
- Econometric methodology
Time will be allocated as follows: 20 minutes for oral presentation by authors, 10 minutes for discussant and 10 minutes for general discussion.
Venue:
This two-day workshop will take place at IRDES Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics, Paris, France.
Organizers:
Thierry Debrand (IRDES), Paul Dourgnon (IRDES), Julien Mousques (IRDES).
Scientific Committee:
Brigitte Dormont (Paris Dauphine University),
Hugh Gravelle (York University),
Alberto Holly (HEC Lausanne),
Tor Iversen (Oslo University).
Selection of Papers:
Papers should be sent to ahepe@irdes.fr no later than January 15th, 2011.
Only advanced draft or completed papers will be considered. Papers should include empirical material.
Submitted papers should be unpublished and not accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
Papers selection will be completed by March 15th. Registration will be open thereafter.
Registration:
Registration fee is [euro]200 for all registrants. The number of places being limited, priority is given to authors.
Information:
Further information about the Workshop can be found at: http://www.irdes.fr/Ahepe
Contact:
June 23, 2011: Health Economics
June 27, 2011
10th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
Location: Athens, Greece
Dates: 27-30 June 2011
Abstract submission deadline: 6th of December 2010
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 10th International Conference in Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2011. The conference website is http://www.atiner.gr/health.htm
The registration fee is €250 (euro), covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. In addition, a Greek night of entertainment, a dinner, a half-day tour to archaeological sites in Athens and a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of health economics, management and policy. Areas of interest include (but are not confined to): Equity and Poverty in Health, Pharmaceutical Economics, Quality of Life, Economic Evaluation, Health Care Reforms, Social Security, School Health Programs, Health Law 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 6th of December 2010 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.
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 100 international conferences and has published over 80 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.
June 27, 2011: Health Economics
July 10, 2011
8th World iHEA Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sponsor: University of Toronto
Dates: July 10-13 2011
More Coming Soon!
July 10, 2011: Featured , Health Economics
Call for Abstracts: 7th Health Services and Policy Research Conference
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Dates: 5-7 December 2011
The Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand’s biennial Health Services and Policy Research Conference provides an excellent opportunity to get know your fellow proponents and users of Health Services Research and to keep up to date with the latest research and applied methodologies.
The Conference will bring together high profile speakers and delegates from around world for a series of keynote presentations and contributed papers addressing key topics including;
- Qualitative and quantitative data: what are the opportunities for health services research?
- Health services research and Indigenous health: time for some inspiration
- Managing incentives in the health care system: how can we inform policy and practice?
- Success stories: big impact health services research
- Innovative approaches to health care policy
Details of confirmed speakers who are certain to guarantee a vibrant and exciting program are now available at http://www.healthservicesconference.com.au/
The call for abstracts will open 20 March and close 10 July so mark it in your diary.
July 11, 2011
York Expert Workshops Programme for 2011: Centre for Health Economics The University of York
Location: York, United Kingdom
Dates:
- Foundations Workshop: 27th June - 1st July 2011 (5 days)
- Advanced Workshop: 4th July - 8th July 2011 (5 days)
- Quality of Life Workshop: 11th July - 13th July 2011 (3 days)
Bookings are now being taken for Summer 2011 - places available on all Workshops
YEW 2011 Web Site
New 2011 YEW Colour Brochure
YEW online booking facility
The York Expert Workshops are now in their 18th year. Over this period, decision-makers’ demands for information on the cost-effectiveness of health technologies have become more extensive and more sophisticated. At least 7 European countries and several managed care groups in the USA now require formal submissions of economic data as part o f the reimbursement process for medicines.
In order to keep pace with these developments, the York Expert Workshops programme is frequently updated, ensuring continued success. Several years ago our Advanced Workshop was extended from 3 to 5 days and structured according to the main steps necessary to generate estimates of cost-effectiveness for a specific decision-maker, such as a reimbursement agency or health care payer. The Advanced Workshop goes beyond the exposition of general principles and includes detailed discussion of the analytic approaches required to compile an economic dossier, using a mixture of presentations, tutored sessions and practical exercises.
In 2008 our Foundations Workshop was also extended from 3 to 5 days, in response to participants’ requests for more case studies and exercises. In addition, the statistical issues are now discussed in more depth so that participants are better prepared for more advanced study.
Our 3-day Quality of Life Workshop provides a detailed introduction to the theory and practice of quality of life measurement with particular emphasis on its use in economic evaluation.
Objectives:
To inform and promote understanding in key areas of quality of life assessment and health economic evaluation.
- How to decide whether a particular evaluation is necessary.
- How to choose a particular methodology.
- How to identify the data required and appropriate instruments for data collection.
- How to undertake appropriate analysis.
- How to communicate the results effectively.
Created for:
- Anyone involved in initiating, undertaking, managing or interpreting economic evaluations or quality of life assessments of medicines.
Within:
- pharmaceutical and medical device companies;
- clinical and health services research;
- health care decision-making.
For further details of our 2011 workshops, including dates and prices, our 2011 colour brochure is available to download as a pdf via the York Expert Workshops web-site link below, within the Centre for Health Economics web site:
The York Expert Workshops on-line booking facility is available via: http://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/short/york-expert-workshops/registration/
If you would like to receive a hard copy of our 2011 York Expert
Workshops colour brochure, please e-mail your full postal address to:
irss82@york.ac.uk or access online at:
Please note that our 2011 YEW registration fees are exempt from UK VAT.
Please contact Mrs Vanessa King, York Expert Workshops Coordinator, on irss82@york.ac.uk for any further information or assistance relating to these workshops.
September 7, 2011
Twentieth European Workshop On Econometrics And Health Economics
Location: York, UK
Venue: University of York, UK
Dates: 7th - 10th September 2011
Abstrct submission deadline: 1 June 2011
Series organisers: Andrew Jones (University of York) and Owen O’Donnell (Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Macedonia)
The Programme:
This series of workshops provides a forum for the development and dissemination of applications of econometrics and other quantitative methods in health economics. The 2011 workshop will take place at the University of York in the UK. As in previous years, the number of participants will be limited to around 50 to avoid the need for parallel sessions. The programme will consist of 14 papers. Each paper will be allocated an hour, made up of a short presentation by the authors, followed by a response from a nominated discussant and a general discussion. Papers will be circulated in advance and taken as read. Participants will be expected to attend the whole meeting and it is hoped that all participants will play a role as author, discussant or chairperson.
Selection Of Papers:
Papers for the 2011 Workshop will be selected on the basis of full papers. The deadline for submitting papers is 1 June 2011. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in the “workshop issue” of Health Economics, and it would be helpful if papers are prepared according to the journal’s notes for contributors.
Further Information:
A registration form and further information about the Workshop can be found at the webpage: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/research/ew/index.htm
September 26, 2011
International Society for Equity in Health 6th International Conference: Making Policy a Health Equity Building Process
Location: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Dates: September 26-28, 2011
Equity is an important issue to champion for, and is far for been overcome by governments, international or global institution, or academia. However nobody disagrees with it because is too broad. We would like to provide more detail, be more specific and, at the same time, offer a multi disciplinary look. Following this, we intend to “qualify” equity, defining a series of key topics:
- Inequity in access to essential drugs
- Inequity in access to high cost treatments
- Inequity in access to primary health care
- Inequity in the process of health care provision
- Sexual and reproductive health and equity
- Financially catastrophic out of pocket expenditures in health
- Community Participants and health equity
- Quality assurance and its impact to equity
- Communication campaigns, advocacy and health
- Equity to care in different health systems and the impact on equity of Health reforms (decentralization, primary health care strategies, georeference).
- Impact evaluation of health programs and health promotion interventions
- Environment, water, sanitation and inequity in health status and treatment
Equity is not only a research issue. It requires an interdisciplinary approach and a research and policy partnership showing clear experiences about how to reach equity in health. Therefore, we identify certain arenas where research and policymaking interact:
- Political economy of health reforms
- Program evaluation
- Governance
Important Dates and Deadlines:
Organized Session Submission Deadline: Mar 4 Organized Session Selections Announced: Apr 4 Individual Abstract Submission Deadline: Mar 25 Early Bird Registration Deadline: Apr 15 Individual Abstract Selections Announced: Apr 25 Draft Program Posted: May 25 Participant Registration Deadline (Presenter/Chair/Discussant): Jul 15
Call For Submissions
All participants are invited to submit an abstract for symposia and/or oral and/or poster presentations to abstracts@iseqh.org. It is not necessary to be a member of the International Society for Equity in Health to submit an abstract. Members of the Scientific Program Committee will review abstracts. All accepted abstracts would be published in a program and abstract book.
For more information please visit our site on http://www.iseqh.org
September 26, 2011: Health Policy
October 23, 2011
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
Dates: October 23 - 26, 2011
Abstract submission deadline: May 6, 2011
The Society for Medical Decision Making is soliciting proposals for Oral and Poster Abstracts to be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting being held Sunday, October 23, 2011 through Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
The annual meeting offers on average a total of 75 Oral Presentations. The meeting is structured to offer multiple Concurrent Oral Sessions under which each session will have up to 6 presentations. Oral presentations are scheduled in 15 minute blocks and grouped in categories that are listed below. The top rated oral abstracts will be presented on Monday following the Keynote Presentation. Poster sessions allow attendees to delve into and discuss the specifics of an abstract with the author in a one-on-one or small group setting. Approximately 240 posters will be presented, 60 in each of 4 sessions.
All accepted oral and poster abstracts will be published online in Medical Decision Making, SMDM’s peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Oral and Poster Abstract Submissions will be accepted from Monday, February 7, 2011 through Friday, May 6, 2011.
For more information see SMDM web link and Call for Abstracts
October 23, 2011: Health Economics
November 7, 2011
Call For Papers: 8th Geneva Association Health and Ageing Conference
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Dates: 7-8 November 2011
co-organised with Nippon Life
The next Geneva Association Health and Ageing conference will focus on dementia diseases, their current and future cost and the role of insurance in covering this risk.
Topics will include:
- Types of dementia, physical and physiological characteristics of dementia
- Risk factor for dementia and prevention of dementia
- Care and providers of care for dement people
- Assessing the cost of dementia
- Pharmaceutical and drugs issues to care for dementia
- Financing and organising the coverage of dementia
- Public-private partnership in financing the cost of dementia
- Insurance products to cover dementia
- Dementia and workers’ compensation insurance
- National (regional) perspectives of dementia and its financing.
Participants will come from insurance and reinsurance companies, universities, international organisations and related institutions. The conference will only comprise a limited number of participants to guarantee an active exchange of opinions and animated discussions.
Should you be interested in participating in or contributing to this conference, please contact Christophe Courbage at christophe_courbage@genevaassociation.org
December 5, 2011
7th Health Services and Policy Research Conference
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Dates: 5-7 December 2011
The Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand’s biennial Health Services and Policy Research Conference provides an excellent opportunity to get know your fellow proponents and users of Health Services Research and to keep up to date with the latest research and applied methodologies.
The Conference will bring together high profile speakers and delegates from around world for a series of keynote presentations and contributed papers addressing key topics including;
- Qualitative and quantitative data: what are the opportunities for health services research?
- Health services research and Indigenous health: time for some inspiration
- Managing incentives in the health care system: how can we inform policy and practice?
- Success stories: big impact health services research
- Innovative approaches to health care policy
Details of confirmed speakers who are certain to guarantee a vibrant and exciting program are now available at http://www.healthservicesconference.com.au/
The call for abstracts will open 20 March and close 10 July so mark it in your diary.
December 5, 2011: Health Policy
December 9, 2011
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
December 9, 2011: Health Policy
August 15, 2012
Call for Papers: Third Health Econometrics Workshop
Location: Siena, Italy
Dates: 7-9 December 2012
Venue: Hotel Il Chiostro Del Carmine http://www.chiostrodelcarmine.com
Submission deadline: 15th
August 2012
In recent years, health econometrics has been playing an important role in supporting health and social care policy decisions. The Health Econometrics Workshop aims to bring together economists, econometricians and regional scientists to discuss the use of statistical and econometric methods to address issues in the field of health economics. The III edition of this workshop welcomes any theoretical and empirical contribution dealing with spatial issues in the field of health economics.
Submission of papers:
Papers for the Workshop will be selected on the basis of full drafts and should not have been submitted to other journals. Papers should be sent in electronic form to healtheconometrics@crisp-org.it no later than 15th August 2012. Decisions will be made 15th September 2012. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in a special issue of Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Key note speakers and the scientific commette will be shortely announced
For further information about the Workshop you can contact Dr. Francesco Moscone at francesco.moscone@brunel.ac.uk
August 15, 2012: Econometrics , Workshop
December 7, 2012
Third Health Econometrics Workshop
Location: Siena, Italy
Dates: 7-9 December 2012
Venue: Hotel Il Chiostro Del Carmine http://www.chiostrodelcarmine.com
Submission deadline: 15th
August 2012
In recent years, health econometrics has been playing an important role in supporting health and social care policy decisions. The Health Econometrics Workshop aims to bring together economists, econometricians and regional scientists to discuss the use of statistical and econometric methods to address issues in the field of health economics. The III edition of this workshop welcomes any theoretical and empirical contribution dealing with spatial issues in the field of health economics.
Submission of papers:
Papers for the Workshop will be selected on the basis of full drafts and should not have been submitted to other journals. Papers should be sent in electronic form to healtheconometrics@crisp-org.it no later than 15th August 2012. Decisions will be made 15th September 2012. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in a special issue of Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Key note speakers and the scientific commette will be shortely announced
For further information about the Workshop you can contact Dr. Francesco Moscone at francesco.moscone@brunel.ac.uk