Lecture

June 3, 2010

The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action

Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
Venue: Drake Hotel
Date: June 3rd and 4th, 2010
Abstractsubmission deadline: December 31, 2009

Research shows that people living in communities plagued high rates of joblessness, poverty, crime and violence as well as inadequate housing, health care, education and social services suffer disproportionately high rates of stress, anxiety, trauma-induced illnesses, depression, substance abuse and cognitive challenges. Often, the mental health preventions and interventions that are implemented in these difficult social contexts are designed to affect individual change; rarely do they seek to address or alter the broader social conditions that cause psychological illness. By failing to address the critical social determinants of mental health, health care policies and programs often fall short of meeting the needs of our most disadvantaged communities.

On June 3rd and 4th, 2010, the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology will host its annual conference at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. Entitled “The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action”, the purpose of the Conference is to:

Increase awareness about how social conditions impact mental health and well-being;
Develop and disseminate mental health prevention and intervention strategies that are informed by the social determinants framework;
Create multidisciplinary collaborations to identify and address the complex social conditions that impact mental health; and
Develop new knowledge and practice innovations.

Keynote Speakers:

David Satcher, MD, PhD - The 16th Surgeon General of the United States, past member of the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and currently, the Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Center at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH - Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Research Professor at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan.

A 300 word abstract is due on December 31, 2009.

For more detailed information please go to: http://www.adler.edu/about/2010annualconference.asp

June 3, 2010: Health Care , Health Policy , Health Research , Mental Health , Public Health

Risk Sharing and Conditional Based Pricing and Reimbursement Conference

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Event Date: 3-4 Jun 2010

Examining Risk Sharing Strategies and Execution in a Multiple Payer Environment to Achieve Measurable Outcomes

Conference Focus

marcus evans invites you to attend the Risk Sharing and Conditional Based Pricing and Reimbursement Conference specific to the Pharmaceutical Industry. More than 15 professionals from leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies will discuss critical issues in pricing and reimbusement agreements and examine how they can work together in the future to implement measurable risk sharing and conditional based pricing and reimbursement strategies.

This conference comes at a pivotal time for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biopharmaceutical industries. Risk sharing and different forms of conditional based pricing and reimbursement practices have been implemented for over a decade in Europe with government payers. As pipelines dry up, the industry is looking for ways to get new drugs to the market. Due to the multiple player environments in the U.S., difficulties have arisen in implementation of these risk-sharing strategies.

This is not a trade show; our Pricing and Reimbursement conference is targeted at a focused group of senior level executives to maintain an intimate atmosphere for the delegates and speakers. Since we are not a vendor driven conference, the higher level focus allows the delegates to network with their industry peers and speakers.

Key Conference Topics

Examine the future of pricing and reimbursement strategies, including the potential effects of risk sharing, conditional based and other innovative techniques
Gain a better understanding how European risk sharing strategies can be implemented in the U.S.
Initiate relationships with Payers based on their requirements for pricing and reimbursement strategies
Differentiate pay-for-performance strategies with risk sharing strategies
Set up appropriate metrics early on in order to measure outcomes of the pricing and reimbursement strategy

Who should attend the conference

marcus evans invites C-Level Executives, VPs, Directors, Heads and other Senior Executives at pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies across the United States and Canada:

Pricing and Reimbursement
Market Access
Strategic Planning
Payer Affairs and Strategy
Health Economics
Outcomes Research
Brand Strategy
Contracting Strategy
Regulatory Affairs
Government Affairs
Legal
Commercial Pricing
Health Policy

General enquiries

Michele Westergaard

455 North CityFront Plaza Drive
9th Floor NBC Tower
Chicago, IL, 60611

Telephone: 312 552 2155
Fax: 312 540 3000 ext 6655
Email: michelew@marcusevansch.com

June 3, 2010: Pharmaceuticals

June 4, 2010

Call for Abstracts: 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dates: October 24 - 27, 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 4, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline: August 13, 2010

“Evidence, Economics, and Ethics: The Future of Health Technology Assessment”

The 32nd SMDM Annual Meeting promises to be a forum where researchers will present and discuss innovative and challenging science related to all aspects of medical decision making. The range of work ranges from health technology assessments to theories of shared decision making; from applied cost-effectiveness analyses to studies of cognitive psychology and much more. Researchers will present their findings in scientific presentations, keynote talks, special symposia and short courses. Past attendees have described the meeting as the premier scientific venue for the presentation of the science of decision making in health and medicine from multiple disciplines.

This year’s theme focuses on the challenges in making decisions about health technologies at both aggregate and individual levels and from different disciplines and paradigms. Meeting attendees will participate in discussions with society members who are international leaders in integrating these different perspectives and translating scientific knowledge into health-related clinical and policy decisions.

Call for Abstracts / Save the Date Brochure
International Travel Scholarship Application
Conference Web Page

June 4, 2010: Health Technology Assessment

Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health

Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Conference dates: 4-6 June 2010
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010

The purpose of this conference is to analyse the relationship between income inequalities and health. It is widely accepted that interpersonal comparisons and relative deprivation are closely related to an individual’s life satisfaction. However, economists have been reluctant to accept claims brought forward in other disciplines that economic inequalities as such have a direct impact on individual health. The conference aims at bringing these two perspectives together and shed some light on how economic modelling can contribute to our understanding of the interplay between income inequalities, life satisfaction, and health.

Papers on relevant topics in Microsoft Word or pdf format should be sent before January 31, 2010 to the following address:

Martin Karlsson
karlsson@vwl.tu-darmstadt.de
Chair of Applied Econometrics, TU Darmstadt

Contributions from young researchers are encouraged.

Submitted papers should include the following information:

Title of the paper
Name(s) of author(s) and institutional affiliation
Mailing address and e-mail of the presenter
Key words related with the subject of the paper

Submitted papers will be assessed and selected by the scientific committee of the conference. Acceptance of papers will be mailed to authors by March 1, 2010. There is no registration fee for the conference. Selected participants will be provided free lodging in the city of Darmstadt.

Keynote Address

Understanding Competitive Emotions - Perspectives from Neuroscience
Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory (University of Haifa)

Plenary Speakers

Conchita D’ambrosio (Bocconi University)
Andrew Clark (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques)
Hugh Gravelle (University of York)
Olof Johansson-Stenman (University of Gothenburg)
Audrey Laporte (University of Toronto)

The format of the conference will allow ample time for discussion of individual papers. The number of presenters will be limited to 16.

Additional information about the conference can be found on http://www.vwl6.wi.tu-darmstadt.de.

June 4, 2010: Econometrics

June 6, 2010

7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Parallel panel submission dates: October 5th 2009 to November 15th 2009
Abstract submission dates: October 5th 2009 to January 15th 2010
Conference dates: June 6th 2010 to June 9th 2010

The International Scientific Programme Committee invites you to submit proposals for parallel panel sessions and abstracts for consideration for oral or poster presentation at the 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010.

The conference theme “Maximising the Value of HTA” will be explored in three plenary sessions. Workshops, parallel panel sessions and other presentations throughout the conference will explore all aspects of HTA. These events will provide an ideal opportunity for participants to learn, to engage and to share their experiences in the pursuit of best practice.

Please find the call for abstracts and the call for parallel panel sessions, more background information about the conference and what Dublin has to offer as well as submit your papers on-line at http://www.htai2010.org.

Please see the call for abstracts for more details of the new Interactive Sessions on HTA Policy and Practice and the Special Student Package.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us at htai2010@hiqa.ie.

Dr Michael Barry
Prof Mike Drummond
Co-Chairs International Scientific Programme Committee HTAi2010

June 6, 2010: Health Technology Assessment

European Congress Healthcare Planning and Design

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Conference dates: 6-9 June 2010
Abstract submission deadline: September 15th 2009, (12.00 hrs CET)

A European Congress that addresses challenges for the worldwide healthcare planning and design community, organised by the Dutch Centre for Health Assets in partnership with the European Centre for Health Assets and Architecture.

6-9 June 2010, Congress Centre De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The theme of the congress is ‘innovation in health assets strategy, architecture and finance for sustainable healthcare’. The main question which will be addressed in this congress is how the built environment will interact with the changing needs of the European healthcare sector. The new global financial situation is influencing public and private decisions and is making room for innovative solutions to create sustainable health assets in the wider Europe.

Windows of opportunity include new strategic real estate approaches, functional and aesthetic design innovations of healthcare environments, and health asset financing arrangements. As Europe’s economy is now exploring new territory, versatile solutions from a wide range of countries will be showcased, each of them providing different routes to ensure performance, accessibility, equity and quality of infrastructure. This congress will bring together policy makers, project decision makers, architects, healthcare managers and insurance providers to discuss various approaches derived from validated case studies.

More information about abstract submission can be found at call for presentations and the latest conference information can be found on the following website: http://ducha10.ducha.nl/

June 6, 2010: Health Care

June 15, 2010

Call for Abstracts: Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) 15th Annual Conference

Location: Moncalieri (TO), Italy
Dates: September 30-October 1, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2010

Both empirical and theoretical papers are expected to be submitted and contribute to the discussion on “The future of health care: institutional design, efficiency, equity”.

Specific topics for which submissions are welcome include:

a) Health care financing, federalism and standard costs
b) Institutional design of health care systems and organisations
c) Industry of health care goods and services
d) Organisational design and operating systems in health care organisations
e) Efficiency and equity of public policy
f) Economic evaluation of health care programmes
g) Performance evaluation of health systems and organisations
h) Comparative analysis of health care systems
i) Evaluation of health policy impact

A limited number of papers not specifically consistent with the Conference theme will be admitted for presentation and discussion in open sessions.

Abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail before June 15th 2010 to the Scientific Committee’s members and the Conference Secretary (see below for e-mail addresses). Abstracts (not exceeding 2 pages), should include:

name(s) of author(s) and affiliation; author presenting the study should be marked with an asterisk; corresponding author’s e-mail address, postal address and telephone number;
topic of the paper (choosing from the above-listed topics) or “open session”;
presentation format (oral, poster or doctoral & junior researchers session);
title;
objectives;
methodology;
main content;
literature and expected original contribution.

Authors who want to compete for the “AIES Young Researchers Award” must explicitly state it in their submissions and must present an original and unpublished paper at the conference. Authors must be all less than 35 years old, to be eligible for the award.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and acceptance/rejection will be communicated by July 15th 2010. Review will consider consistency, methodological robustness and relevancy

Contributions accepted will be either full papers for oral presentations or short communications for the poster sessions.

The Scientific Committee will allocate contributions to appropriate sessions, according to the subject discussed and methodology (theoretical analysis, empirical analysis, and institutional analysis).

Accepted papers must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by September 15th 2010.

All information regarding the Conference will be published on the AIES website: http://www.aiesweb.it

Scientific Committee

Claudio Jommi, Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: claudio.jommi@pharm.unipmn.it
Massimiliano Piacenza, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: piacenza@econ.unito.it
Gilberto Turati, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: turati@econ.unito.it
Roberto Zanola, POLIS (Public Policies and Public Choice), Universita del Piemonte Orientale: roberto.zanola@unipmn.it

Conference Secretary

Cinzia Di Novi, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: cinzia.dinovi@sp.unipmn.it
Giovanni Perucca, Universita degli Studi di Torino: giovanniperucca@libero.it
Susanna Riva, Universita degli Studi di Torino: susannariva@yahoo.it

Administrative Secretary

Mirella Airaldi, Coripe Piemonte, Via Real Collegio, 30 - 10024 Moncalieri (TO) Tel. +39 011.6705202 Fax +39 011.6407976 email: coripe@tin.it

Conference Location

Fondazione Real Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30 10024 Moncalieri (TO) - Italy

Conference Organizer

CORIPE Piemonte

Universita degli Studi di Torino, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Fondazione CRT

June 15, 2010: Health Economics

Call for papers: The 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine

Location: Corfu, Greece
Dates: 3-5 November 2010
Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2010

Special Session:

Economic and Managerial Aspects of e-health

Special Session Call for papers:

During the last years we all face a great advantage of information technology in the healthcare domain. A great amount of research approaches appear promising significant prognostic or therapeutic results. Still, only few of them are adopted in every day clinical practice. Several reasons can be identified: high cost; resistance to change; red-tape; lack of financing are only few to be mentioned. The goal of this session is to bring together academics, researchers, managers, policy makers, marketers and become a forum for exchange of knowledge and experience on economic, financial, organisational and managerial aspects of ICT applications for health. Authors are invited to submit their research contributions or practical experience reports. Methodological issues are also welcome. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees.

Topics Covered:

Cost / benefit analysis
Evaluation of e-health / telemedicine
e-health strategies
Implementation and adoption of e-health solutions
Organisational issues
Societal drivers in the applications of telehealth
E-health marketing
Patient satisfaction and e-health
Quality of e-health services
Innovation management and e-health
Telemedine and developing countries
Financing e-health applications

Chairs:

Yorgos Goletsis - Lecturer - University of Ioannina, Dept. of Economics - Greece

Yorgos Goletsis is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics of the University of Ioannina. He holds a Diploma Degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Operations Research, both from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. His research interests include operations research, decision support systems, multicriteria analysis, quantitative analysis, data mining, artificial intelligence, efficiency evaluation, project evaluation. He has participated in a series of ICT related projects especially in the healthcare domain. He is member of IEEE, EMRBI-Euromed Research Business Institute, EURO Working Group on Multicriteria Aid for Decisions, International Society of Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Currently, he teaches operations research, decision making and entrepreneurship related subjects.

Contacts:

Yorgos Goletsis: goletsis@cc.uoi.gr
Tel.: +302651005973
Fax:+302651005093

Submission:

Please follow the regular submission guidelines of ITAB 2010.

For the better planning of the session please inform the Session Chair on your intention to submit a paper to the Session, the soonest possible.

Dates:

Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2010 Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2010 Final submission: September 1, 2010 Conference: November 3-5, 2010

June 15, 2010: Meeting

June 20, 2010

Health, Healthcare and Behavior: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)

Location: Ithaca, New York, USA
Dates: 20-23 June 2010

Sponsored by: College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Policy Analysis and Management and the Sloan Program in Health Administration, Cornell University
Co-sponsored by: Syracuse University and University of Rochester

The 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) is taking place on June 20-23 2010 in Ithaca, NY.

June 20, 2010: Health Economics

June 22, 2010

30th Conference of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES)

Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: June 22 to June 25, 2010

The Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) will be holding their conference “Servicios Sanitarios: ¿Cuales? ¿Para quien? ¿Como?” from June 22 to June 25, 2010.

You can find all the information (in Spanish) at: http://www.aes.es/Jornadas/

June 22, 2010:

June 23, 2010

HESG Summer Conference in Cork, Ireland

Location: Cork, Ireland
Dates: 23-25 June 2010
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 9th April 2010
Deadline for Early Registration: 11th May 2010

The Health Economists’ Study Group is a UK organisation for people working in Health Economics. The group’s summer 2010 conference is being hosted by University College Cork this June. This is the 77th meeting of the HESG and the first time to be held in Ireland. The website for the conference is available here.

Please send a title and abstract of up to 250 words of the proposed content by 9th April 2010 5pm if you wish to have a paper considered. Please submit abstracts by e-mail, with a subject header HESG ABSTRACT and include the abstract in the BODY of the message to: hesg2010@ucc.ie

The HESG meeting will follow its standard format with papers submitted in advance, introduced and reviewed by a discussant other than the author.

June 23, 2010: Health Economics

June 24, 2010

The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation

Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 24-25 2010
Submission deadline: January 15, 2010

The program will consist of around 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

Each paper will be allocated 20 minutes for oral presentation by authors, 10 minutes for discussant and 10 minutes for general discussion.

This two days workshop will take place at IRDES, 10 rue Vauvenargues, Paris, France

Organisers:

Thierry Debrand and Paul Dourgnon (IRDES)

Scientific Committee:

Brigitte Dormont (Paris Dauphine University)
Alberto Holly (HEC Lausanne)
Jeremiah Hurley (Mc Master University)
Lise Rochaix (Haute Autoirite de Sante, France)

Registration

Registration fee is €200. Non authors can also apply for registration but only few places might be available.

Information

Further information about the Workshop can be found at the webpage: http://www.irdes.fr/EspaceRecherche/Colloques/Workshop2010/index.htm

Contact:

workshop2010@irdes.fr

June 24, 2010: Evaluation , Health Economics , Health Policy , Workshop

June 26, 2010

AcademyHealth's Health Economics Interest Group Annual Meeting

Location: Boston
Dates: June 26, 2010

The AcademyHealth Health Economics Interest Group will be meeting in Boston on June 26, prior to the Annual Research Meeting (ARM). Please join us for a keynote speaker presentation, paper presentation and discussant sessions, and networking opportunities with your peers.

More information

Contact: economics@academyhealth.org

June 26, 2010: Health Economics

June 27, 2010

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

Location: Boston
Dates: June 27-29, 2010

For 26 years, AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) has been the premier forum for health services research, where more than 2,300 attendees gather to discuss health policy implications, sharpen research methods, and network with colleagues from around the world.

For more information and registration:

URL: http://www.academyhealth.org/arm

June 27, 2010: Health Care , Health Research

June 28, 2010

York Expert Workshops Programme for 2010: Centre for Health Economics The University of York

Location: York, UK
Dates:

Quality of Life Workshop: 16th June - 18th June 2010
Foundations Workshop: 21st June - 25th June 2010
Advanced Workshop: 28th June - 2nd July 2010

2009 rates are maintained for 2010

Bookings are now being taken for Summer 2010 - places available on all Workshops

YEW 2010 Web Site: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/expert.htm
YEW online booking facility: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/forms/expertbook.htm

The York Expert Workshops are now in their 17th 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. A major change in 2004 was that 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 princi p les 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 re sponse 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 det ailed 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 2010 workshops, including dates and prices, our 2010 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:

YEW Web Site: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/expert.htm

The York Expert Workshops on-line booking facility is available via :

YEW online booking: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/forms/expertbook.htm

If you would like to receive a hard copy of our 2010 York Expert Workshops colour brochure, please e-mail your full postal address to: irss82@york.ac.uk

Colleagues may also be interested in our Advanced Modelling Course, which is run collaboratively with the University of Glasgow. For further information on this course please see the web-site below: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/modelling.htm

June 28, 2010: Workshop

9th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy

Location: Athens, Greece
Conference Dates: 28-30 June 2010 & 1 July 2010
Abstract submission deadline: 1st of March 2010 Extended

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 9th International Conference in Athens, Greece, 28-31 JUNE 2010 & 1 JULY 2010. The conference website is http://www.atiner.gr/docs/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 1st of March 2010 to:

Dr. John Yfantopoulos,
Professor, School of Law, Economics and
Political Science,
University of Athens,
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 28, 2010: Health Care , Health Policy

June 30, 2010

Call for Abstracts: 8th Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference: University of Georgia

Location: Athens, Georgia, USA
Dates: October 29-30, 2010
Abstract Deadline: June 30, 2010
Department: Public Administration and Policy, and Economics

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.

10 papers will be accepted for presentation. The conference will consist of a full day of presentations on Friday, October 29 and a half-day of presentations on Saturday, October 30. Each paper will be allotted one hour, including 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for discussant comments and discussion from the floor. The number of participants in the conference will be limited. While submissions are invited from any geographical location, preference will be given to presenters from the Southeastern region of the United States.

If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) in electronic format (pdf preferred) to shesg@googlegroups.com by June 30, 2010. Submissions should be unpublished.

Decisions will be made by July 30, 2010. Completed papers must be received by the conference organizers by August 31, 2010 For further information, please contact David Bradford (Phone: 706-542-2731; E-mail: bradfowd@uga.edu).

June 30, 2010: Health Economics

July 1, 2010

Call for Abstracts: 21st Annual Health Economics Conference

Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Venue: Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise and the Department of Economics at the Lehigh University College of Business and Economics
Dates: October 15th and 16th, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: July 1, 2010

The Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC) is a small invitational conference designed to facilitate exposure and discussion of cutting edge research in health economics. This year, the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise and the Department of Economics at the Lehigh University College of Business and Economics is pleased to host the 21st Annual Health Economics Conference, on October 15th and 16th, 2010.

A small number of papers (10-12) will be selected for the conference and a significant amount of time will be devoted to each to facilitate in-depth discussion. We invite both theoretical and empirical papers on health economics topics, and encourage participation of economists in all fields whose current research focuses on health care issues. We will aim for a mix of scholars, both young and experienced scholars, established and new to the field. Papers will be chosen based on their originality, degree of innovation, and rigor. We would like to devote part of the conference to our theme in health financing reform and universal coverage so especially encourage submissions in these areas.

Please see the Call for Abstracts; Also, we invite you to review the conference web site for more information

Meals for presenters and discussants will be covered by the Martindale Center and other co-sponsors. All other expenses, including hotel accommodations and transportation, are the participants’ responsibility. Exceptions may be made if these expenses represent a significant barrier in attending. Lodging expenses may be paid contingent on our obtaining external funding.

Individuals wishing to present a paper should submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) by July 1, 2010, in an electronic format (PDF preferred) to the conference email address inLUahec@lehigh.edu. Please include Abstract submission in the subject line. Submitted papers should be unpublished.

Those invited to participate in the conference will be notified by July 31, 2010. Completed papers must be received by September 15, 2010. For further information, please feel free to contact Prof. Art King, PhD art.king@lehigh.edu or Prof. Shin-Yi syc2@lehigh.edu.

We look forward to receiving your abstract!

July 1, 2010: Health Economics

July 2, 2010

The Economic and Social Implications of Health and Safety at Work

Location: Milan
Venue: Universita Cattolica
Conference dates: 2 - 3 July 2010
Submission deadline: 30 March 2010

Keynote Speakers:

Harvey M. Brenner (University of North Texas and Berlin University of Technology)
Maarten M. Lindeboom (Free University Amsterdam)

The HEALTH at WORK Co-ordination Action and the IEIL at the Universita’ Cattolica invite contributed papers and participants for the conference on the theme ‘Health and Safety at Work’

The theme of the conference is the assessment of the economic contexts, institutional structures and policy frameworks on occupational safety and health with the objective of identifying areas of policy action.

The aim of the conference is to provide a better understanding of the economic implications of health at work, bringing together the contributions of different disciplines: economics, sociology, occupational health and epidemiology. Cross-cutting and/or cross-country contributions are particularly welcome. The following list of themes is meant as a non-limiting indication of options for paper submissions.

The relationship between health and working conditions at the workplace
The economic costs borne by the worker and the firm from adverse work-related health conditions
The role of work-environment health and safety practices in relation to the productivity of the firm
The overall impact of work-related health on a set of relevant outcomes for individual workers and their firms (such as injury rates, absenteeism due to health reasons and quits)
Occupational health and safety at work related to gender and age issues in light of the feminisation of the labour market and an ageing population
The social and economic value of improvement of health at work and its contribution to the improvement of the quality of the job, job satisfaction and reduction of lost time at work
Compensation for adverse working conditions
Health and safety at work indicators research
Absenteeism and accidents at work

Submission

Contributors should submit a full draft paper in PDF format by 30 March 2010, to Ioannis Theodossiou theod@abdn.ac.uk and Claudio Lucifora claudio.lucifora@unicatt.it. Decisions on acceptance will be announced by 30th April 2010. It is planned to publish selected papers from the conference programme as a special issue of a journal. Papers to be considered for selection must be delivered in finalised form at the conference, with the full text submitted by 1 August 2010.

Fees and registration

Participation fee (meetings, access to papers, lunches and conference dinner): £ 150 (£ 80 for PhD students). Please use the following payment and registration facility at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/haw/.

Scientific Committee

Ioannis Theodossiou and David McCausland (University of Aberdeen) and Claudio Lucifora and Elena Cottini (Universita Cattolica Milan).

Local Committee

Americo Cicchetti, Elena Cottini, Claudio Lucifora and Severino Sterpi (Universita Cattolica Milan).

Secretariat

Ms. Daniela Archetti, IEIL, UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE, LARGO GEMELLI 1 - 20123 MILANO
Phone: +39.02.72342976, Fax: +39.02.72342781 - E-mail: ist.eil@unicatt.it HEALTHatWORK website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/haw/

July 2, 2010: Health Economics

July 7, 2010

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Dates: 7-10 July 2010
Submission deadline: 15 December 2009

We welcome submission of abstracts on all areas of health economics.

Further details concerning the various ECHE 2010 themes — which focus on connecting health with theoretical and/or applied economics — can be found by following the ‘Abstracts’ link on the ECHE 2010 website:

http://www.eche2010.fi/

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2009
Release of abstract acceptance information: 1 February 2010
Early-bird registration deadline: 1 April 2010

Abstracts can be submitted via the following Web page:

http://eche2010.abstractsubmit.org/

July 7, 2010: Health Economics

July 12, 2010

17th Annual Rand Summer Institute

Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
Dates: July 12-15, 2010
Application Deadline: March 12, 2010

The RSI consists of two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: a Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (July 12-13) and a workshop on the Demography, Economics and Epidemiology of Aging (July 14-15). 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 2010 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

July 12, 2010: Workshop

July 15, 2010

Health Econometrics Workshop

Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: 15-17 July 2010
Venue: Catholic University of Rome (Italy)

In recent years, health econometrics has been playing an important role in supporting health and social care policy decisions. This II edition provides the opportunity to disseminate advances in the methods and applications of health econometrics.

Submission of papers:

Papers for the Workshop will be selected on the basis of full drafts. Papers should be sent in electronic form to healtheconometrics@crisp-org.it no later than 6th January 2010. Decisions will be made 28th February 2010. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in a special issue of Empirical Economics.

There will be 6 keynote speakers:

Badi Baltagi - Syracuse University
William Greene - New York University
Alberto Holly - University of Lausanne
Andrew Jones - University of York
John Mullahy - University of Wisconsin
Edward C. Norton - University of Michigan

For further information about the Workshop you can contact Dr. Francesco Moscone at francesco.moscone@brunel.ac.uk or visit http://www.crisp-org.it/

July 15, 2010: Econometrics , Workshop

July 16, 2010

International AIDS Economics Network meeting

Location: Vienna, Austria
Dates: July 16-17, 2010
Deadline for confirmation: June 15th, 2010

The International AIDS Economics Network is pleased to announce a meeting on July 16-17, before the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. It will be held at the Merck Offices in Vienna, at Donau City, Strasse 6, 19th Floor.

Sessions will include:

The Cost of ART Medications
Economics and Behavior Change
Costing of HIV/AIDS Programs
AIDS and the Private Sector
Resource Allocation and Expenditure Tracking
Economic Evaluation, HIV and AIDS
AIDS Treatment
IAEN update and next steps

Please confirm your attendance at iaen2007@gmail.com by June 15th, 2010.

July 16, 2010: Meeting

July 18, 2010

ORAHS2010 Conference: University Of Genova-School Of Economics

Location: Genova, Italy
Dates: 18-23 July, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: April 15, 2010

The most difficult part of making decisions in the health care field on all levels (national, regional, institutional, patient) is linked to the very complexity of the system itself, to the intrinsic uncertainty involved and its dynamic nature. This requires not only the ability to analyze and interpret a large amount of information but also to arrange that information for a cognitive base for adequate decision making. Operational research, like other methods of statistical and economic-related quantitative analysis, supplies these decision making tools and methodology. Some of the methodologies used are simulation models and those pertaining to programming, predicting, monitoring and evaluation.

In this conference we provide answers to questions such as: how should available resources (beds, operating sessions, personnel) be assigned to each single, operative unit? How ought urgency and priority be taken into consideration in providing patient services? How many ambulances are needed and which of those must be available in an area in order to guarantee timely first aid? Keeping the community’s needs in mind, how many beds must be reserved for acute cases versus those for rehabilitation? How can case complexity be considered in relation to cost variation? What impact does the introduction of new technology have, of a new way of organizing? How many positions for physical therapists, nurses, radiologists should be planned? How much can be saved by increasing home health care and social services for the elderly?

The XXXVI ORAHS Conference suggests an innovative point of view in answering these questions.

The focus of the XXXVI Genova Conference is: “Operational Research for Patient- Centered Healthcare Delivery”, an approach that requires complete re-organization of all steps in healthcare delivery. Much of the present operator and user dissatisfaction regarding healthcare services comes from the discrepancy in the people’s needs and the system’s answers. While the user has a broad formulated question, the answer of the system is fragmented. The following topics will be especially highlighted during the conference: the organization of therapeutic diagnostic protocols, chronic disease management, patient logistics, the evaluation of cost per pathology, healthcare and social service integration.

For more information please visit: http://www.diem.unige.it/orahs2010/index.html

July 18, 2010: Health Care , Health Policy

July 19, 2010

Health Economics from Theory to Practice: informing related decisions of Reimbursement, Research & Regulation

Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Dates: 19-21 July 2010

Presented by:

Professor Andrew Willan and Professor Simon Eckermann

With guest presenter:

Professor Tim Coelli

Suitable for:

Evaluators of health technology assessment, health economists, pharmaco-economists, applied micro-economists, decision and policy makers and clinicians and researchers undertaking economic studies in clinical trials.

“The content is perfect, the interaction with teachers very good. Fantastic course!” Oxford course delegate, 2009

Numbers are strictly limited. Earlybird booking discount available.

Following a 5-star rating from the 2009 workshop conducted at the University of Oxford, UK, this popular course returns to Australia in 2010.

The course is based on internationally recognised methods as published by Professors Willan and Eckermann for optimal decision making in research design, health technology assessment (HTA) and practice and the book “Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data” by Professors Willan and Briggs.

At the conclusion of the course, participants will have learnt the principles and practical methods to:

1) Apply health economic methods to undertake robust health technology assessment and translate evidence (Willan and Briggs, 2006; Eckermann, Briggs and Willan, 2008; Eckermann, Coory and Willan, 2009);

2) Design research and grants to inform policy relevant decision making (Willan and Pinto, 2005; Eckermann and Willan, 2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2009; Willan, 2007, 2008; Willan and Kowgier, 2008; Willan and Eckermann, 2009);

3) Undertake performance and technology assessment in practice consistent with the principles of maximising net benefit underlying evidence based medicine (Eckermann, 2004; Eckermann, Briggs and Willan, 2008; Eckermann and Coelli, 2008).

Course materials provided include a comprehensive manual with tutorials and electronic templates in Microsoft(R) Excel to enable application of the methods in practice.

The workshop format is seminar and tutorial based presenting from first principles methods for optimal decision making, demonstrating the importance of considering each of the above points and their interaction. Best current methods covered include:

Construction and interpretation of cost effectiveness acceptability (CEA) and expected net loss (ENL) curves and frontier and their interpretation;
Optimal trial research design allowing for real world decision context, including time, opportunity costs and option value of delay, VOI across jurisdictions and implementation;
Comparing efficiency of health care providers in practice consistent with maximising expected net benefit.

Since 2005, in excess of 170 participants from policy, epidemiological, clinical, statistics and health economic backgrounds have successfully undertaken the course, including researchers and policy makers from the UK, Canada, Australia, USA, Japan and Korea, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) (Australia) and PBAC economic sub-committee, industry analysts and decision makers.

Further details on the course presenters, background, aims, content and references as well as the venue are available at http://clinicalchange.flinders.edu.au/courses.html.

Enquiries and registration for the workshop can be directed to Vicki Preston (+61 (0)8 8275 2859 or vicki.preston@flinders.edu.au). Please note that availability is strictly limited to 25 participants.

July 19, 2010: Workshop

July 31, 2010

Call for Abstacts: Asia Pacific Summit on Health Insurance (APSHI)

Location: Sanur-Bali, Indonesia
Venue: Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel
Dates: October 21-23 2010
Abstract submission deadline: July 31, 2010

Main Theme

Universal Coverage: Challenges and Opportunities

For more information please visit the conference website

July 31, 2010: Health Care

August 10, 2010

Call for Abstracts: The First Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) 2010

Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: Aug 10, 2010

WHITE is a health information technology (IT) summit that gathers prominent scholars in a multidisciplinary setting. Despite IT’s potential to transform healthcare delivery, significant challenges remain regarding design, implementation, utilization, and evaluation. These issues are actively explored in fields as diverse as medical informatics, computer science, public health, business, and economics. Each field brings a unique perspective and insights; collectively, these disciplines approaches are complementary.

This workshop will build the foundation for a multidisciplinary health IT research community. Furthermore, WHITE will stimulate new ideas with both policy and business implications. Synergies from interdisciplinary integrated will deepen our understanding of health IT design and resultant impact. Finally, this forum will facilitate feedback and collaboration between academia, government, and industry.

Organizers

Ritu Agarwal, University of Maryland - R.H. Smith School of Business

Guodong (Gordon) Gao, University of Maryland - R.H. Smith School of Business

Jeffrey S. McCullough, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Information for Authors

Please submit an extended abstract of no more than 5 pages to whitepaper@rhsmith.umd.edu by Aug 10, 2010. The abstract can be based on work-in-progress or work published within the past year. Abstracts will be reviewed by two committee members for novelty, rigor, and impact. Authors will be notified of decisions within three weeks.

Please check http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/ for further information and updates.

August 10, 2010: Workshop

August 18, 2010

31st Nordic Health Economist's meeting (NHESG)

Location: Umea, Sweden
Dates: 18-20 August 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 April 2010

We are pleased to invite you to the 31st Nordic Health Economist’s meeting (NHESG)!

This year’s meeting will take place between the 18th and 20th of August at Umea University, Sweden.

The 2010 NHESG meeting is hosted by the Department of Economics and Epidemiology and Global Health at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with the Graduate School in Population Dynamics and Public Policy at Umea University.

To serve as an inspiration to participating researchers, but not a restriction, the 31st NHESG meeting has been given the theme “Prevention”.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Donald Kenkel from Cornell University will give a keynote lecture on this theme.

Papers on all topics within health economics are welcome. The submitted papers can be reports on completed studies, work in progress or short descriptions of planned studies. 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). It is also possible to submit an abstract by fax. Abstracts will be available on the conference website to allow for a more informed choice for those interested in discussing. You can also participate without presenting 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. A preliminary conference program will be found on the website from May 17th.

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.
Papers may be selected on a first come first served basis.

This year, the conference registration fee is set at a lower rate for PhD students to especially encourage their participation. The conference registration fee is:

2800 SEK (excl VAT) for PhD students if paid before the 11th of June

3300 SEK (excl VAT) for senior researchers if paid before the 11th of June

4000 SEK (excl VAT) for all participants if paid after the 11th of June

Kindly pass the information about the meeting on to any colleagues who might be interested. We apologize for double postings.

All information about the conference can be found at the website: http://www.econ.umu.se/english/nhesg2010/

Please send abstracts, enquiries, etc. to:

Andrea.mannberg@econ.umu.se

August 18, 2010: Health Economics

September 1, 2010

Nineteenth European Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Dates: 1st to 4th September 2010
Abstract deadline: 1 June 2010
Local organiser: Karine Lamiraud (University of Lausanne, ESSEC Business School)
Series organisers: Andrew Jones (University of York) and Owen O’Donnell (Erasmus University Rotterdam,University of Lausanne, 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 2010 workshop will take place at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. 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 2010 Workshop will be selected on the basis of full papers. The deadline for submitting papers is 1 June 2010. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in an 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 1, 2010: Econometrics , Health Economics

Research on Connections between Health and SES Using PSID Data, Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Venue: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Conference date: September 2010

Purpose

Between 10-20 papers will be presented at a conference to be held in Ann Arbor, MI in September 2010.

Background

The PSID has followed the same families and their descendents since 1968, for 36 waves as of 2009, making it one of the premier datasets for generational analysis. When study participants leave a family to start their own household, such as when adult children move out on their own, the new family unit is added to the Core Panel and interviewed. Children born to or adopted by sample members become part of the study population and are followed over their lives. This practical sample design supports both intra- generational and inter-generational life course models. For example, there are many thousands of unique sibling pairs in the core PSID and 925 in the Child Development Supplement (CDS) alone. In 2007, about 4,300 ‘Heads/Wives’ had a sibling who was also a ‘Head/Wife’ in 2007. Moreover, there are currently ample data on up to three generations of the same family, allowing the analysis of child-parent models, parent- grandparent models, and child-grandparent models. For example, in the 2007 wave, there are about 4,500 ‘Heads/Wives’ who have parents who are also ‘Heads/Wives’, more than 1,100 ‘Heads/Wives’ who have grandparents who are also ‘Heads/Wives’, and about 1,000 ‘Heads/Wives’ who have both parents and grandparents who are also ‘Heads/Wives.’

The information collected on socioeconomic status and health is substantial. Extensive information on income, education, and employment has been collected in most waves since the survey began in 1968. A supplement in 1986 included substantial information on health which was expanded and included in every wave starting in 1999. A summary of the health data in the PSID is available at the PSID website: http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/data/

Goals of Conference

The goals of the conference are to bring together scholars in the area of health and SES to generate additional scientific and policy-relevant findings, facilitate future collaborations including NIH proposal submissions, and provide feedback to PSID about possible needs for content changes and/or future data collections. Papers will be considered for publication in a refereed special issue of the B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. More information about the journal can be found at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/.

Listed below are some examples of topics, intended for illustrative purposes. This is not a comprehensive list of possible topics.

Establish the differences in the relationships between health and socioeconomic status among adult siblings - and between parents and adult children - across the life course, and elucidate the various mechanisms accounting for these relationships;
Estimate models of transmission in education, economic status, and health status across two and three generations, including an examination of endogenous family structure;
Examine generational differences in factors affecting the retirement decision, including socioeconomic and health factors;
Examine the transitions and/or spells in health insurance coverage and their relationship to other transitions;
Examine the effects of events early in the life course on later-life outcomes;
Investigate the role of neighborhood factors on health.

For more information on the PSID, please visit the website: http://www.psidonline.org

September 1, 2010: Health Research , Workshop

September 10, 2010

Social Capital and Health Global Network III Workshop on Social Capital and Health

Location: Oslo, Norway
Dates: 10-11 September 2010
Submission deadline: April 6th 2010

Following the inaugural workshop in Berkeley 26-27 October 2006 and the second workshop in Paris 10-11 October 2008 we now invite the submission of draft papers or extended abstracts for a third workshop of the Social Capital and Health Research Network. This third event will take place in Oslo, Norway 10-11 September 2010 organized by the University of Oslo and co-sponsored by the Research Council of Norway.

During the last few years there has been a considerable increase in the interest and in the number of publications on the relation between social capital and health. The literature consists both of theoretical studies, studies based on micro-data within a single country and comparative cross-country studies at the aggregate and disaggregated levels. The workshop is open for all these types of contributions, and in particular for contributions that focus on an economic approach and contributions that aim at revealing the causal effect of social capital on health.

Papers for the workshop will be selected on the basis of draft papers or extended abstracts. Although draft papers are preferred, abstracts (minimum 600 words) that describe methods, results and data (if relevant) will also be considered. The deadline for submitting draft papers or extended abstracts is April 6th 2010. Papers or abstracts must be submitted electronically (PDF or Word) by email to tor.iversen@medisin.uio.no. Authors will be notified about acceptance by May 10th and will be required to provide electronic versions (PDF or Word) of the final paper by August 1st. Papers will be posted on the workshop website in downloadable format. Each paper will have an appointed discussant.

Scientific committee:

Timothy Brown (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Paul Dourgnon (IRDES, France)
Sherman Folland (Oakland University, USA)
Tor Iversen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Florence Jusot (Universite Paris-Dauphine, France)
Audrey Laporte (University of Toronto, Canada)
Lorenzo Rocco (University of Padova, Italy)
Franco Sassi (OECD)
Richard M. Scheffler (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

Participants are expected to present a paper or act as a discussant or chair. Funding is available to cover the costs of accommodation and meals during the workshop. Participants pay their own travel costs.

September 10, 2010: Health Care

September 18, 2010

Economics, Modelling and Diabetes: The Mt Hood Five Challenge

Location: Malmo, Sweden
Venue: Clinical Research Centre, University of Lund
Date: 18 and 19 September 2010
Abstract submission deadline: 31st May 2010

A Two day conference focused on health economic modelling of diabetes and its complications.

Cost:

Early-bird Registration Fee (Prior to 1 July 2010):

$US600 (4250 Swedish Krona) Industry
$US300 (2125 Swedish Krona ) Public sector/ Academia

Registration Fee (After 1 July 2010):

$US700 (4250 Swedish Krona) Industry
$US400 (2850 Swedish Krona) Public Sector/ Academia

Overview:

This conference focuses on economic aspects of diabetes and its complications. A major focal point of the conference will be a comparison of health economic diabetes models both in terms of their structure and performance.

A particular theme of this challenge will be how health economic simulation models can deal with uncertainty lead by Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Glasgow. The conference will also have open sessions on all aspects of the health economics of diabetes.

As per previous Mount Hood Challenges, the emphasis will be on comparing model projections to real world or clinical trial outcomes, and explanation and discussion of potential differences between models. Potential participants in this aspect of the conference will be contacted by the Steering Committee by May 2010.

Abstract submissions are invited on the following themes:

Modelling diabetes disease progression and its complications
Effect of diabetes on society, its impact on life and work
Economic approaches to measuring quality of life
Quantifying the cost of diabetes
Methodological aspects of diabetes modelling

Abstracts:

Will be accepted from mid-April. Deadline for abstracts will be 31st May 2010. All those submitting abstracts will be notified whether it has been accepted for presentation prior to early registration deadline.

Registration:

Will be also be accepted from mid-April. If you would like to be notified registration opens and for further information regarding abstract submission procedures please email: he.diabetes@sydney.edu.au; or visit http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/heconomics

Bursaries:

A limited number of bursaries are available for early career health economic researchers. Please email he.diabetes@sydney.edu.au for further details.

September 18, 2010: Health Economics

September 30, 2010

Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) 15th Annual Conference

Location: Moncalieri (TO), Italy
Dates: September 30-October 1, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2010

Both empirical and theoretical papers are expected to be submitted and contribute to the discussion on “The future of health care: institutional design, efficiency, equity”.

Specific topics for which submissions are welcome include:

A limited number of papers not specifically consistent with the Conference theme will be admitted for presentation and discussion in open sessions.

name(s) of author(s) and affiliation; author presenting the study should be marked with an asterisk; corresponding author’s e-mail address, postal address and telephone number;
topic of the paper (choosing from the above-listed topics) or “open session”;
presentation format (oral, poster or doctoral & junior researchers session);
title;
objectives;
methodology;
main content;
literature and expected original contribution.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and acceptance/rejection will be communicated by July 15th 2010. Review will consider consistency, methodological robustness and relevancy

Contributions accepted will be either full papers for oral presentations or short communications for the poster sessions.

Accepted papers must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by September 15th 2010.

All information regarding the Conference will be published on the AIES website: http://www.aiesweb.it

Scientific Committee

Claudio Jommi, Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: claudio.jommi@pharm.unipmn.it
Massimiliano Piacenza, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: piacenza@econ.unito.it
Gilberto Turati, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: turati@econ.unito.it
Roberto Zanola, POLIS (Public Policies and Public Choice), Universita del Piemonte Orientale: roberto.zanola@unipmn.it

Conference Secretary

Cinzia Di Novi, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: cinzia.dinovi@sp.unipmn.it
Giovanni Perucca, Universita degli Studi di Torino: giovanniperucca@libero.it
Susanna Riva, Universita degli Studi di Torino: susannariva@yahoo.it

Administrative Secretary

Mirella Airaldi, Coripe Piemonte, Via Real Collegio, 30 - 10024 Moncalieri (TO) Tel. +39 011.6705202 Fax +39 011.6407976 email: coripe@tin.it

Conference Location

Fondazione Real Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30 10024 Moncalieri (TO) - Italy

Conference Organizer

CORIPE Piemonte

Universita degli Studi di Torino, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Fondazione CRT

September 30, 2010: Health Economics

October 1, 2010

2010 Annual Health Econometrics Workshop

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Dates: October 1-2, 2010
Submission deadline: June 1, 2010

The purpose of this invitational workshop is to provide a forum to discuss the use of econometric and other quantitative methods to address issues in health economics and policy, health services research, and outcomes research. An hour will be devoted to each of the papers selected for discussion (approx 9-10). A discussant will present the paper, followed by the author’s rebuttal and open discussion.

We invite papers that develop new methods, assess existing methods, or highlight the use of non-proprietary software that address topical issues in health economics and policy. Methods advancing the field of pharmaceutical economics are encouraged. Papers will be chosen for their originality, innovativeness, and rigor. Cost of meals for invitees will be paid for by the conference. All other expenses, including hotel accommodations and transportation, are the participants’ responsibility.

Interested researchers should submit a full working paper by June 1, 2010, in PDF format to admin@healtheconometrics.org. Please: 1) Include “Annual Health Econometrics Workshop” in the subject line; 2) Identify main author who will present rebuttals to the discussant; and 3) Include full contact information for main author and all other co-authors on the paper.

Submitted papers should be unpublished and not accepted for publication at a peer-reviewed journal. Those invited to participate in the conference will be notified by July 1, 2010. Discussants for each paper will be selected with consent from the author.

For more information, visit http://www.healtheconometrics.org

Organizing Committee:

Anirban Basu, University of Chicago
Paul Grootendorst, University of Toronto
Willard Manning, University of Chicago
John Mullahy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edward Norton, University of Michigan

Our Sponsors:

i3 Innovus
Pfizer
Stata
University of Michigan

October 1, 2010: Econometrics

October 5, 2010

Third Conjoint Analysis in Health Conference

Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Dates: October 5 - 7, 2010
Submission deadline: April 1 2010 Extended Date: May 14, 2010

The third conjoint analysis in health conference (CAHC 2010) is being held between the 5th and 7th October, 2010, in Newport Beach Marriott, in Newport Beach, California. The only international conference devoted to the application of conjoint analysis, discrete choice, and other stated preference methods in health, the CAHC is organized in collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Sawtooth Software - who will be holding their conference concurrently. The organizing committee is currently seeking abstract submissions for poster, oral presentations and workshops for the conference. In past years, the conference has attracted methodological, clinical and policy focused researchers from a vast array of fields in medicine and public health. With this year’s conference theme being “Preferences for health and health care from around the globe”, the conference aims to attract international researchers from a range of fields such as outcomes research, medicine, health services research, health economics, psychology/psychometrics and public health. The scientific content will be presented on the Wednesday and Thursday of the conference (October, 6-7) and will include some joint sessions and networking opportunities with participants from the Sawtooth conference. Tuesday, October 5, will be devoted to two optional education workshops tailored specifically to the needs of preferences researchers in health, and participants will have the opportunity to participate in a range of other workshops organized by Sawtooth. Structured abstracts (Background, Objectives, Methods, Result, and Conclusions) of no more that 350 words should be submitted to John F P Bridges jbridges@jhsph.edu and contain the full name, affiliation, and email address of all authors. The deadline for submission has been extended to May 14, 2010. Further information about the conference can be obtained by contacting Sharon White via email smwhite@jhsph.edu or telephone +1 410 955-0441.

October 5, 2010: Econometrics

October 6, 2010

9th European Evaluation Society International Conference

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: October 6 - 8, 2010
Pre-conference dates: October 4 - 5, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2010

Evaluation in the Public Interest: Participation, Politics and Policy

This conference will be the major European evaluation event of the year 2010 and should not be missed. It offers a unique opportunity for exchange, learning and for the advancement of evaluation theory and practice. The conference is designed to stimulate forward and expansive thinking about the ways in which evaluation is embedded in the processes of politics and participation.

Main strands are:

Ethics, capabilities and transparency
Evaluation and Politics
Evaluation producers, beneficiaries, users and decision makers
Sector policy evaluation
Evaluation in developing and transition economies

Please contribute to the conference by presenting. For more information about proposal submission please check the pdf brochure Call for proposal and the conference website http://www.ees2010prague.org. For specific questions please contact the conference organisers via info@ees2010prague.org.

The online registartion is OPEN NOW

The proposal submission is OPEN NOW

October 2010 will be an ideal time to visit Prague, one of the cultural centres of Europe that was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register. Visitors can enjoy its historical monuments, castles, chateaux and beautiful and diverse nature of the Czech Republic

We look forward to seeing you in Prague!

Conference Co-chairs:

Marie Kaufman marie.kaufmann@evaluation.cz
Claudine Voyadzis cvoyadzis@gmail.com

October 6, 2010: Evaluation

October 15, 2010

21st Annual Health Economics Conference

Please see the Call for Abstracts; Also, we invite you to review the conference web site for more information

We look forward to receiving your abstract!

October 15, 2010: Health Economics

The First Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) 2010

Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: Aug 10, 2010

Organizers

Ritu Agarwal, University of Maryland - R.H. Smith School of Business

Guodong (Gordon) Gao, University of Maryland - R.H. Smith School of Business

Jeffrey S. McCullough, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Information for Authors

Please check http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/ for further information and updates.

October 15, 2010: Workshop

October 21, 2010

Asia Pacific Summit on Health Insurance (APSHI)

Location: Sanur-Bali, Indonesia
Venue: Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel
Dates: October 21-23 2010
Abstract submission deadline: July 31, 2010

Main Theme

Universal Coverage: Challenges and Opportunities

For more information please visit the conference website

October 21, 2010: Health Care

October 24, 2010

32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dates: October 24 - 27, 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 4, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline: August 13, 2010

“Evidence, Economics, and Ethics: The Future of Health Technology Assessment”

Call for Abstracts / Save the Date Brochure
International Travel Scholarship Application
Conference Web Page

October 24, 2010: Health Technology Assessment

October 29, 2010

8th Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference: University of Georgia

Location: Athens, Georgia, USA
Dates: October 29-30, 2010
Abstract Deadline: June 30, 2010
Department: Public Administration and Policy, and Economics

If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) in electronic format (pdf preferred) to shesg@googlegroups.com by June 30, 2010. Submissions should be unpublished.

October 29, 2010: Health Economics

October 30, 2010

Call for Abstracts: 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/

October 30, 2010: Health Care , Health Economics , Health Research , Mental Health , Public Health , Workshop

November 1, 2010

Call for Abstracts: 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.

November 1, 2010: Public Health

November 10, 2010

The American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting

Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Venue: Grand Hyatt San Antonio
Conference dates: Wednesday, November 10 to Saturday, November 13, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010

The American Evaluation Association invites evaluators from around the world to attend its annual conference to be held Wednesday, November 10, through Saturday, November 13, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. We’ll be convening at the lovely Grand Hyatt San Antonio, right in the heart of the vibrant city and adjacent to the Riverwalk’s nightlife, restaurants, and strolling grounds. Discounted hotel reservations will be available in March.

AEA’s annual meeting is expected to bring together approximately 2500 evaluation practitioners, academics, and students, and represents a unique opportunity to gather with professional colleagues in a collaborative, thought-provoking, and fun atmosphere.

The conference is broken down into 44 Topical Strands that examine the field from the vantage point of a particular methodology, context, or issue of interest to the field as well as the Presidential Strand highlighting this year’s Presidential Theme of Evaluation Quality. Presentations may explore the conference theme or any aspect of the full breadth and depth of evaluation theory and practice.

Proposals are due by midnight in the Eastern time zone, on Friday, March 19, 2010.

For more information please visit our conference website.

November 10, 2010: Evaluation

November 16, 2010

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Location: Montreux, Switzerland
Conference dates: 16-19 November 2010
Submission deadline: 30 April 2010

The World Health Organization and partners will convene the inaugural global symposium on health systems research on 16-19 November 2010. Researchers, policy-makers, funders, and other stakeholders representing diverse constituencies will gather in Montreux, Switzerland to share evidence, identify significant knowledge gaps, and set a research agenda for health systems research that reflects the needs of low and middle-income countries. The Symposium is structured around two main streams:

Applications are now being accepted in Stream 1 for individual presentations or proposals for organized sessions. Submissions in Stream 2 should be for organized sessions only.

Submissions in Stream 1 should be on research studies that are completed or ongoing, but the results should be available at the time of the symposium
Only on-line submissions are accepted
Only English language submissions will be considered
The abstract word count should be 300 words or less for Stream 1 and 500 words or less for Stream 2
Limited funding is available for applicants from low- and middle-income countries
The Symposium Secretariat reserves the right to accept, reject or request modifications of any submission

Deadline for submissions is 30 April 2010

More information can be found at:

http://www.hsr-symposium.org/
http://www.hsr-symposium.org/index.php/registration
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/symposium_brochure.pdf
email: healthsystemresearch@who.int

November 16, 2010: Health Care , Health Research

December 9, 2010

Health Care Rationing Conference

Location: Rotterdam,The Netherlands
Dates: 9 - 10 December 2010

Aim of conference

In the late 1990s, the Dutch government started to experiment with ‘regulated competition’ in social health insurance. A milestone was the new Health Insurance Act in 2006 introducing a compulsory health insurance scheme for the entire population, carried out by (for-profit) health insurers, contracting individual and institutional health professionals. Safeguarding equal access, the new health insurance scheme introduced several preconditions like compulsory insurance, a basic benefit package, the prohibition of risk selection, a risk-equalization fund, etc. The idea of competitive health insurance was combined with deregulating hospital planning and liberalizing health care tariffs.

In the new scheme medical need is still decisive in health care access decision-making, but merit-considerations are becoming important too. Shortening waiting times, priority arrangements were considered and/or introduced, based on non-medical criteria. Simultaneously, in terms of financing, health status has become important due to own payments-arrangements, limited insurance package options, etc. At the same time, health status disparities due to socioeconomic inequalities seem to be increasing.

Under these circumstances, confronted with increased health spending, we can expect the R-word becoming more eminent in the Dutch health care debate. Emerging relevant questions are: Who is responsible for rationing (the market, governments, bureaucrats, physicians or others)?; How does it function (explicit or implicit)?; What are relevant and acceptable selection criteria (QUALYs, DALYs, health status, sexe, age, etc)?; To what extent is current rationing just?; What can be done to make it more just?; How will health care rationing affect equal access to health care?; What is the relationship between health care rationing and differences in health status?, etc.

There is a wealth of literature in political theory, as well as in health care policy, economics, social medicine and law addressing these issues. What is needed is a consideration of the values involved and the impact of policy decisions on the expression of these values. Therefore, the Erasmus Observatory organizes an international conference, discussing health care rationing from a wide range of perspectives.

Speakers

The following speakers have confirmed their contribution:

Dr. Bert Boer, Executive member of the Board, Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ) (health policy)
Prof. Werner Brouwer (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (economics)
Prof. Norman Daniels (Harvard University) (philosophy, medical ethics)
Prof. Leonard Fleck (Michigan State University) (philosophy)
Prof. Colleen Flood (Toronto University) (law)
Dr. Anand Grover (Special Rapporteur United Nations) (law)
Prof. John Harris (University of Manchester) (bioethics)
Prof. Frances Kamm (Harvard University) (philosophy)
Prof. Johan Mackenbach (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (public health)
Prof. Alan Maynard (University of York) (economics)
Prof. Chris Newdick (University of Reading) (law)
Dr. Erik Nord (Nordic School of Public Health) (economics)
Prof. Bettina Schoene-Seifert (Muenster University) (medical ethics)
Dr. Keith Syrett (University of Bristol) (law)

Conference agenda

Further details: to be announced soon

Conference structure

The conference will include:

keynote lectures
parallel sessions
plenary discussions
poster presentations (young researchers)

Each conference day will open and close with plenary sessions with keynote presentations and debate. During each day, the conference will host parallel sessions addressing the defined questions.

A special poster session for young researchers is planned for Friday 10 December.

There will be a speakers’ dinner on the evening of Thursday 9 December.

The conference language is English.

Conference book

Speakers contributions will be collected and published by a well-known international publisher.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Erasmus University campus. Speakers and guests will be accommodated in Novotel Brainpark, next to the Woudestein campus of the Erasmus University.

Organizers

The Erasmus Observatory on Health law.

The Committee comprises:

Prof. Martin Buijsen
Prof. Werner Brouwer
Dr. Andre den Exter
Mahsa Ghari

Info:

info@erasmusobservatoryonhealthlaw.nl

December 9, 2010: Health Care

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

March 5, 2011: Public Health

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.

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/

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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sponsor: University of Toronto
Dates: July 10-13 2011

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