Workshop
May 9, 2008
1st International Conference on Healthcare Transformation: Primary Care Focus
Location: Singapore
Conference dates: 9-11 May 2008
Venue: Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Organisers: Conference Management Unit, National Healthcare Group College
Conference Secretariat * Junia Heng: junia_heng@nhg.com.sg * Krristy Lam: krristy_lam@nhg.com.sg
6 Commonwealth Lane, #06-01, GMTI Building, Singapore 149547.
Phone: +65 6496 6843 Fax: +65 6496 6853
This Healthcare Transformation conference with a primary care focus will be a first in Singapore, which provides a platform for international and local speakers to share their expertise, experiences and challenges in healthcare transformation in their countries. This will be especially impactful and relevant as countries around the world are reviewing their healthcare systems to make them more efficient and cost-effective.
We have invited several internationally renowned experts in chronic disease management, quality innovations, information technology, health resource allocation and utilization, law and professional ethics. They include Dr Barbara Starfield, University Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Health Policy and management at Johns Hopkins University, Dr Shigeru Omi, the Regional Director of the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), Prof Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Health Care at the University College of London, Prof Michael Kidd, Professor of General Practice and Head of the Discipline of General Practice at the University of Sydney amongst others.
The main objectives of the conference are:
- To understand the perspectives of healthcare transformation which is taking place in several developed countries and the increasingly important role of Primary Care.
- To understand the various models of primary care currently practised in these countries.
- To learn new quality strategies in primary healthcare.
- To examine the quality innovations in healthcare transformation.
- To illustrate the importance of preparedness in the face of emerging infectious diseases.
- To bridge the gaps in the community through seamless integration by forging ties and developing networks amongst key players.
- To examine the issues faced by nurses and the allied healthcare team in the delivery of care.
- To learn from the authorities in law and ethics in the healthcare transformation process
All sessions are conducted in English and the call for abstracts will open in November 2007.
For further information, registration and abstract submission, please visit- http://www.pca.sg/
May 14, 2008
Active Living Research (Call for Proposals & 2008 Annual Conference)
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Conference date: 9-12 April 2008
Proposal Submission deadline: 14 May 2008
Active Living Research is pleased to announce the release of our Call for Proposals (CFP) – Round 8. This call for proposals is the first to reflect a new emphasis for Active Living Research, which will focus on supporting research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity.
All proposals must be submitted through The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Grantmaking Online system. The full proposal submission deadline is Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 1:00 p.m. PDT. Please visit our Web site for more information and to link to the RWJF Grantmaking Online system. If you have any questions about the proposal submission process, please contact Amanda Wilson, Research Coordinator, at awilson@projects.sdsu.edu or 619-260-5538.
Space is still available for our 2008 Annual Conference, April 9-12 in Washington, DC. This year’s conference in the Nation’s Capitol will provide researchers and policy makers greater opportunities to interact, exchange ideas, and discuss potential synergies between research and policy development. Visit http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference/2008 to learn more and register now.
Please visit our Web site for other frequently updated news and announcements.
May 28, 2008
"Economics, Behavior, and Health" - XXVIII Jornadas de Economía de la Salud: Asociación de Economía de la Salud
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Dates: 28-30 May 2008
Venue: Hospedería Fonseca, Salamanca
Theme: “Economics, Behavior, and Health”
Conference Background:
Decisions regarding health and the provision of health services not only depend on purely economic incentives but also in habits and psycho-social and emotional conditions. They often drive to results which are difficult to explain under a traditional framework. The field of behavioral economics is devoted to explain those phenomena taking into account the informational and auto-control constraints that individuals bear and make them systematically make mistakes. Those constraints have already been used in psychology. However, economic science may provide helpful evidence for public policy.
This topic has been chosen for the XXVIII Jornadas de Economía de la Salud because it responds to the evidence that the health sector is characterized by the imperfect and asymmetric information available for individuals, and the frequent need of taking decisions with a high uncertainty in a framework of anxiety or urgency and the existence of large laps between the adoption of lifestyle and habits and their effects in the health status. From this perspective, we are able to go deeply in questions such as: why does clinical practice variation exist? Why does not it converge to the standard levels provided by the cost-effectiveness analysis? Why do not some patients comply properly their treatments? Why does not the demand of health services respond to information on the clinical effort of health providers? Do we have to trust on the subjective measures of quality of life related to health status? Or Why do we maintain our bad habits as uncompensated diets, smoking, or not practicing sports even if we know that it is bad for our health?
The scientific program will develop this topic with special focus on policy experiences, management tools and organizational methods to help guarantee the financial sustainability of the health system and help improve the health status of the population. As usual, the Spanish Health Economics Association Conference offer the opportunity to present recent research further the main topic of the conference, on other fields regarding Health Economics, Health Management or Health Policy. Therefore, we would like to invite you to submit your research.
The scientific committee has provided as a guideline different areas in which abstracts have to be classified. Those areas are:
- Economic analysis of health
- Lifestyles
- Provision of socio-health services
- Dependency
- Equity and inequity
- Public Health Economics
- Economic Evaluation and evaluation of pharmaceutical technology
- Health Expenditure and the Financing of Public Health
- Management, organization and innovations in health centers
- Immigration
- Human Resources
- Demand and Utilization of health services
- Health status Measurement
- Econometrics and quantitative methods
- Industrial Organization
- Clinical practice variation
- Health insurance
Key Dates
- Early bird registration: 10 April 2008
Contact: For additional information, please visit or web page:
or contact by email at secretaria@aes.es
May 28, 2008: Health Economics
June 8, 2008
AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting 2008
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Date: June 8-10, 2008
For details please visit http://www.academyhealth.org/conferences/arm.htm
June 11, 2008
3rd Annual Pharmacovigilance Conference
Location: London, England, UK
Dates: 11-13 June 2008
With increasing numbers of product recalls and market withdrawals, drug safety is something that can have a major impact on profitability. This, combined with the very real possibility of lawsuits, and raising the bar by various stakeholders, means that the field of pharmacovigilance is now under more pressure than ever before. If you’d like to know how to increase the safety of your portfolio, our lineup of expert speakers at Pharmacovigilance 2008 will be on hand to share their knowledge and experience.
Regulators are placing greater emphasis on post-approval surveillance, with the goalposts continually changing. Are you in a position to keep up?
Some of the key speakers include:
- Dr William Maier, Senior Director, Epidemiology, Elan
- Phillip Berry, Global Medical Director, Reckitt Benckiser
- John Parkinson, Group Head, General Practice Research Database
- William Gregory, Director, Safety and Risk Management, Pfi zer
- Georg Ferber, Group Head, Biostatistics, Novartis
- Christian Czech, CNS Research, Hoffmann–La Roche
- David J Lewis, Head of IMS PVO, Novartis
- Massimo Raineri, Head of System Development, Actelion
- Gurdyal Kalsi, Global Head, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Global Clinical Development, MDS Pharma services
- Richard Thomas, Competency Development, CTG
Why should you attend? By attending this conference, you will find out what steps need to be taken in order to stay competitive and keep on the right side of the regulators. Furthermore, with several high-profile cases in the media, your company’s reputation could easily sustain significant damage unless your methods and practices are of the highest calibre. By implementing the optimal strategy now, you can reduce the cost and time spent on using other more traditional methods. And with the field of drug discovery now experiencing impressive advancements through technologies, those at the forefront will lead the way in this profitable sector. Are you in order to make the promised gains? Listen to the presentations from our panel of industry leaders at this event to see what you can do make the best use of data processing, and forge the right partnerships for the coming years. Only one conference this year will allow you to strike the right balance between risk and benefit, and to make the right decisions.
We invite you to book now to avoid missing out on what promises to be a unique exchange of knowledge and ideas.
Who Should Attend?
- Head of Pharmacovigilance Strategy
- Director of Drug Safety/Risk Management
- Head of Information and Clinical Data Management
- VP/Head of Clinical Research
- Head of Research & Development and Product Safety/Assurance Assessment
- VP/Head of Patient Safety and Outcomes Research and Data Analysis
- Head of Epidemiology Project Management
- VP/Head of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance VP of Sales & Marketing
Registering: All you need to book your place is either email Jacob at pharma.conferences1@conferencesandreports.com or call on TEL: +44 (0)207 549 9971.
June 11, 2008: Pharmaceuticals
June 22, 2008
"Equity and Efficiency in Health and Healthcare": 2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA
Dates: 22-25 June 2008
Venue: R. David Thomas Center and The Fuqua School of Business
Host Institutions: Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The 2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) is taking place on June 22-25, 2008 at the R. David Thomas Center and The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Conference Details: http://healtheconomics.us/conference/2008/
Pre-Conference Workshops: Workshops will take place on Sunday June 22
Plenary Speakers:
- Sunday June 22 6:00pm: “Reforming Health Care Delivery” by Mark B. McClellan
- Tuesday June 24 5:15pm: by Gary Becker
Exhibitor Information:
All exhibit space registration closes on Friday May 30. To register, contact Christopher Martin at christopher.martin@healtheconomics.org or 902-461-4432.
June 22, 2008: Health Economics
June 23, 2008
2008 Summer Evaluation Institute: American Evaluation Association and the Centers for Disease Control
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference dates: 23-25 June 2008
Venue: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Organizers: American Evaluation Association, Centers for Disease Control
Who should attend? Evaluators, applied researchers, grantmakers, foundation program officers, nonprofit administrators, social science students, you! Register now as the Institute has a limited capacity and sessions are filled on a first-come basis.
What is the format? Three keynote addresses, three sets of three-hour training workshops, two rotations of 90-minute breakout sessions, plus two group lunches to allow for networking time among conference attendees.
Who is presenting? Experts who have conducted evaluations in a variety of settings, nationally known authors, those working on the cutting edge, and all selected for their ability to share their expertise in a way that is engaging and understandable.
What will I learn? You choose! Topics range from Evaluation Planning, Sampling, Causal Attribution, Focus Groups, and Appreciative Inquiry; to Reporting, Theory to Practice, System Dynamics, Cultural Competence, and more …
More Info: http://www.eval.org/SummerInstitute08/08SIhome.asp
June 23, 2008: Public Health , Workshop
July 7, 2008
15th Annual Rand Summer Institute
Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
Dates: July 7-10, 2008
Application Deadline: March 14, 2008
The RSI consists of two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: a Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (July 7-8) and a workshop on the Demography, Economics and Epidemiology of Aging (July 9-10). 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 2008 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.
July 8, 2008
CPT2008: The IXth World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Location: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Dates: 27 July - 1 August 2008
Venue: Quebec City Convention Centre
The IXth World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - CPT2008, will take place from July 27 - August 1, 2008 at the Quebec City Convention Centre, in Quebec City, Canada.
The Quebec City Convention Centre is in the heart of the city, across from the Parliament Building and just steps from the fortifications. It is linked by underground walkways to a complex that includes two major hotels, indoor parking, and a shopping centre.
July 18, 2008
Life Beyond Pain : Biennial Scientific Meeting (BSM) of the Pain Association of Singapore
Location: Singapore
Date: 18-20 July 2008
Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organizer: The Pain Association of Singapore
Website: http://www.pain.org.sg/
PAS BSM 2008 Secretariat
c/o National Healthcare Group
Conference Management Unit-NHG College
Tel: +(65) 6496 6850
Fax: +(65) 6496 6853
Email: conferenceinfo@nhg.com.sg
Join us at this Biennial Scientific Meeting of the Pain Association of Singapore. The theme “Life Beyond Pain” has been specially chosen to bring about the awareness, education and understanding of the various impacts of pain and the latest management options. The topic “Pain” has increased greatly in this region and it’s widespread among the old and the young. Through the many workshops, forums and talks by our eminent local and overseas speakers, we certainly have prepared this coming meeting to be the best pain meeting to be held in Singapore.
A special basic science session will also update all of us on the latest basic science research on pain. Interventional workshop highlighting the latest interventional treatment options will cater to the many clinicians who are keen to hone their skills and complement their treatment strategies.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 April 2008
Online Registration and Abstract Submission: http://www.pain.org.sg/
Invited Speakers:
Prof Serdar Erdine
Chairman, World Institute of Pain, & Professor, Department of Algology, Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof Anthony Dickenson
Professor, Department of Neuropharmacology, University College, London, UK
A/Prof Michael Nicholas
Director, ADAPT Pain Management Programme, Pain Management & Research Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Dr Mary Cardosa
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Management Specialist, Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia
July 23, 2008
Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics
Location: Roma, Italy
Dates: 23-26 July 2008
Venue: Faculty of Economics, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”
Theme: “Health Economics and Global Renaissance”
More information and Registration: http://www.echeroma2008.eu/
About the Faculty of Economics: The Faculty of Economics, University of Roma, Tor Vergata has got an approximate enrollment of 4,000 students. There is a library with more than 30 thousand catalogued monographs and over 2 thousand magazines and journals, a press office, a data processing center, a language lab, and a graduates’ work opportunity office which initiates a liaison between graduates and enterprises. The teaching, training and research activities are organized so they encourage an active and continuous student participation also via interaction with professors.
Conference Background: The present situation in the European economy is beset with problems of growth in an atmosphere of deep inequality; the latter being all the more accentuated and a source of concern when considering the delicate state of the global economy. As is universally recognised health is a fundamental component, if not the principle one, to further equitable and sustainable development. Not by chance, the majority of the health reforms in the nations of the old Europe dwell upon improvement of efficiency and of equity of their existing health service systems. While the health policies proposed have common features, they form an important part of the economic cultural and social contexts which are fundamentally different from one another: at the same time, it has been pointed out that there is a risk of some countries following routes which have already been demonstrated to be inefficient and/or inadequate by other health systems. The theme chosen for the ECHE Roma 2008 Conference raises the hope that health economics becomes the centre of a global process of renewal based on development stemming from new knowledge in the scientific field but also paying due attention to the experience and knowledge previously accumulated. No apology is made for parallel reference to the Renaissance which had its beginnings and its maximum splendor in Italy.
Our hope is that health economics will become ever more important for policy makers in the formulation their strategies, to the extent that (following the popular Roman tale) their hands may be confidently inserted into the Bocca della Verità, also present in our symbol, without fear of amputation at the wrist.
Conference themes and sections:
- Migration and health
- Health Insurance and methodological issues
- Economics in public health
- Economics of prevention
- Pharmaceutical economics
- Economic evaluation
- Mediterranean countries health systems
- Equity and health
- Efficiency of health care
- Welfare and welfarism
- Organizational models for health assistance
For all sections papers dealing with benchmarking across countries, regions and types of providers and payer systems are especially welcome.
Who should attend? The conference is of interest to a variety of groups and professionals within the larger industry of healthcare and healthcare delivery. These groups include medical and healthcare practitioners, researchers, academics, manufacturers, jurists, regulators, and consultants involved in all the phases of development, delivery, evaluation, risk management, research or teaching of healthcare services and of healthcare technologies management.
Included in this list, are also the manufacturers of medical instruments and healthcare equipment/ devices; pharmaceutical companies; biotechnology companies; providers of information and telecommunication technology for healthcare delivery; regulatory agencies; medical and healthcare professional groups and associations; insurance and other financial companies involved in healthcare; and faculty and students in programs in healthcare management, technology, policy, strategy, economics, and ethics.
Key Dates
- Deadline submission of abstract: 15 January 2008 (now closed)
- Notification: 1 March 2008
- Deadline submission of full paper: 16 June 2008
- Early bird registration: 15 February 2008
Proceedings and Publication: All the papers and posters will be published in the Conference Proceedings and in a CD-ROM distributed at the conference to all conference participants who register for the conference. In addition, a book based on papers presented at the Conference is also planned.
Contact: For additional information, please visit http://www.echeroma2008.eu/ or contact the conference coordinators at: f.mennini@uniroma2.it; spandonaro@economia.uniroma2.it and a.donia@uniroma2.it. Please send any abstract submissions to eche@healtheconomics.org
July 23, 2008: Health Economics
August 27, 2008
2008 Joint meeting of the UK HESG and Nordic HESG
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Dates: 27-29 August 2008
HERU are pleased to be hosting the 2008 joint meeting of the UK Health Economists’ Study Group and the Nordic Health Economists’ Study Group. The meeting will be held in at the University of Aberdeen, from the 27th to the 29th of August 2008.
Local organisers are:
- Academic: Marjon van der Pol
- Administrative: Heather Macintosh
More information to follow
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/heru/latest_news/meeting_2008.php
October 17, 2008
Sixth Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Dates: 17-18 October 2008
Abstract submission deadline: 16 June 2008
Sponsored by the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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. Meals and lodging will be provided. Transportation to Birmingham is the participants’ responsibility.
Ten papers will be accepted for presentation. The conference will consist of a full day of presentations on Friday, October 17 and a half-day of presentations on Saturday, October 18. Each paper will be allotted 60 minutes, including 40 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussant comments and discussion from the floor. The number of participants in the conference will be limited.
For further information, please contact Michael Morrisey, (205) 975 -8966, or morrisey@uab.edu.
Steering Committee:
- W. David Bradford (Medical University of SC)
- Marisa Domino (University of North Carolina)
- Alvin Headen (North Carolina State University)
- Richard Lindrooth (Medical University of SC)
- Michael Morrisey (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- Christopher Ruhm (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Frank Sloan (Duke University)
October 17, 2008: Health Economics
October 23, 2008
"Priorities 2008": Conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care
Location: NewcastleGateshead, England, UK
Dates: 29-31 October 2008
Venue: Sage Concert Hall
“Managing scarcity in health care: theory-to-practice and practice-to-theory”
In October 2008, the conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care returns to the UK, this time to the north-east of England. Formed in 1996, following the first international conference on this topic held in Stockholm, the purpose of the Society is to provide a forum in which researchers and practitioners involved in priority setting can exchange ideas and experience. Particular importance is placed on: getting research into practice; learnings across poorer and richer nations; and encouraging practitioners to learn about approaches to priority setting and researchers to learn from real practical experience.
Much has changed in the eight years since the Society was last in the UK. Building on this, the main theme of this conference is very much about achieving greater action on priority setting and improving frameworks used for this purpose across lower and higher income countries. Thus, we aim to:
- achieve participation from practitioners at all levels of health care (from national through to local) as well as the public;
- create a vibrant environment for two-way learning, from theory to practice and practice to theory;
- enhance learning about managing scarcity in more equitable and efficient ways, and, thus, for the greater benefit of the populations we serve.
Key topics for discussion and presentation will be as follows:
- theoretical and methodological advances in priority setting (reconciling health system objectives, the ethical and the economic, understanding how organisations learn and how organisations can change, developments in health technology assessment, evaluating pubic health interventions)
- practical advances in priority setting (accounting for the politics of health care, managing scarcity in resource-deprived environments of lower-income countries, achieving disinvestment in health care)
- achieving real solutions (handling the ‘media storm’, legal issues and conflict resolution in priority setting, meaningful public involvement, making the ‘academic’ practical)
- knowledge transfer and exchange (working across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries, learning from the private sector, barriers to engaging in knowledge transfer research)
- information to underpin decisions (can we make decisions with little evidence? what are the informational requirements of decision makers both at a national, local and individual client levels? Can these be met?)
You will soon be hearing form us about keynote speakers and the process of abstract submission and workshops. Until then, please mark this exciting event in your diaries. The conference has a Local Organising Committee which is being convened by the Institute of Health Society at Newcastle University by Angela Bate and Cam Donaldson.
To receive regular updates please register your interest with Eileen Coope (eileen.coope@ncl.ac.uk).
Conference web page: http://www.healthcarepriorities.co.uk/. We look forward to seeing you in NewcastleGateshead in 2008.
October 25, 2008
American Public Health Association: 136th Annual Meeting
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Date: October 25-29, 2008
For details please visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings/future_past.htm
October 25, 2008: Health Economics , Public Health
October 28, 2008
III Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics: Cuban Society of Health Economics (Sociedad Cubana de Economía de la Salud, SCES)
Location: Havana, Cuba
Dates: October 28-31 2008
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Presidents: José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera & Roberto Verrier Castro
Vice-Presidents: Pedro Hidalgo Prado, Osvaldo Castro Miranda & Blanca Rosa Pampin Balado
Chair Scientific Committee: Ana María Gálvez González
CONTACTS
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION:
Manuel Alvarez Muñiz
Organizing Committee Coordinator
Email: malvarezm@infomed.sld.cu
HOTEL BOOKING:
Vivian Calzado
HAVANATUR
Email: viviancalzado@havanatur.cu
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF:
- Asociación Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba (ANECC)
- Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (MINSAP)
- Sociedad Cubana de Economía de la Salud (SCES)
- Asociación Brasileña de Economía de la Salud
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud de Argentina
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud de Chile
- Asociación de Economía de la Salud del Uruguay
- Centro para el Control Estatal de los Medicamentos (CECMED) de Cuba
- Agencia de Vigilancia Sanitaria (ANVISA) de Brasil.
- Organización Panamericana de la Salud
- Escuela Nacional de Salud Publica de Cuba
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND:
THE III LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CONGRESS ON HEALTH ECONOMICS is a continuation to its two former congresses held in Brazil (2004) and Argentina (2006). Now, the main subject of the congress will be “The Role of Health Economics, as a means to face the health needs of the Latin American and Caribbean peoples, within the framework of solidarity and integration processes”. Cuban experience in these subjects is quite large and rewarding, expecting therefore this congress will result satisfactory to criteria exchange, in benefit both to the Economists as well as to the Health Specialists, regarding an integrating and socializing approach.
At the same time will take place the “FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP OF REGULATION AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SANITARY TECHNOLOGIES”, bearing the objective of promoting the exchange of viewpoints, experiences, knowledge and projects over pharmaceutical market regulations, price control of medicaments and the application of pharmacy-economy in the decision-making process.
CONFERENCE SUBJECTS:
- Health Economy involving the Latin-American Integration Process.
- Public Financing and State Involvement.
- Planning and Resources Management and Control.
- Health Economic Efficiency.
- Health Services Financing.
- Planning and Management of Health Services Personnel.
- Personnel Forming in Health Economics
- National Pharmaceutical Policies and Economic Regulation of Medicaments.
ATTENDANTS PROFILES:
Professionals, technicians and personnel linked to Health Economics and related disciplines. Also, professionals and health technicians interested in Health Economics and Economic Evaluation of Sanitary Technologies
THE SCIENTIFIC SCHEDULE OF THE CONGRESS WILL CONSIST ON FOUR MODALITIES:
- Conferences.
- Round-table conference over the same subject.
- Free themes.
- Posters.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Applicants interested in presenting their expositions in any of the afore mentioned modalities, are to send them (preferably finished), prior to June 30th, 2008 for its approval, to the President of the Scientific Committee:
Dra. C. Ana María Gálvez González
galveza@infomed.sld.cu
econ@ensap.sld.cu
In case of summaries, the following scheme is recommended:
- Introduction
- Objective
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions.
Names of authors and co-authors are to be included. The name of the expositor of the paper to be presented must be highlighted within the names of the authors and co-authors. The corresponding acknowledgement of receipt will be sent in due time.
PUBLICATION:
All works accepted will be mentioned in the relevant CD of the Congress
REGISTRATION FEE
Delegate: 250.00 CUC
Accompany: 60.00 CUC
October 28, 2008: Health Economics
PRIORITIES 2008: Conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care
Location: Newcastle-Gateshead, England, UK
Conference dates: 28-31 October 2008
Venue: Sage Concert Hall
“Managing scarcity in health care: theory-to-practice and practice-to-theory”
In October 2008, the conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care returns to the UK, this time to the north-east of England. Formed in 1996, following the first international conference on this topic held in Stockholm, the purpose of the Society is to provide a forum in which researchers and practitioners involved in priority setting can exchange ideas and experience. Particular importance is placed on: getting research into practice; learnings across poorer and richer nations; and encouraging practitioners to learn about approaches to priority setting and researchers to learn from real practical experience.
Much has changed in the eight years since the Society was last in the UK. Building on this, the main theme of this conference is very much about achieving greater action on priority setting and improving frameworks used for this purpose across lower and higher income countries. Thus, we aim to:
- achieve participation from practitioners at all levels of health care (from national through to local) as well as the public;
- create a vibrant environment for two-way learning, from theory to practice and practice to theory;
- enhance learning about managing scarcity in more equitable and efficient ways, and, thus, for the greater benefit of the populations we serve.
Key topics for discussion and presentation will be as follows:
- theoretical and methodological advances in priority setting (reconciling health system objectives, the ethical and the economic, understanding how organisations learn and how organisations can change, developments in health technology assessment, evaluating public health interventions)
- practical advances in priority setting (accounting for the politics of health care, managing scarcity in resource-deprived environments of lower-income countries, achieving disinvestment in health care)
- achieving real solutions (handling the media storm, legal issues and conflict resolution in priority setting, meaningful public involvement, making the academic practical)
- knowledge transfer and exchange (working across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries, learning from the private sector, barriers to engaging in knowledge transfer research)
- information to underpin decisions (can we make decisions with little evidence? what are the informational requirements of decision makers both at a national, local and individual client levels? Can these be met?)
You will soon be hearing form us about keynote speakers and the process of abstract submission and workshops. Until then, please mark this exciting event in your diaries. The conference has a Local Organising Committee which is being convened by the Institute of Health Society at Newcastle University by Angela Bate and Cam Donaldson. If you would like any more details or to make any suggestions, please contact Eileen Coope (eileen.coope@ncl.ac.uk).
We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle-Gateshead in 2008.
November 17, 2008
II World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association
Location: New York, USA
Dates: 17-19 November 2008
Venue: New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, NY.
Abstract Submission deadline: 30th April 2008 (please send the abstract to the local organizing committee secretary: Kyle Handley at the email address NYSEA2008@gmail.com)
Submission of final paper: 1 August 2008
Final date for registration: 29 October 2008
Spatial Econometrics is becoming more and more popular in many scientific fields. The 2nd World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association aims to bring together economists, econometricians and regional scientists to discuss the present achievements and future challenges and opportunities.
Visit http://www.spatialeconometricsassociation.org/
Papers on any health economics topic dealing with spatial issues are welcome.
November 17, 2008: Econometrics
November 7, 2009
American Public Health Association: 137th Annual Public Meeting
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: November 7-11, 2009
For details please visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings/future_past.htm