« April 2005 | Main | July 2005 »
June
2eme Colloque international sur Financement de la santé dans les pays en développement: CERDI
Submission Deadline: June 30 2005 [updated]
Conference Location: Clermont-Fd, France
Conference Dates: 1-2 December 2005
2eme Colloque international sur Financement de la santé dans les pays en développement - CERDI, Clermont-Fd, France, 1-2 décembre 2005
2ème appel à communications. Ce colloque est organisé en partenariat avec l’Institut de la Banque Mondiale, le Collège des Economistes de la Santé, le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, l’Agence Française de Développement et l’OMS. Il se propose de réunir des participants français et étrangers d’horizons variés - milieux académiques, professionnels venant des administrations, des institutions d’aide au développement, des établissements de soins et autres prestataires de services, … , pour échanger autour de travaux théoriques, conceptuels, méthodologiques et appliqués portant sur les multiples aspects de la problématique actuelle du financement de la santé dans les pays en développement. Quatre axes seront plus particulièrement retenus :
- Financement de la santé, problématiques macro-économiques et stratégies de développement ;
- Stratégies de financement, articulation des instruments, rôle des acteurs ;
- Financement, efficience et régulation des systèmes de santé ;
- Evaluation : méthodes et études de cas
Date limite de soumission des résumés : 30 juin 2005. Pour plus d’information, voir http://www.cerdi.org/Colloque/FSPD2005/
2nd International Conference on “Health Financing in Developing Countries” - 1st and 2nd December 2005,; CERDI, Clermont-Fd, France.
2nd Call for Papers. The 2nd international conference on “Health financing in developing countries” will be held at the CERDI, International Centre for Studies and Research on Developing Countries, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Fd, in France. Organized in partnership with the World Bank Institute, the French Health Economists Association and ESPAD Network, the French Development Agency, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the WHO, it aims to gather participants from various organizations - universities, administrations, development aid agencies, health facilities and other service providers, etc) in order to exchange on theoretical, conceptual, methodological and applied issues on the multiple aspects of health financing in developing countries. The conference will mainly focus on four broad areas:
- Health financing, macroeconomic issues and development strategies
- Financing strategies, combining instruments, roles of stakeholders
- Financing, efficiency and regulation of health systems;
- Evaluation, methods and case studies.
Deadline for abstract submission is June 30. Papers will be selected and authors notified by July 20th. For further information or to submit a proposal, visit the conference website http://www.cerdi.org/Colloque/FSPD2005/
Jacky Mathonnat,
Professeur à l’Université d’Auvergne
et
Martine Audibert,
Directeur de Recherches au CNRS,
Cerdi,
65 Bd F. Mitterrand
63000 Clermont-Fd
France
33(0)4 73 17 74 38/00
http://www.cerdi.org
June 30, 2005: Health Economics
| TrackBack
4th Health Services & Policy Research Conference: Health Systems, Services and Strife
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2005
Conference Dates: 13-16 November 2005
Location: Canberra, Australia
Abstracts must conform to the following requirements:
- Include a short title (up to 20 words) and the authors’ names (asterisk the presenting author)
- Maximum 250-word length
- Structured with the headings:
- Background
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
- Up to three references
- Include presenting author’s contact details including institution, address, email, telephone and fax.
- Indicate the preferred presentation format (oral or poster)
- Submit your abstract at the Conference website. http://www.healthservicesconference.com.au A template for submission is included at the site.
- Abstracts will be accepted until 30 June 2005.
Oral Presentations: 15 minutes will be allocated for oral presentations with 5 minutes for questions. If visual aids are used, they should be 35mm slides or PowerPoint projection. Overheads will not be permitted.
Poster Presentations: Posters should be up to 1m wide and 1m high. Authors must attend their posters during the allocated time to answer questions. The poster should include author and co-authors’ names, a short title, the name of the institution where the work was carried out and the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions and Recommendations.
Abstract Selection: The Conference Organising Committee will review abstracts suitable for presentation at the Conference, based on academic merit and subject matter relevance. There are a limited number of oral presentation places available. Abstracts not accepted for oral presentation will be considered for poster presentation. Authors of accepted posters will be given an opportunity to speak briefly to their poster during the Conference. Authors will be advised in writing of acceptance or non- acceptance of abstracts by 30 August 2005. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Handbook. All presenting authors must register and pay for their attendance at the Conference.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30 June 2005. Early submission is encouraged.
Invitation To Attend: On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, you’re invited to the 4th bi-annual Health Services and Policy Research Conference, convened by Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand. The Conference for 2005 is titled “Health Systems, Services, and Strife”. The scope of the Conference includes primary, secondary and tertiary health services. The following themes are built around the notion of broadly reflecting the following four categories:
- health system comparisons;
- including comparisons between Australian health services and those overseas or between Australian states and territories.
- health outcomes from health services and systems;
- outcomes of service and service level interventions; outcomes relating to system design.
- assessing and improving value from health services;
- measuring value and costs; interventions to improve value; microeconomics of health.
- regulation and risk.
- regulation of health care organistions and personnel: risk management in the health sector including clinical risk management.
This Conference will provide opportunities for health researchers, policy-makers, clinicians and professionals to meet and share their knowledge and experiences and collaborate on future directions for health services research and policy in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
Venue The National Convention Centre, Constitution Avenue, Canberra is conveniently located just 100 metres from the centre of Canberra’s business and shopping district and adjacent to the Crowne Plaza Canberra Hotel. Located nearby, are all the major landmarks including New and Old Parliament House (where the Conference dinner will be held), Questacon, the War Memorial and the National Gallery of Australia. The National Convention Centre is located approximately 7km from the Canberra Airport.
Accommodation Block bookings have been made at a number of hotels and apartments in Canberra near the Conference venue. Consec - Conference Management will assist with all accommodation bookings.
Further Information:
4th Health Services & Policy Research Conference Secretariat
Consec - Conference Management
PO Box 3127
BMDC ACT 2617
Australia
Telephone: +61 2 6251 0675
Facsimile: +61 2 6251 0672
Email: hsr05@consec.com.au
Conference Website: The 4th Health Services & Policy Research Conference website address is: http://www.healthservicesconference.com.au/
Peer Review Publication of Selected Papers: The editors of the Journal of Health Services Research and Policy have agreed to publish a supplement volume of papers from the Conference. The Conference Committee will invite around 20 Conference presenters to contribute to the volume.
Intent to Attend: Register your interest or intent to attend the 4th Health Services & Policy Research Conference by emailing Consec - Conference Management with your name, organisation, address, phone and fax details: hsr05@consec.com.au
Sponsors: Sponsors to date include ACT Health, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, NSW Health, Health Services Research Association AU.NZ, and the ANU Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute.
Sponsorship/Exhibition: For information regarding Sponsorship or the Trade Exhibition of 4th Health Services & Policy Research Conference, please contact Pamela Neame, AMM at the Conference Secretariat on:
Telephone: +61 2 6251 0675
Facsimile: +61 2 6251 0672
Email: hsr05@consec.com.au
Host City: Canberra in November is splashed with bright colours and the days are typically clear and sunny with average temperatures in the high twenties. Canberra has all the history, political intrigues, culture and entertainment that you would expect from Australia’s capital. It boasts over 350 restaurants and sightseeing to satisfy the most diverse tastes.
June 30, 2005: Health Care
| TrackBack
June
European Conference on Long-Term Care
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Conference Dates: 21-22 Oct 2005
Submission Deadline: 15 June 2005
The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions on long-term care research. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy oriented contributions are welcome.
The deadline for submission of full papers is June 15, 2005. Electronic submission of papers in Post Script, PDF or MS Word format is encouraged.
Please submit to: LTC-05@zew.de.
The decision on acceptance will be reached no later than July 15, 2005. The conference fee is € 200. For participants who present a paper, travel expenses (APEX fare), accommodation and conference fee will be covered by the ZEW. Presenters will be asked to discuss another paper. All participants are requested to register no later than September 1, 2005. Papers and further information on the conference will be made available on the conference web page: http://www.zew.de/LTC-2005.
June 15, 2005: Health Care
| TrackBack
June
27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
Submission Deadline: June 10, 2005
Conference Location: San Francisco, California
Conference Dates: October 21-24, 2005
We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract and attend the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM). This year’s meeting will take place from October 21-24, 2005 in San Francisco, CA. The meeting hotel is the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. The theme of the 2005 meeting will be Translating Medical Decision Making Research into Practice. We plan to highlight the ways in which decision science—ranging from decision analysis, clinical decision aids, cost-effectiveness analysis, and clinical modeling—is translated into clinical care and health system operations. We encourage submission of abstracts in all relevant areas, with a particular emphasis on this year’s theme of translating knowledge into practice. Abstracts for all oral and poster presentations will be selected by reviewers representing a range of disciplines, who are blinded to authorship.
Topic List
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Clinical Strategies and Guidelines
- Cost Effectiveness Analysis: Methods
- Cost Effectiveness Analysis: Applications
- Health Services Research
- Judgment and Decision Making:Methods
- Judgment and Decision Making: Applications
- Utility Theory
- Health Economics
- Patient and Physician Behavior and Preferences
- Simulation
- Technology Assessment
This year’s meeting is different in several exciting ways—first, the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) will be having their annual meeting immediately preceding the SMDM meeting also at the Hyatt. We hope many of our members decide to come a day or two early and participate in the ISOQOL meeting—and are looking forward to having some ISOQOL members stay a little longer to see what SMDM is all about! In addition, on Saturday October 22nd, our opening scientific session will be a joint session with the ISOQOL attendees. We plan to highlight abstracts from both societies which explore the scientific over- lap of SMDM and ISOQOL and will end the session with a joint poster session and reception. Second, because this year our meeting is on the west coast, and given our overlap with the ISOQOL meeting, we will be starting the short courses on Friday afternoon (allowing our east coast members time to fly in that morning) and ending with a full day on Monday the 24th. Our short courses will therefore be on the afternoon of Friday October 21st and the morning of Saturday October 22nd.As usual, the short courses will address the methodologies and applications that span the broad spectrum of interests reflected in the Society. New courses offered this year include: Changing Physician Behavior, and Presenting Cost Effectiveness Results for Non Economists,as well as a special course by ISOQOL member John E. Ware, PhD on Dynamic Health Assessments.
This year’s meeting will feature two special symposia: one focusing on priorities in patient decision making research, and the other looking at how to effectively communicate our research to our consumers. The Sunday symposium is entitled Translating Research into Practice: Setting a Research Agenda for Clinical Decision Tools in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment. The Monday symposium is entitled The Risky Business of Communicating Riskand will focus on effective ways of communicating methodologically and socially difficult material to the public, patients, physicians, and policy makers.
For our social event, we will be spending Sunday evening at the Bubble Lounge—a lovely establishment whose high ceilings, dark wood, and many areas of comfy couches and low tables will be the ideal backdrop for great food and lively conversation. In addition, the program committee has put together a website full of information about San Francisco and things for you to do while you’re visiting. We hope that it will help you plan your trip to this exciting city. Again, this year’s SMDM abstract submission process will be fully electronic. Complete instructions and the online form can be accessed on the SMDM website at: http://www.smdm.org/. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 12:00 midnight PDT on June 10, 2005. Full text of accepted abstracts will appear in the November-December 2005 issue of our bi-monthly journal Medical Decision Making. In a subsequent mailing, you will receive an Annual Meeting overview, short course description, hotel and travel information about San Francisco and our social event, and a meeting registration form. The 27th SMDM Annual Meeting will provide a great opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research across a spectrum of disciplines with good friends in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
June 10, 2005: Decision-Making
| TrackBack
June
3rd Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference: The Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2005
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Conference Dates: October 14-15, 2005
The purpose of this invitational conference is to present and promote active exchange and discussion of the latest health economics research among senior and junior economists. Some meals will be provided. All other expenses, including transportation and lodging, are the participants’ responsibility. Ten papers will be accepted for presentation. The conference will consist of a full day of presentations on Friday, October 14 and a half-day of presentations on Saturday, October 15. 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.
This year, we are pleased to announce that the SHESG will be teaming with the Southern Economic Journal to publish a selection of papers from the conference as a special symposium in the Journal. This symposium will be published in one of the regular issues of the SEJ and will consist of up to five papers that are topically related. Papers will be peer reviewed by members of the SHESG steering committee, organizers at the University of South Carolina, and discussants from the conference. After papers are selected for presentation at the conference, authors will be asked whether they would like to have their paper considered for the symposium; participation is completely voluntary and will not affect the likelihood of acceptance in any way.
If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) in electronic format (pdf preferred) to gdance@moore.sc.edu by June 1, 2005. Submissions should be unpublished. Decisions will be made by July 1; completed papers must be received by the conference organizers by September 12, 2005. For further information, please contact Melayne Morgan McInnes (803/777-6087, mcinnes@moore.sc.edu).