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December 6, 2007
Call for Papers and Participation: 7th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
Location: Athens, Greece
Conference Dates: 10-13 July 2008
Abstract Deadline: 6 December 2007
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 7th International Conference in Athens, Greece, 10-13 July 2008. The conference website is http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Health.htm
There are two types of registration fees. First, a simple registration fee of 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Second, a full registration fee of 450 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material, a Greek night of entertainment, a dinner, a half-day tour to archaeological site in the Prefecture of Attica 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. Special Sessions will be devoted to Equity and Poverty in Health, Pharmaceutical Economics, Quality of Life, Economic Evaluation, Health Care Reforms, Social Security, School Health Programs, 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 December 6th, 2007 to:
Dr. John Yfantopoulos, Professor,
School of Law, Economics and Political Science,
University of Athens, and Head of the Health Research Unit of ATINER,
8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki,
10671 Athens, Greece.
Tel.: + 30 210 363-4210
Fax: + 30 210 3634209
Email: health@atiner.gr
URL: http://www.atiner.gr/
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos,gtp@atiner.gr Director, ATINER.
December 6, 2007: Health Economics , Health Economics
November 30, 2007
Call for Papers: Special Issue "economics of innovation and technology in health care" in the journal : Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Deadline: 30 November 2007
Address for submission:
- Joan Costa-Font, LSE, J.costa-font@lse.ac.uk
- Christophe Courbage, christophecourbage@genevaassociation.org
- Andrea Mina, University of Manchester, a.mina@cbr.cam.ac.uk
Special Issue information: “Innovation and new technologies are key aspects of well-being and play an especially important role in health care. On the one hand, they are bringing about continuous improvements in the diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases; on the other, they are capturing increasing shares of GDP in many countries and have been found to be primary driver of healthcare expenditures.??Understanding processes of change in the health care sector deserves more attention than it currently receives in the literature on the economics of innovation. We encourage submission on any area of the innovation process of health care along with papers examining the study of the barriers technology adoption, approaches to technology diffusion and especially production and consumption processes that are specific form the health care sector and that can be informative to the study of innovation in general.
Information on the journal:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10438599.html
Devoted to theoretical and empirical analysis of innovation and new technology, this peer-reviewed journal acts as a bridge between the contributions of economic theory and empirical economics in this field. The journal welcomes contributions across a wide range of issues concerned with innovation, including: innovation in product markets, process innovation, patenting, diffusion, innovation and technology policy, international competitiveness, standardization and network externalities, innovation and growth, technology transfer, innovation and market structure, innovation and the environment, and across a broad range of economic activity not just in ‘high technology’ areas. The journal also welcomes papers on research methods and data sources which contribute to the advancement of theoretical and empirical analysis.
October 19, 2007
The 2008 Berkeley Conference on the Global Health Workforce: From Evidence and Research to Public and Health Care Industry Policy: WHO – World Bank - Kaiser Permanente - UC Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Conference Dates: April 4-5, 2008
Abstract Deadline: October 19, 2007
Jointly sponsored by:
- World Health Organization’s Department of Human Resources for Health
- World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Africa Region
- Kaiser Permanente’s Institute for Health Policy
- University of California, Berkeley’s Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research
- University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
- Global Health Workforce Alliance
The conference will highlight recent research advances that address the lack of evidence in shaping health workforce public and health care industry policy, both within countries and across regions. Topics include how health workforce size, skills mix, and distribution affect health care delivery, as well as policy recommendations that work toward achieving adequate supplies of health workers. New and existing data sources that measure the health workforce’s capacity to meet a population’s health needs will be discussed, as well as techniques for modeling workforce supply- demand dynamics. The conference will also address ways to measure workforce imbalances and the implications of health workforce demographic change and migration on overall supply. Finally, it will discuss how features of the health care delivery system can affect health workforce demand and training, access to care, and quality.
Call for Abstracts
We invite researchers to submit an abstract related to the following themes, which may be from a country-specific, regional, or global perspective. Submissions from international collaborations are highly encouraged.
- The use of new and existing data sources and tools to measure and monitor the health workforce’s (including public health workers’) capacity to meet a population’s health care demand and needs
- The use of innovative measures and predictive models to analyze health workforce supply-demand dynamics, as well as wage levels (especially for low-skilled workers)
- The effect of health workforce skills mix, geographical distribution, mobility, and workforce/population demographics on health care delivery, access to care, and quality
- The health workforce demand and training needs under various health care delivery systems (e.g. nationalized, private, public-private insurance mix, managed care)
Required abstract structure: title, author’(s) name/affiliation, theme (from above), background, objectives, data, methods, results, and public and/or health care industry policy implications (and word count; 500 maximum). Email abstract to Amy Nuttbrock at amynuttbrock@berkeley.edu by October 19, 2007 (17:00 PDT). Notification of abstract submission results will be communicated by December 14. If accepted, you will need to submit your manuscript by March 14, 2008. Funding for travel and accommodations will be provided for presenters.
Conference attendance is free, but space is limited. To register, please RSVP to Amy Nuttbrock at amynuttbrock@berkeley.edu or call 1-510-643-4100. Registration deadline is February 29, 2008.