Health Inequality Aversion in Asia – Early Findings, Methodological Challenges and Next Steps
Background:
Equity in health has been a concern for long and has been central to aspirations for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), an objective enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has been identified as an approach to support UHC by use of evidence to inform policy on allocation of resources for health, taking equity and other relevant considerations into account. Equity has featured in health economic research using various methodological approaches and over the past decade, there have been innovations in methodological approaches to address equity through health economic evaluations, such as Distributional Cost-effectiveness Analysis (DCEA) and Extended Cost-effectiveness Analysis (ECEA).
The Equity Informative Economic Evaluation Special Interest Group (SIG) of the the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) seeks to provide a platform for researchers and “encourage the development and synthesis of methods for using economic evaluation to address equity concerns”. More information is available at the following link: https://healtheconomics.org/sigs/eee/
To further this mandate, the EIEE SIG proposes hosting a series of webinars spanning the next two years.
Objectives of the series:
· To learn and share about equity informative health economic evaluations
· To connect researchers working on equity informative health economic evaluations and form partnerships
· To identify potential areas for future research and collaboration on equity informative health economic evaluations
The first of the webinar series is: Health Inequality Aversion in Asia – Early Findings, Methodological Challenges and Next Steps, with the aim to:
· To share findings from studies conducted on inequity
· To learn about methodological challenges and potential applications
· To identify potential areas for collaboration
Speakers:
· Chair: Stephane Verguet/Richard Cookson
· Xiaoning, China (TBC)
· Dr. Sitanshu Kar, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India (TBC)
· Assoc. Prof. Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP), Thailand (TBC)