HTA Related Conferences
This list is continuously updated with international conferences and seminars on HTA related topics. If you would like to inform your HTA colleagues about an international event that might be of interest to them, please contact the Secretariat.
2010
Health care rationing Conference
December 9-10, 2010, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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.
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.
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13th Biennial European Conference of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM Europe 2010)
Hall in Tyrol, Austria, May 30 - June 2, 2010
The conference venue is UMIT - University for Health Sciences, in a modern building located close to the beautiful medieval town center, surrounded by the wonderful mountains of Tyrol. The conference will begin as usual with short courses on Sunday, May 30, followed by a reception on Sunday night. The conference will include plenary sessions, oral presentations, posters, workshops, panel discussions, and Special Symposia on ‘Public Health Decision Making’ and ‘Personalized Decision Making’.
Registration details can be found on the SMDM website (www.smdm.org) and the conference website www.umit.at/esmdm2010
15th Annual International Meeting, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
[Date to be decided] 2010, Atlanta, GA, USA
ISPOR is an international organization promoting the science of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes research. The Society represents healthcare researchers and practitioners including pharmacists, physicians, economists, nurses and researchers from academia, pharmaceutical industry, government, managed care, health research organizations, and purchasers of healthcare. ISPOR's mission is to translate pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research into practice to ensure that society allocates scarce healthcare resources wisely, fairly, and efficiently.
For more information, please visit www.ispor.org
13th Annual European Congress, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
[Date to be decided] 2010, Prague, Czech Republic
ISPOR is an international organization promoting the science of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes research. The Society represents healthcare researchers and practitioners including pharmacists, physicians, economists, nurses and researchers from academia, pharmaceutical industry, government, managed care, health research organizations, and purchasers of healthcare. ISPOR's mission is to translate pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research into practice to ensure that society allocates scarce healthcare resources wisely, fairly, and efficiently.
For more information, please visit www.ispor.org