The 7th World Congress on Health Economics, China, July 2009 |
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The was held by the International Health
Economics Association (IHEA) in Beijing on July 12-15, 2009. Health economists
from all over the world met to share recent research and discuss issues ranging
from affects of single interventions in hospitals to the role of health economists.
| William Hsiao from Harvard School of Public Health summarized the challenges for
health economists with three points. The three challenges can furthermore
represent three outcomes of IHEA 2009: |
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Conceptualized – strategic components of a health system
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Explained – why a health system perform better or worse than others
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Provided recommendations for actionable policy changes
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Download our summary
The summary is done by Sofi Bergkvist from the ACCESS Health International who presented
at a pre-meeting on the Role of the Private Sector in Healthcare Delivery.
This summary covers a fraction of all the topics discussed at the conference and
focus on seminars in financing of health care, the role of the private sector
in health care delivery and quality of care.
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