Health Economics Committee Report
The Health Economics Committee is looking forward to the upcoming APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The Health Economics Committee has been busy preparing for the meeting, where it will be presenting two contributed abstracts sessions, a workshop, several posters, and co-sponsoring 14 sessions.
The two contributed abstract sessions sponsored by the Health Economics Committee are:
- Applications of Health Economics to Provider Shortages and Hospital Behavior (Session 4149.0 on 11/6/2007 8.30 a.m.-10.00 a.m.);
- Applications of Health Economics to Health Behaviors and Outcomes (Session 5061.0 on 11/7/2007 8.30 a.m.-10.00 a.m.).
We received 15 contributed abstracts, and each was carefully reviewed by at least two reviewers. We thank Rafia Rasu for coordinating the reviews and Diane Dewar, Michael Rosko, Scott Grosse, Lijing Ouyang, and Arielle Lasry for conducting their reviews. We also thank Mythreyi Bhargavan for organizing the submissions for the Solicited Sessions.
John Bridges will present the workshop entitled “Using Conjoint Analysis to Understand Patient Preferences for Health Care and Prevention” on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Both in the practice and regulation of health care and public health, most stakeholders are becoming increasingly concerned with the patient’s point of view. While a number of theory driven methods to understand preferences from economics and management are used in other sectors of the economy, such methods are not commonly understood or utilized in health care and public health. The workshop will demonstrate the benefits of using conjoint analysis – a method that is becoming increasingly popular among health economists and health care researchers – through hands on activities. Participants will gain practical experience of using conjoint analysis and develop a better understanding of the value of measuring patient preferences for health care interventions.
Several health economics-related posters will be displayed during the Medical Care Section poster sessions.
Also, please plan to attend the Health Economics Business Meeting on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. It is open to everyone who is interested in health economics. We will be discussing plans for next year’s Annual Meeting and issues regarding health economics at APHA.
By Luisa Franzini
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Sunday Study Groups Sponsored by the Committee on Health Services Research
The Committee on Health Services Research of the Medical Care Section sponsors Sunday Study Group Sessions at the APHA Annual Meeting. These sessions are designed to offer interested groups the opportunity to engage in discussion about work-in-progress. They are not Scientific Sessions but are listed as Business Meetings and are set up to accommodate about 25 participants in a roundtable format. These sessions are scheduled from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. Below is a list of session topics, times, locations, and organizers. Please contact session organizers directly if you are interested in attending any of these sessions and to receive any handout materials that may be made available in advance.
1. Using Conjoint Analysis to Understand Patient Preferences for Health Care and Prevention (discussion leader: John F. P. Bridges, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
Ø Brief Description: This Study Group will discuss conjoint analysis, a tool that has a sound theoretical foundation in economics that can measure preference.
Ø Time, Location: 2:00-3:30 p.m., Convention Center Room 301
Ø Organizer: Luisa Franzini, Luisa.Franzini@uth.tmc.edu.
Ø Appears in Printed Program under Business Meetings as: (219.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #3.
2. Applications of Complexity Science in Health Care Management (discussion leader: Suzanne M. Smith, MD, MPH, MPA, Director of Programs, New England Complex Systems Institute).
Ø Brief Description: This Study Group will discuss the application of multiscale complex systems analysis to create effective health care delivery organizations.
Ø Time, Location: 2:00-3:30 p.m., Convention Center Room 304.
Ø Organizer: Bruce Davidson, Bruce.Davidson@cshs.org.
Ø Appears in Printed Program under Business Meetings as: (220.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #4.
3. Is it who you are or where you go? Geographic variation as partial explanations for health care disparities, Parts I and II.
Ø Brief Description: This Study Group will discuss geographic variation as partial explanations for health care disparities.
Ø Time, Location: Part I - 2:00-3:30 p.m.; Part II – 4 to 5:30 p.m., Convention Center Room 305.
Ø Organizers: Joel Weissman, JWEISSMAN@PARTNERS.ORG, and Arlene Bierman arlene.bierman@utoronto.ca.
Ø Appears in Printed Program under Business Meetings as: (221.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #5, (261.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #7.
4. Drug Safety and FDA Reform, Parts I and II.
Ø Brief Description: This Study Group will discuss efforts to improve drug safety from academic, public health, and regulatory perspectives.
Ø Time, Location: Part I - 2:00-3:30 p.m.; Part II – 4 to 5:30 pm, Convention Center Room 302.
Ø Organizers: Robert Eilers, Robert.Eilers@dhs.state.nj.us, and Stan Edlavitch, edlavitchs@umkc.edu.
Ø Appears in Printed Program under Business Meetings as: (222.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #6, (262.0) Committee on Health Services Research Study Group #8.
By Bruce Davidson
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2007 APHA Medical Care Section Program
2007 APHA Medical Care Section Program
This year's Medical Care Section Program at the APHA Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-7, 2007, consists of 37 sessions organized by the Medical Care Section and covers such topics as: universal access to health insurance; legislative changes to reform the FDA; congressional updates on hot-button issues; methods to rein in health care costs; payment reform as a bridge between health care and population health; new national surveys (HCAHPS) and data warehouses (CMS chronic condition); social dimensions of disease burden across the lifespan; quality improvement and outcomes of care; ethnic and racial disparities; and the history and politics of regulating harm. In addition, the Section is co-sponsoring approximately 20 other sessions that includes topics such as effective interventions for immigrants and refugees, trade policy, implications of alcohol use and dependence, tobacco policy, long-term care and national health care.
The link to the sessions organized and sponsored by the Medical Care Section is:
http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/program_764.htm
The link to the Medical Care Section business meetings and social events is: http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/nt_764.html
By Kathy Virgo
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