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ESF-IfW Conference on the Global Health Economy

THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL DECISION MAKING: NORMATIVE MODELS AND EMPIRICAL PRACTICE

Chaired by

CHAIR:

ProfessorUweSiebertE-Mail

UMITDepartment of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and HTAHall/InnsbruckAustria

http://www.umit.at/

CO-CHAIR:

ProfessorPeterZweifelE-Mail

Universität ZürichSozialoekonomisches InstitutZürichSwitzerland

http://www.unizh.ch/

Dates

4-9 October 2006

Location

Final Programme & List of Accepted Participants

Rapid advances in medical knowledge and technology have long been recognized as a key challenge to the theory and practice of medical decision making. From an economic point of view, the need to revise and update decision making rules as new knowledge and diagnostic and therapeutic choices become available represents an investment problem – both in the management of individual patients and in the management of medical technology at the systemic level. Fundamental uncertainty and often irreversible consequences of specific choices abound. At either level, efficiency requires that investment decisions be based on the timely supply of evidence on a technology’s efficacy and cost-effectiveness. This necessitates further improvements in the methodology of health technology assessments, including more comprehensive economic evaluations, as well as in the set of institutions that govern health care practice and determine how quickly new information diffuses, how careful it is evaluated, filtered and targeted at those most likely to benefit from it, and how the risks associated with the adoption of new technology are allocated.

Our conference comprises five thematic sessions with invited presentations and additional short talks and poster viewing sessions. The main sessions are titled:

(1) Trends in Medical Technology – Focusing Devices, Technological Trajectories, and Forecasting,
(2) The Science of Medical Decision Making – Producing and Using Information for Efficient Risk Management,
(3) Medical Infrastructure, Insurance, and the Diffusion of Innovation,
(4) Methods for Estimating the Causal Effect of Medical Interventions from Observational Data,
(5) Priority Setting, Health Technology Assessment, and Research Investments.

Young researchers from economics, medicine and related disciplines are invited to apply for this conference and contribute their own ideas and research findings for selected short talks and poster viewing sessions.  Grants to cover the conference fee and a generous contribution towards travel costs will be available for the best young applicants.  In addition, there will be talks selected from poster abstracts and prizes awarded for the best posters. The overall objective is to build international and interdisciplinary research networks in the area of medical decision making.

Outline & Objectives

• Outline & Objectives of the Conference
  The conference is supported by a scientific advisory council that comprises leading scholars in the fields of medicine, health economics and related sciences and a number of leading representatives from German health care finance, industry and politics.
• Objectives, Themes & Organization of the ESF-IfW Conference Series on The Global Health Economy

Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide

Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, guidelines for travel reimbursement, registration & fee payments, accommodation...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read it fully and carefully...

GROUP TRANSPORTATION

• Group transportation will be arranged on arrival day, Wednesday 4 October, from Hamburg airport to the venue. Bus departure times will be as follows: 18.00 - 19.30.
• Bus transportation back to Hamburg airport will also be organised in a similar way on Monday 9 October, with buses departing at 08.00 and 09.00.

Conference Fees

Registration Form

All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 15 September 2006

ESF Contact

Ms.AnneBlondeel-OmanE-Mail

Conference Officer

Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2020
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 06-219 in any correspondence.

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