9th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
28-30 June 2010 & 1 July 2010, Athens, Greece
Sponsored by
THE HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT OF THE
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(AT.IN.E.R.)
Conference Venue: St George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel, 2 Kleomenous Street, Kolonaki, Athens.
Organized by: ATINEP A.E. ()
Administration: Fani Balaska, Stavroula Kiritsi, Eirini Lentzou, Konstantinos Manolidis, Katerina Maraki, Sylia Sakka
Organizing AND SCIENTIFIC Committee
  1. Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER
  2. Dr. John Yfantopoulos, Head, Health Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, University of Athens, Greece.
  3. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President of ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
  4. Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Secretary, ATINER & Associate Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore.
  5. Dr. John Roufagalas, Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, Troy University, USA.
  6. Dr. Nilgun Sarp, Professor, Ankara University, Turkey.
  7. Dr. Andy Stergachis, Professor, University of Washington, USA
  8. Ms. Zoe Boutsioli, Ph.D. Student, University of Kent, U.K & Researcher, ATINER.
  9. Ms. Persefoni Kritikou, Ph.D. Student, University of Athens, Greece.
  10. Dr. Melina Dritsaki, Research Fellow, Brunel University, U.K.
  11. Dr. Stefanos Nastis, University of Wyoming, USA
  12. Dr. Maria Tsouroufli, Research Fellow, University of Cardiff, U.K.
  13. Dr. Khazamula Samson Milondzo, Senior Lecturer, University of the Free State, South Africa.
  14. Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor, ATEI Athens & Researcher, ATINER.
  15. Mr. Christos Frantzeskakis, Researcher, ATINER.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

(The time for each session includes at least 10 minutes coffee break)

Monday, June 28th, 2010

08:00 - 08:30 Registration

08:30 - 09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER.
  • Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President of ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.

09:00-10:30 Session I (Room A): Economic Evaluation: Cases and Techniques

Chair: Pappas, N., Vice-President of ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.

  1. Brandeau, M., Professor, Stanford University, USA. Economic Analysis of HIV Prevention and Treatment Scale Up: making the Best Use of Limited Funds.
  2. Kluge, E.H., Professor, University of Victoria, Canada. Social Values, Economic Resources and Effectiveness Coefficients: An Ethical Model for Statistically Based Resource Allocation.
  3. Hutter, M.F., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain. Rodriguez-Ibeas, R., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain. Lorento Antonanzas, R., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain, Antonanzas, F., Professor University of La Rioja, Spain, Juarez-Castello, C., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain, Pinillos, M., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain. Genetic Testing: Review of the Application of Economic Evaluation Techniques in Europe.

10:30-12:00 Session II (Room A): Health Care Costs
Chair: Kluge, E.H., Professor, University of Victoria, Canada.
  1. Ventouri, A.N., Director, Pharmacie Nouvelle Sàrl, Switzerland. Analysing the Impact of Preventive Medicine on Human Infections of Adults and the Associated Health Insurance Cost.
  2. Reinap, M., Ph.D. Student, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. The Economic Costs of Main Behavioral Health Risks in Estonia in 2006.
  3. Dover, S., MSc Candidate, University of Ottawa, Canada, Angus, A., Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada, Stiell, I., Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada, Cwinn, A., Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada & Forster, A., Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada. Emergency Department use: Why do Patients choose the Emergency Department for Medical care and how much does it really Cost?
/ 10:30-12:00 Session III (Room B): Health Care Resource Allocation
Chair: *Dave, D., Associate Professor Bentley University & National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), USA
1. Schwazer, P., Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Gachter, M., Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Theurl, E., Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria & Winner, H., Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria. Referral or Substitution Effect Between Physicians: Evidence From the Private Sector of a Two-Tiered Health Care System.
2. Goktas, B., Instructor, Ankara University, Turkey, Aksungur, A., Specialist, Ankara University, Turkey, Aslan, D., Associate Professor, Ankara University, Turkey, Erdogan, N., Nurse, Ankara University, Turkey, Cankul, I.H., Professor, Ankara University, Turkey & Ulgu, M., Medical Doctor, Ankara University, Turkey. Determınıng of Job Satısfactıon Levels of Mıdwıves and Nurses.
3. Carter, R., Professor, Deakin University, Australia. Overview and Assessment of the Australian Assessing Cost Effectiveness (ACE) Initiative in Priority Setting.
12:00-13:30 Session IV (Room A): Health Policy I
Chair: Ventouri, A.N., Director, Pharmacie Nouvelle Sàrl, Switzerland.
  1. *Dave, D., Associate Professor Bentley University & National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), USA, Corman, H., National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), USA & Reichman, N.E., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Princeton University, USA. Effects of Welfare Reform on Illicit Drug Use among Adult Women.
  2. Witlviet, M., Researcher, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stronks, K., University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Arah, O., University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Kunst, A., University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A Comparative Exploration of the World’s most Vulnerable Groups: Socioeconomic Differences and the Influence of Global Welfare Regimes on Personal Health in 46 Countries.
/ 12:00-13:30 Session V (Room B): Social Issues
Chair: *Van der Schaaf, T., Professor, Hasselt University, Belgium
  1. Gitto, L., University of Catania and University of Roma "Tor Vergata, Italy & Sofio, A.D., Professor, University of Roma "Tor Vergata, Italy. A Regional Analysis on the Activity of Transplantations in Italy: Issues Related to Demand and Supply.
  2. Dawad, S., Researcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Economic Analysis of Violence Against Women – A South African Study
  3. Steinerowski, A., Researcher, UHI Millenium Institute, UK. Participation for Health and Wellbeing: Factors Affecting Older People’s Participation in Rural Communities.

13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH

14:30-16:00 Session VI (Room A): Health Economics I
Chair: Carter, R., Professor, Deakin University, Australia
  1. Gachter, M., Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Schwazer, P., Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria & Theurl, E., Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Stronger Sex but Earlier Death: A multi-level Socioeconomic Analysis of Gender differences in Mortality.
  2. Magnus, A., Researcher, Deakin University, Australia. Strategies for Greater Efficiency in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Australia.
  3. Veerman, L., Researcher, The University of Queensland, Australia. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Australia: Diet & Exercise and Pharmacotherapy.
/ 14:30-16:00 Session VII (Room B): Hospitals
Chair: Seckin, G., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, USA
  1. Sari, N., Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Does Physical Exercise Affect Demand for Hospital Services? Evidence From Canadian Panel Data.
  2. *Van der Schaaf, T., Professor, Hasselt University, Belgium & Vergauwen, P., Professor, Hasselt University, Belgium. Economics of Managing Patient Safety.
  3. Yuan, J., Assistant Professor, University of Macau, China, & Li, L., Assistant Professor, Peking University, China, China. Finding Moral Hazards: An Analysis Based on China Hospital Patient Data.
  4. Ojaghi, S., Assistant Professor, Kermanshah University Medical Sciences, Iran & Nourizad, S., Professor, Kermanshah University Medical Sciences, Iran . A Survey of Complementary Health Insurances’ Influences on Supplier Induced Demand of 25% & Upper Chemically Ventures in Nesardireh in first Middle of 2008.

16:00-18:00 Session VIII (Room A): Health Management
Chair: Magnus, A., Researcher, Deakin University, Australia.
  1. *Krabbendam, K., Professor, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Geisler, E., Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S.A. & Turchetti, G., Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy. The Management of Healthcare Technologies: The State of the Art and Future Research Agenda Wistoft, K., Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark. Operative Links in Municipal Health Strategies- Aimed at Children and Adolescents.
  2. *Seckin, G., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, USA. E-Health: Opportunities and Challenges of Technology Integrated Health Management.
  3. Gaite, M., Researcher, University of Regina Carmeli, Philippines. Sustainable Human Development Practices of Selected Small and Medium Enterprises in Bulacan, Philippines: Perspectives for Transformative.
  4. Miralles, C., Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. Humanitarian Logistics and Hubs’ Location – Vehicles’ Routing Problem: A Case Study in Bolivia. (Monday, June 28th, 2010)
  5. Marsal Llacuna, M.L., Lecturer, University of Girona, Spain. Planning & Programming Health Facilities & Services with Service Science Management Engineering (SSME).
/ 16:00-18:00 Session IX (Room B): Health Insurance
Chair: Schwazer, P., Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  1. Wu, X., Assistant Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics, China & Li, L., Assistant Professor, Peking University, China. Do Adult Children Insure Elderly Parents Against High Medical Expenditure and Low Retirement Income? (Monday, June 28th, 2010)
  2. Talib, A., Project Manager, EPOS Health Management, Germany, Nana Chimi, H., Director, SAILD, Cameroon & Gningue, S., Consultant and Study Team leader, EPOS Health Management, Germany. Review of Community Based Health Insurance Schemes in Cameroon.
  3. Parmar, D., Doctoral Student, Heidelberg University, Germany. Impact of Community Based Health Insurance on Household Economic Indicators in Nouna, Burkina Faso: A Panel Data Analysis.

21:00 - 23:00 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER (Details during registration)

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

09:00-10:30 Session X (Room A): Pharmaceuticals
Chair: Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER
  1. Machnes, Y., Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. The Demand for Pharmaceuticals by Managed Care Organizations.
  2. Rodriguez-Ibeas, R., Professor, University of La Rioja, Spain, Antonanzas, F., University of La Rioja, Spain, Juarez-Castello, C., University of La Rioja, Spain. Risk-sharing Contracts in Pharmaceutical Markets.
  3. Malinowski, M., Professor, Louisiana State University, USA. All that is Gold Does not Glitter: A Law-Policy Proposal to Raise the Global “Golden Standard” for Drug Development. (Tuesday, 29th of June 2010)
  4. Liu, Y.M., Associate Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Kao Yang, Y.H., Associate Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan & Hsieh, C.R., Associate Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan. Market Competition and the Adoption of Pharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence from Taiwan.
  5. Carbonnel, A., PhD. Student, Toulouse I. University, France. Advertising and R&D in the Market for Pharmaceuticals.

10:30-12:00 Session XI (Room A): Health Policy II
Chair: Bian, Y., Associate Professor, University of Macau, China.
  1. Matsuura, H., Doctoral Student, Harvard University, USA. State Constitutional Recognition of Health and Infant Mortality Rate in the United States, 1929-2005.
  2. Fornaciari, D., Ph.D. Student, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (KU Leuven), Belgium. Competition Policy in Health Care.
  3. Firbank, O., Professor, University of Montreal, Canada. Connecting the Voices of Users, Caregivers and Providers on Service Quality: A Study of Home-Care Services.
/ 10:30-12:00 Session XII (Room B): Health Care Inequalities
Chair: *Tompa, E., Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, Canada
  1. Iliopoulou, D., Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Sari, N., Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada & Muhajarine, N., Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Social Inequalities and Health Disparities among Kindergarten Students: Evidence from a Medium Size Canadian City.
  2. Greene, A., Researcher, University of Aberdeen, UK. Performance Assessment and Wicked Issues: The Case of Health Inequalities in Scotland: The Same But Different?
  3. Song, Y., Ph.D. Student, University of Macau, China & Bian, Y., Associate Professor, University of Macau, China. Dynamic Study of Regional Equity Distribution of Medical Doctors in China: from 1989 to 2015.

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12:00-14:00 Session XIII (Room A): Health Economics II
Chair: Machnes, Y., Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
  1. Williams, A.P., Professor, University of Toronto, Canada, Lum, J.M., Associate Professor, Ryerson University, Canada, Deber, R.B., Professor, University of Toronto, Canada. Integrating Community-based Care for Older Persons: Confronting the Dilemma of Rising Health Cost and Aging Populations. (Tuesday, June 29th, 2010)
  2. Contoyannis, P., Associate Professor, McMaster University, Canada & Dooley, M., McMaster University, Canada. The Impact of Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood on Adult Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the Ontario Child Health Study.
  3. Bian, Y., Associate Professor, University of Macau, China. Costing Study of Health Services Items for National Health Insurance Scheme Establishment in China.
  4. Eglitis, U., Ph.D. Student, Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, Latvia. State Investment in Health Sector- Good or Not? Latvian Experience.
  5. Melgar Alassio, N., Professor, University of the Republic, Uruguay & Rossi, M., Professor, University of the Republic, Uruguay. A Cross-Country Analysis of the Risk Factors for Depression at the Micro and Macro Level.
/ 12:00-14:00 Session XIV (Room B): Public & Occupational Health
Chair: Firbank, O., Professor, University of Montreal, Canada.
  1. Veronesi, M., Researcher, ETH Zuriche, Switzerland. Environmental Exposures, Children’s Health and Parents’ Labor Market Decisions in the United States: The role of Asthma.
  2. McLaren, Z., Assistant Professor University of Michigan, USA. The Effect of Access AIDS Treatment on Employment Outcomes in South Africa.
  3. *Tompa, E., Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, Canada, Marshall, H.S., Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, Canada, Fang, M., Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, Canada & Mustard, C., Scientist, Institute for Work & Health, Canada. Work Disability Trajectories after Permanent Impairment from a Work Accident.

14:00 - 15:00 LUNCH

17:30 - 20:30 Urban Walk (Details during registration)

21:00 - 22:30 Dinner (Details during registration)

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Cruise: Departure at 07:15 Return at 20:30 (Details during registration)

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Delphi Visit: Departure at 07:50 Return at 19:30 (Details during registration)

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