V ECPD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH ECONOMICS WITH THE MAIN TOPIC ALLOCATION OF SCARCE RESOURCES IN HEALTH CARE - Hotel „Milenij” - Opatija, 28 - 29 September 2018

 

 

 

 

The European Center for Peace and Development University for Peace established by the United Nations, an international educational and research organisation from the UN academic system, in the framework of the ECPD International Program of Transfer of Knowledge System in the field of Health Sciences, in cooperation with Ministry of Health of Montenegro, Ministry of Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Srpska, Technical University in Berlin (Germany), Long Island University (USA), VAMK University (Finland), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy) and South Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN), organizes

  

V ECPD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH ECONOMICS

with the main topic

Allocation of SCARCE Resources in Health Care

(Hotel "Milenij" - Opatija, 28 - 29 September 2018)

 

Considering an increasingly important role of health economics in decision-making process, as well as still inadequately developed resources in this multidisciplinary field in the health systems of South East Europe, the European Center for Peace and Development UN University for Peace has initiated a series of regional conferences, round tables and meetings for key decision makers in the countries across the Region, with a view to improving and strengthening capacities in this field.

We have the pleasure to invite you to take part in the work of the Fifth ECPD Regional Conference on Health Economics in Opatija, 28-29 September 2018. The Conference continues the studying of relevant topics in the field of health care and extends the tradition of gathering health providers, managers and other decision makers in health care systems in SEE and Central Europe.

The topic of this year is "Allocation of Scarce Resources in Health Care". In spite of the presence of universal public health insurance, demands for all the aspects of health care continue to exceed available resources. Therefore policy makers need to make important decisions on public fund allocation, including decisions on the targeting diseases population groups and interventions.

The problem is that decisions on prioritizing health care needs are complex and multidimensional, while the current process is based on ad - hoc or history-based decisions, or at best - on single or limited benefit dimensions. Consequently, resources cannot be used to the optimal extent.

Resource allocation is an array of activities and decisions which form the basis of prioritizing health care needs: maximizing general population health, reducing health inequalities of disadvantaged or vulnerable groups, and/or responding to life-threatening situations, while observing practical and budgetary constraints. The Conference will discuss these problems and provide current methodological approaches to allocate health care resources in an efficient, transparent, fair and ethical manner that gives legitimacy to the decisions to be made. Beside the main topic, several other relevant issues will also be presented at the Conference.

The Conference will be co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber, former Minister of Health of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke, Public Finance and Health Economics, Technical University in Berlin and Prof. Dr. Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, Vice-Rector of Libertas International University, former Minister of Health of Croatia.

 

List of Lecturers

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Minister in the Government of the Republic of Serbia

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber, former Minister of Health of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana

Ÿ  Dr. Sc. Kenan Hrapović, Minister of Health of Montenegro

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke, Public Finance and Health Economics of the Institute of Economics and Commercial Law at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, Vice-Rector of Libertas International University, former Minister of Health of Croatia

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Reinhard Busse, Chair of Department for Health Care Management at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany

Ÿ  Dr. Per Troein, VP Strategic Partners, Global Supplier Management, London, United Kingdom

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Thomas Lux, University of Applied Science Niederrhein, Germany

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Luca Rosi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Alvaro Hidalgo Vega, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Ÿ  Dr. Sci. Antoni Gilabert, Director of Pharmacy and Medicine, Catalan Health and Social Care Consortium, Spain

Ÿ  Dr. Tit Albreht, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia

Ÿ  Dr. Benno Legler, Head of Health Economy Research, WiFOR, Germany

Ÿ  Dr. Rade Pribaković Brinovec, National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Rusmir Mesihović, former Minister of Health of the Federation of B&H

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Uwe Fachinger, University of Vechta, Germany

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Sandra Stefan-Mikić, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Serbia

Ÿ  Asst. Prof. Dr. Antonija Balenović, Director, Health Care Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Ÿ  Dr. Sophia Schlette, Director, Health Policy Office, Berlin, Germany

Ÿ  Mr. Marinko Veković, Special Consultant for Pharmacoeconomics, California, USA

Ÿ  Prof. Dr. Josip Čulig, “Andrija Štampar“ Teaching Institute of Public Health, Croatia

 

Program

Friday, 28 September

09:00 – 10:00  Registration of participants

10:00 – 10:15  Opening Ceremony and Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Negoslav P. Ostojić, ECPD Executive Director
Dr. Hans Kluge, Director of the Directorate for Health Systems and Public Health Department, World Health Organization (WHO)
Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber, Co-Chair of the Conference, former Minister of Health of Slovenia, University of Ljubljana
Prof
. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke, Co-Chair of the Conference, Public Finance and Health Economics Department, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, Co-Chair of the Conference,
former Minister of Health of Croatia

 

Chairing: Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke

10:15 – 10:45  Klaus-Dirk Henke: What kind of Governance do we need in Health Care?

10:45 – 11:15 Dušan Keber: Allocation of resources in health care

11:15 – 11:45   Alvaro Hidalgo: MultiCriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): Methodology for resource allocation

11:45 – 12:00  Break

12:00 – 12:30  Antonio Gilabert: MCDA as a tool for the decision-making process: the case of medicines.

12:30 – 13:00  Dušan Keber: Macro and micro allocation of health resources: setting priorities and tools.

13:00 – 13:30  Sophia Schlette: Pay-for-performance: the future of allocation?

13:30 – 14:00  Panel discussion
Moderators: Klaus-Dirk Henke, Dušan Keber
Participants: all speakers

14:00 – 15:30   Break

15:30 – 16:00  Thomas Lux: Digital Revolution or Evolution: The future digital hospital.

16:00 – 16:30  Antonija Balenović, Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina: On digital technologies in primary health care management.

16:30 – 17:00   Thomas Lux: Empowering Health Professionals in Digital Health: Developing integrated Health Informatics Curricula - Results from the HiCure Project.

17:00 – 17:30  Benno Legler, Klaus-Dirk Henke: An excursion: The economic importance of the health care sector in the short and in the long run: Health economy reporting in the Balkan states - Empirical data for Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro

17:30 – 19:00  General discussion on all topics of the day
Moderators: Dušan Keber,
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, Klaus-Dirk Henke

 

Saturday, 29 September

Chairing: Prof. Dr. Klaus Dirk Henke, Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber

09:00 – 09.30  Tit Albreht: Models of desinvestment in health care as means of improving allocative efficiency.

09:30 – 10:00  Tit Albreht: Mechanisms and potential criteria for the definition of provider network at the secondary level and means of „tasks and competencies“ split between the primary and secondary level of health care.

10:00 – 10:30  Rade Pribaković Brinovec: Why is it worth investing in primary health care and prevention?

10.30 – 11.00  Dušan Keber: Ethical issues in local, regional and national allocation of health resources.

11:00 – 11:15   Break

11:15 – 11:45  Per Troein: The increased biosimilar competition – is this an opportunity for the Region?

11:45 – 12:15 Sandra Stefan-Mikić: Implementation of guidelines for prescribing antibiotics on treatment expenses: example of Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Serbia

12:15 – 13:15  Panel discussion
Moderator: Dušan Keber

Participants: all speakers

13:15 – 13:30  Closing Remarks, Conclusions and Recommendations of the Conference

13:30 – 14:00  Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dirk Henke/Prof. Dr. Dušan Keber/
Prof. Dr. Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina
Delivery of the international Certificates
ECPD UN mandated University for Peace

 

Application Form and Participation Fee

The participation fee for the Conference is EUR 470.

An application should be sent to: European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) University for Peace, Terazije 41, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Tel: +381 11 3246 041, Fax: +381 11 3240 673, E-mail: ecpd@Eunet.rs and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.ecpd.org.rs

Working languages: English/Serbo-Croatian, simultaneous translation provided

 

Hotel Accommodation

The European Center for Peace and Development UN-mandated University for Peace has provided accommodation for the Conference participants at the Hotel “Milenijin Opatija, the venue of the Conference, at preferential rates: bed & breakfast in a single-bed room – 111 EUR and in a double-bed room – 79 EUR per person.

We are enclosing the form for the reservation of accommodation and recommend the participants to make the hotel booking directly with the Hotel “Milenij. Contact person: Amelija Mujić, phone: +385 51 278 016; fax: +385 51 202 020; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.milenijhoteli.hr

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

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University for Peace established by the United Nations

ECPD Headquarters
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Serbia
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