[EQ] Conference: Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times

Priorities 2010

Biennial Meeting of the International Society on Priorities in Health Care
 
 

The International Society on Priorities in Health Care

 April 23-25, 2010  Boston MA. 
 
 

Conference theme: "Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times"
 
 

Website: http://www.organizational-services.com/priorities2010/
 
 

To address the financial crisis that has challenged the ability of health systems across the globe with questions about how to prioritize and deliver affordable health care particularly to populations in resource poor settings. 

The meeting is scheduled back-to-back with the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health 5th Annual International Conference which will focus this year on the ethics of procedures in priority setting.
 
 

Agenda: http://www.organizational-services.com/priorities2010/Preliminary-Agenda.pdf 
 
 

Keynote speakers:
 
 

JudyAnn Bigby, M.D. Massachusetts Secretary for Health and Human Services: 
 Universal Coverage in Massachusetts: How it Affects Resource Allocation and the Care of Disadvantaged Populations

Dean Jamison, Ph.D., Professor of Global Health, University of Washington
 The Disease Control Priorities Project: Accomplishments and Future Challenges

Maureen Lewis, Ph.D., Economic Advisor, World Bank
 Effects of Economic Recession on Achievement of Millennium Development Goals: Possible Response Options
 
 

The purpose of the Society is to strengthen the theory and practice of priority setting in health care. It provides a forum in which researchers, practitioners and others involved in priority setting can come together to exchange ideas and experience. 

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