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more than 400 experts in health economics debate in Bilbaoon how to deal efficiently with the growth of the chronicity
the main Congress on health of Spain economics
-Bilbao welcomes the XXXII meeting of theAssociation of economy of health (AES), focusing on the efficient management ofthe chronicity.
-the Auditorium of the University of the country Basque UPV/EHU(Bizkaia Aretoa) and the CRAI library of the University of Deusto are headquartersthe meeting, held between 15 and 18 May.
Bilbao, 2012-may health policy is fashionable, andis that the economic crisis and the level of public deficit have led to Spain toa situation in which the efficiency in the provision of public services isIt has become a necessity. Health not only has not fallen out butIt is the latest star of public policies. In this sense, more400 experts in health economics come together in Bilbao with the objective ofanalyze the needs of the national health system and discuss sobre thedesign of the measures to be implemented or that should be implementedduring the XXXII Conference of the Association of economy of health (AES), theAnnual Congress on economy of the most important health of Spain, that isthey held between 15 and 18 may in Bilbao.
Congress, whose theme is the challenge of efficient management inthe chronicity, focuses mainly on sustainable management and improvement of theattention to chronic patients, item in which the Department of health andConsumption of the Basque Government, whose Chief, Rafael Bengoa, has participated in theopening of the Conference, is reference to State level. In this regard, toover the four days that lasts the meeting, will be presented differentsuccessful experiments carried out in all Spain in the efficient management ofchronic patient care. These days will be a point ofmeeting to analyse the sustainability of our health in the medium term, lookingalso to the complex current situation from the perspective of the economy ofHealth ”, says Roberto Nuño, director of the Basque Institute for innovationHealth (o + Berri) and President of the Organizing Committee of the Conference.
precisely for this expert, the research and theinnovation are essential at the current juncture where locatedthe system. Research is key in the search of new knowledge,something fundamental in the provision of care, and innovation allows theapplication of this knowledge ”, says Nuño. live a moment especiallysensitive to the health sector, where important decisions will be takendepth in the coming months. As citizens we must ask ourrepresentatives who make decisions based on knowledge. Asresearchers must do utmost to generate that knowledge andencourage debate to different formulas of performance ”, point Manuel GarcÃaGoñi and Juan Oliva, Presidents of the AES, and Scientific Committee respectively.
also, specialists in health economics alsoThey analyze the role of the pharmacy in the health system, their sustainability andthe role that industry must be taken before the current landscape of recessionEconomic and reform and cuts in health care, as well as the importance of thecoordination between health, based on different levels of thePrimary care. The scientific program is completed with nine tables ofpresentations covering a variety of topics of interest to the economy of thehealth and for the motto of this Conference, from innovative experiences inmanagement of chronic Spain to aging and the care oflong-lasting, passing through the analysis of public-private partnerships,the price and the value of health technologies, the sustainability of thewelfare State and innovation in pharmacy, payment by results, thegood governance of the health system, or addictions and lifestyles.
the event has, in addition to with leading experts inSpain health, with important and renowned experts economyInternational, as the British Chris Ham, CEO of The King ’ sFund and one of the leaders of the reform of the health system of the KingdomIn the time of Tony Blair, or Paul Gertler, Professor of Economics of theUniversity of Berkeley (California, USA), recognized globally andrecently specialized in the relationship between the disease and poverty.
las Jornadas XXXII of the AES headquarters are the Auditoriumthe University of the country Basque UPV/EHU (Bizkaia Aretoa) and the CRAI libraryof the University of Deusto, placed one against another in the Centre ofBilbao.
