Maja Tomic CEF

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Maja Tomic (CEF)
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• WHY?
• CEF POLICY EVENTS
• Responding to the region needs by supporting
  agenda setting and policy-making in member
  countries.
• Promoting new ideas, clarifying concepts and
  objectives.
• Sharing of views, building on experience.

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WHY? 2. CEF POLICY EVENT ON HEALTH SYSTEMS
Current situation economic crisis and ageing
population (European countries are burdened by
complex questions of how to keep their social
protection systems financially sustainable).
AIM to provide a better understanding into the
functioning of markets and competition in the
health sector.
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• WHAT?
• MAIN QUESTION to what extent the use of market
  mechanisms and competition are effective for
  better containing cost and improving health
  systems performance?
• MORE SPECIFICALLY
• How efficiently do markets function in the health
  sector (health services markets, health
  professionals markets, health insurance markets)?
  
• 2. What are the possible trade-offs linked to
  increasing market competition in health systems?
• 3. Does EU integration push Member States to make
  their health systems more market-based and
  choice-driven?

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• HOW?
• FOCUS
• THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH SYSTEMS
• Analyzing market structure and functioning.
• Institutional settings.
• Financing and allocation mechanisms.
• Emphasis on relevant evidence and experience
  (Europe, SEE region).

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• HOW?
• POLICY ORIENTATION, INTERACTION
• Presenters (health systems experts, market
  regulation specialists, and other experts from
  OECD, The World Bank, etc.)
• frame the subject,
• lay out the existing experience,
• demonstrate with practical examples, outline and
  assess policy options.
• Participants involved to discuss the
  applicability of approaches and experiences.

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• WHO?
• INVITED PARTICIPANTS
• Experts working in institutions responsible for
  health systems policy and reform
• ministries of health,
• ministries of finance,
• regulatory bodies, including competition
  protection offices,
• health insurance institutions,
• representatives from the health care sector,
  academia and civil society.
• Southeastern and Central European Countries.

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• ORGANIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

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WHERE? CONFERENCE VENUE Kranjska Gora,
Slovenia, June 16-17, 2009 Hotel Larix
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LANGUAGE The language of the Conference will be
English. FEEThere is no fee to attend the
conference. ACCOMODATIONThe organizer has made
a block booking at Hotel Larix and Hotel Prisank.

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• REGISTRATION
• Deadline May 15, 2009
• First come first served taking in

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www.cef-see.org/health