Health Care in Macau Macao

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Health Care in Macau (Macao)

• HKUST/Stanford
• Global Project Coordination
• January 2009

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Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Foundation

• Objectives
• Strengthening academic exchange between medical
  personnel of Hong Kong and Macao, promoting
  professional training and upgrading medical
  skills in Macao. Promoting deeper collaboration
  in medical research, closer exchange of medical
  information and strengthening the training and
  continuing education for medical personnel
• Improve the standards of the medical services in
  Macao, the Foundation sponsors Macao doctors to
  receive professional and continuing medical
  education at the Faculty of Medicine of The
  Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Project objective

• Improve the health care system in Macau for the
  benefit of its citizen
• Establish a health care delivery system as a
  model from Macau to the Pearl Delta Region, PDR

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Project Champion

• Mr. Patrick Huen Wing Ming, Executive Director of
  the Seng Heng Bank, Macau

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Wealth of Information

• http//www.wpro.who.int/
• When searching for information, use both Macau
  and Macao.

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Scope background

• Understanding the local landscape (article from
  WHO, World Health Organization), plus data
  gathering (we have local contacts)
• Survey design to assess current system
  strength/weakness (we can get local help)
• Demographic information (birth, death,
  immigration)
• Survey medical delivery systems (public, private,
  combined) pros and cons and apply to local
  conditions

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Scope Modeling

• Population dynamics model development
• Health care system analysis
• Financing
• Delivery mechanism
• Supply of doctors and technology retention and
  acquisition
• Need analysis
• Impact of technology Information gathering,
  storage and utilization
• Leveraging from outside with education exchange
  and telecommunications

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Scope Analysis

• Determination of metrics financial, health, and
  others
• Model analysis and sensitivity analysis
• Impact analysis
• Implication to the region
• Recommendation and conclusion