LAhen2018: LACEA’s Health Economics network 1st Annual Meeting Universidad del Rosario Bogota, Colombia, October 4-5, 2018 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lahen2018 |
Submission deadline | June 15, 2018 |
LACEA’s health economics network will hold its first annual workshop in Bogotá (Colombia) on the premises of the Faculty of Economics, Universidad del Rosario, on the 4th and 5th of October 2018. We will have around 14 presentations and discussions of high quality papers in health economics, selected by a scientific committee, and two keynote talks: Jere Behrman (University of Pennsylvania) and Marcos Vera-Hernandez (University College London).
Submissions
Both empirical and theoretical contributions are welcome. Submissions will be judged on their academic merit, where a clear identification strategy will be favoured. Those papers which work on topics relevant for the Latin American context are highly encouraged. A non-comprehensive list of proposed topics is:
- public health
- health prevention and health related behaviours
- insurers'/providers' competition and choice
- mixed private-public health care systems
- market regulation and incentives
- human resources and health management
- national, social and private insurance
- risk adjustment
- high cost drugs and long term care
- policy evaluation and assessment
Papers must be submitted in English, in PDF format without any specific length limit, and no later than June 8th 11:55 PM (UTC-5) to be considered for the workshop. Papers should be submitted via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lahen2018
Should you have any questions please contact: health.economics@urosario.edu.co
Authors of accepted papers will be notified by June 30th.
Funding
Selected papers will receive partial funding to cover travel (tourist class) and accommodation expenses. Young scholars and graduate students will be given preference in this respect.
Organising committee
- Ana Balsa (Universidad de Montevideo)
- Dolores de la Mata (CAF)
- Juan M. Gallego ( Universidad del Rosario)
- Paul RodríguezLesmes ( Universidad del Rosario)
Scientific Committee
- Juan Pablo Atal (Universidad de Pensilvania)
- Adriana Camacho (Universidad de los Andes)
- Guillermo Paraje (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)
- Marcos VeraHernandez (UCL)
- Patricia Triunfo (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
About the LACEA’s Health Economics network
The LACEA’s Health Economics network will bring together economists and other social scientist from Latin America and the Caribbean and other parts of the world working on health issues in order to build a community of practice to promote quality research in health economics in LAC and contribute towards stronger health systems.
Congreso Economía de la Salud de América Latina y el Caribe
From October 1st to 3rd, the 8th Latin American and the Caribbean congress of health economics will be held at Medellín (Colombia). Authors willing to participate in both meetings will be benefited by the short and frequent flights between both cities. More details: https://goo.gl/vfDQcQ