Pre-conference: Developments in Economic Evaluation in Healthcare


Wednesday 10 November, 09:00 - 12:40 CET

Organised by:

EUPHA Health technology assessment section, ASPHER and ASPHER Working Group on Economic Evaluation in Healthcare EEHE 


Target group

Professionals who want to understand the basics of economic evaluation and its application to health technology assessment and decision making

Abstract

Economic evaluation tools are largely accepted as indispensable instruments in the evaluation of healthcare goods, services and system reforms.
These tools are of critical importance in decision-making for developing evidence-informed policies pertaining to all aspects of resource allocation.
Such tools provide insights on how to improve efficiency and how to protect equity of both healthcare financing and provision. This pre-conference will discuss the above issues.

Provisional program

Timeslot

Session

Presentation

Presenter

 

9.00-9.50

Introduction to the topic

Chair:
Chiara de Waure 

Developments of EU HTA and economic evaluation

Silvia Evers

 

Costing of health interventions

Ciaran O'Neill

 

9.50-10.40

Health service innovation and medical devices

Chair:
Bosiljka Djikanovic  

Economic evaluation of health services

Rositsa Koleva-Kolarova

 

Economic evaluation of medical devices

Elena Petelos

 

Break

10.50-11.40

Innovative pharmaceuticals

Chair:
Céu Mateus 

Economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals

Tomasz Bochenek

 

Pricing of innovative pharmaceuticals

Wim Groot

 

11.40-12.30

Reflection on the topic

Chair:
Judit Simon 

Economic evaluation and professional practice

Lorena Dini

 

Economic evaluations beyond the QALYs

Petra Baji

 

12.30-12.40

  Closing

 

Milena Pavlova

 

Registration fee

The registration fee is € 50 (inclusive of VAT). Pre-conferences can  be added to your registration after you have already registered. You can do so by logging into your account and updating your registration. You will receive an adjusted invoice by email. You can also register for the pre-conference only.