International Health Economics Association 5th World Congress, Barcelona, July 10-13, 2005
Equitap is presenting some of its key findings at two organized sessions at the iHEA Fifth World Congress in Barcelona. One session will present an overview of the findings on the overall performance of different health care financing and delivery strategies in Asia, and the second session will present findings on horizontal equity in health care use in selected Asian countries. In addition, several Equitap team members are making individual presentations of their Equitap findings elsewhere in the conference.
ORGANIZED SESSION: Equity Performance of Health Financing and Delivery Strategies In Asia: Implications for Policy (findings of the Equitap Project)
Time
: 1400-1515, Monday, 11 July, 2005
Location : Room 40.010
Organizer : Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya
Chair : Eddy van Doorslaer
Discussant: William C. Hsiao (Harvard University)
Presentations:
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Comparative Desk Review of Social Health Insurance Experiences: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Mongolia. Rachel Lu, Soonman Kwon and Bayarsaikhan.
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Assessing the impact of NHI program on equity in health care utliszation - Evidence from Taiwan. Rachel Lu, Owen O'Donnell and Eddy van Doorslaer.
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Expenditure in India: A Multivariate Analysis. Anup Karan and Charu Garg.
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Equity in Health Care Utilization in South Korea. Soonman Kwon, Bongmin Yang and Ju-hwan Oh.
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Comparative Equity Performance of Tax-Funded Health Systems in Asia: Findings from the Equitap Project. Ravi. P. Rannan-Eliya.
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Equity performance of health financing and delivery strategies in the Asia-Pacific region. Aparnaa Somanathan.
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Paying for Health Care in Asia: Catastrophic and Poverty Impact. Eddy van Doorslaer
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Explaining the incidence of catastrophic expenditures on health care: Comparative evidence from Asia. Owen O'Donnell.
ORGANIZED SESSION: Horizontal Equity In Health Care Utilization - Evidence From Three High-Income Asian Economies (from the Equitap Collaboration)
Time
: 1900-2015, Monday, 11 July, 2005
Location : Room 40.154
Organizer : Gabriel Leung
Chair : Owen O’Donnell
Discussant : Timothy G. Evans (World Health Organization, HQ/EIP)
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Horizontal inequity in medical care utilization - further examination of the impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance program. Jui-Fen Rachel Lu
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Horizontal equity in health care utilization in South Korea. . Bong-Min Yang, Soonman Kwon
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Equal treatment for equal need in a post-colonial, advanced Chinese mixed medical economy? A case study of Hong Kong. Gabriel Leung, Keith Tin
ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
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Poverty impact of out-of-pocket (OOPS) payments in India: A state level analysis. Charu Garg, Anup Karan – Poster presentation, 0800-1700, Monday, 11 July, Atrium.
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Expenditure in India: A multivariate Analysis. Anup Karan, Charu Garg. Oral presentation.
Final Equitap Conference, Kandalama, Sri Lanka, March 15-18, 2005
The end-of-project conference of the Equitap Project was held in the picturesque surroundings of the Kandalama Hotel, Kandalama, Sri Lanka from 15-18 March. It was attended by 50 participants representing all the Equitap partner teams, and policy-makers from nine countries and World Health Organization. Sessions reviewed the findings of the various components of the project, discussed their policy implications, and reviewed future plans of the consortium.
Equitap Workshop, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong SAR, December 14-16, 2003
The third Equitap workshop was held at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong SAR from 14-16 December, and was attended by 40 participants from Equitap partner teams, and from WHO SEARO and WPRO regional offices. Sessions reviewed progress to date in the project analyses, and planned next steps.
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