Session 1- Thursday 28 January
Session 2- Thursday 25 February
Session 3- Thursday 25 March
Session 4- Thursday 29 April
Session 5- Thursday 27 May
Open session/a>- Miércoles, 16 June
Session 6- Thursday 17 June
PRESENTATION
It is a pleasure to inform you that, although we were unable to meet in Zaragoza in 2020, we will not let another year pass us by without sharing not only the scientific content, but also the human part that always accompanies our conferences. When the Board of Directors of AES asked us to think about what to do for the 40th Conference in 2021, we enthusiastically set about finding the best way to share this AES space. Here is the idea:
Under the slogan "Reconciling immediacy and the future in health, social policies and the economy", the 40th Health Economics Conference will be held as monthly meetings during the first half of 2021. We are working on offering you an attractive programme of meetings on the last Thursday of every month to discuss both the short-term and long-term effects of current pressures on the healthcare, economic and social care system from different perspectives. To do this, we hope that you will contribute with your perspective, both by participating in the round table discussions and by presenting oral or graphic submissions on the proposed topics.
Each day, at the end of the scientific programme, the Organising Committee will facilitate one of the things that we like best about the conferences - contributing to the social programme, which will allow you to enjoy a beer, tea or coffee with fellow health economists.
Pilar García-Gómez
Chair of the Scientific Committee
Sandra García-Armesto
Chair of the Organising Committee
COMMITTEE
Organizing Committee
President
Sandra García-Armesto
Members
Isabel Aguilar Palacio
Sophie Gorgemans
Soledad Isern de Val
Sara Malo Fumanal
Celia Muñoz Fernández
María José Rabanaque Hernández
Lucía Prieto Remón
Scientific Committee
President
Pilar García-Gómez
Members
Enrique Bernal-Delgado
Belén Corbacho
Manuel Flores
Sergio García Vicente
Pilar Pinilla Dominguez
Board of Directors
President
Carmen Pérez Romero
Vice-president 1
Ruth Puig Peiró
Vice-president 2
Sandra García Armesto
Secretary
Cristina Hernández Quevedo
Treasurer
Anna García-Altés
Members
Pilar Pinilla Domínguez
Laia Maynou-Pujolras
Sergio García Vicente
Dolores Jiménez Rubio
GENERAL INFORMATION
After each scientific meeting, "Randomised Control Drink" (RCD) session will be organised in small-group virtual rooms so that participants can meet, get to know each other and talk about the topic of the day. Before these RCD sessions, the OC will inject a touch of humour to the session.
Organise
KEY DATES
22/12/20
The deadline
for SESSION 1
submissions
22/01/21
The deadline
for SESSION 2
submissions
10/02/21
The deadline
for SESSION 3
submissions
10/03/21
The deadline
for SESSION 4
submissions
17/03/21
The deadline
for OPEN SESSION
submissions
10/04/21
The deadline
for SESSION 5
submissions
10/05/21
The deadline
for SESSION 6
submissions
Thursday 28 January
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Session 1
The undesirable effects of the health, social and economic crisisThe first panel of the 40th Conference of the Asociación de Economía de la Salud [Health Economics Association] (AES) features four outstanding professionals who will analyse the effects of the health, social and economic crisis from their perspectives — framed within a particular discipline or unbound to one. Ismael Said-Criado, an internist working in the accident and emergency department of a hospital in Vigo, is very involved in digital health and telemedicine. He might start with his experience on the front line and will focus on the impact of the crisis on health care, particularly chronic patients. Almudena Sevilla, a research fellow at University College London and Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and holder of a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant, will speak about the impact of the crisis on the gender gap and domestic violence. Gema Zamarro, a professor of education policy at the University of Arkansas and the director of the Character Assessment Initiative research group, will analyse the impact of the crisis on school education and parental labour force participation. J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz, a professor of economics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid [Complutense University of Madrid] and the Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada [Foundation for Applied Economic Studies] (FEDEA), will conclude the session with selected aspects of the impact of the crisis on the economy.
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Thursday 25 February
Session 2
Public early-life policies and their short- and long-term effectsBeing born into a poor household is perhaps the main source of inequality across individuals’ lives. This panel will discuss some of the adverse long-term effects that childhood poverty has on people's health and socio-economic status, as well as some public early-life interventions that can mitigate these negative long-term effects. Next, some policy recommendations to improve living conditions and opportunities among disadvantaged children will be analysed, taking into account that the level of childhood poverty in Spain remains among the highest in the European Union.
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Thursday 25 March
Session 3
Challenges in the provision of mental health servicesIn recent decades health and social health care related to mental health have been changing, with more emphasis being given to the social integration of patients and their outpatient care taking priority over hospitalisation. So what now, as we move into the 21st century and with the influence of the pandemic? Is the optimal level of care at breaking point? Is the resilience of this group and their relatives being pushed, with the risks that this entails? The WHO has even launched a series of recommendations for continuing to improve mental health care. In this session we aim to provide a constructive vision from the health organisation and research perspective with the hope of generating reflection and continuing innovation in order to keep improving the actual provision of mental health services.
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Thursday 29 April
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Session 4
Artificial Intelligence assessment and appraisal: is the HTA methodological approach fit for purpose?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has risen in importance in every sector of the economy around the world, including healthcare. The application of AI technology is in fact immense in healthcare, from the moment in which technologies are conceived, to the improvement in the provision of healthcare services. AI technology is associated with a fast pace of development, which also comes with challenges, for example, when evaluating and assessing the clinical effectiveness and value for money of such technology and its use in health. Likewise, its implementation may put into question the bioethical principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence and justice. This session will cover the assessment and appraisal of AI technology, and whether current Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodology is fit for purpose. The session will be introduced by Celia Muñoz, Health Economist at the Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud and will countinue with the participation of Jeanette Kusel, Director of NICE Scientific Advice, who will provide an overview of NICE’s approach for identifying and evaluating AI technologies in the UK. This will be followed by a discussion led by Enrique Bernal, Unidad de Investigación en Políticas y Servicios de Salud - ARiHSP, who will react to Kusel’s keynote talk and provide an overview of the state of the art in the implementation of AI technology in the Servicio Nacional de Salud. Likewise, the day will continue with a communications table for which we encourage the submission of abstracts with topics related not only to the evaluation of digital technologies, but also in relation to the challenges faced by the evaluation of health technologies in the present including other types of technologies, as well as new approaches and models, both theoretical and practical, of economic evaluation.
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Thursday 27 May
Session 5
How do we organise and fund care for dependent people?The Sistema para la Autonomía y Atención a la Dependencia [System for Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Assistance for Persons in a Situation of Dependency] (SAAD) was introduced in Spain in 2007. a universal system funded mainly through general taxes, is suffering from an underfunding problem that has been exacerbated by the current COVID-19 pandemic. As is the case in other developed countries, in Spain, in the long term, the rapid ageing of the population will put even more pressure on the financial sustainability of the public dependency care system. This will also make it more difficult to get sufficient care for dependent persons.
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Wednesday, 16 June
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Open Session
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Thursday 17 June
Session 6
What can we do for the quality of life of people over the age of 80?
It may be easy to talk about people over the age of 80 in the country with the highest life expectancy in the world. But we are always forced to consider the question: "So what is life like then, what should it be like?" It's easy to say, "Add life, add quality of life, to the number of years". But what is the reality? Is our environment ready, what is being done, and what can be done? The last session of the #JornadasAES is dedicated to this subject, "What do we do in regard to quality of life for the over 80s?" Elena del Barrio, from the Fundación Matia Instituto (Matia Institute Foundation) will talk about the little-known concept of "ageism" and its consequences, as well as steps to avoid it; Javier Viela from the Zaragoza city council will present activities related to the WHO Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities, and José Viña will close with the promotion of activity and physical exercise to reduce frailty and improve health at the same time.
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SUBMISSIONS
Submit anabstract
General rules for the submission of abstracts
Only abstracts sent via the online form will be accepted.
The authors may select Spanish, English or No Preference as their preferred presentation language and the abstract must be sent in the chosen presentation language.
If No Preference is selected, the Scientific Committee will decide on the presentation language (Spanish or English) and may ask the relevant author to submit their abstract in that language.
The choice of English as the preferred language does not guarantee that the submission will be presented in English. If the author speaks both languages, the Scientific Committee will confirm the presentation language when setting up the programme sessions.
Authors will be able to indicate their presentation format preference (live or pre-recorded), but the Scientific Committee will make the decision on the final presentation format. Given the restrictions both in the number of presentation sessions and their scope, four submissions will be selected to be presented orally at each of the monthly sessions. The authors will have 10 minutes to present their work, followed by 5 minutes of general discussion. In addition, the possibility of preparing a pre-recorded presentation (short communication) will be offered, either in poster or slide format, in which the author presents his/her work in 5 minutes. These presentations must be sent to secretaria@aes.es by the Monday of the week in which the monthly session has been organised, and they will be made available on the Conference website in the space for short pre-recorded communications, together with the contact details of the authors, from the date of the session.
The author responsible for the submission will be the person who presents it at the Conference. The author's name should be specified on the abstract submission form.
The same person cannot be responsible for more than one submission.
The authors must register for the Conference by the Monday of the week that the relevant session is being held in order to be able to give their live presentation or provide their short communication.
Format of pre-recorded presentations (short communication)
Videos must be a maximum duration of 5 minutes and in MP4 format.
The file size must not be greater than 10 Mb. If the file is larger, it is advisable to reduce its size (there are websites that offer this service for free, such as https://www.videosmaller.com)
Recommendations for recording videos:
To make a video with both your PowerPoint presentation and your image, a very simple option is to create an account on a video conferencing platform (for example https://zoom.us). Start a meeting, open your PowerPoint presentation and share your screen so that the presentation can be seen, together with your image. Move your image to a point on the screen that does not cover the PowerPoint content. Press record and explain each of the slides. Once the recording is complete, it will be stored on your computer in MP4 format. You can perform as many tests as you need until the final result is to your liking.
If you have any questions, you can follow this tutorial: https://youtu.be/Eg2IWQrJIgE
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors must explain any financial or personal relationship with other people or organisations that could give rise to a conflict of interest in relation to the work submitted for presentation.
PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS
When describing experiments that have been conducted on humans, please indicate whether the procedures followed conform to the ethical standards of the relevant human experimentation committee (institutional or regional), and in accordance with the World Medical Association and the Declaration of Helsinki. Names, initials or hospital numbers should not be used, especially in the figures. When describing animal experiments, please indicate whether the guidelines of an institution or international research board have been followed, or national legislation regulating the care and the use of laboratory animals.
DATA CONFIDENTIALITY
The authors must declare that the protocols established by their respective health centres have been followed in relation to accessing data from medical records for the sole purpose of research or scientific disclosure.
RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND INFORMED CONSENT
The authors declare and guarantee that they have a document signed by the people whose personal data are included in the article (understanding personal data to be any information relating to an identified or identifiable person, such as, for example, their full name, address, telephone number and any type of health data, understood to mean any information relating to the past, present or future physical or mental health of a person including, but not limited to, for example, images, lab tests, X-rays, etc.), authorising the inclusion of said data in the aforementioned work.
SPONSORS ORGANISATIONS
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TECHNICAL
SECRETARIAT
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secretaria@aes.es