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
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
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
President
Pilar García-Gómez
Members
Enrique Bernal-Delgado
Belén Corbacho
Manuel Flores
Sergio García Vicente
Pilar Pinilla Dominguez
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
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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On-line Edition,
January 2021 - June 2021
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