Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care
September 27 - 28, 2012 | Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon SK
About
The sustainability of health care in Canada is an ongoing debate in public policy. Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care, a conference featuring significant national and international participation, will address some of the most pressing questions facing decision makers in the Canadian health care system. These questions include concerns about capacity, controlling costs and the sustainability of public funding. Through a series of presentations by prominent scholars and panel discussions featuring key decision makers, this timely event will draw substantive conclusions and provide future direction for decision makers in the Canadian health care system.
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Speakers Include:
- Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
- Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; Head, World Health Organization European Centre on Health Policy
- Gerard F. Anderson, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
- Roy Romanow, Premier of Saskatchewan, 1991-2001; Royal Commissioner, 2001-02
- Raisa Deber, Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
- Jeremiah Hurley, Professor, Department of Economics and Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University
Resources
| Session |
Presenter(s) |
Resource(s) |
| Opening Panel Discussion | Marlene Smadu | Website |
| Macro Perspective | Pierre-Gerlier Forest | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Macro Perspective | John Richards | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Macro Perspective | Katherine Fierlbeck | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Keynote Luncheon | Uwe Reinhardt | Presentation Slides |
| Europe | Josep Figueras | Presentation Slides |
| Europe | Alan Maynard | Presentation Slides |
| Europe | Jon Magnussen | Presentation Slides |
| Asia, Australia and the US | Stephen Duckett | Presentation Slides |
| Asia, Australia and the US | Gerard Anderson | Presentation Slides |
| Specialist Analyses | Steve Morgan | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Specialist Analyses | Arthur Sweetman | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Specialist Analyses | Jeremiah Hurley | Presentation Slides | Video |
| Specialist Analyses | Herb Emery, Livio Di Matteo | Presentation Slides | Video |
| The East | François Béland | Presentation Slides |
| The East | Raisa Deber | Presentation Slides |
| The East | Joe Ruggeri | Presentation Slides |
| The West | Greg Marchildon | Presentation Slides |
| The West | Stephen Duckett | Presentation Slides |
| The West | Kimberlyn McGrail, Robert Evans | Presentation Slides |
Partners & Sponsors
This event is presented by the following partners:
- Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
- School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan
- Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
- Platinum: Saskatchewan Health
- Silver: Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
- Bronze: Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Bronze: Health Canada
- Bronze: Health Quality Council (Saskatchewan)
- Bronze: University of Saskatchewan
- Bronze: University of Regina