Nordic Health Care Systems: Recent Reforms and Current
Policy Challenges 16.11.2009
Venue: National Institute for Health and
Welfare (THL), Lintulahdenkuja 4, Helsinki (Auditorium)
Date: 16 November 2009
Seminar is a Finnish launch for a new book produced by The
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The book
explores Nordic health care systems, their recent developments, and
their commonalities and differences. Several authors of the book
will present the contents of the book followed by comments and
discussion.
Programme
Chairman: Marja Vaarama, Assistant Director General, National
Institute of Health and Welfare
12.00 - 12.10 Welcome and opening
Päivi Sillanaukee, Department head, Ministry of Social Affairs
and Health
12.10 - 12.20 About the Observatory, the objectives and scope of
the book series
Josep Figueras, Head of the Secretariat and Director of the
European Observatroy on Health systems and Policies
12.20 - 12.50 Is there a Nordic Health System Model?
Jon Magnussen, Professor, Department of Public Health and
General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
12.50 - 13.10 Harnessing the diversity of provision
Unto Häkkinen, Research Professor, Centre for Health and Social
Economics, National Institute of Health and Welfare
13.10 - 13.30 Changing perceptions of equity and fairness Meri
Larivaara, researcher, National Institute of Health and Welfare
13.30 - 14.00 Coffee
14.00 - 14.20 The changing autonomy of the Nordic medical
professions
Sirpa Wrede, research coordinator, Swedish School of Social
Science, University of Helsinki
14.20 - 14.40 The politics of Nordic health reform
Karsten Vrangbæk, Director of Research, AKF: Danish Institute of
Governmental Research
14.40 - 15.00 Future factors and policy options
Richard B. Saltman, Associate Head of Research Policy of the
European Observatory Professor of Health Policy and Management,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta
15.00 - 15.30 What Finland can learn from other Nordic
countries: comments
Juhani Lehto, Professor in Social and Health Policy, University
of Tampere
Jussi Merikallio, Director for health and social services, The
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Kimmo Leppo, Docent
15.30 - 16.00 Discussion
The seminar is free of charge. More information:
unto.hakkinen(at)thl.fi
Registration before 11.11.2009:
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