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THE 30th AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE OF HEALTH ECONOMISTS

The 30th Australian Conference of Health Economists was held at the National Wine Centre of Australia in Adelaide on Thursday 2 October and Friday 3 October 2008.

The local organiser was Leonie Segal

General queries should be directed to the AHES Secretary, Lisa Gold.

The conference program can be accessed here.

Keynote speakers were Professor Susan Ettner (UCLA) and Professor Hugh Gravelle (University of York)

58 papers on topics relating to health economics were presented in parallel sessions at the conference. Authors were requested to provide a full copy of the paper (7,000 words maximum) by 24th September 2008; the 26 papers submitted prior to the conference are accessible below, along with abstracts to all other papers, by session code (see program):

Session:        
A1 Hollingsworth Au Vu  
B1 Pham      
C1 Shih Jackson    
D1 Mavromaras Cunich    
A2 Kefeli Watts Paolucci  
B2 Caffrey Ratcliffe Goodall  
C2 Rowell Savage    
A3 Spinks Brown Thiebaut Ademi
B3 Walker Karnon Pekarsky Lorgelly
C3 Dalziel Norman Yoo Cheng
D3 J. Williams Hauck Harris Fitzgerald
A4 R. Williams Byrnes Johnston  
B4 Braybrook Schurer Sivey  
C4 Hossain Johar Viney  
A5 Shi Markova X. Zhao  
B5 Banham Haywood Sweeney  
C5 Knox Cutler    
A6 Gallego Mortimer Gold  
B6 Shields Maitra Khanam  
C6 Jeffs Nghiem Y. Zhao  



Prize for Best Paper by a Junior Researcher

The inaugural AHES Junior Researcher Award was presented to Hong il Yoo.

Travel Scholarships

AHES awarded two Travel Scholarships to assist junior researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to attend the 2008 Conference and present a paper. Under this scholarship, AHES will refund the travel and conference expenses up to a maximum of A$1,500 per scholarship.

 

Previous Conferences

Available papers from the following previous conferences an be accessed by members via the members section of the website. The conference programs and/or abstracts are available below. Non-members with queries about papers presented at an AHES conference are asked to contact the secretary, Lisa Gold, for their queries to be passed on to the authors:

29th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Brisbane, 2007)

28th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Perth, 2006)

27th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Auckland, 2005)

26th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Melbourne, 2004)

25th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Canberra, 2003

 

Last Updated:   7th October 2008

Authorised by: Denzil Fiebig, President
                    

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