International Conference on Health Care Reform: Asia-Pacific Experiences and Western Models

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1 International Conference on Health Care Reform: Asia-Pacific Experiences and Western Models Preliminary Programme (as of 25 January 2011) Day 1 (4 March 2011) 8:30 9:00 Registration 9:00 9:45 Opening Ceremony + Photo-taking Welcoming Remark Fanny M. CHEUNG Director, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK Opening Remark York CHOW Secretary for Food and Health, HKSAR Government Joseph J. Y. SUNG Vice-Chancellor and President, CUHK 9:45 11:15 Sub-theme: Health Care Delivery Panel Session 1 Enhancing Primary Care in Health Systems Healthcare Reform in Hong Kong Sian GRIFFITHS Director, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK An Overview of Primary Care Development in Hong Kong CHIU Pui-yin Amy Head, Primary Care Office, Department of Health, HKSAR Government Integrating Mental Health Services in Health Care Reform Fanny M. CHEUNG Director, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK 11:15 11:30 Break 1

2 11:30 13:00 Sub-theme: Health Care Delivery Panel Session 2 Equity and Quality in Health Care Delivery Reforming US Healthcare Delivery Leiyu SHI Professor and Co-Director, Primary Care Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University, US Exploring the Quality of Primary Care Delivery under National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan Ying-Chun LI Associate Professor, Institute of Health Care Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung Connectivity in Health Systems: An Imperative for Quality and Cost-effectiveness YEOH Eng Kiong Professor of Public Health and Head of Division of Health System, Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK 13:00 14:15 Lunch 14:15 15:45 Sub-theme: Health Care Financing Panel Session 3 Models of Financing for Quality of Care and Efficiency Containing Costs by Controlling Prices in Japan The Impact of Introducing DRG Type Payment Naoki IKEGAMI Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio University, Japan Singapore Health Care: A Model of Prudent, Pragmatic, Public-Private Partnership Meng-kin LIM Associate Professor, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 2

3 Healthcare Reforms in the Netherlands: Towards Regulated Competition Wynand PMM van de VEN Professor of Health Insurance, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 15:45 16:00 Break 16:00 17:50 Sub-theme: Health Care Financing Panel Session 4 Financing for Sustainability in Health Care Status-quo and Issues of Medical Care and the Long-term Care Insurance System for the Old-Old in Japan Koichi KAWABUCHI Professor of Health Care Economics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan China s Healthcare Insurance Reforms: Towards Universal Coverage, Adequate Security, and Smart Payment GU Xin Professor, School of Government, Peking University, Beijing A Single-payer Universal Social Insurance System: The Taiwan Experience Jui-Fen Rachel LU Professor and Dean, Department of Health Care Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan The UK National Health Service: Recent Health Care Reforms and Prospects for Change Jennifer DIXON Director, Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services, UK 3

4 Day 2 (5 March 2011) 8:30 9:00 Registration 9:00 9:45 Supplementary Financing in Hong Kong's Mixed Health Care Economy Health Protection Scheme 2010 Gabriel M. LEUNG Under Secretary for Food and Health, HKSAR Government 9:45 11:15 Sub-theme: Health Care Financing Panel Session 5 Comparative Health Financing Reforms Patterns of Health Care Reforms in Southeast Asia M. RAMESH Chair Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Health Care Reform and Family Values: A Call for Studies in Healthcare Savings Accounts Ruiping FAN Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Health Policy in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Lok Sang HO Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong 11:15 11:30 Break 11:30 13:00 Sub-theme: Major Local and Global Challenges in Health Care Reform Panel Session 6 Re-forming Health Care in Face of Global Aging Managing Technologies or Diseases? Two Strategic Approaches to Health Care in the Ageing Population Reiner LEIDL Professor of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Ludwig- Maximilians-University, Germany 4

5 Reducing Health Disparities: Health Care Reform Must Address Issues Raised by Ageing Populations Jean WOO Professor of Medicine and Head of Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK A Study on the Epidemiological Pattern of Institutional Older Persons and Their Utilization Pattern on Health Care Services in Hong Kong LAW Chi-kin Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK 13:00 14:30 Lunch 14:30 16:20 Sub-theme: Major Local and Global Challenges in Health Care Reform Panel Session 7 Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Health Care China's Health Care Reform LI Ling Professor of Economics, School of National Development and China Centre for Economic Research, Peking University, Beijing The Grand Policy Debate on Marketization of Health Care Services in China Peter Nan-shong LEE Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK International Trade and Its Impact on the Effectiveness of National Regulation in Pharmaceuticals Frank ROVEKAMP Director, East Asia Institute, Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences, Germany Achievements in the Reform of Mental Health Services in Australia Lyn LITTLEFIELD Executive Director, Australian Psychological Society, Australia 16:20 16:30 Closing Ceremony 5

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