Due to one or two late withdrawals, there's a couple of spaces available for the following seminar.
Let me know if you want to come (registration fee is £15).
Health Equity Network Seminar: September 19th 2002
Room S75, St Clement's Building, London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE; Tel: 020 7955 6471
Health Equity in the UK from an International Perspective
In this seminar, leading experts in the analysis of cross-country comparisons of health inequalities-related issues will present their work to a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral audience. All presenters have specifically stated that they intend to present their work in a manner that is accessible to the non-specialist, in an effort to bring their findings to the forefront of the UK health inequalities policy debate.
Programme
09.00-09.30: Coffee/Registration
09.30-10.45: "Explaining cross-country differences in income-related inequalities in self-assessed health in the EU member states"
Chair: Ken Judge, Glasgow
Author: Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus
Discussant: Anna Coote, King's Fund
10.45-11.15: Coffee/Tea
11.15-12.30: "Socio-economic differences in morbidity and mortality among the elderly: a European overview"
Chair: Frank Windmeijer, UCL and IFS
Author: Anton Kunst, Erasmus
Discussant: David Blane, Imperial
12.30-1.30: Lunch
1.30-2.45: "Explaining income-related inequalities in physician utilisation in European countries"
Chair: James Raftery, Birmingham
Author: Andrew Jones, York
Discussant: Michaela Benzeval, Queen Mary
2.45-3.15: Coffee/Tea
3.15-4.30: "Inequity in access in five countries"
Chair: Adam Oliver, LSE
Author: Cathy Schoen, Commonwealth Fund
Discussant: Roy Carr-Hill, York
Supported by the Economic and Social Research Council
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