THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
FOURTH IMA CONFERENCE ON QUANTITATIVE MODELLING IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE
31 March - 2 April 2004
University of Salford, UK
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference delegates will include those involved in quantitative
policy, evaluation and decision making in health care relating
to the National Health Service, private sector, and overseas
experience.
The conference will focus on practical methodologies in the
provision and purchase of services. Previous conferences were
held in 1994, 1997 and 2000. These attracted medical
practitioners working in hospitals and general practice; health
service managers; and operational research specialists,
economists, statisticians, and mathematicians employed in health
care and universities. A special issue of the Health Care
Management Science Journal contained papers presented at the
conference in 2000. The conference will focus on three topics.
The major theme is how to do the nuts and bolts of modelling---a
discussion of how modellers can get started, and of what
software and data are available, for example the Hospital
Episodes Statistics (HES) database. An exhibition of software
(e.g. benchmarking and data analysis tools and simulation
software) will support this theme. Other themes will be
performance monitoring, which is of great current interest in
the wake of Bristol, and flow modelling/system dynamics. Papers
covering experience with established methodologies and issues
relating to their implementation are welcome together with those
describing new methodologies. The conference will consist of
keynote speeches, contributed papers and an exhibition of
software.
Invited Speakers and topics include:
Sheila M.Dixon (Department of Health) - Health Episodes Database
Steve Gallivan (University College London) - Measuring and Improving
Performance in the NHS in the wake of Bristol
Eric Wolstenholme (Harrogate) - System Dynamics
Terry Young (Brunel University) - Information Systems in the NHS
Organising Committee:
Rose Baker - Committee Chair (University of Salford), Sally Brailsford
(University of Southampton), T. Chaussalet (University of Westminster),
Ruth Davies (University of Southampton), Peter Millard (formerly St.
Georges Hospital Medical School), Gai Murphy (University of Salford),
Margaret-Mary Nelson (University of Salford).
Call for papers:
We invite interested researchers to submit a title by 30 September 2003
followed by an abstract of 300-500 words to Lucy Nye at the address
below by 17 November 2003. Selected papers presented at the conference
will be subject to normal refereeing procedures and subsequently
published in a journal.
This event will meet the requirements of the IMA Continuing Professional
Development Scheme.
To: Lucy Nye Conference Officer, The Institute of Mathematics and its
Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street,
Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1EF.
Tel: (01702) 354020 Fax: (01702) 354111
Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.ima.org.uk
FOURTH IMA CONFERENCE ON
QUANTITATIVE MODELLING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE
31 March - 2 April 2004
University of Salford, UK
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