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5th European Conference on Health Economics (September 8th-11th 2004) 
Dear Colleagues 
LSE Health and Social Care at the London School of Economics and Political Science is hosting the 5th European Conference on Health Economics. The conference will be held at the LSE site in central London. It will be opened by Professor Julian Le Grand at a reception on the evening of Wednesday September 8th, and will close with a reception at lunchtime on Saturday September 11th 2004. 
The conference will be open to presentations from all areas of health economics, including (but not limited to) financing and resource allocation, economic evaluation, econometrics in health economics, incentives in health care, equity in health and health care, outcomes evaluation, pharmaceutical economics, social care and mental health economics. 
In addition, one of the conference streams will be organised by the European Health Policy Group (EHPG), a forum that encourages multidisciplinary discussion (for example, between economists and political scientists) in comparing health sector reform in different European countries. The specific theme for that stream will be regulation in health care. If you are interested in presenting within the EHPG stream, please contact the new coordinator of the EHPG, Gwyn Bevan, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
If you have any questions regarding the 5th European Conference on Health Economics, and/or regarding that which follows below, please write to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or to me at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
Conference registration 
The registration fee does not include accommodation but does include the opening and closing receptions, the conference dinner on the evening of September 10th, lunches on September 9th and 10th, teas/coffees throughout the conference, and all conference materials. 
The deadline for early bird registration is Monday May 31st 2004. The early bird registration fees are as follows: 
Full time students: Euro 100 or £70 sterling (required to show their student cards when registering at the conference) 
Academic / public sector / charity: Euro 350 or £245 sterling 
Private sector: Euro 700 or £490 sterling 
For those registering after May 31st 2004, the fees are: 
Full time students: Euro 150 or £105 sterling 
Academic / public sector / charity: Euro 450 or £315 sterling 
Private sector: Euro 900 or £625 sterling 
Please note that cheques can be made in either Euros or pounds sterling, but credit card payments have to be specified in pounds sterling. 
A registration form, and details of where to send it, can be found at: <http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/lsehsc/ECHE2004/ECHE2004RegistrionForms.pdf> 
Cancellations before Friday July 16th 2004 will be subject to a 25% administrative charge. No refunds will be made after this date. 
Abstracts 
Abstracts should be submitted to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
Each abstract will be anonymously refereed by two reviewers, and the process will be overseen by the chair of the abstract review committee, Jose Luis Fernandez. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words, and should have the following structure whenever appropriate: 
- Title 
- Author (name and affiliation) 
- Objective 
- Methods 
- Results 
- Conclusion 
Accepted abstracts may be assigned to either an oral or poster presentation session. 
The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Monday February 16th 2004. 
A decision will be made on the abstracts by Wednesday March 31st 2004. 
Organised sessions 
There will be up to eight organised sessions at the conference. Each organised session should consist of four 15 minute presentations. To be considered for an organised session, a proposal needs to be submitted to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, and should include the following: title and rationale for the organised session, brief details of each of the presenters and chairperson, and a 100-150 word description of each of the presentations. 
Organised session proposals will be peer reviewed in a process overseen by Franco Sassi ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>), to whom queries about the suitability of proposals may be directed. The deadline for receipt of organised session proposals is also Monday February 16th, and an acceptance/rejection decision will be made by Wednesday March 31st 2004. 
Plenaries 
There will be two plenary sessions at the conference. 
Professor Richard Layard will be speaking on happiness. Professor Layard is Co-Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and since 2000 he has been a member of the House of Lords. He has written widely on unemployment, inflation, education, inequality and post-Communist reform. He was an early advocate of the welfare-to-work approach to unemployment, and co-authored the influential book Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market (OUP 1991). From 1997-2001 he helped implement these policies as a consultant to the Labour government. 
The second plenary speaker is yet to be confirmed. 
Student Prize 
There will be one prize, worth Euro 700, sponsored by Innovus and presented to the best paper written by a full time student. To be considered for the prize, papers should be no longer than 7,000 words and submitted to the chair of the student prize committee, Maria Raikou, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, by Monday May 31st 2004. 
Hardship Fund 
Financial support will be offered to some of those who otherwise would not be able to attend the conference. A condition of being offered financial support is that the delegate must submit an abstract to present a paper. Acceptance of the abstract for oral or poster presentation will not, however, be a condition of receiving support. Moreover, applicants must be resident within a European country. 
Those who wish to be considered for financial support should send a statement of no more than one side of A4, that makes a case for why they should receive support. Statements should be sent to the chair of the hardship fund committee, Monica Oliveira, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, by Friday March 19th 2004. 
Accommodation 
Delegates are responsible for booking their own accommodation. Suggestions are as follows: 
1. School Residence Halls. We have blocked LSE residence rooms until Wednesday June 30th 2004, so if choosing this option, please book your room by this date and please quote: European Health Economics Conference at the LSE. There are three Halls: Bankside House, Carr-Saunders and Rosebury Residence. 
Bankside House 
24 Sumner Street 
London SE1 9JA 
Tel: +44 (0) 207 107 5750 
Fax: +44 (0) 207 107 5757 
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Standard singles at a rate of £28.00 per night (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
Twins at a rate of £54.00 per night (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
Triples at a rate of £69.00 per night (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
Dinner supplement will be £7 
Carr-Saunders 
18-24 Fitzroy Street 
London W1T 4BN 
Tel: +44 (0) 207 107 5888 
Fax: +44(0) 207 580 4718 
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Single rooms at a rate of £25.00 per night (inclusive of breakfast and VAT). 
Dinner Supplement will be £8.50. 
Rosebury Residence 
90 Rosebery Avenue 
London EC1R 4TY 
Tel: +44 (0) 207 107 5850 
Fax: +44(0) 207 580 5875 
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Standard single rooms at £30 per night (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
Dinner supplement will be £10 
2. Goodenough Club. Rooms here are nicer than in the Halls, but places are very limited. Again, please quote: European Health Economics Conference at the LSE. 
Elizabeth Rivas 
Goodenough Club 
Visitors Reservations 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7769 4727 
Fax: +44 (0) 20 78379321 
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Website: <http://www.club.goodenough.ac.uk> 
Single: £80.00 (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
Double: £110.00 (inclusive of breakfast and VAT) 
3. The Bonnington in Bloomsbury. This is a hotel option, situated close to the LSE. 
92 Southampton Row 
London WC1B 4BH 
Tel 020 7242 2828 
Fax 020 7831 9170 
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www.bonnington.com <http://www.bonnington.com> 
Single: £97.00 
Double: £115.00 to £125.00 
Sponsors 
Additional sponsors are welcome. If you or your institution/company would like offer sponsorship to the 5th European Conference on Health Economics, please contact me, Adam Oliver, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
Confirmed sponsors include: 
Fourth Hurdle 
Glaxo-Smithkline 
King's Fund 
Merck Foundation Trust 
Innovus 
Novartis 
Nuffield Trust 
Pfizer 
Visit London 
Summary of main dates 
Monday February 16th: Deadline for abstracts and for organised session proposals 
Friday March 19th: Deadline for submission to the hardship fund committee 
Wednesday March 31st: Acceptance/rejection decision on abstracts and organised session proposals 
Monday May 31st: Deadline on early bird registration 
Monday May 31st: Deadline for submission to student prize competition 
Wednesday June 30th: Deadline for booking university accommodation 
To reiterate, if you have any questions regarding this conference, please write to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or to me at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
Kind regards 
Adam Oliver 
LSE Health and Social Care 
and the Department of Social Policy 
London School of Economics and Political Science 
on behalf of: 
The local organising committee 
Alistair McGuire (Chair), Adam Oliver, Elias Mossialos, Gwyn Bevan, Mrigesh Bhatia, Joan Costa-Font, Jose Luis Fernandez, Andrew Healey, Champa Heidbrink, Martin Knapp, Julian Le Grand, David McDaid, Deme Nicolaou, Monica Oliveira, Maria Raikou, Franco Sassi, John Appleby, John Brazier, Stirling Bryan, John Cairns, David Cohen, Richard Cookson, Cam Donaldson, Maria Goddard, Alastair Gray, John Henderson, David Hughes, Denise McAlister, Anne Mills, Mark Sculpher and Miriam Wiley 
and 
The scientific advisory committee 
Vincenzo Atella, Pedro Pita Barros, Martin Buxton, Michael Drummond, Jose Ferraz-Nunes, Laszlo Gulacsi, Unto Häkkinen, Alberto Holly, Tor Iversen, Jeff Kirsch, Rosella Levaggi, Alan Maynard, Charles Normand, João Pereira, Carlos Pinto, Gérard de Pouvourville, Alex Preker, Lise Rochaix, Igor Sheiman, Jeffrey Sturchio, Philippe Ulmann, Wynand van de Ven and Nicholas Wells.