Northern Ireland Health Economics Workshop - November 6, 2007

On November 6, 2007, Queen’s University Belfast held the first international seminar on health policy and health system decision making, following the NCI Health Economics Workshop in May 2007. The seminar included presentations from health economics across the spectrum of chronic diseases and illnesses, including cancer. Seminar program and presentations are available below.  

Seminar Program

Policy and Health Economic Modeling

• Long-term effects of lifestyle interventions and other applications of the Dutch Chronic Diseases Model - Dr. Monique Jacobs
• Health Economic Life-expectancy Predictions (HELP) for decision makers: can cardiovascular risk tables be adapted to estimate life-years gained? - Professor Andrew H. Briggs
• Population-Based Colorectal Cancer Modeling - Dr. Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar
• Using simulation to model the transmission and control of MRSA in hospital wards - Professor Ruth Davies

• How to spread good ideas: insights from a systematic literature review and subsequent research and policy work based on that review & The Milbank Quarterly, Related Article - Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, OBE
• Improving Knowledge to Action: Models, Partners, and Tools - Professor Allan Best