[cid:image001.png@01D4614B.8833BAC0] Call for Abstracts Fifth ATHEA Conference for Health Economics Vienna, February 27th and 28th 2020 “Improving efficiency in healthcare systems” Digital solutions in healthcare as well as personalised medicine are expected to rapidly change the way healthcare is delivered. This will require major adaptions by the system and consequentially, reallocation of resources. Due to demographic change, overall healthcare expenditures are likely to continue to rise. Healthcare systems therefore need to know where efficiency gains can set free means for reallocation, and the expected abundance of new services needs to be evaluated in order to separate the wheat from the chaff. However, as in medicine, diagnosis is just the starting point. Agents on all levels of the healthcare system, i.e. patients, professionals, payers and policy makers, are exposed to numerous incentives that impact their decisions. In order to reorganise healthcare delivery, policy makers need to understand what hinders or furthers the use of new technologies and superior ways of healthcare delivery and how these incentives can be made more compatible with overall system goals. The fifth ATHEA conference will reflect on this line of thought with a panel discussion on the evening of February 27th, 2020, as well as two keynote lectures and special sessions on the conference day, February 28th, 2020. We are happy to announce two renowned keynote speakers: * Jeanette Brosig-Koch, professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen · Jonas Schreyögg, professor at the University of Hamburg Jeanette Brosig-Koch is director of the Essen Laboratory for Experimental Economics and professor of quantitative economic policy. Jonas Schreyögg is head of the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at the University of Hamburg, professor for management in healthcare and member of the Sachverständigenrat Gesundheit. As in previous years, submissions for presentation are welcome in all fields of health economics and health policy, including long-term care, and are not restricted to the conference topic. Deadline abstract submission (max. 500 words): December 13th, 2019, at conference@athea.at<mailto:conference@athea.at> Notification abstract acceptance: January 10th, 2020 Conference venue: Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna, Austria Conference languages: English, German Conference fee: 45 Euros Please also note the IDHEAS 2020 conference (Data Envelopment Analysis as an instrument to inform decisions in energy, health and the environment sectors) taking place on March 5th and 6th, 2020, at the same venue. ___________________________________________ Austrian Health Economics Association (ATHEA) Josefstädter Straße 39 ● 1080 Wien web: www.athea.at<http://www.athea.at/> ● e-mail: athea@athea.at<mailto:athea@athea.at>