PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS School of Management
Two Days National Conference on Health Economics in India: Issues, Strategies and Challenges The role of health in the welfare of individuals and communities and in the economic development of countries is so important that achievement of sound health has been accepted as a universal goal of all nations (after the Alma-Ata Declaration) and a fundamental right of every human being by FAO. From 1990, health status of a nation has been reckoned as a component of human development index, which is now popularly, used by development economists as a better and more meaningful indicator of development. In the wake of these developments, health economics has emerged as an important and one of the most rapidly growing branches of economics in all major countries including, India. The importance of this branch to India is most likely to increase in future with the growing population, changes in the demographic structure, environmental degradation, climate changes, life- style changes, commercialization of medical profession, privatization of medical care, morbidity transition, emergence of new diseases and re-emergence of banished diseases, increasing alcoholism, drug addiction, mental disorders and suicides. These issues call for a serious review of the strategies followed in the medical sector by the country so far and the need for evolving appropriate policies to tackle future problems. With a view to evaluating the health polices of the central and state governments, identifying the weaknesses in the current system, and formulating future polices, the Economics Department of Pondicherry University has decided to organize a two day conference on the theme “Health Economics in India : Issues, Strategies and Challenges”. The conference is slated for April 3-4, 2009. The sub-themes of the conference are as given: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.
Access and Equity in Healthcare in India. Cost and Demand For Healthcare in India. Utilization of Health Services in India. Healthcare Planning and Public Policy in India. Role of State and the market in Health care services. Changes in mortality structure. Gender equity in Access to healthcare services. Health Insurance in India All related issues.
Submission Guidelines Authors may submit competitive papers, working papers (research in progress), student papers and proposal for special sessions. All submissions that are accepted and presented will be published in the conference proceedings. We also invite participants from Government officials, business executives, nongovernmental organizations, academicians and students. ¾ The conference papers should be between 4000 and 6000 words. ¾ A cover page should indicate the title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s) and their affiliation(s). The first page should start with the title of the page only, followed by an abstract not exceeding 150 words. The main body of the paper should follow the abstract. ¾ Paper submissions should follow the Harvard referencing style. A hard copy of the paper with abstract and also a soft copy in C D format should be sent. ¾ Suggested Writing Style: The Harvard (author date) referencing style is preferred. Footnotes (for explanation rather than referencing) should be used sparingly. ¾ Paragraphs should be separated by a line space. ¾ Quotations of four lines or more may be indented. They could be 12 point but not italicized. ¾ Single quotation marks can be used for shorter quotations. Double quotation marks can be used for quotations within quotations. ¾ Language, preferably would be gender-inclusive. “The use of they” as a nongender-specific pronoun is acceptable. Gender – specific pronouns may also be avoided by putting the sentence in the plural or by rewriting the sentence to avoid pronouns altogether.
For more details contact: Dr. J . Srinivasan Conference Coordinator Department of Economics, School of Management, PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY E.mail:
[email protected] Phone: 0413-2654377 & 2654371
Organizing Committee: Dr. V. Nirmala Prof. & Head, Department of Economics School of Management, PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
Dr. J. Srinivasan Reader. Department of Economics School of Management, PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY