February 17th 2011 - February 18th 2011
- Harbour Grand Kowloon, Hong Kong
Over 200 participants from 18 different countries—including government officials, policymakers, practitioners, pharma heads and leading academics—came together for the Healthcare in Asia 2011 roundtable that took place on February 17th and 18th in Hong Kong. This was the second year of The Economist Group's initiative of meetings and research examining critical healthcare issues facing the region. The key theme for this year was public and private healthcare delivery: finding the right mix. Click here to download the Economist Intelligence Unit white paper prepared for the conference, Healthcare in Asia: The innovation imperative.
The next Healthcare in Asia roundtable will be held in March 2012 in Singapore. Please contact conferencesasia@economist.com or phone (852) 2585 3312 to pre-register your interest.
Videos from the event:
Public and private healthcare delivery: finding the right mix:
White paper: The innovation imperative:
Keynote address: The evolving perspective of government in the healthcare equation (Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR):
The evolving perspective of government in the healthcare equation:
What role should the private (including NGO) sector play?:
Innovation in partnership—industry and government perspectives:
Executive interview: Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya [live video link]
Financing models for private sector care
Country focus: China—A country in transition
Keynote address: Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Innovation in secondary-care models
Programme:
2011 Healthcare in Asia
Public and non-public healthcare delivery: finding the right mix
February 17th - 18th 2011, Hong Kong
Talk of greater partnership between government and non-government is a growing part of the modern health discourse. Even for universal healthcare systems, the state is no longer the only actor, nor funder. This is all to the good.
In Asia, the mix of public and private in healthcare systems is pronounced and, where universal systems exist, here too debate is turning. Whether rich, with billowing healthcare costs, or poor, with scant healthcare coverage, public resources in Asia will always be constrained—and private participation in healthcare ever more necessary. Yet no country has squared the circle of how to harness both the public and private elements of healthcare provision with complete success—least of all in Asia.
Critical, too, will be the role of innovation in doing things better across health systems, and in particular encouraging greater public and private investment in health innovation. In Asia, where some such public-private innovations are already making a difference, there is clearly a need for a more systematic approach, a clearer framework for interaction between the public and private, for greater exchange of ideas, for better facilitating policy, and for understanding how innovations can be transferable and how they can best be executed. The opportunities are enormous and potentially transformative.
The below 2011 Healthcare in Asia programme is still in development and subject to change.
DAY ONE
| 8.40am | Opening remarks: Innovative and sustainable partnerships for healthcare delivery The Economist Intelligence Unit sets out key findings from a newly completed white paper that examines innovative models of public and non-government sectors working together to deliver the best outcomes for healthcare in Asia. Charles Goddard, Editorial Director, Asia-Pacific, Economist Intelligence Unit
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| 9.20am | Scene setter: What role should the non-government sector play? Should universal, comprehensive coverage be the aim of all markets? How realistic is this? Or should public sectors aim to provide only the basic level of care and leave the non-government sectors to pick up everything else?
Ray Yip, Director, China, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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| 10.20am | Keynote address: The evolving role of government in the healthcare equation Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR
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| 10.30am | The evolving role of government in the healthcare equation Visions from two perspectives: how do governments in different stages of development view the role of market mechanisms within their respective healthcare system? Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR
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| 10.50am | Coffee break |
| 11.20am | Case study compendium: Innovation in partnership—industry, NGO, multilateral and government perspectives Three case study presentations: Heads of different sectors share their experiences of working on collaborative projects. What are the hurdles? Are there ‘best practice’ approaches to working together? Fredrik Lennartsson, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden |
| 12.45pm | Lunch
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| 2.00pm | Financing models for private sector care What are the models that allow the public to pay for supplementary private care? To what extent can micro-financing help? How can private insurance and private care be affordable to more than just the most wealthy, employed patients? How can systems become more efficient? How can components of market mechanisms be brought into public systems? Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya
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| 3.00pm | ROOM A Finance case study 1: Micro health insurance—a real alternative? How does it work and to what degree does it increase access? Alok Agarwa, Director of Wholesale Business, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company ROOM B Finance case study 2: What role can employers have in funding healthcare? How can employers partner with governments in providing healthcare? What level of care can employers provide and why should employers step in to provide care?
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| 3.50pm | Coffee break
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| 4.20pm | Country focus: China—A country in transition By 2011, the first phase of China’s massive healthcare reform plan will have been completed. Huge progress has been made. But with a large percentage of patients avoiding admission due to costs, continuation of perverse incentives to oversubscribe and a lack of clarity on new revenue models for providers, raises questions about how sustainable this progress is?
Dr Haichao Lei, Director, Department of Policy and Regulation, Ministry of Health, Peoples Republic of China
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| 5.30pm | Closing remarks
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| 5.45pm | Cocktail reception
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DAY TWO
| 8.40am | Welcome remarks
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| 8.50am | Keynote address Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence How can governments establish the means by which they steward and scrutinise private and third sector involvement in health care provision?
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| 9.10am | Innovation in primary care How will an ageing Asia innovate its primary care systems and foster a stronger sense of partnership with non-government sectors? To what degree can providers including pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers work with governments in driving primary care uptake?
Professor Sian Griffiths, Director, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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| 10.10am | Primary care case study: An examination of innovative partnerships in primary care delivery. ROOM A Tom Outlaw, Chief of Party, WaterSHED Asia ROOM B Dr Alejandro Cravioto, Executive Director, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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| 11.00am | Coffee break
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| 11.30am | Innovation in secondary care With the multitude of models for hospital provision, is there an ideal model that countries should aim for or is completely dependent on specific markets? Should hospitals be publicly funded but privately delivered as seen in Canada or conversely are publicly run hospital systems preferable?
Dr Sarah Muttitt, Chief Information Officer, MOHHoldings, Singapore
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| 12.30pm | Secondary care case study An examination of an innovative partnership for secondary care delivery. ROOM A Linus Liang, Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Asia President, Embrace ROOM B - Breath of Life programme East Meets West's Breath of Life (BOL) program provides custom-designed, low-cost equipment to all level hospitals in several countries in Asia, and targeted training to medical personnel, to save the lives of infants suffering from common newborn pathologies. So far, the program has served more than 200 hospitals treating 45,000 infants every year. To ensure sustainability, BOL works with a local private company that also distributes the machines commercially and will eventually take over the entire network. It also creates strong linkages with local health authorities to involve them in integrating these technologies into the larger health system. John Anner, President, East Meets West Foundation
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| 1.15pm | Lunch and end of conference
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Chairmen:
 | Charles Goddard Editorial Director, Asia-Pacific, Economist Intelligence Unit |
Confirmed Speakers:
In alphabetical order by company/organisation name
 | Ray Yip Director, China Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
|  | Professor Sian Griffiths, Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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 | John Anner, President, East Meets West Foundation |  | Linus Liang, Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Asia President, Embrace
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 | Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR
|  | Professor Gabriel Leung, Under Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR
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 | Thomas Chan, Deputy Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR
|  | Cedric Salze, Representative, Cambodia and Health Insurance Project Manager, GRET |
 | Raymond Liang, President, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |  | Alok Agarwa, Director of Wholesale Business, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
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 | Somuny Sin Executive Director, MEDiCAM
|  | Les Funtleyder, Portfolio Manager, Miller Tabak HealthCare Transformation Fund
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| Dr Supriantoro, Director General, Medical Care, Ministry of Health, Indonesia
| | Fredrik Lennartsson, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
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 | Dr Sarah Muttitt, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Health Holdings |  | Elizabeth Quah, Group Director, Planning Group, Ministry of Health Singapore
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 | Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya |  | Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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 | Professor Shou-Hsia Cheng, Director, Graduate Institute of Health policy and Management, National Taiwan University
|  | Brian Smith, Regional Director for Asia, PSI |
 | Wai Chiong Loke, Programme Director, Health & Wellness Programme Office, Singapore Economic Development Board
|  | Shanlian Hu, Director, Health Development Research Centre, Shanghai Bureau of Health, China
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 | Dr Ares Leung Kwok Ling, Deputy Medical Director, Union Hospital
| | Roberta Lipson, Chairman, United Family Hospitals |
 | Tom Outlaw, Chief of Party, WaterSHED Asia |  | Dr Robert Ridley, Director, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organisation
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 | Dr Henk Bekedam, Director of Health Sector Development Division, World Health Organisation
|  | Professor Judith Mackay, Senior Advisor, World Lung Foundation / Bloomberg Initiative
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 | Oscar Picazo, Independent Consultant |
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2011 Healthcare in Asia advisory board:
- Kate Clemans, Senior Director, C&M International
- Professor Shou-Hsia Cheng, Adjunct Professor, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University
- Dr Henk Bekedam, Director of Health Sector Development Division, WHO
- Professor Peter Sheehan, Center for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
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