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Comparative Health is a 5 day long postgraduate level course specifically addressed to researchers, lecturers, academic scholars, medical, health and social professionals who are seeking an up-to-date overview of the field of Comparative Studies on Health Systems and Medical Care today.

This first edition provides an overall view of the reforms which are taking place in different health care systems in both developed and developing countries with a global perspective and an  interdisciplinary array of methodological approaches.

The most recent accomplishments in Medical Sociology, Health Economy, Political Science,Public Health related to the course topics will be discussed and the Course will provide a chance to practise use of a range of techniques and research tools and will allow opportunities to establish research networks. 

The topics covered will range from comparative typologies of health systems to the problem of rationing of hospital resources, from the Obama’s reform to Cameron’s Big Society, from the changing role of the physician to the impact of genomic medicine, from re-centralization and market reforms in Scandinavian health care systems to insurance reforms in Bismarckian welfare systems, from the Mediterranean paradigm to the reforms in post-socialist Central-Eastern Europe,  from the evolution of global health policies to the health reforms of emerging countries such as Brazil.

Guido Giarelli, Past President - European Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS).

John Tooker, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer - American College of Physicians

Robert Blank (New College of Florida, U.S.)

Stefano Nava (Sant` Orsola Malpighi, Italy),

Thomas Gerlinger - (Bielefeld University, Germany)

Antonio Maturo (Univ. of Bologna, Italy - Brown University (U.S.)

Zofia Slonska (National Institute of Cardiology, Poland)

Giovanni Romeo (University of Bologna, Italy)

Adriano Cattaneo (IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Italy)

Mauro Serapioni (Center for Social Studies - Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal)

Erio Ziglio (European Office for Investment for Health and Development - World Health Organization)

Course Programme

Monday, 29 August 2011

Morning Session:

09.00 – 11.00     Comparing health policy: An assessment of the typologies of health systems

                           Robert Blank - New College of Florida - U.S.

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30     Panel Discussion with John Tooker – ACP, Kenneth Keller – JHU BO,  Giovanni Romeo – UNIBO,

                           Guido Giarelli – UMG CZ, Vincenzo Rebba –UNIPD, Stefano Nava – AOSP BO,

                           Francesco Taroni –UNIBO

13.30 – 14.30     Lunch Break and tour of the Eremo di Ronzano     

Afternoon Session

14.30 – 16.30     METHODOLOGICAL WORKSHOP: Rationing of the Hospital Resources in Europe and North America.

                           The Case of Critical Care Beds. Stefano Nava and John Tooker

16.30 – 17.00     Coffee Break

17.00 – 19.00     OPEN SPACE:  paper/poster  presentations, focus groups, etc.

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Morning Session:

9.00 – 11.00       Obama’s reform of the health care system in the U.S.

                           John Tooker, American College of Physicians - U.S.

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30    Comparing Health Insurance Reforms in Bismarckian Welfare Systems.

                          Thomas Gerlinger, Bielefeld University – Germany                        

13.30 – 14.30     Lunch Break.

Afternoon Session

14.30 – 16.30     METHODOLOGICAL WORKSHOP:  Analyzing the changing role of the physician in the USA/UK

                           health care system. John Tooker

16.30 – 17.00     Coffee Break

17.00 – 19.00     OPEN SPACE:  paper/poster  presentations, focus groups, etc.

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Morning Session:

9.00 – 11.00       Medicalization of life as a surrogate for health reforms

                          Antonio Maturo (Univ. of Bologna, Italy - Brown University (U.S.)

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30    The Changing Roles of the Public and Private sectors in NHS and US Health Care

                         John Tooker, American College of Physicians, U.S.

13.30 – 14.30     Lunch Break.

Afternoon

14.30 – 16.30    Main Issues, Opportunities and Challenges for a New Policy Framework of the WHO European Region’s 53 

                             Member States.

                         Erio Ziglio, Head European Office for Investment for Health and Development World Health Organization

16.30 - 19.00     Historical, archaeological and naturalistic excursions

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Morning Session:

9.00 – 11.00       A Mediterranean paradigm? Convergence and divergence in Southern Europe

                           Guido Giarelli, University “Magna Græcia” - Italy

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30     The problem of reforms in post-socialist Central-Eastern Europe

                           Zofia Slonska, National Institute of Cardiology -  Poland

13.30 – 14.30     Lunch Break.

Afternoon Session

14.30 – 16.30     METHODOLOGICAL WORKSHOP: The impact of Genomic Medicine on health care systems.

                           Giovanni Romeo, University of Bologna - Italy

16.30 – 17.00     Coffee Break

17.00 – 19.00     OPEN SPACE:  paper/poster  presentations, focus groups, etc.

Friday, 2 September 2011

Morning Session:

9.00 – 11.00       The evolution of global health policies from Alma Ata to Public-Private Partnerships

                           Adriano Cattaneo, Istituto per l’Infanzia IRCCS Burlo Garofolo Trieste - Italy.

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30     The health reforms of the Lula governments in Brasil.

                           Mauro Serapioni, Center for Social Studies - University of Coimbra - Portugal

13.30 – 14.30     Lunch Break.

Afternoon Session

14.30 – 16.30     METHODOLOGICAL WORKSHOP: The participation of citizens/patients in the health care systems

                           Mauro Serapioni and Adriano Cattaneo

16.30                 Coffee Break and Departure