Programme Coordinators:
James Warner Björkman
Leiden University, Netherlands
E-mail:bjorkman@iss.nl
Juraj Nemec
Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
E-mail:Juraj.nemec@umb.sk
NISPAcee Project Manager:
Viera Wallnerova, E-mail: wallnerova@nispa.org
Health care is one of the most frequently reformed public service branches, and all CEE countries realized several attempts to improve the delivery of health services in recent years. However, as indicated by the previous NISPAcee projects and also other sources, most of realized reforms did not bring expected outcomes.
These reform failures are very much connected with lack of theoretical knowledge in health policy and also health economics, but also with general weaknesses of policy making and policy implementation in CEE conditions.
Refreshing the NISPAcee focus on health policy and related issues is the natural reaction to the above mentioned problems. As the part of the programme of 16th NISPAcee conference the panel focusing on health policies and their implementation, especially in the CEE will be organized. Contributions are encouraged, especially in the following topics:
- evaluation of outcomes of health reforms in CEE region
- analysis of health policies and their implementation problems in CEE region
- purposes of limited ability to create and realize health care policies
About coordinators:
James Warner Björkman
Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies;
Chair, ISS Staff Group 2, 'States, Societies, World Development';
Professor of Public Administration and Development, Leiden University;
and Chair, Research Committee on Comparative Health Policy, International Political Science Association
Juraj Nemec
Professor of Public Finance and Management
Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Slovakia