Past events

Sixth Global NHA symposium
Beijing, China; 09-10th July 2009
The Sixth Global NHA symposium was a two-day workshop, hosted by the China Health Economics Institute (CHEI), with the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The program included training and information sessions regarding the methods and latest developments in NHA, as well as its applications to policy and decision-making. A major focus of the Beijing event was an open consultation, led by WHO, OECD and Eurostat, with symposium participants on the latest proposals for revision of the System of Health Accounts (SHA 2) standard for NHA.   >>More

The second WHO regional consultation meeting on the revision of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) manual
Seoul, Korea; 6-8th May 2009
The second WHO regional consultation meeting on the revision of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) manual, took place in Seoul, Korea, from May 6-8, 2009. This meeting was hosted by the OECD Korea Policy Centre in cooperation with the WHO. The consultation aimed to contribute to the global process of revision of the SHA manual. The meeting provided a platform for the countries in the Asian region with experience in the implementation of a health accounting system with the opportunity to contribute to the development of this new global standard.

10th Meeting of OECD Health Accounts Experts and Correspondents for Health Expenditure Data
Paris, France; 8 – 9th October 2008   >>More
 

9th Meeting of OECD Health Accounts Experts and Correspondents for Health Expenditure Data
Paris, France; 8 – 9th October 2007
APNHAN shared the experience of SHA data collection and methodological issues with representatives of OECD countries, non OECD EU countries and regional networks at this annual OECD meeting of health accounts experts.
Topics discussed included

• Evaluation of the 2007 OECD, Eurostat and WHO joint account questionnaire data collection
• Member countries experience with compilation of the joint health accounts questionnaire
• National initiatives
• Revision process for the system of health accounts manual
• Incorporating input, output and productivity measurements into the system of health accounts
• Key lessons for the system of health accounts revision from the "Concepts, definitions and data sources for long-term care expenditure"
• Interim report on system of health accounts developmental projects in 2007-2008 OECD programme of work
• Progress on OECD Handbook on measuring health volume output

8th Meeting of OECD Health Accounts Experts and Correspondents for Health Expenditure Data
Paris, France; 5-6th October 2006
APNHAN shared the experience of SHA data collection and methodological issues with representatives of OECD countries, non OECD EU countries and regional networks at this annual OECD meeting of health accounts experts.
Topics discussed included

• Proposal for health accounting developmental work in 2007-08 OECD draft programme of work on health
• Evaluation of the 2006 Joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO Health Accounts (SHA) Data Collection
• Proposal for the 2007 Joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO Health Accounts Data Collection
• Review of the System of Health Accounts in Relation to the System of National Accounts
• Interim Report on the Work on Refinement of the SHA Framework for Health Financing
• Plans for the Dissemination of Results from the 2006 OECD, Eurostat and WHO Health Accounts (SHA) data Collection
• Health expenditure by Disease Categories, Age and Gender: Main obstacles to regular data collection and possible ways forward

Ellison Institute Consultation on National Health Accounts and Resource Flows
Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.; 21-22 July 2005
Two network representatives, Dr. Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya (Sri Lanka) and Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien (Thailand) participated in a two-day consultation, held in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, organized by the Ellison Institute for World Health to plan its agenda and work in the area of health accounts. They presented on the network’s activities and agenda, as well as institutionalization experience in Thailand, and highlighted the importance of support for regional collaboration in health accounts.

iHEA Fifth World Congress
Barcelona, Spain; 10-13 July 2005.
The network’s Equitap project organized two sessions at the iHEA conference at which results of the project were presented and discussed. In addition, several network members made individual presentations of their work at the conference.
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6th Meeting of OECD Health Accounts Experts and Correspondents for Health Expenditure Data
Paris, France; 30 September – 1 October 2004
As in previous years, APNHAN shared the regional experience with SHA implementation at this annual meeting of OECD health accounts experts. Selected methodological topics were discussed, and participants also reviewed OECD plans for revising the SHA in future years.
Read more about this event at the OECD website.

Report on APNHAN Current status of SHA implementation in non-OECD states in Asia-Pacific region, and issues encountered in implementation [52kb]. Report presented by Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya (2004)