The main objectives of this Technical Consultation are to promote exchange of information and experiences on the type of conceptual, methodological and data challenges in the development and applications of health accounting exercises, on the policy issues that could be addressed by different health accounts approaches, and to learn from country experiences on the best way to promote the use of economic indicators of health care systems, and health care services to support the analysis and design of public policies aimed to improve a better and more equitable allocation and use of national resources devoted to health care services.

Presentations

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

• La implementación del SCN en América Latina y el Caribe. ECLAC. Salvador Marconi
• National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) in the US, Stephen Heffler, NHSG
• El gasto social en América Latina y el Caribe, ECLAC, Rodrigo Martínez
• Cuenta Satélite de Salud y Matrices de Contabilidad Social para Venezuela, Agustin Velazquez, Central Bank of Venezuela
• Health satellite accounts – Brazil, Ricardo Montes de Moraes, (IBGE)
• Unidad de Cuentas de Salud y Análisis Sectorial, CHI, Carla Castillo
• Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales de México, Cuenta Satélite del sector salud de México, 2008, Cristina Gutierrez

Friday, October 7th, 2011

• La Contabilidad de la Salud en España como instrumento para la toma de decisiones, Angela Blanco y Jorge Relaño
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEAs) Plans for a Medical Care, USA, Ana Aizcorbe
• U.S. Health Care Expenditures in the NHEA and in GDP. Robert Kornfeld, BEA
• Gestión y Gasto Social - Modelo de Análisis. ECLAC, Rodrigo Martinez, ECLAC
• Sistema de Cuentas de Salud y Cuenta Satélite de Salud. Federico Dorin, ECLAC
• Government Finance Statistics: Compilation Guide for Developing Economies, Carlos Gutierrez, IMF