The Commonwealth Fund 2014 International Symposium on Health Care Policy Briefing Book

BRIEFING BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS

A.        AGENDA

B.        LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

C.        PARTICIPANTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

D.        The Commonwealth Fund 2014 International Health Policy Survey In Eleven Countries (Embargoed - Health Affairs article + chartpack to be distributed on Thursday morning, November 20)

E.         International Profiles of Health Care Systems – Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

F.         Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2014

G.        COMMISSIONED PAPERS AND COUNTRY INNOVATIONS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Panel I:  Caring for High Need/High Cost Patients

1. The United States is Attempting Nearly Everything to Help High-Need, High-Cost Individuals: What Do the Successful Programs Have in Common?

2.   Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: What Makes for a Successful Care Management Program?

3.      An Overview of Mount Sinai Hospital’s Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Strategy (Ontario)

4.      The Esther Model: Sweden

5.      Managing High-Risk Patients: The Mass General Care Management Program (United States)

6.      Costs and Outcomes for “Hospital At Home” (United States)

7.      Personalized Health Plan for Elderly at Risk of Autonomy Loss (PAERPA) in France

Panel II: Policy Roundtable:  End-of-Life Care:  Quality, Choices, and Costs

8.      Perceptions of Appropriateness of Care Among European and Israeli Intensive Care Unit Nurses and Physicians

9.      More Care, Less Pathway: A Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway

Panel III: Stroke and Dementia:  Achieving Improved Quality and Patient Experiences, Better Outcomes, and Lower Costs

10.  Integrated Care for Stroke: Addressing the Needs of Patients with High Costs and High Needs 

11.  Moving Toward Better Quality of Care for People with Dementia

Panel IV: Maximizing the Value of Formal and Informal Caregivers

12.      Who Cares for Carers? Support Services and Policies for Informal/Unpaid Carers of Frail Older People

13.      Long-Term Care Services and Supports: An International Perspective

14.      Formal and Informal Caregiver Support in Denmark

15.      Features and Impact of the Buurtzorg Approach (Netherlands)

H.                PARTICIPANTS’ CONTACT INFORMATION

I.         RECENT COMMONWEALTH FUND PUBLICATIONS

 The following documents were provided by the German Ministry of Health:

Joining forces for people with dementia

Press release for German Act to Strengthen Long-Term Care