CPCE HEALTH CONFERENCE 2017
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AND FINANCING REFORM
Implications for Business, Healthcare Providers and Patients
16 January 2017, PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus, Kowloon, Hong Kong
CALL FOR PAPERS
Paper presentations are invited for the Parallel sessions of the Conference on the theme of healthcare delivery and financing reform, including (but not limiting to) the following subthemes: health insurance, e-health, governance and financial management in health care, medical tourism, public-private mix, patient safety, community-based programmes, delivery models, public-private partnership, health programmes in tertiary education, role of social enterprise in health care, etc.
Please submit abstracts, of 350 to 500 words, and/or full papers with full name, name of institution/organisation, job title, email and contact number to . Abstracts and/or full papers submitted to this Conference should not have been previously published or under review in any journals. The Conference Scientific Committee will select papers for presentation on a competitive basis. Notification of abstracts and/or full papers acceptance for presentation will be provided within four weeks after the submission deadline.
Full papers will be considered for potential publication in the Public Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal the official journal of the Hong Kong Public Administration Association, a Co-Organiser of the Conference. The length should be between 4,000 and 7,000 words, preceded by an abstract of no more than 200 words. Longer contributions may be accepted if the submission justifies it. Shorter articles from practitioners may be acceptable and these will be grouped under the Forum section. The Journal shall have the copyright for material published. Electronic copy of submissions in Microsoft Word for Windows is required. In terms of style, articles should be double-spaced, with 4cm margins. Pages, including those containing illustrations, diagrams or tables, should be numbered consecutively. Notes should be numbered and placed at the end of the article. The manuscript should be preceded by an abstract of no more than 200 words. It should be a summary of the entire article and not the conclusions alone. The submission should be accompanied by a brief biographical note on the author(s), indicating academic/professional position, institutional affiliation, research interests, and major publications. References should be made in a uniform style in test and endnotes and follow the Harvard system, with name of author, date and page number in text, and an alphabetical list of references at the end of the article. Notes to Contributors are available at
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Sample Abstract (template)
Public Private Partnership in Health Care in Hong Kong
JohnT. M. Chana*, Sam M. Writerb
aSchool of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
b College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
*Corresponding author: Dr. JohnT. M. Chan()
Abstract
The Hong Kong Government is committed to involving the private sector to provide better and more efficient public facilities and services to encourage innovation, to enhance productivity, to speed up project and service delivery, and to increase opportunities for investment in Hong Kong. Some merits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) include utilizing the skills and experience, access to technology, and innovation of the private sector for better delivery of public services and enhancing unity of responsibilities for delivering services. Potential problems are unreliable levels of service and greater secrecy and lack of transparency resulting in benefits not being shared with the public agency. PPP in healthcare is expected to redress the imbalance between the public and private sectors with improvement in the quality of care, better use of the resources, enhanced training and sharing of experience and expertise, and ultimately helping to ensure sustainability of the healthcare system. These will be achieved through savings and enhance cost‐effectiveness,optimal use of human resources,facilitating cross‐fertilization of expertise and experience and promoting healthy competition and collaboration. In primary care, services are purchased from the private sector, allowing greater choice of services for individuals in the community. In secondary and tertiary care, again services are purchase from the private sector, and private doctors are employed on a part‐time basis in public hospitals, particularly in tertiary and specialized services. There are also potential in development of hospital facilities and medical centres of excellence. The Government has been piloting a new model for subsidised primary care services, the Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Scheme, which entails the “money‐follows‐patient” concept. Together with the healthcare profession, the Government is finding the effective strategies for PPP in healthcare.