The papers below are the draft versions presented by the authors at the conference, and are not to be cited or quoted without the author's permission.

SESSION 1 - Health Care Reform


• Policy Instruments and Health Reform: The Role for Evidence
  Pierre-Gerlier Forest
  
  
• Regionalization and Health Services Restructuring in Saskatchewan
  Greg Marchildon
  
  
• The Effects of De-listing Publicly Funded Health Care Services
  Mark Stabile and Courtney Ward
  
  
• The Demand for Private Health Insurance in Alberta in the Presence of a Public Alternative
  Herb Emery and Kevin Gerrits
  
  SESSION 2 -- Pharmacare
  
  
• Drugs for Rare Diseases: Paying for Innovation
  Aidan Hollis
  
  
• Effectiveness of Reference Drug Programs and Policy Implications
  Sebastian Schneeweiss
  
  Duncan Sinclair Lecture
  
  
• Deliberative processes and evidence-informed decision-making in health care
  Tony Culyer
  
  SESSION 3 -- Health Care Delivery: Human Resources and Regionalization
  
  
• Barriers and Solutions to Implementation Strategies to Improve Health Human Resource Models in Canada
  Martine Durrier-Copp and Dominika Wranik
  
  
• The Impact of Implementing Managed Competition on Home Care Workers’ Turnover Decisions
  Margaret Denton, Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Sharon Davies and Danielle Hunter
  
  SESSION 4 -- Panel Discussion on the Chaoulli Decision
  
  [no papers presented]
  
  SESSION 5 -- Public Health
  
  
• The Economics of Obesity: Research and Policy Implications from a Canada-U.S. Comparison
  M. Christopher Auld and Lisa M. Powell
  
  
• Sextant? Chronometer? Are We Equipped to Chart the Course of Health Services Restructuring?
  Robert C. James and Manya Sadouski
  
  
• A Decision-Making Framework for the Prioritization of Health Technologies
  Ana P. Johnson-Masotti and Kevin Eva
  
  
• Planning for the Next Pandemic Threat : Defining the Federal Role in Public Health Emergencies
  Kumanan Wilson and Harvey Lazar