Denmark provides one of the most fascinating examples of healthcare reform. Health care was one of the defining issues of the last Danish general election, and the government’s reforms have been examined by parties of all persuasions across the EU. The reforms thus involve lessons for everyone interested in health care reform.

Thursday, 25 March 2004 Renaissance Hotel Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels 12:30 -13:15 Cocktails 13:15-14:30 Lecture, Discussion, Lunch If you would like to attend, please send an e-mail to our Events Administator. Please specify any dietary restrictions for the menu. Click here for a printable map to the Renaissance.

Michael O. Appel is one of Denmark’s leading health economists. After graduating in economics at Copenhagen University in 1989, he worked at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Denmark.

Since 2000, he has worked as a consultant on market-oriented reforms of the health care sector to both the Ministry of Health and the Economic Council of the Labour Movement.

He is the co-author of Organisering af sundhedssektoren (The Organization of the Health Care Sector), which includes a description of reform initiatives across the OECD and a critical analysis of the incentives in the present Danish system.

He serves as an advisor for Markedscentret, the Danish free market think tank, on issues regarding health care economics.

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