Workshop April 3, 2009

• Approaching health system financing policy decisions: objectives, instruments and the sustainability dilemma. Tamas Evetovits, WHO Regional Office for Europe
• The sustainability of health financing: a review of European countries before the economic crisis. Sarah Thomson, London School of Economics and consultant for WHO Regional Office for Europe
• Discussion on the values and principles in health financing in relation to sustainability. Facilitated by Sarah Thomson and Tamas Evetovits
• The framework for analysing the sustainability of health system financing in Estonia. Hannes Danilov, Estonian Health Insurance Fund
• Reflections on the framework and discussion of the main short term issues in health financing in Estonia. Facilitated by Sarah Thomson and Tamas Evetovits
• Revisiting the foundation and values/principles of health financing in Estonia. Discussion of potential future scenarios in the mid and long term. Facilitated by Sarah Thomson and Tamas Evetovits
• Summary

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