The 2003 Annual Meeting's theme is "Behavior, Lifestyle, and Social Determinants of Health." Papers that deal with this theme and that coordinate well with a broad range of issues of interest to the Medical Care Section relating to the organization, delivery and financing of health and medical care services are welcome. These issues include:
- Access to Essential Medicines: Why can't we find a way to provide AIDS drugs to countries in the developing world? (Drug Policy and Pharmacy Services Committee Solicited Session)
- Avedis Donabedian Award Session (Quality Improvement Committee Solicited Session)
- Bills and ballots: Lessons on the road to universal coverage (Medical Care Section Solicited Session #1)
- Delivering Quality Health Care in Rural America
- Drug Policy and Pharmacy Services
- Drug Policy and Pharmacy Services Contributed Papers #1
- Drug Policy and Pharmacy Services Contributed Papers #2
- Emerging Problems in Jail and Prison Health: Infection and Aging (Jail and Prison Health Contributed Papers)
- Ethnic and Racial Disparities
- Ethnic and Racial Disparities Contributed Papers #1
- Ethnic and Racial Disparities Contributed Papers #2
- Findings from the National Healthcare Disparities Report (Medical Care Section Solicited Session #5)
- Health and Income: Determinants and Effects of Disparities (Health Economics Contributed Papers #1)
- Health Economics
- Health Services Research
- Health Services Research Contributed Papers #1
- Health Services Research Contributed Papers #2
- Health Services Research Contributed Papers #3
- History
- History Committee Solicited Session
- Is the Level of U.S. Spending on Medical Care Appropriate? (Medical Care Section Solicited Session #4)
- Jail and Prison Health
- Jail and Prison Health Solicited Session
- Labour Supply Responses to a Changing Health Care Environment (Health Economics Contributed Papers #2)
- Lessons in Health Care Reform from Abroad (Medical Care Section Solicited Session #3)
- Medical Care Section Committees Roundtable Session
- Medical Care Section Poster Session #1
- Medical Care Section Poster Session #2
- Medical Care Section Poster Session #3
- Medical Care Section Poster Session #4
- Medical Care Section Student Paper Award Session
- P. Ellen Parsons Memorial Session
- Population Density, Workforce, and Service Characteristics and Needs as Determinants of Rural Healthcare Delivery
- Poverty Does Matter - The Social Determinants of Health (Medical Care Section Solicited Session #2)
- Quality Improvement
- Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #1
- Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #2
- Rural Health
- Social Sciences in Health
- Social Sciences in Health Contributed Papers
- Strategies for Addressing the Urban Asthma Crisis (Urban Health Contributed Papers)
- Student Submission
- Update on Health Services Research
- Urban Health
- Veterans' Health
- Viseltear Award and Evening With
- Womens' Health
- Womens' Health Contributed Papers
Please note that the Medical Care Section requests an abstract of 400 words providing somewhat more detail about your research than the usual 250 word abstract. Contrary to prior years, the Medical Care Section is not requiring the additional one to two page extended abstract this year in order to reduce the burden on potential presenters. Except for student submissions, all abstracts should be submitted to one of substantive topics listed above. Student submissions should follow the instructions below.
Both platform (oral) and poster sessions will be sponsored. Please indicate your preference to present your paper as a platform or poster session in the appropriate place on the electronic abstract form.
MEDICAL CARE SECTION, STUDENT COMPETITION
As part of the call for abstracts described above, the Medical Care section is accepting abstract submissions for a student research platform session and competition. Authors of student papers that are accepted for presentation will receive recognition for their papers. One student paper will receive an award, which will be presented at the Annual Meeting.
Student submissions should also be abstracts of 400 words on a topic related to one of the substantive topics listed above. However, all student abstracts should be submitted to the "Student Submission" session, no matter which substantive topic is being addressed. Please note that in order to be eligible for the student competition, submissions MUST also include a letter from a professor that attests to the author's student status that should be sent separately directly to Dr. Bruce Davidson (address below).
Please note that the deadline for submission of all abstracts to the Medical Care Section has been extended to Thursday, February 13, 2003.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Bruce Davidson, PhD, MPH
Director, Resource & Outcomes Management
Cedars-Sinai Health System
8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 2227
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: (310) 423-6229
Fax: (310) 423-0432
bruce.davidson@cshs.org
and
Darrell Gaskin, PhD
Department of Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
624 N. Broadway, Room 441
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 443-287-5297
Fax: 410-614-8964
dgaskin@jhsph.edu
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