24 August 2015
Introduction to Forum from co-convener Professor Peter Dawkins, Vice-Chancellor and President, Victoria University
Setting the Scene – Empirical Studies
The Productivity Benefits of Reducing Chronic Disease, Professor Bruce Rasmussen, Director, Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
Economy Wide Effects of Changes in Health Status, Professor Maureen Rimmer, Professor (Research), Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
Policy Issues
Confronting the Challenge of Rising Chronic Disease, Professor Rosemary Calder, Director, Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Victoria University
Federalism, Medicare, Hospital Funding and Chronic Disease, Professor Anthony Scott, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
Chronic Failure in Primary Care, Professor Stephen Duckett, Director Health Program, Grattan Institute
Preventative Health Policy: The Case of Mental Health, Professor Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Comments from a Policy Maker, Mr Terry Symonds, Deputy Secretary of Strategy and Analytics, Department of Health