Leçon inaugurale de la Chaire Tocqueville-Fulbright : « Geographic variation in hospitalization use in France » par W. Weeks

Jeudi 25 février 2016 à 12h à l'IMéRA - sur invitation

Leçon inaugurale de la chaire Tocqueville-Fulbright

« Geographic variation in hospitalization use in France »
 

par William Weeks (MD, PhD, MBA - The Dartmouth Institute), titulaire de la Chaire Tocqueville-Fulbright  à l’Université d’Aix-Marseille, résident IMéRA-AMSE, accueilli au GREQAM et au SESSTIM.

Geographic variation in use of healthcare services has been widely studied in the US, where excessive variation is considered evidence of healthcare system waste that could be reduced by policy interventions.  In France, geographic variation in use of healthcare services has not been as widely studied.  In this lecture, Dr. Weeks will provide results of his analysis of geographic variation in the use of hospitals for common elective surgical procedures and for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in France between 2009 – 2013.  Trends in rates of admission, characteristics of admissions, use of for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, and comparisons to rates of admission in the US will be explored.

William B. Weeks, MD, PhD, MBA, is Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. There, he works at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice as a Senior Research Scientist, where he teaches in several masters programs and conducts research on health economics, healthcare value, physician incomes, the complementary and alternative medicine market, and geographic variation in health services utilization in France. He is also Chair, Clinical and Health Services Research Program, at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport Iowa. There, he works on how doctors of chiropractic and other complementary and alternative medicine providers supply healthcare services, and how their patients use such services.

Dr. Weeks has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts examining economic and business aspects of rural veterans’ health care services utilization and delivery, physicians’ return on educational investment, and health care delivery science, including patient safety, quality improvement, Accountable Care Organizations, complementary and alternative medicine, geographic variation, and healthcare value.