Despite the unique characteristics of each country, decision makers often face similar operational challenges. AcademyHealth's International Exchange program serves as a window through which critical cross-country comparisons can be studied so that health may be improved globally.

Resources

Health in Foreign Policy Forum
Conference hosted by AcademyHealth
February 2006

The International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services
Conference hosted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and AcademyHealth
September 2003

Publications

Using Health Research in Policy and Practice: Case Studies from Nine Countries

Annual Research Meeting Resources

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2004 Presentations by Session

• Policy Innovations in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand: Opportunities for Cross-national Learning
• Learning from International Policy Change
• Comparative Measures of Health Systems' Quality
• Report on The Commonwealth Five Country Survey of Hospital Executives
• Incentives to Improve Quality: Experiences from Abroad
• Where Are We in IT: An International Perspective
• Migration & the Global Healthcare Workforce: Balancing Competing Demands