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Developing Effective Advocacy Campaigns

Peter PažitnýHealth Policy Institute

Slovakia

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Ideas come and go. Stories stay.

We met at the MOH

We created

the Reform Team

We designed

the reform

2002 2003 2004 2005

We founded

HPI

2006 2007

We founded

HRCWe

founded HMA

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Horse has 4 legs. And stumbles.

think tank

business consulting education academy

financing talents

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Government only as a client

• The independency starts and ends with financing

• We finance our research from business consulting revenues, not from government grants

• Private clients : government clients = 80:20

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In Health Policy. There are 5 means.

Financial risk protection

FINAL GOALS

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES

AccessQualityEfficiency

MEANS

FinancingOrganization

PaymentRegulationPersuasion

Health status

Public Satisfaction

Source: Hsiao, 2007

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Sources of power

Tangible IntangibleMoneyOrganizationPeopleMandates in electionsAdministrative power

InformationAccess to leadersAccess to mediaKnow-howLegitimitySkills

Source: Hsiao, 2007

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Persuasion

• Newsletter IntoBalance

• Access to media

• Periodic Publications

• Conferences

• Access to leaders

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Monthly newsletter

Free on www.hpi.sk

Slovak/English

www.rock-on-rock-on.com

Bill Dan from California proves that finding balance is a real art

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Access to Media

Rank 2EXPERTS chart (68 quotations in opinion making media)

Rank 4EXPERTS chart (64 quotations in opinion making media)

Quarterly we organize „Breakfast for journalists“

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Periodic Publications

• Health Policy Framework 2007 – 2011

• Slovakia 2007Global Report on the State of Society

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Conferences

Health Care Financing

10.4.2008

Risk Selection in Health Insurance

3.6.2008

Rating of Health Insurance Companies

4Q 2008

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Access to leaders

Advisors to Rudolf Zajac,

minister of Health

in Slovakia

Advisors to Ján

Gajdoš, CEO of

HCSA in Slovakia

Advisors to Lajos Molnár,

minister of Health

in Hungary

2004 2005 2006 2007

Advisors to Tomáš Julínek,

minister of Health in

Czech Republic

2008

Advisors to Zsombor Kovácsy, CEO of HCSA

in Hungary

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Our vision

To be the most respected think tank on health policy in Central and Eastern Europe

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Thank you very much for your attention

Tomáš Szalay

Henrieta Maďarová

Angelika Szalayová Peter Pažitný

Founders of Health Policy Institute