2^nd World Congress on Health Economics Policy & Outcomes Research June 29-30, 2017 Madrid, Spain

Madrid is located on the Manzanares river in the centre of Spain. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is the political, economic and cultural centre of Spain. Madrid is the largest city of Spain. It is the third-largest city in the European Union. Voted one of the world’s finest cities in which to live, the city of Madrid represents perfect harmony between efficiency and quality of life, at a price which is hard to beat anywhere else in the world. Madrid is considered the major financial centre of Southern Europe due to its economic output and market size. With 144 museums, almost 3.000 hours of sunshine per year, 59.000 hotel beds, 6 public and 7 private universities, more than 350 metro stations and almost 300 km of underground lines, and more than 5.000 restaurants - Madrid is a city to share and enjoy. The tourist attractions of Madrid Museo Reina Sofia, Temple of Debod, Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta del Sol, Gran Via, Retiro Park, Prado Museum, Plaza Mayor, Palacio Real According to Monocle magazine, Madrid is the 10th most livable city in the world and it was also ranked among the 12 greenest European cities. Madrid is the headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The city’s many parks make Madrid the greenest city in Europe.

Spain is a royal state situated on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. France and Morocco, it is one of only three countries to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean seashore. Spain’s 1,214 km border with Portugal is the longest interminable border in the European Union. In the ancient modern period, Spain became one of history’s first universal provincial empires, leaving a vast cultural and morphological tradition that includes over 500 million Spanish speakers, making Spanish the world’s second most spoken first language. Modern Spain is a democracy organized in the form of a monistic government under a constitutional command. It is an advanced country with the 13th largest austerity in the world. Spain’s architecture presents one of the broadest and richest testimonies in Europe to thousands of years of building ingenuity.