Triangle Health Economics Workshop

Fall 2007-Spring 2008 Schedule

9/7/07	Amalia Miller (University of Virginia) Title: Privacy Protection and Technology Diffusion: The Case of Electronic Medical Records Location/Time: Noon -1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper
9/21	Jeremy Bray (RTI) Title:You Save Money When You Buy in Bulk: Does Volume-Based Pricing Cause People to Buy More Beer? Location/Time: Noon -1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper - NOTE: Under review; please do not quote or cite without permission from author.
10/5	David Ridley (Duke University) Title: Location and Competition in Alcohol Retail Markets Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm. RTI, Hobbs Ground Floor conference room (see directions below) Link to paper
11/2	Christine Piette Durrance (UNC - Public Policy) Title: The Effects of Increased Access to the Morning-After Pill on Abortion and STD Rates Location/Time: Noon -1:00 p.m., Third Floor Conference Room, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill
11/16	Michael Chernew (Harvard University) Title: Managed Care and Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m, Seminar Room 1, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Link to paper
11/30	Hugh Waters (Johns Hopkins University) Title:Health Insurance Coverage in Central and Eastern Europe - Trends and Challenges Location/Time: Noon -1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper
12/7	David Jones and Silviya Nikolova (PhD Candidates, UNC Economics Department) Nikolova: Premium Increases and Disenrollment from the SCHIP - Link to paper Jones: Primary Prevention and Health Outcomes: Treatment of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards and the Incidence of Childhood Lead Poisoning - Link to paper Location/Time: Noon - 2:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill
12/12	Ian Cockburn (Boston University) Title: Globalization of Clinical Trials for New Medicines Location/Time: 9:30 a..m, Seminar Room 1, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Link to paper
1/10/08	Cathy Bradley (Virginia Commonwealth University) Title: Employment and Cancer: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors Location/Time: Noon - 1:00 p.m., 1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper
1/25	Mark Duggan (University of Maryland) Title: The Effect of Medicare Part D on Pharmaceutical Prices and Utilization Location/Time: Duke University Link to paper
2/15	Anna Levine (Stanford) Title: Licensing and Scale Economies in the Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Industry Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Seminar Room F, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Link to paper
2/22	Eric French (Senior Economist, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank) Title: Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenses, and the Saving of Elderly Singles Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., 211 Gardner Hall, UNC Chapel Hill
2/27	Marco Huesch (UCLA) Title: Learning & ‘Forgetting’: The Dynamics of Cardiac Surgery Location/Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Seminar Room F, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Link to paper
3/7	Tim Barmby (University of Aberdeen) Title: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases: An Empirical Study of Absenteeism and Infectious Illness Location/Time: Noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper
4/4	Sean Nicholson (Cornell) Title: A Quality-Adjusted Price Index for Colorectal Cancer Drugs Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Seminar Room 1, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Link to paper
4/18	Richard Lindrooth (MUSC) Title: Psychiatric Acute Care Bed Capacity and Inappropriate Utilization of Beds: The Role of Acute Care Beds in Psychiatric Care Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m., 1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall (HPAA Conference Room), UNC Chapel Hill Please see linked information below for UNC visitor parking information and a map.
4/25	Hanming Fang (Duke) Title: Dynamic Inefficiencies in Employment-Based Health Insurance System: Theory and Evidence Location/Time: Noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper
5/13	Richard Frank (Harvard) Title: Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Depression on Children's Human Capital Formation Location/Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill
TBA	Thomas McGuire (Harvard) Title: TBA Location/Time: TBA

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