Triangle Health Economics Workshop

Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Schedule
(Last Updated 4/23/08)

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9/7	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 Location/Time: Noon -1:00 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper - NOTE: Under review; please do not quote or cite without permission from author.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

Fall 2008 Schedule

10/04	Gloria Bazzoli (Virginia Commonwealth University) Title: TBA Location/Time: TBA
10/24	Nicole Maestas (RAND) Title: TBA Location/Time: Time and room pending, Duke University Fuqua School of Business

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Workshop format and locations
Workshops are on Fridays unless indicated otherwise. Workshops are from several different series, so please note different times and locations.

Parking and Maps

The UNC Sheps Center is at 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (formerly Airport Rd.); parking permits can be obtained from the second floor receptionist.

Information on other visitor parking at UNC is at http://www.dps.unc.edu/Parking/visitor/visitorlotlocations/visitorlotlocations.cfm.
A campus visitor parking map is available at http://www.dps.unc.edu/maps/visitor/0708visitormap.cfm.

Maps and directions to the Fuqua School of Business can be found here: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/about/campus/map/FuquaMap.pdf
Note: Information on the time and location of seminars at Duke should be confirmed by going to: http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~dbr1/health/seminar.html

Directions to RTI:

Directions from I40 towards RTP: Exit on Davis Drive and go north to Cornwallis (If you get to M54 you are going South). Turn left on Cornwallis; the next traffic light is at the entrance to RTI's main campus on your left. Turn left at the light onto Institute Drive. Go past your first opportunity to turn into a parking lot on your left, and park somewhere in the next large lot on your left. Facing the buildings you see uphill from the lot, Cox is the middle one in the array from left to right. Check in at the Cox security desk at the main
entrance facing the parking lot, and obtain visitor badges. RTI staff will escort you to the conference room.

Directions from Southbound on Durham Freeway: Take the Cornwallis road exit and at the top of the ramp turn left. At the next light turn right onto Institute drive and into RTI's main campus. Go past your first opportunity to turn into a parking lot on your left, and park somewhere in the next large lot on your left. Facing the buildings you see uphill from the lot, Cox is the middle one in the array from left to right. Check in at the Cox security desk at the main entrance facing the parking lot, and obtain visitor badges. RTI staff will
escort you to the conference room.

HPAA 815
Doctoral students may register for the workshop for one credit hour, with permission of the instructor Marisa Domino. Students must attend each session and participate in the discussion of the papers. Economics 710 is a prerequisite.

For more information
To be added to the e-mail announcement and paper distribution list, send an email with "Subscribe THEW" in the body of the test to listserv@unc.edu. For other information contact Marisa Domino (mdomino@email.unc.edu, 919-966-3891). For schedule updates see http://www.unc.edu/the.

Other Related Workshops

UNC/Duke Applied Micro Workshop/Triangle Econometrics Workshop: http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/workshops.htm
Demography and Economics of Aging (Usually meets Mondays) http://www.cpc.unc.edu/dear/
Carolina Population Center (Usually meets Friday noon) http://www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.html
Duke Health Sector Management Faculty Series: http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~dbr1/health/seminar.html

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