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September 20, 2007

iHEAweek 2007 no. 097 (September 20)

iHEA’s weekly periodical


This issue of iHEAweek: September 20, 2007

  • Notices
  • Jobs: CHE, RUNMC and 23 more
  • Conferences: 2
  • Call for Abstracts/Papers: 3
  • Journal ToC: HE & JHE
  • Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

ASHE Election

We’re asking 2007 ASHE members to vote on 3 positions on the ASHE Board of Directors. This is the ASHE membership’s first opportunity to participate in the selection of members of the ASHE Board of Directors. For a biography of the candidates and the details about the election, go to:

http://healtheconomics.us/election/


JOBS

Faculty - Health Economics: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002560.html
December 05, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Houston, Texas, USA

Senior Health Economist: Genentech
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002546.html
September 22, 2007 | Health Economist | South San Francisco, California, USA

Senior Outcomes Research Manager & Outcomes Research Manager: Hays Pharma
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002562.html
December 06, 2007 | Manager | SE England, UK

Evidence Based Medicine Manager: Hays Pharma
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002561.html
December 05, 2007 | Manager

3rd Call for Proposals for the Alan Williams
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002559.html
November 30, 2007 | Call for Proposals

Global Health Economics and Reimbursement Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002558.html
October 30, 2007 | | Switzerland

Assistant/Associate Professor or Professor of Health Economics or Health Policy: Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002557.html
October 30, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Atlanta, Georgia, USA

PostDoc researcher on Health Insurance in Ghana: Department of Public Health / Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center (RUNMC)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002556.html
September 30, 2007 | Post-Doc | Ghana and The Netherlands

Associate - Quantitative: Abt Associates
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002555.html
October 15, 2007 | Industry | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Senior Analyst - Quantitative: Abt Associates
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002554.html
October 25, 2007 | Analyst | Cambridge, Massachusetts & Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Outcomes Position — Assistant or Associate Professor Tenure-Track Faculty : The Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002553.html
December 31, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Faculty Position in Economics/ Public Policy: University of California, Irvine, The Paul Merage School of Business
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002552.html
November 30, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Irvine, California, USA

Chief Scientist, European Operations: DxCG
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002548.html
September 27, 2007 | Industry | Frankfurt or Berlin, Germany

Association Manager (Brussels): Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002545.html
September 20, 2007 | Manager | Brussels, Belgium

Director of Outcomes Research: Express Scripts, Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002543.html
October 05, 2007 | Directorship | St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Manager of Outcomes Research: Express Scripts, Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002542.html
October 05, 2007 | Manager | St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Associate Director, Global Outcomes Research Strategy: Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002541.html
September 30, 2007 | Directorship | Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA

Senior Research Health Policy Analyst 2 (Job # 10572): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002537.html
September 29, 2007 | Analyst | Washington, DC, USA

Research Health Services Analyst 3 (Job # 10784): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002536.html
October 02, 2007 | Analyst | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Senior Research Scientist 2 (Job # 10427): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002534.html
October 02, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Senior Research Scientist-Public Health Evaluation (Job # 10445): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002533.html
October 01, 2007 | | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Research Economist 2 (Job # 10436): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002531.html
October 02, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Research Economist 3 (Job # 10593): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002530.html
October 01, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA


CONFERENCES

Equity and Efficiency in Health and Healthcare: 2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists
http://www.healtheconomics.us/conference/
June 22-25 2008 | Durham, North Carolina, USA

Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002538.html
July 23-26 2008 | Roma, Italy


CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Papers and Participation: 7th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002566.html
December 06, 2007 | Health Economics | Athens, Greece

The 2008 Berkeley Conference on the Global Health Workforce: From Evidence and Research to Public and Health Care Industry Policy: WHO - World Bank - Kaiser Permanente - UC Berkeley
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002565.html
October 19, 2007 | Health Care | Berkeley, California, USA

Call for Papers: Special Issue “economics of innovation and technology in health care” in the journal : Economics of Innovation and New Technology
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002551.html
November 30, 2007 | Economics


EDUCATION

Oxford University Short Courses in Health Economics in Hong Kong and Shenzhen
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/002567.html
November 06, 2007 | Short Course | Locations: Hong Kong and Shenzhen


JOURNAL ToC

HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 981-1126 (October 2007)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/116317699
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., ISSN: 1057-9230

  1. Drug price reform in the UK: debunking the myths (p 981-992) Simeon Thornton http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1300

  2. Do health expenditures catch-up? Evidence from OECD countries (p 993-1008) Paresh Kumar Narayan http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1196

  3. Monte Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analysis for patient level simulation models: efficient estimation of mean and variance using ANOVA (p 1009-1023) Anthony O’Hagan, Matt Stevenson, Jason Madan http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1199

  4. An empirical investigation of the social market for cigarettes (p 1025-1039) Brett Katzman, Sara Markowitz, Kerry Anne McGeary http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1215

  5. Demand for private health insurance in Chinese urban areas (p 1041-1050) Xiao-Hua Ying, Teh-Wei Hu, Jane Ren, Wen Chen, Ke Xu, Jin-Hui Huang http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1206

  6. Demand assessment and price-elasticity estimation of quality-improved primary health care in palestine: a contribution from the contingent valuation method (p 1051-1068) Awad Mataria, Stephane Luchini, Yousef Daoud, Jean-Paul Moatti http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1216

  7. Psychiatric disorders and labor market outcomes: evidence from the National Latino and Asian American Study (p 1069-1090) Pinka Chatterji, Margarita Alegria, Mingshan Lu, David Takeuchi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1210

  8. Improving the measurement of health system output growth (p 1091-1107) Adriana Castelli, Diane Dawson, Hugh Gravelle, Andrew Street http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1211

  9. Population ageing and health care expenditure: a school of red herrings? (p 1109-1126) Andreas Werblow, Stefan Felder, Peter Zweifel http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1213


JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 September 2007, Pages 865-1070 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676296
Elsevier B.V ISSN: 0167-6296

  1. Editorial Board (p CO2)

  2. Altered states: The impact of immediate craving on the valuation of current and future opioids (p 865-876)
    Gary J. Badger, Warren K. Bickel, Louis A. Giordano, Eric A. Jacobs, George Loewenstein and Lisa Marsch
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.01.002

  3. Does education affect smoking behaviors?: Evidence using the Vietnam draft as an instrument for college education (p 877-895)
    Damien de Walque
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.12.005

  4. Education and smoking: Were Vietnam war draft avoiders also more likely to avoid smoking? (p 896-926)
    Franque Grimard and Daniel Parent
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.03.004

  5. Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisions (p 927-949)
    Ahmed Khwaja, Dan Silverman and Frank Sloan
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.02.004

  6. Fraternity membership and binge drinking (p 950-967)
    Jeff DeSimone
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.01.003

  7. Do food stamps cause obesity?: Evidence from immigrant experience (p 968-991)
    N. Kaushal
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.01.006

  8. Multi-attribute utility function or statistical inference models: A comparison of health state valuation models using the HUI2 health state classification system (p 992-1002)
    Katherine Stevens, Christopher McCabe, John Brazier and Jennifer Roberts
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.12.007

  9. Tests of utility independence when health varies over time (p 1003-1013)
    Anne Spencer and Angela Robinson
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.002

  10. Specialist payment schemes and patient selection in private and public hospitals (p 1014-1026)
    Donald J. Wright
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.02.002

  11. Optimal wages in the market for nurses: An analysis based on Heyes’ model (p 1027-1030)
    Lowell J. Taylor
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.01.005

  12. Optimal wages in the market for nurses (p 1031-1033)
    Anthony G. Heyes http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.02.003

  13. Worker sorting, compensating differentials and health insurance: Evidence from displaced workers (p 1034-1056)
    Steven F. Lehrer and Nuno Sousa Pereira
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.02.001

  14. Liability, insurance and medical practice (p 1057-1070)
    Paul Fenn, Alastair Gray and Neil Rickman
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.01.004


COLOPHON

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