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March 09, 2007

iHEAweek 2007 no. 086 (March 9)

iHEA’s weekly periodical


This issue of iHEAweek: March 9, 2007

  • Notices
  • Jobs: Gates Foundation, CBO, Roche and 28 more
  • Conferences: 8
  • Call for Abstracts: 6
  • Education: 2
  • Journal ToC: HE & JHE
  • Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

6th World Congress: Exhibition and Promotion at the Congress

For information on Exhibit Space and Advertising Rates can be found at:

http://www.healtheconomics.org/congress/2007/promotion/

Program Advertising Deadline: April 30 2007 Exhibit Space Request Deadline: May 31, 2007 (Subject to Availability)


JOBS

Assistant / Associate Professor: Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002312.html
April 13, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

9 Tenure-track Faculty Positions (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) : The Institute For Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, UNC at Chapel Hill
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002300.html
March 14, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Manager or Associate Manager : Health Economics, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002344.html
March 23, 2007 | Manager | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Health Economist - Flexible Term Assignments : Roche Australia
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002345.html
May 20, 2007 | Health Economist | Sydney, Australia

Business Analyst - Global Health Strategies: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002346.html
May 19, 2007 | Research Analyst | Seattle, Washington, USA

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR), Tufts-New England Medical Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002347.html
May 19, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Associate Director, Global Health Outcomes Assessment (GHOA): Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002348.html
May 06, 2007 | Directorship | Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA

Call for Proposals: Health Worker Salaries and Benefits: Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the Global Health Workforce Alliance
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002350.html
March 30, 2007 | Call for Proposals

Consumer Health Analyst - Financial and Health Planning Informatics: Humana Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002351.html
May 08, 2007 | Research Analyst | Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Consumer Health Analyst - Clinical Informatics: Humana Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002352.html
May 09, 2007 | Research Analyst | Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Senior Research Scientist / Principal Investigator: Constella Group, LLC
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002353.html
March 31, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Rockville, Maryland, USA Imagine

Health Economist (Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor or Research Professor level): Department of Radiology, University of Washington
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002354.html
May 01, 2007 | Health Economist | Seattle, Washington, USA

Consumer Health Analyst - Web Informatics: Humana Inc
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002355.html
May 07, 2007 | Research Analyst | Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Health Economist / Health Policy Analyst: Congressional Budget Office (CBO),Health and Human Resources Division
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002356.html
April 30, 2007 | Health Economist | Washington, DC, USA

Associate Director / Director, Health Economics-Statistics: Merck
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002357.html
May 02, 2007 | Directorship | Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA

Associate Director / Director, Health Economics: Merck & Co. Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002358.html
May 03, 2007 | Directorship | Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA

Manager, Global Health Outcomes (Oncology / MIGU / Respiratory): GSK
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002359.html
March 30, 2007 | Manager | Stockley Park, England, UK

Associate or Full Professor: Health Care Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002260.html
May 31, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | University City, Pennsylvania, USA

Positions at all levels: Nanjing University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002299.html
March 13, 2007 | PhD Economist | Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Senior Research Scientist 2 (10427): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002301.html
March 15, 2007 | Research Analyst | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Research Public Health Analyst 2 (10429): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002302.html
March 14, 2007 | Research Analyst | Washington, DC or Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Manager, Economic Evaluation (Health Economist): Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002305.html
March 15, 2007 | Manager | Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, USA

Business Development Manager: PHARMO Institute
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002306.html
March 16, 2007 | Manager | Utrecht, The Netherlands

Health Economist - Ottawa: The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002307.html
March 15, 2007 | Health Economist | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Researcher: Caro Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002308.html
March 16, 2007 | Research Analyst | Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biostatistician: Caro Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002309.html
March 17, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Senior Impact Analyst, Global Development: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002327.html
April 15, 2007 | Research Analyst | Seattle, Washington, USA

Financial Analyst, Global Health: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Financial Planning & Analysis
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002328.html
April 16, 2007 | Research Analyst | Seattle, Washington, USA

Outcomes Research Advisor: Dymaxium
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002329.html
April 14, 2007 | Consultant/Advisor | Toronto, Ontario, Canada or work remotely

Manager, Outcomes Research: Merck & Co. Inc
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002330.html
April 14, 2007 | Manager | Munich, Germany

Manager, Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002333.html
April 15, 2007 | Manager | San Fernando Valley, California, USA

Assistant Professor: Bocconi University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002338.html
March 15, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Milan, Italy


CONFERENCES

Explorations in Health Economics: 6th iHEA World Congress
http://www.healtheconomics.org/congress/2007/
July 08, 2007 | Health Economics | Copenhagen, Denmark

29th Annual Meeting of The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002343.html
October 20, 2007 | Meeting | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals - Unite For Sight’s Fourth Annual International Health Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/001958.html
April 14, 2007 | Public Health | Palo Alto, California, USA

5th European Conference on Tropical Medicine and International Health - Partnership and Innovation in Global Health: Federation of the Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002021.html
May 24, 2007 | Public Health | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Spatial Econometrics Conference 2007
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002251.html
July 11, 2007 | Econometrics | Cambridge, England, UK

14th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002311.html
March 15, 2007 | Health Policy | Santa Monica, California, USA

24th International Conference of ISQua: The International Society for Quality in Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002335.html
September 30, 2007 | Health Care | Boston, Massachusetts, USA

“Green care: Health effects, economics and policies”: COST Action 866 - Green Care in Agriculture: Austrian Horticultural Society
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002337.html
June 20, 2007 | Health Policy | Vienna, Austria


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

29th Annual Meeting of The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002342.html
June 08, 2007 | Decision-Making | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

28th Nordic Health Economists Study Group (NHESG) Meeting
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002349.html
April 23, 2007 | Health Economics | Tartu, Estonia

Modelling In Healthcare Stream: Operational Research Society Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002339.html
March 30, 2007 | Health Care | Edinburgh, Scotland, USA

“Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health”: The College of Medicine and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002340.html
May 01, 2007 | Decision-Making | Chicago, Illinois, USA

“Green care: Health effects, economics and policies”: COST Action 866 - Green Care in Agriculture: Austrian Horticultural Society
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002336.html
March 10, 2007 | Health Economics | Vienna, Austria

24th International Conference of ISQua: The International Society for Quality in Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002334.html
March 12, 2007 | Health Care | Boston, Massachusetts, USA


EDUCATION

Interpretation and use of genetic information: Economics of Genetic Technologies Seminar Series
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/002292.html
March 22, 2007 | Seminars | Nottingham, England, UK

Applied Welfare Analysis in Health: University of Bern
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/002360.html
April 23, 2007 | Short Course | Bern, Switzerland


JOURNAL ToC

HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 219-325 (March 2007)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/114123692
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., ISSN: 1057-9230

ToC

  1. The institute of medicine report on the FDA: where is the science? (p 219-221)
    Tomas Philipson, Anupam B. Jena, Eric Sun
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1222

  2. The effects of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance on access and health status of the elderly (p 223-242)
    Likwang Chen, Winnie Yip, Ming-Cheng Chang, Hui-Sheng Lin, Shyh-Dye Lee, Ya-Ling Chiu, Yu-Hsuan Lin
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1160

  3. Elasticities of market shares and social health insurance choice in germany: a dynamic panel data approach (p 243-256)
    Marcus Tamm, Harald Tauchmann, Jürgen Wasem, Stefan Greß
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1167

  4. Government health expenditures and health outcomes (p 257-273)
    Farasat A. S. Bokhari, Yunwei Gai, Pablo Gottret
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1157

  5. Do targets matter? A comparison of English and Welsh National Health priorities (p 275-290)
    Katharina Hauck, Andrew Street
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1153

  6. Public health expenditure and spatial interactions in a decentralized national health system (p 291-306)
    Joan Costa-Font, Jordi Pons-Novell
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1154

  7. Discounting in economic evaluations: stepping forward towards optimal decision rules (p 307-317)
    Hugh Gravelle, Werner Brouwer, Louis Niessen, Maarten Postma, Frans Rutten
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1168

  8. Health Economics Letters: Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group? (p 319-325)
    Peter Franks, Erica I. Lubetkin, Joy Melnikow
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1152


JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 213-430 (1 March 2007)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676296
Elsevier B.V., ISSN: 0167-6296

ToC

  1. Editorial Board (p CO2)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(07)00012-4

  2. The child health/family income gradient: Evidence from England (p 213-232)
    Alison Currie, Michael A. Shields and Stephen Wheatley Price
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.003

  3. Competition among differentiated health plans under adverse selection (p 233-250)
    Pau Olivella and Marcos Vera-Hernández
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.002

  4. What should (public) health insurance cover? (p 251-262)
    Michael Hoel
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.005

  5. The market for elective surgery: Joint estimation of supply and demand (p 263-285)
    Stephen Martin, Nigel Rice, Rowena Jacobs and Peter Smith
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.006

  6. Advertising and generic market entry (p 286-305)
    Ingrid Königbauer
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.008

  7. Why do women participate in the English cervical cancer screening programme? (p 306-325)
    David K. Whynes, Zoë Philips and Mark Avis
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.007

  8. Medicare balance billing restrictions: Impacts on physicians and beneficiaries (p 326-341)
    Robin McKnight
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.09.001

  9. Do religious nonprofit and for-profit organizations respond differently to financial incentives? The hospice industry (p 342-357)
    Richard C. Lindrooth and Burton A. Weisbrod
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.09.003

  10. The earnings of U.S. health economists (p 358-372)
    John Cawley and Michael A. Morrisey
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.008

  11. Insurance choice and tax-preferred health savings accounts (p 373-399)
    James H. Cardon and Mark H. Showalter
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.010

  12. The effects of multi-hospital systems on hospital prices (p 400-413)
    Glenn Melnick and Emmett Keeler
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.002

  13. Health inequality and non-monotonicity of the health related social welfare function (p 414-421)
    Indranil Dutta
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.001

  14. In response to Indranil Dutta, “Health inequality and non-monotonicity of the health related social welfare function” (p 422-425)
    Ignacio Abasolo and Aki Tsuchiya
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.004

  15. Health inequality and non-monotonicity of the health related social welfare function: A rejoinder (p 426-429)
    Indranil Dutta
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.11.002


COLOPHON

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