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April 2, 2008

iHEAweek 2008 no. 102 (April 2)

iHEA’s weekly periodical


This issue of iHEAweek: April 2, 2008

  • Notices
  • Jobs: CDC, Roche, Fulbright and 31 more
  • Conferences & Call for Abstracts: 8
  • Journal ToC: HE & JHE
  • Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

iHEA Board Nominations

Nominations now open for iHEA Board Members. The board is elected by the iHEA membership as a whole. Members are nominated to stand as candidates for 4-year terms. There are usually two candidates per open board position in each election. Members may nominate a colleague, or nominate themselves. Criteria for nomination include excellence in contributions to health economics research, service to the health economics profession, and service to society. A slate of candidates will be presented by the Nominating Committee for an electronic balloting by the membership later this year. Please send your nomination, including name, affiliation and email address, by April 15 to: elections@healtheconomics.org.

AIES becomes iHEA Affiliate

iHEA welcomes L’Associazione Italiana di Economia Sanitaria (AIES) http://www.aiesweb.it/ which has become iHEA’s latest affiliate health economics association.

ASHE Conference 2008: Pre-Conference Sessions

All Pre-Conference Sessions take place on Sunday June 22. You must be registered for the ASHE Conference to register for the ASHE Pre-Conference sessions.

June 22, 08:30-12:30: Econometric Methods for Health Policy Analysis Using Non-Experimental Data ($100) June 22, 08:30-12:30: Using National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Linked to Administrative Records (No Charge)
June 22, 08:30-5:00: Econometrics of Health Care Cost, Expenditure, and Utilization Data ($130) June 22, 1:00-5:00: Risk Adjustment for Payment and Quality Measurement ($100.00)
June 22, 1:00-5:00: Economic Evaluation of Drugs, Devices and other Medical Interventions ($100.00) June 22, 1:00-5:00: Introduction to the Research Databases of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (No Charge)


JOBS

Health Economist /Senior Health Economist (8117): Roche
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002722.html
April 07, 2008 | Health Economist | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Health Economist: Kidney Health Research Group & the Alberta Health Technology Assessment Coalition
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002711.html
April 11, 2008 | Health Economist | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Associate Professor / Professor (Clinical, Social & Administrative Sciences) and Director, Center for Medication Use, Policy & Economics: University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002720.html
April 17, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Research Analyst: CVS Caremark
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002729.html
May 05, 2008 | Analyst | Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA

Reader / Senior Research Fellow (health economics): Health Economics Research Group (HERG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002712.html
April 04, 2008 | | Uxbridge, England, UK

Analytic Associate
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002741.html
May 15, 2008 | Analyst | Various USA

Health Economist: National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (NCC-PC), College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002734.html
April 21, 2008 | Health Economist | London, England, UK

Analytic Consultant
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002742.html
April 16, 2008 | Consultant/Advisor | Various USA

Health Economics Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002739.html
May 12, 2008 | Manager

Manager, Health Economics & Health Outcomes
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002738.html
April 17, 2008 | Manager | Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Health Economics and Reimbursement Manager - Netherlands
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002737.html
May 12, 2008 | Manager | Europe

Social Scientist, Health Economist or Health Policy Researcher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002735.html
May 02, 2008 | Health Economist | Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Public Health Analysts: RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002736.html
May 17, 2008 | Analyst | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher (Health Outcomes): Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002733.html
April 11, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | San Francisco, California, USA

Health Economist (08-105HCS): Center for Health Programs, Management Sciences for Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002732.html
May 15, 2008 | Health Economist | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Health Economist / Consultant: GFA Consulting Group
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002731.html
April 15, 2008 | Consultant/Advisor | Hamburg, Germany

Manager, Pharmacoeconomics, position for global pharmaceutical company
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002730.html
May 14, 2008 | Manager | Laval, Quebec, Canada

Health Outcomes & Pharmacoeconomics Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002728.html
May 02, 2008 | Manager

Pricing & Reimbursement Manager - Corporate Pricing & Reimbursement, Global Outcomes Risk & Market Access: Lundbeck
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002689.html
March 12, 2008 | Manager | Paris, France

Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002727.html
August 01, 2008 | Grant | Various

Director Market Access & Pricing
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002725.html
May 01, 2008 | Directorship | Switzerland

Health Economist and Reimbursement Manager (Europe and Asia)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002726.html
April 29, 2008 | | Sweden

European Outcomes Researcher
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002724.html
April 28, 2008 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Bucks, UK

Volunteers to help with on-line education in Health Economics for low- and middle-income countries: The Peoples-uni
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002723.html
April 28, 2008 | Volunteers

Fellowships: Bing Center for Health Economics, RAND Corporation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002721.html
April 20, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | Santa Monica, California, USA

Value Communication Consultant: Medaxial
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002719.html
April 17, 2008 | Consultant/Advisor | London, England, UK

Associate Director, Health Systems: The Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002718.html
April 21, 2008 | Directorship | Bangkok, Thailand

4 NIMH-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mental Health & Substance Abuse Systems and Services Research: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill/Duke University Medical Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002706.html
April 10, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | North Carolina, USA

Faculty Position in Health Management and Policy: University of New Hampshire (UNH), College of Health and Human Services and the Carsey Institute
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002713.html
April 12, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Director of Market Access & Business Development
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002709.html
April 10, 2008 | Directorship | London, England, UK

Associate Director, Late Phase - Prospective Observational and HEOR: i3 Innovus
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002708.html
April 10, 2008 | Directorship | USA

Project Manager: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002707.html
April 20, 2008 | Manager | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Research Analyst, United Kingdom: DxCG
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002705.html
April 07, 2008 | Research Analyst | UK

Africa Call - Request for Proposals: Dissertation Fellowships in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development: Institute of International Education (IIE) & The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002703.html
April 30, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship


CONFERENCES & CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Active Living Research (Call for Proposals & 2008 Annual Conference)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002740.html
May 14, 2008 | Health Research | Washington, DC, USA

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

Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of “Health Economics”: China’s Health Care System
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002702.html
July 31, 2008 | Health Economics

15th Annual Rand Summer Institute
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002679.html
July 07, 2008 | Workshop | Santa Monica, California, USA

Cost Function Analysis of the Substance Abuse Treatment Industry: Information Needs, Methods, and Next Steps
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002668.html
December 13, 2007 | Health Economics | Bethesda, Maryland, USA

PRIORITIES 2008: Conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002667.html
October 28, 2008 | Health Care | Newcastle-Gateshead, England, UK

1st International Conference on Healthcare Transformation: Primary Care Focus
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002609.html
May 09, 2008 | Health Care | Singapore

2008 Joint meeting of the UK HESG and Nordic HESG
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002472.html
August 27, 2008 | Meeting | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK


JOURNALS

HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 17 Issue 4 , Pages 449 - 556 (April 2008)
Copyright 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117932700/issue

  1. Editorial: Paying for performance: the power of incentives over habits (p 449-451)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1350
    Jody L. Sindelar

  2. Predicting risk selection following major changes in medicare (p 453-468)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1252
    Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt, Roger Feldman

  3. Valuing reductions in on-the-job illness: presenteeism from managerial and economic perspectives (p 469-485)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1266
    Mark V. Pauly, Sean Nicholson, Daniel Polsky, Marc L. Berger, Claire Sharda

  4. Does age or life expectancy better predict health care expenditures? (p 487-501)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1295
    Baoping Shang, Dana Goldman

  5. Prevention and cure efforts both substitute and complement (p 503-511)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1270
    David A. Hennessy

  6. Attribute substitution in early enrollment decisions into Medicare prescription drug plans (p 513-521)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1303
    Austin B. Frakt, Steven D. Pizer

  7. Longevity bias in cost-effectiveness analysis (p 523-534)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1309
    Liqun Liu, Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Thomas R. Saving

  8. US health economists: who we are and what we do (p 535-543)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1314
    Michael A. Morrisey, John Cawley

  9. Health Economics Letters: Does the quality of care in Medicaid MCOs vary with the form of physician compensation? (p 545-550)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1264
    Troy Quast, David E. M. Sappington, Elizabeth Shenkman

  10. Health Economics Letters: Effects of youth, price, and audience size on alcohol advertising in magazines (p 551-556)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1273
    Jon P. Nelson, Douglas J. Young


JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS: Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 175-530 (March 2008)
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676296

  1. Editorial Board (p CO2)

  2. The risk we bear: The effects of review speed and industry user fees on new drug safety (p 175-200)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.007
    Mary K. Olson

  3. Crowd-out 10 years later: Have recent public insurance expansions crowded out private health insurance? (p 201-217)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.11.004
    Jonathan Gruber and Kosali Simon

  4. Hypertension and happiness across nations (p 218-233)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.002
    David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald

  5. Mad cows, terrorism and junk food: Should public policy reflect perceived or objective risks? (p 234-248)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.004
    Olof Johansson-Stenman

  6. Asymmetric peer effects in the analysis of cigarette smoking among young people in the United States, 1992–1999 (p 249-264)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.07.005
    Jeffrey E. Harris and Beatriz González López-Valcárcel

  7. Social networks, information and health care utilization: Evidence from undocumented immigrants in Milan (p 265-286)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.006
    Carlo Devillanova

  8. Cigarette taxes and youth smoking: New evidence from national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (p 287-299)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.008
    Christopher Carpenter and Philip J. Cook

  9. Sample selection versus two-part models revisited: The case of female smoking and drinking (p 300-307)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.07.001
    David Madden

  10. Health, income and relative deprivation: Evidence from the BHPS (p 308-324)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.007
    Andrew M. Jones and John Wildman

  11. Welfarism vs. extra-welfarism (p 325-338)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.07.003
    Werner B.F. Brouwer, Anthony J. Culyer, N. Job A. van Exel and Frans F.H. Rutten

  12. Medicare reimbursement, nurse staffing, and patient outcomes (p 339-361)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.003
    Robert Kaestner and Jose Guardado

  13. Is the impact of managed care on hospital prices decreasing? (p 362-376)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.004
    David Dranove, Richard Lindrooth, William D. White and Jack Zwanziger

  14. The strategic interaction between firms and formulary committees: Effects on the prices of new drugs (p 377-404)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.003
    María D.C. García-Alonso and Begoña García-Mariñoso

  15. Modelling geographic variation in the cost-effectiveness of control policies for infectious vector diseases: The example of Chagas disease (p 405-426)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.005
    Marianela Castillo-Riquelme, Zaid Chalabi, Joanne Lord, Felipe Guhl, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Clive Davies and Julia Fox-Rushby

  16. Risk equalization and voluntary deductibles: A complex interaction (p 427-443)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.001
    R.C. van Kleef, K. Beck, W.P.M.M. van de Ven and R.C.J.A. van Vliet

  17. Is patient satisfaction sensitive to changes in the quality of care? An exploitation of the Hawthorne effect (p 444-459)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.07.004
    Kenneth L. Leonard

  18. Who pays for health care in Asia? (p 460-475)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.005
    Owen O’Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Baktygul Akkazieva, Deni Harbianto, Charu C. Garg, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Alejandro N. Herrin, Mohammed N. Huq, Shamsia Ibragimova, Anup Karan, Soon-man Kwon, Gabriel M. Leung, Jui-fen Rachel Lu, Yasushi Ohkusa, Badri Raj Pande, Rachel Racelis, Keith Tin, et al.

  19. Measuring and illustrating statistical evidence in a cost-effectiveness analysis (p 476-495)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.07.002
    Jeffrey S. Hoch and Jeffrey D. Blume

  20. Dynamics of work disability and pain (p 496-509)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.002
    Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith and Arthur van Soest

  21. Busy physicians (p 510-518)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.003
    Jostein Grytten and Rune Sørensen

  22. Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research (p 519-529)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.005
    Richard V. Burkhauser and John Cawley


COLOPHON

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