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September 9, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 123 (09 Sep)
This issue of iHEAweek: 09 Sep, 2009
- Notices
- Health Economic Network (HEN)
- Jobs
- Conferences
- Colophon: Publication Information
NOTICES
CHILD HEALTH ECONOMICS AT THE IHEA 7TH WORLD CONFERENCE
The IHEA 7th world conference on health economics witnessed a large increase in papers on child health. More than a dozen sessions focused exclusively on child health issues including tobacco use, obesity, the income gradient, QALYs for youth and other issues in economic evaluation, insurance, child survival, birth outcomes, and disability. A number of sessions also included papers on child health topics such as youth and alcohol policy, vaccinations, child maltreatment, and suicide. Finally, the poster session included many papers that addressed similar topics in child health.
Some of the increased interest in child health issues derives from the focus on childhood obesity and policies to address this problem. Two sessions were devoted to childhood obesity with papers in one session addressing policies to reduce consumption of soda and snacks whereas, in the other session, papers addressed lifecycle costs, the impact of economic development in developing countries, and peer effects. Childhood obesity is a worldwide problem and the world conference provides an exciting forum for researchers to address this critical problem.
Interest in child health issues have become a hot topic in economic evaluations as well. Researchers now recognize that children are not simply “little adults” and application of economic models derived from an adult perspective may not be appropriate. Recent work in the economic evaluation of child health has adopted this perspective and the first book devoted exclusively to issues in the economic evaluation of child health (edited by Wendy Ungar) is now available from Oxford University Press. Three sessions addressed economic evaluation of child health with one paper presenting some of the first data on utility weights derived from adolescent subjects. Other papers addressed methodological considerations associated with future costs, valuing survival gains, and economic evaluations involving children in developing countries. Given the sessions on this topic in Beijing, one has to expect that interest in children and economic evaluation will continue to increase among health economists.
Finally, researchers and policy makers recognize that children are special populations because of their vulnerability. The problems facing children differ depending on whether one is talking about developing or developed countries. In the developing world, deaths to children far exceed those in developing countries and policies to avert these deaths are a primary interest. The World Health Organization has made reducing child mortality a priority in their Millennium Development Goals. In developed countries, researchers and policy makers focus on access and financing of services such as mental health and insurance expansions, whether education improves health, and whether policy can influence the gradient between income and health. All of these issues are of interest to health economists because of our ability to contribute to policy development that addresses both equity and efficiency.
Child health is likely to be an important issue at the 8th world conference in Toronto coming in 2011. Topics important to developing and developed countries will be highlighted. To further interest in the economics of child health, a special reception and plenary devoted to child health issues is being planned. Researchers interested in child health should contact Mick Tilford at tilfordmickj@uams.edu or Wendy Ungar at wendy.ungar@sickkids.ca with suggestions for promoting a child health agenda that emphasizes transforming health and economics.
J. Mick Tilford, Ph.D. Associate Professor Health Policy and Management University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network
The following is a list of abstracts enteries in the Health Economics Network (HEN) of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) for the past week. iHEA is a proud sponsor of HEN. HEN encourages the early distribution of research results by publishing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers from around the world. To view links to the abstracts listed below you may need to register with SSRN for free at http://ssrn.com/hen/index.html.
Tobacco Control Policy Analysis in China: Economics and Health http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1469757 Teh-wei Hu, Series on Contempory China, TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY ANALYSIS IN CHINA: ECONOMICS AND HEALTH, Vol. 12, World Scientific, 2008 Teh-wei Hu University of California, Berkeley - School of Public Health Date Posted: September 9, 2009 Last Revised: September 9, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Targeted Vaccine Subsidies for Healthcare Workers http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465559 Fordham University Department of Economics Discussion Paper No: 2009-07 Troy Tassier , Phillip Polgreen and Alberto Segre Fordham University - Department of Economics , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: September 3, 2009 Last Revised: September 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Equitable Prescription Drug Coverage: Preventing Sex Discrimination in Employer-Provided Health Plans http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465962 Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 70, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research No, 09-36 Stephen F. Befort and Elizabeth Canney Borer University of Minnesota Law School and University of Minnesota Law School Date Posted: September 3, 2009 Last Revised: September 4, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Strategic Advertising: Evidence in the Pharmaceutical Industry http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1466451 Wei Tan SUNY Stony Brook Date Posted: September 3, 2009 Last Revised: September 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
State-Dependent Preferences and Insurance Demand http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1466719 Robert Kremslehner and Alexander Muermann Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and Vienna University of Economics and Business Date Posted: September 3, 2009 Last Revised: September 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Jobs
Harkness Fellowships 2010-2011 http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003115.php September 15, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship
Call for Applications: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars program http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003302.php October 02, 2009 | Post-Doc | Location: various US sites
PhD Scolarship in Health Economics: University of Southern Denmark http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003300.php November 01, 2009 | PhD Economist | Location: Odense M, Denmark
Health Economist / Senior Health Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003299.php September 17, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Research Fellows (Health Economics & Health Policy) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003296.php September 18, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: York, UK
Conferences
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making “Clinical Decisions in Changing Environments: Patients, Providers, and Policy” http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003301.php October 18, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Hollywood (Los Angeles), California, USA
International Conference on Health and Trade http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003189.php December 10, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Call for Papers: 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition Deadline Extended http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003298.php October 14, 2009 | Health Policy | Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Papers: Distributive Justice in the Health System - Theory and Empirics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003280.php September 15, 2009 | Meeting | Location: Halle (Saale), Germany
Call for abstracts: European Congress Healthcare Planning and Design http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003164.php September 15, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Call for Abstracts: GH/Innovate 2010 Global Health & Innovation Conference http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003234.php September 20, 2009 | Health Care | Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Call for Abstracts: Health Sector Institutions, Motivations and Incentives Conference http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003282.php September 28, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Phnom Penh
Call for Papers: Global Development Awards and Medals Competition 2009 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003246.php September 30, 2009 | Health Policy
Primary Care Medical Home: Implications for Addiction Care http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003290.php October 01, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Rockville, Maryland, USA
2009 Health Econometrics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003073.php October 02, 2009 | Econometrics | Location: Chicago, IL
Call for Papers: Research on Connections between Health and SES Using PSID Data, Panel Study of Income Dynamics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003226.php October 16, 2009 | Workshop | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Call For Papers: 1st Australasian Workshop On Econometrics And Health Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003147.php November 01, 2009 | Workshop | Location: Melbourne, Australia
Call for Papers: New Perspectives on Health and Health Care Policy http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003294.php November 01, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Chicago, Illinois, US
COLOPHON
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