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September 16, 2009

iHEAweek 2009 no. 124 (16 Sep)

iHEA’s weekly periodical


This issue of iHEAweek: 16 Sep, 2009

  • Health Economic Network (HEN)
  • Jobs
  • Conferences
  • Colophon: Publication Information

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

The following is a list of abstract 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.

Economies of Scale and Scope in the Provision of Diagnostic Techniques and Therapeutic Services in Portuguese Hospitals http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1474331 Pedro Barros and Ricardo Gonçalves Universidad Nova de Lisboa and Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Faculdade de Economia e Gestão Date Posted: September 16, 2009 Last Revised: September 16, 2009 Working Paper Series

Moments Calculation for the Double Truncated Multivariate Normal Density http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1472153 Manjunath B. G. and Stefan Wilhelm Department of Mathematics, Universität Siegen, Siegen and financial.com Date Posted: September 15, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009 Working Paper Series

Insurer Bargaining and Negotiated Drug Prices in Medicare Part D http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1472268 NBER Working Paper No. w15330 Darius Lakdawalla and Wesley Yin RAND Corporation and Boston University Date Posted: September 15, 2009 Last Revised: September 16, 2009 Working Paper Series

Balancing Access to Health Data and Privacy: A Review of the Issues and Approaches for the Future http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1472736 Julia Lane and Claudia Schur National Science Foundation and Social and Scientific Systems Date Posted: September 15, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009 Working Paper Series

Happiness and Socio-Economic Transformations in the Russian Federation http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1473098 Social Policy and Happiness in Europe, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, Greve, Bent ed., 2010 Alfio Cerami Sciences Po - Centre d’études Européennes Date Posted: September 15, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009 Accepted Paper Series

Measuring the Quality of Education and Health Services : The Use of Perception Data from Indonesia http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471131 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5033 Basab Dasgupta , Ambar Narayan and Emmanuel Skoufias World Bank , World Bank - South Asia Region and World Bank Date Posted: September 14, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009

The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471135 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5037 Achyuta R. Adhvaryu and Kathleen Beegle Yale University School of Public Health and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) Date Posted: September 14, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009

Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer Among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471139 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5041 Quy Toan Do World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) Date Posted: September 14, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009

Precautionary Savings Against Health Risks: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1473201 Tansel Yilmazer and Robert L. Scharff University of Missouri at Columbia and Ohio State University - Department of Consumer Sciences Date Posted: September 14, 2009 Last Revised: September 14, 2009 Working Paper Series

Incentives for Surveillance of Infectious Disease Outbreaks http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1473481 Anup Malani and Ramanan Laxminarayan University of Chicago - Law School and Resources for the Future Date Posted: September 14, 2009 Last Revised: September 14, 2009 Working Paper Series

Parental Income and the Dynamics of Health Inequality In Early Childhood - Evidence from the United Kingdom http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1472424 Eberhard Kruk University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) Date Posted: September 13, 2009 Last Revised: September 13, 2009 Working Paper Series

Generic Medicines in Australia: Business Dynamics and Recent Policy Reform http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471687 Hans Lofgren Deakin University, Melbourne Date Posted: September 12, 2009 Last Revised: September 12, 2009 Working Paper Series

The Suitability of Mandated Insurance for Health Coverage: Why Car is Not Like Care http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1470852 Barbara P. Billauer Foundation for Law and Science Centers, Inc. Date Posted: September 11, 2009 Last Revised: September 11, 2009 Working Paper Series 5 downloads

Correcting Focal Biases in Subjective Health Expectations: Application to the Rand-HRS Data http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1470858 Kim P. Huynh and Juergen Jung Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics and Towson University Date Posted: September 11, 2009 Last Revised: September 15, 2009 Working Paper Series

Brains Versus Brawn: Labor Market Returns to Intellectual and Health Human Capital in a Poor Developing Country http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471316 Jere Behrman , John Hoddinott , John A. Maluccio and Reynaldo Martorell University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics , International Food Policy Research Institute , Middlebury College - Department of Economics and Emory University Date Posted: September 11, 2009 Last Revised: September 11, 2009 Working Paper Series

The Special Friend http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471885 Ritabrata Roy affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: September 11, 2009 Last Revised: September 11, 2009 Working Paper Series

Hopelessness, Self-Esteem and Reaction to Frustration in Patients With Alcohol Dependence Syndrome and Normal Controls http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1470628 Sudeshna Chakrabarti , S. E. Paul and Kamlesh Kumar Sahu affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and PARIPURNATA Date Posted: September 10, 2009 Last Revised: September 10, 2009 Working Paper Series

There is a Time to Keep Silent and a Time to Speak, the Hard Part is Knowing Which is Which: Striking the Balance between Privacy Protection and the Flow of Health Care Information http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1470772 Daniel J. Gilman and James C. Cooper Federal Trade Commission and Federal Trade Commission - Office of Policy Planning Date Posted: September 10, 2009 Last Revised: September 11, 2009 Working Paper Series


Jobs

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Position: University of Toronto http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003306.php October 09, 2009 | Post-Doc | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Teaching Fellow - Economics of Global Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003310.php October 09, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: London, UK

Health Policy Fellowship: NCHS/AcademyHealth http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003308.php January 04, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Hyattsville, Maryland, US

Market Access Strategy Leader / Senior Health Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003307.php October 29, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Sweden

Assistant or Associate Professor of Political Economy: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003305.php December 04, 2009 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, US

Head of Market Access: Belgium http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003304.php October 26, 2009 | Industry | Location: Belgium

Senior Research Scientist in Health Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003303.php October 25, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan


Conferences

26th International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003309.php October 11, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Dublin, Ireland

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: New Perspectives on Health and Health Care Policy http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003294.php November 01, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Chicago, Illinois, US

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 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 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

The Fourth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy: Jerusalem http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003101.php December 07, 2009 | Health Policy | Second Announcement and Call for Papers

2009 Health Econometrics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003073.php October 02, 2009 | Econometrics | Location: Chicago, IL


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