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November 4, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 131 (04 Nov)
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This issue of iHEAweek: 04 Nov, 2009
- Notices
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- Colophon: Publication Information
NOTICES
iHEA Affiliate Associations
iHEA has established a program to develop relationships with national and regional health economics associations. Affiliates are given a link on the main iHEA web page and their members receive a discount on their iHEA individual memberships:
Current Affiliates:
Colombian Health Economics Association (ACOES) Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) Italian Association of Health Economics (AIES) Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Portuguese Health Economics Association (APES) American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) Collège des Economistes de la Santé (CES) Croatian Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Health Economics (CSPHE) Health Economics Study Group (HESG) Nepal Health Economics Association (NHEA) Taiwan Society of Health Economics (TaiSHE)
If you are interested in Affiliate status for your association, please contact bill.swan@healtheconomics.org
Associated Journals
iHEA members have access to special personal rates for the following journals directly from the publishers (please note that at this time we are still working out the details to access these rates):
Economics and Human Biology, Elsevier European Journal of Health Economics, Springer Health Economics, Wiley International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, ICMHPE
Associated Journals are selected based on relevance to health economics and publishers maintaining an annual organizational membership in good standing.
Nominations requested for 18th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA) is pleased to invite nominations for The Eighteenth Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award in Health Economics for the best paper in health economics in 2009. In order to be eligible, a paper must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal in English in 2009. Nominations should include a brief letter of nomination and a copy of the paper.
Send nominations by email and with a pdf of the paper, to Pedro Pita Barros, Chair Kenneth J. Arrow Award Committee, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, at ppbarros@fe.unl.pt , or Edward C. Norton, Co-chair Kenneth J. Arrow Award Committee, Department of Health Management and Policy and Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 USA, at ecnorton@umich.edu .
Deadline for nominations is March 1, 2010.
ASHEcon at the ASSA Meetings in Atlanta
For information on ASHE and iHEA events at the AEA/ASSA please see http://healtheconomics.us/
Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network
The following is a list of abstract entries 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.
The Effect of Student Aid on the Duration of Study http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1463323 DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 893 Daniela Glocker German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Working Paper Series
Environmental Kuznets Curves for Carbon Emissions: A Critical Survey http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498484 FEEM Working Paper No. 75.2009 Nektarios Aslanidis affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Disabilities Convention and its Consequences for Mental Health Laws in Australia http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498926 Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009/14, Law in Context, Vol. 26, p. 10, 2008 Annegret Kaempf Monash University - Faculty of Law Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Health Privacy in the Electronic Age http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499329 Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2008 Mark A. Rothstein University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Happiness, Freedom and Control http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499652 Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Econpubblica Centre for Research on the Public Sector, Working Paper No. 141 Paolo Verme University of Turin - Department of Economics Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Working Paper Series
Competition and the Reference Pricing Scheme for Pharmaceuticals http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499683 Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi; Econpubblica Centre for Research on the Public Sector, Working Paper No. 140 Simone Ghislandi affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Working Paper Series
Public Health Transfers in Kind: Measuring the Distributional Effects in Italy http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499744 Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Econpubblica Centre for Research on the Public Sector, Working Paper No. 145 Chiara Gigliarano and Conchita D’Ambrosio affiliation not provided to SSRN and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Working Paper Series
Activities in the Area of Food Production And its Impact on the Environment (Las Actividades En El Área De Producción De Alimentos Y Su Incidencia En El Medio Ambiente) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499802 Anuario Turismo y Sociedad No. 7, 2006, Universidad Externado de Colombia Bertha E. Rivas and Ines Anez Universidad Simon Bolivar and Universidad Simon Bolivar Date Posted: November 4, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Staff Time and Estimated Labor Cost to Bathe Obese Nursing Home Residents: A Case Report http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1492703 Obesity and Nursing Home Working Paper Series No. 1 Holly C Felix , Christine Bradway , Elizabeth Miller , Amy Heivly , Irene Fleshner and Lawrence S. Powell University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Heatlh , University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing , Genesis Health Care Corporation , Genesis Health Care Corporation , Genesis Health Care Corporation and University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Department of Economics and Finance Date Posted: November 3, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Gender Variations of Physiological and Psychological Stress among Police Officer http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498187 Martin Gächter , David A. Savage and Benno Torgler affiliation not provided to SSRN , Queensland University of Technology and Queensland University of Technology Date Posted: November 3, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the U.S. Health Insurance Industry http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498916 NBER Working Paper No. w15434 Leemore S. Dafny , Mark Duggan and Subbu Ramanarayanan Northwestern University - Department of Management & Strategy , University of Maryland - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles - Policy Area Date Posted: November 3, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498949 NBER Working Paper No. w15448 Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari Harvard University - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics Date Posted: November 3, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
High-Powered Incentives in Developing Country Health Insurance: Evidence from Colombiaâ??S Rã©Gimen Subsidiado http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498957 NBER Working Paper No. w15456 Grant Miller , Diana M. Pinto and Marcos Vera-Hernandez National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) , Stanford University - School of Medicine , Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio and University College London Date Posted: November 3, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Managed Care Expansion to Asia: A Critical Review http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1497575 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 29-51, November 2009 Daniel Simonet Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School Date Posted: November 2, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Health and Income: A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1497712 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4506 Jean-Yves Duclos and Damien Echevin University of Laval and Ministere de l’Economie, des Finances et de l’Industrie - Direction de la Prevision Date Posted: November 2, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Consumers’ Quality Perception of National Branded, National Store Branded, and Imported Store Branded Beef http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498443 Meat Science, Vol. 84, 2009 Marija Banovic , Klaus G. Grunert , Maria Madalena Barreira and Magda Aguiar Fontes affiliation not provided to SSRN , Aarhus School of Business - Marketing and Statistics , affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária Date Posted: November 2, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Does the Country of Origin (COO) of Food Products Influence Consumer Evaluations? An Empirical Examination of Ham and Cheese http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498445 Journal of Food Products Marketing, Vol. 15, 2009 Krystallis Athanasios and George M. Chryssochoidis affiliation not provided to SSRN and Agricultural University of Athens Date Posted: November 2, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Perception of Health Claims Among Nordic Consumers http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498446 Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol. 32, 2009 Klaus G. Grunert , Liisa Lähteenmäki , Yasemin Boztug , Emilia Martinsdottir , Øydis Ueland , Annika Åström and Piritta Lampila Aarhus School of Business - Marketing and Statistics , University of Aarhus - Department of Marketing and Statistics , University of Aarhus - Aarhus School of Business , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: November 2, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Item Wording in Self Report That Susceptible to Faking Response http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1496678 Jurnal Psikologi, Vol. 36, No.1, 2009 Wahyu Widhiarso Gadjah Mada University Date Posted: November 1, 2009 Last Revised: November 1, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Is Gina Worth the Wait? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1497023 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2008 Mark A. Rothstein University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law Date Posted: October 31, 2009 Last Revised: October 31, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Disability Civil Rights and a New Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century: The Expansion of Civil Rights Beyond Race, Gender and Age http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1202503 Paul Steven Miller University of Washington School of Law Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Avoiding Genetic Genocide: Understanding Good Intentions and Eugenics in the Complex Dialogue Between the Medical and Disability Communities http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1202682 Paul Steven Miller University of Washington School of Law Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Civil Rights and American Values – Understanding the Legacy of Senator Henry M. Jackson, and its Relationship to the Emergence of Disability Human Rights http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1484453 Paul Steven Miller University of Washington School of Law Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Tracking Chromosomes, Castrating Dwarves: Uninformed Consent and Eugenic Research http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495134 Ethics & Med., Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 149-164, Fall 2009, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-21 Paul A. Lombardo Georgia State University - College of Law Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Life Insurance Policy in Developing Countries (An Indepth Discussion in the Nigerian Context) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495700 Bernard Enya Edu , Orok Ekpo Orok-Duke and George Akpan Ekott Cross River University of Technology , Cross River University of Technology and Cross River University of Technology Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Effect of Disability Insurance Receipt on Labor Supply http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1496402 FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2009-05 Eric French and Jae Song Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and U.S. Social Security Administration Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Consistently Bounding Parameter Values with One Instrument and Two Endogenous Explanatory Variables: With an Application to the Effect of Fast-Food Availability on Obesity http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1497142 Richard A. Dunn Texas A&M University Date Posted: October 30, 2009 Last Revised: October 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Achieving Clinical Equality in an Influenza Pandemic: Patent Realities http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495810 Seton Hall Law Review, 2009 Eileen Kane and Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law and Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law Date Posted: October 29, 2009 Last Revised: October 29, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Does the Relationship between Mortality and the Business Cycle Vary by the Level of Economic Development? Evidence from Mexico http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495935 Fidel Gonzalez and Troy C. Quast Sam Houston State University - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and International Business and Sam Houston State University - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and International Business Date Posted: October 29, 2009 Last Revised: October 29, 2009 Working Paper Series
Restructuring the Nhs Again: Supply Side Reform in Recent English Health Care Policy http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495257 Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 373-389, November 2009 Pauline Allen London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: October 28, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Demand for and Regulation of Cardiac Services http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495273 International Economic Review, Vol. 50, Issue 4, pp. 1183-1204, November 2009 Justin Trogdon RTI International, Public Health Economics Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 4, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Search for a Proportionate Care Law by Formula Funding in the English Nhs http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495258 Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 391-410, November 2009 Gwyn Bevan London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: October 31, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Accounting for (a) Public Good: Public Healthcare in England http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495259 Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 411-433, November 2009 Sheila Ellwood University of Bristol Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: October 31, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Devolution, Accruals Accounting and Asset Management in NHS Wales http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495260 Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 435-450, November 2009 Howard Mellett , Neil Marriott and Louise Macniven Cardiff Business School , University of Glamorgan and Cardiff Business School Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 3, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
We May Remember But What Did We Learn? Dealing with Errors, Crimes and Misdemeanours Around Adverse Events in Healthcare http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495261 Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 451-474, November 2009 Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Moira Fischbacher-Smith affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: October 31, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
*Simultaneous Measurement of Time and Risk Preferences: Stated Preference Discrete Choice Modeling Analysis Depending on Smoking Behavior http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495272 International Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1169-1182, November 2009 Takanori Ida and Rei Goto Kyoto University and Konan University - Faculty of Economics Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Cross-National Policy Learning in Health System Reform: The Case of Diagnosis Related Groups http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495284 International Social Security Review, Vol. 62, Issue 4, pp. 21-40, October/December 2009 Achim Schmid and Ralf Götze affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Policy Learning and Cross-National Diffusion in Social Long-Term Care Insurance: Germany, Japan, and the Republic of Korea http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495286 International Social Security Review, Vol. 62, Issue 4, pp. 63-80, October/December 2009 John Creighton Campbell , Naoki Ikegami and Soonman Kwon affiliation not provided to SSRN , Keio University - School of Medicine - Department of Health Policy & Management and Seoul National University Date Posted: October 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Associated Journal Contents
Coming soon.
Jobs
Director of the York Health Economics Consortium at the University of York http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003345.php November 06, 2009 | Directorship | Location: York, United Kingdom
Assistant Professor: University of Georgia http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003346.php December 01, 2009 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Athens, Georgia, USA
Head of Health Economic and Outcomes Research: Novo Nordisk http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003356.php November 06, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Denmark - Soborg
Research Associate in Economic Evaluation: The University of Manchester - School of Dentistry http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003430.php November 06, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Manchester, UK
Postdoctoral fellowship in applied health economics: University of Calgary http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003429.php December 18, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Pricing and Reimbursement Manager http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003428.php December 18, 2009 | Analyst | Location: Germany
Director/Senior Manager Pricing and Reimbursement: Pfizer http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003427.php December 18, 2009 | Directorship | Location: New York or London
Director/Senior Manager Health Economics and Outcomes Research: Pfizer http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003426.php December 18, 2009 | Directorship | Location: London or Paris
Research Officer / Fellow: Leeds Institute of Health Sciences - Academic Unit of Health Economics (AUHE) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003425.php November 20, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Leeds, UK
Faculty Position, Implementation Research and Program Evaluation, Duke University http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003408.php January 25, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA
Research Associate: Newcastle University http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003407.php November 13, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: UK
Conferences
Call for abstracts: 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003325.php December 01, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland
Call for Abstracts: Health, Healthcare & Behavior, 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003401.php December 01, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York
Call for Papers: 4th Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics/1st Chilean Conference on Health Economics (2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003397.php November 30, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Santiago, Chile
Forum 2009 Innovating for the health of all http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003335.php November 16, 2009 | Health Research | Location: Havana, Cuba
First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003327.php November 16, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Montreux, Switzerland
Lessons learnt and Lessons to learn in the field of Micro Health Insurance in Africa http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003295.php December 02, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
DIA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Forum http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003251.php November 25, 2009 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Paris, France
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) 09 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003119.php November 29, 2009 | Health Care | Location: New Orleans, Louisianna, USA
Health Services and Policy Research Conference 2009 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003085.php November 25, 2009 | Health Policy | Location: Brisbane, Australia
American Public Health Association: 137th Annual Public Meeting http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/001246.php November 07, 2009 | Public Health | Location: Philadelphia, PA
Education
Empirical Policy Evaluation in Health: University of Lausanne http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003385.php December 14, 2009 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Date: December 14
Empirical Policy Evaluation in Health: University of Lausanne http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003372.php November 30, 2009 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Date: December 14
Economic Analysis of Health Care Systems: Swiss School of Public Health + http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003323.php November 16, 2009 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Date: November 16
COLOPHON
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