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November 18, 2009

iHEAweek 2009 no. 133 (18 Nov)

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This issue of iHEAweek: 18 Nov, 2009

  • Notices
  • Community News
  • Health Economic Network (HEN)
  • Associated Journal Contents
  • Jobs
  • Conferences
  • Education
  • Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

Abstract Intake Reminders

  1. 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE), Helsinki, Finland, July 7-10, 2010 http://eche2010.abstractsubmit.org/
    Abstract Intake Closes December 1, 2009

  2. 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Ithaca, NY June 20-23 http://healtheconomics.us/conference/2010/submission/
    Abstract Intake Closes January 15, 2010

OHE Briefings

OHE has recently published the following briefings:

Why should economic evaluations of medical innovations have a societal perspective?

By Professor Magnus Johannesson, Professor Bengt Jönsson, Linus Jönsson, Gisela Kobelt, Niklas Zethraeus

http://www.ohe.org/page/publications/publication.cfm?catid=35&archive=0&itemid=660

Access Mechanisms for Orphan Drugs: A Comparative Study of Selected European Countries

By Martina Garau and Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz

http://www.ohe.org/page/publications/publication.cfm?catid=35&archive=0&itemid=660

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry

The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at Tufts Medical Center is pleased to announce that the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry https://research.tufts-nemc.org/cear/default.aspx is now updated with 2008 data.

Visit the CEA Registry at http://www.cearegistry.org.

The CEA Registry is a resource that contains detailed information on more than 2,000 standardized cost-effectiveness analyses published in the peer-reviewed literature. The Registry details cost-utility studies published from 1976 through 2008 (updates are ongoing). The CEA Registry is a searchable website reporting information from cost-effectiveness analyses such as intervention, comparator, target population, measurement of costs, cost-effectiveness ratios, and utility weights. The Registry now contains over 5,000 cost-effectiveness ratios and over 7,000 utility weights.


COMMUNITY NEWS

New Affiliate Organization and Associated Journals

We are pleased to announce and welcome our new Affiliate Association, iGerman Association of Health Economics (DGGOE) http://www.dggoe.org/ and two new Associated Journals, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/Pages/default.aspx and PharmacoEconomics http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/Pages/default.aspx, Adis.

If your organization is interested in becoming an Affiliate please email Bill@healtheconomics.org for more information.


Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Clinical Research Industry in India
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507457
MARKETING MASTERMIND, pp. 65-68, November 2007
Pankaj Madhani
ICFAI Business School
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Effect of Job Rewards and Age Differences on Job Satisfaction: A Study of (Fesco) Pakistan
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507742
Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Working Paper Series

The Relationship between Pricing Behavior and Ownership Type in the Wisconsin Nursing Home Industry, 1984-1995
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507969
Jeffrey P. Ballou
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Working Paper Series

Does Organizational Form Matter? Cross-Sector Differentiation and Competition in the Nursing Home Industry
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507978
Jeffrey P. Ballou
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Working Paper Series

Health Capability: Conceptualization and Operationalization
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1508006
American Journal of Public Health, pp. e18-e26, 2009
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Yale University - School of Medicine
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Why and How Does Source Country Matter? The Effects of Home Countries and Immigrant Communities on Foreign-Born Student Achievement
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1508010
Dylan Conger , Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel
affiliation not provided to SSRN , New York University - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and New York University - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Date Posted: November 18, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Working Paper Series

Marriage and Emancipation in the Age of the Pill
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507482
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7485
Lena Edlund and Cecilia Machado
Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: November 17, 2009
Last Revised: November 17, 2009
Working Paper Series

Life Expectancy and the Environment
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1506316
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4564
Fabio Mariani , Agustin Perez Barahona and Natacha Raffin
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) , Catholic University of Louvain - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: November 17, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Working Paper Series

Availability, Contributions, Account Balances, and Rollovers in Account-Based Health Plans, 2006-2009
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505636
EBRI Notes, Vol. 30, No. 11, November 2009
Paul Fronstin
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Date Posted: November 16, 2009
Last Revised: November 16, 2009
Accepted Paper Series

The Effects of Industrial Pollution on Human Genome
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1506712
The IUP Journal of Genetics & Evolution, Vol. II, No. 4, pp. 14-30, November 2009
Parveen Jahan , K. Vamsi Krishna and V. V. Rao
Osmania University , Environmental Protection Training & Research Institute and IIST, Hyderabad
Date Posted: November 16, 2009
Last Revised: November 16, 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Economic Growth and Cancer Incidence
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505375
Briefing Notes in Economics, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 1-15, 2009
Fabrizio Ferretti
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - Department of Social Sciences
Date Posted: November 15, 2009
Last Revised: November 15, 2009
Accepted Paper Series

BMI Trends, Socio-Economic Status, and the Choice of Dataset
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1504941
Michael J. Grabner
PHSR, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Date Posted: November 14, 2009
Last Revised: November 14, 2009
Working Paper Series

The Causal Effect of Education on Obesity: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505075
Michael J. Grabner
PHSR, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Date Posted: November 14, 2009
Last Revised: November 14, 2009
Working Paper Series

The Impact of Education on Health Using Compulsory Schooling Laws
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505076
Michael J. Grabner
PHSR, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Date Posted: November 14, 2009
Last Revised: November 14, 2009
Working Paper Series

Women’s Fertility and Employment Decisions Under Two Political Systems – Comparing East and West Germany Before Reunification
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505346
Ruhr Economic Paper No. 149
Julia Bredtmann , Jochen Kluve and Sandra Schaffner
University of Bochum , RWI Essen: Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
Date Posted: November 14, 2009
Last Revised: November 16, 2009
Working Paper Series

Against Permititis: Why Voluntary Organizations Should Regulate the Use of Cancer Drugs
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1505606
Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2009, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 494
Richard A. Epstein
University of Chicago - Law School
Date Posted: November 14, 2009
Last Revised: November 14, 2009
Working Paper Series

The Relationship between Stress and Social Capital among Police Officers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1498194
QUT Working/Discussion Paper No. 250
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 13, 2009
Last Revised: November 13, 2009
Working Paper Series

Internet Governance and Democratic Legitimacy
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1504159
Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2010
Olivier Sylvain
Fordham University School of Law
Date Posted: November 13, 2009
Last Revised: November 18, 2009
Accepted Paper Series


Associated Journal Contents

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISSN: 1389-6563 (Print) 1573-6962 (Online)
Volume 9 Number 4 / December 2009
Pages: 333-428
Subject Collection: Business and Economics
SpringerLink Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009

The effect of physicians’ remuneration system on the Caesarean section rate: the Uruguayan case
http://www.springerlink.com/content/9v44x2062777n766/
Author(s): Patricia Triunfo & Máximo Rossi
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-008-9054-y
Online since: January 16, 2009
Page: 333 - 345

Which preferred providers are really preferred? Effectiveness of insurers’ channeling incentives on pharmacy choice
http://springerlink.com/content/y61h042k35ml3442/?p=69f7f2ca0a14470faae78b7460d79543?=1
Author(s): Lieke H. H. M. Boonen, Frederik T. Schut, Bas Donkers & Xander Koolman
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9055-5
Online since: February 26, 2009
Page: 347 - 366

Health insurance and ex ante moral hazard: evidence from Medicare
http://springerlink.com/content/m81876473472126p/?p=6c3bcbab51e741f8979c13adaa0093fe?=2
Author(s): Dhaval Dave & Robert Kaestner
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9056-4
Online since: March 11, 2009
Page: 367 - 390

Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries
http://springerlink.com/content/x38205n0r1144152/?p=8ba3f7ba4ac348f08786b47d3a74317f?=3
Author(s): Alfons Palangkaraya & Jongsay Yong
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9057-3
Online since: March 20, 2009
Page: 391 - 402

The convergence between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals in the United States
http://springerlink.com/content/27tj540721w45750/?p=0d08716c76be468fafd6b3183094d064?=4
Author(s): Guy David
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9068-0
Online since: May 20, 2009
Page: 403 - 428


Jobs

Assistant Professor: University of Georgia
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003346.php
December 01, 2009 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Athens, Georgia, USA

Health Economist/Research Scientist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003469.php
January 01, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Morristown, New Jersey, USA and Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Health Policy Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness: SMDM/AHRQ
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003468.php
January 29, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Hillsborough, New Jersey, USA

Research Officer (Health Economics): Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003467.php
December 12, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Melbourne, Australia

Outcomes Research Fellowship: Ethicon - Thomas Jefferson University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003466.php
January 31, 0010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Somerville, New Jersey, USA

Health Economics and Outcomes Research Scientist: AstraZeneca
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003463.php
January 01, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Director of Market Access & Business Development
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003462.php
December 31, 2009 | Pharmacoeconimist | Location: London, UK

Global Health Outcomes Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003461.php
December 31, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: UK

H.E.O.R Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003460.php
December 31, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: UK Based

Health Economist with Pfizer Healthcare Ireland
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003455.php
November 27, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Dublin, Ireleand

Health Economist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003454.php
December 31, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Basel, London or Manchester, UK

Senior Manager Health Economics, Reimbursement and Market Access
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003456.php
December 31, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Switzerland

Senior Global Health Economist / Health Economics Manager (UK)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003457.php
December 31, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: UK, Home Counties, South East

Health Economist / Health Economics Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003458.php
December 31, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Belgium

Senior Health Economists - Economic Modeling
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003459.php
December 31, 2009 | Health Economist | Location: Belgium / UK

Lecturer in Health Economics: King’s College London, Division of Health and Social Care Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003452.php
January 04, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, UK

Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003357.php
February 08, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: Santa Monica, California, USA

Post-Graduate Fellowship: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003437.php
February 15, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Faculty Position: Health Care Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003450.php
January 31, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Health Economics Research Scientist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003451.php
December 31, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA


Conferences

8th World iHEA Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003434.php
July 10, 2011 | Health Economics | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for Abstracts: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Health, Healthcare & Behavior
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003401.php
December 01, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York

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: First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003464.php
February 01, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

Call for Abstracts: 2010 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003453.php
November 20, 2009 | Health Policy | Location: Toronto, Canada

The Fourth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy: Jerusalem
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003101.php
December 07, 2009 | Health Policy | Location: Jerusalem

Call for Abstracts: Sixth IMA International Conference on Quantitative Modelling in the Management of Health Care: The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003442.php
December 20, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Mary Ward House, London

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

Incentive Schemes and Performance of Health-Care Providers in Low-Income Countries: Recent Developments, Risks and Emerging Challenges: CERDI
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003393.php
December 17, 2009 | Workshop | Location: Clermont-Ferrand, France

International Conference on Health and Trade
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003189.php
December 10, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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, Africa

Distributive Justice in the Health System - Theory and Empirics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003281.php
December 11, 2009 | Meeting | Location: Halle (Saale), Germany

DIA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Forum
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003251.php
November 25, 2009 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Paris, France

Call for Papers: Health Economics of Aging and Dementia, Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003250.php
December 15, 2009 |

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


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

Methods for the analysis of categorical dependent variables: University Of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003384.php
January 11, 2010 | Short Course | Location: York, UK Dates: 11th-12th January

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

Call for Nominations: Global Health Leadership Forum 2010
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003276.php
January 10, 2010 | Training | Location: Berkeley, California, US and Barcelona,

Health Economics of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Interventions: The European School of Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003239.php
January 17, 2010 | Training | Location: Nice (Cannes), France Dates: January

Global Health Leadership Forum: University of California, Berkeley
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003059.php
January 10, 2010 | Short Course | Location: San Francisco, California, USA Dates:


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