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December 30, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 139 (30 Dec)
Happy Holidays
This issue of iHEAweek: 30 Dec, 2009
- Notices
- Health Economic Network (HEN)
- Associated Journal Contents
- Jobs
- Conferences
- Education
- Colophon: Publication Information
NOTICES
iHEA 2010 Early Bird Membership Deadline Reminder
Just a final reminder that the “Early Bird” deadline for 2010 iHEA membership is December 31, 2009. Even if you do not pay immediately, you can still take advantage of the early bird rate by registering with a pending payment before the deadline.
To Renew Now: http://www.healtheconomics.org/jointoday.html
iHEA at AEA/ASSA Conference
ASHEcon would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the annual ASHEcon lunch will be held during the AEA/ASSA Conference in Atlanta, Sunday January 3, 2010 at the Hilton Atlanta. Pre-registration for this event can be done via the ASHEcon 2010 registration link provided below. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=1422
ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A
The luncheon’s speaker will be Dr. Glied, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Glied’s principal areas of research are in health policy reform and mental healthcare policy. She served as a senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, under both President Bush and President Clinton. In the latter part of her term, she was a participant in President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force.
Abstract Intake Reminder
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
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.
India’s Trade in Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Emerging Trends, Opportunities and Challenges http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1490156 RIS Discussion Paper No. 159 Reji K. Joseph Research and Information System for Developing Countries Date Posted: December 30, 2009 Last Revised: December 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Living on the Margins of Society: Research with Refugees at Marsa Open Centre, Malta http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1529479 Thomas (Bobby) Robert Cameron Ryerson University Date Posted: December 30, 2009 Last Revised: December 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
A Re-Examination of Analysts’ Superiority Over Time-Series Forecasts http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1528987 Mark T. Bradshaw , Michael S. Drake , James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers Boston College , Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business , University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas Date Posted: December 29, 2009 Last Revised: December 29, 2009 Working Paper Series
Women’s Empowerment in South Asia and Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1529082 Sanjukta Chaudhuri University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Date Posted: December 29, 2009 Last Revised: December 29, 2009 Working Paper Series
Production of Safe and Potent Whole Cell Pertussis Vaccine http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1529219 Kokati Venkata Bhaskara Rao , N. Chandrasekaran , Sourabh Sharma and Gaurav Kumar affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and VIT University Date Posted: December 29, 2009 Last Revised: December 29, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Private Insurance Industry in Greece http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1528609 Archives of Economic History, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 105-122, 2003 Evangelos Tsoukatos Technological Educational Institute of Crete - Department of Finance and Insurance Date Posted: December 28, 2009 Last Revised: December 28, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Quality Improvement in the Greek and Kenyan Insurance Industries http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1528610 Archives of Economic History, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 93-116, 2004 Evangelos Tsoukatos , Marwa Simmy and Graham Rand Technological Educational Institute of Crete - Department of Finance and Insurance , Hamdan Bin Mohammed University and Lancaster University - Department of Management Science Date Posted: December 28, 2009 Last Revised: December 28, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Financing Rural Connectivity Through Universal Service Fund Support http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1512463 Conference on Rural Telecom Market: Opportunities and Issues; Strategies and Solutions, The Imperial, New Delhi, September 15-16, 2009 Archana G. Gulati Government of India - Department of Telecommunications Date Posted: December 27, 2009 Last Revised: December 27, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Legal Authority to Regulate Smoking and Common Threats and Challenges: 2009 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527573 William Mitchell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-03 Tobacco Control Legal Consortium William Mitchell College of Law Date Posted: December 27, 2009 Last Revised: December 27, 2009 Working Paper Series
Infiltration of Secondhand Smoke into Condominiums, Apartments and Other Multi-Unit Dwellings: 2009 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527574 William Mitchell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-04 Tobacco Control Legal Consortium William Mitchell College of Law Date Posted: December 27, 2009 Last Revised: December 27, 2009 Working Paper Series
What has the New HMIRA Done, and Why Does it Matter? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527588 Explosion Protection & Hazardous Locations Conference 2009, Calgary, Canada, June 17-18, 2009 Omar Ha-Redeye University of Western Ontario Date Posted: December 27, 2009 Last Revised: December 27, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Marginal Benefit Incidence of Public Health Spending: Evidence from Indonesian Sub-National Data http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1526565 Ioana Kruse , Menno Pradhan and Robert A. Sparrow affiliation not provided to SSRN , VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Date Posted: December 26, 2009 Last Revised: December 26, 2009 Working Paper Series
Determinants and Consequences of Health Behaviour: New Evidence from German Micro Data http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1526579 SOEPpaper Forthcoming Brit S. Schneider and Udo Schneider University of Bayreuth and University of Bayreuth - Department of Law and Economics Date Posted: December 26, 2009 Last Revised: December 26, 2009 Working Paper Series
Enhancing the Primary Care System in Thailand to Improve Equitable Access to Quality Health Care http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527989 2nd National Health Assembly in Thailand, November 2009 Phusit Prakongsai International Health Policy Program (IHPP) - Thailand Date Posted: December 25, 2009 Last Revised: December 25, 2009 Working Paper Series
Associated Journal Contents
Applied Health Economics & Health Policy
March 2010, Volume 8, Issue 1
Editorial 1-5 Considering the Value Associated with Innovation in Health Technology Appraisal Decisions (Deliberations): A NICE Thing to do? http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/Citation/2010/08010/Considering_the_Value_Associated_with_Innovation.1.aspx Colin Green
Current Opinion 7-24 Ongoing Pharmaceutical Reforms in France: Implications for Key Stakeholder Groups http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=08010&article=00002&type=abstract Catherine Sermet; Veronique Andrieu; Brian Godman; Eric Van Ganse; Alan Haycox; Jean-Pierre Reynier
Leading Article 25-35 Is the Societal Approach Wide Enough to Include Relatives?: Incorporating Relatives’ Costs and Effects in a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=08010&article=00003&type=abstract Thomas Davidson; Lars-Åke Levin
Practical Application 37-51 Analytical Strategies for Characterizing Chemotherapy Diffusion with Patient-Level Population-Based Data http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=08010&article=00004&type=abstract Cami S. Sima; Katherine S. Panageas; Glenn Heller; Deborah Schrag
Original Research Articles 53-60 Inpatient Costs of Endophthalmitis Evaluated for the Whole of France http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=08010&article=00005&type=abstract Xavier Colin; Gilles Berdeaux; Antoine Lafuma; Annie Salvanet-Bouchara; Laurent Kodjikian
Original Research Articles 61-68 Healthcare Costs in Renal Transplant Recipients Using Branded versus Generic Ciclosporin http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=08010&article=00006&type=abstract J. Harold Helderman; Ning Kang; Antonio P. Legorreta; Judy Y. Chen
Correspondence 69-71 Oral Therapies for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: a Population-Based Cost-Minimization Analysis http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/Citation/2010/08010/Oral_Therapies_for_the_Treatment_of_Pulmonary.7.aspx Marie-Claude Lefebvre; Elke Hunsche
Correspondence 71-73 The Authors’ Reply http://adisonline.com/healtheconomics/Citation/2010/08010/The_Authors__Reply.8.aspx George Dranitsaris; Sanjay Mehta
Jobs
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Systems Improvement http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003505.php January 23, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Team Leader, Health Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003526.php January 05, 2010 | Project Leader | Location: Afghanistan, Kaboul
Senior Manager Global HEOR: Eisai http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003525.php February 12, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, USA
HEOR Senior Consultants and Global Project Leaders http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003523.php February 12, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Europe and US
HEOR Analysts and Consultants
Call for Interest: UNITAID-WHO Proposal Review Committee (“PRC”) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003521.php February 15, 2010 | Volunteers
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 January 15, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York
National Seminar and Workshop on Health Economics 2010: Health Economics: Patients and Pharmaceutical Use http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003486.php January 13, 2010 | Seminar | Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Dates: 13-14 January
Call for Papers: The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003473.php December 31, 2009 | Mental Health | Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA Venue: Drake
4th Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics/1st Chilean Conference on Health Economics (2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003398.php January 20, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Santiago, Chile Theme: The contribution
Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003374.php January 31, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Darmstadt, Germany Conference dates: 4-6
Call for Abstracts: 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003358.php January 15, 2010 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Dublin, Ireland Parallel panel submission
Call for Papers: The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003339.php January 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Paris, France Dates: June 24-25
Call for Papers: Special Issue “Health Behavior and Public Health” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003248.php December 31, 2009 | | Health Behavior and Public Health explores
Call for Papers: Health Econometrics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003160.php January 06, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Rome, Italy Dates: 15-17 July
Education
Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003509.php January 20, 2010 | Training | Location: York, UK
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
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, Spain
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
Global Health Leadership Forum: University of California, Berkeley http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003059.php January 10, 2010 | Short Course | Location: San Francisco, California
COLOPHON
iHEAweek Coordinator Paula Richardson, jobs@healtheconomics.org
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December 23, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 138 (23 Dec)
Happy Holidays
This issue of iHEAweek: 23 Dec, 2009
- Notices
- Community News
- Health Economic Network (HEN)
- Associated Journal Contents
- Jobs
- Conferences
- Education
- Colophon: Publication Information
NOTICES
iHEA Early Bird Membership Renewal
The Early Bird Deadline for 2010 iHEA membership has been extended to December 31, 2009 for all 2009, lapsed and organizational members
iHEA at AEA/ASSA Conference
ASHEcon would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the annual ASHEcon lunch will be held during the AEA/ASSA Conference in Atlanta, Sunday January 3, 2010 at the Hilton Atlanta. Pre-registration for this event can be done via the ASHEcon 2010 registration link provided below. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=1422
ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A
The luncheon’s speaker will be Dr. Glied, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Glied’s principal areas of research are in health policy reform and mental healthcare policy. She served as a senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, under both President Bush and President Clinton. In the latter part of her term, she was a participant in President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force.
Abstract Intake Reminder
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
COMMUNITY NEWS
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA) is pleased to announce and welcome the Japan Health Economics Association (JHEA) as an iHEA Affiliate Association.
If your organization is interested in becoming an Affiliate please email Bill@healtheconomics.org for more information.
Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network
Organizational Reputations and the Observability of Public Warnings in 10 Pharmaceutical Markets http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527346 Moshe Maor The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Date Posted: December 23, 2009 Last Revised: December 23, 2009 Working Paper Series
Incrementing Toward Nowhere: Universal Health Care Coverage in the States http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1525319 Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 40, Issue 1, pp. 82-113, 2010 Virginia H. Gray , David Lowery , James Monogan and Erik K Godwin affiliation not provided to SSRN , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 22, 2009 Last Revised: December 22, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Is a Wic Start a Better Start? Evaluating Wic’S Impact on Infant Health Using Program Introduction http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1525767 NBER Working Paper No. w15589 Hilary Williamson Hoynes , Marianne Page and Ann Huff Stevens University of California, Davis - Department of Economics , University of California, Davis and University of California, Davis - Department of Economics Date Posted: December 22, 2009 Last Revised: December 23, 2009 Working Paper Series
Implementation of Right CRM Strategy for Pharmaceutical Industry http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1526102 Delhi Business Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, July-December, 2008 Prasanta Kumar Padhy and Suresh Chandra Patnaik Berhampur University, India and NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) Date Posted: December 22, 2009 Last Revised: December 22, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Knowing, Acting, and Reputation: An Analysis of the FDA’s Decision Duration for Issuing Warning Letters http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1526723 Moshe Maor and Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Date Posted: December 22, 2009 Last Revised: December 22, 2009 Working Paper Series
Dynamic Kidney Exchange http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1525108 Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 77, Issue 1, pp. 372-414, January 2010 M. UTKU ÜNVER affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 21, 2009 Last Revised: December 21, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Grain Prices and Mortality in Vienna, 1648-1754 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1524752 Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich Working Paper No. 461 Julia Casutt and Ulrich Woitek affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Zurich Date Posted: December 21, 2009 Last Revised: December 21, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Effects of Ownership and Compensation Practices on Charitable Activities http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1523971 Leslie Eldenburg , Fabio B. Gaertner and Theodore H. Goodman University of Arizona , University of Arizona - Department of Accounting and University of Arizona - Eller College of Business and Public Administration Date Posted: December 18, 2009 Last Revised: December 18, 2009 Working Paper Series
Associated Journal Contents
PharmacoEconomics
January 2010, Volume 28, Issue 1
Current Opinion 1-17
Should Financial Incentives be Used to Differentially Reward ‘Me-Too’ and Innovative Drugs? http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00001&type=abstract Brita Pekarsky
Commentary 19-22 Adverse Drug Interactions: Moving from Perception to Action http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/Citation/2010/28010/Adverse_Drug_Interactions__Moving_from_Perception.2.aspx Ryan Mayhew; June M. McKoy; Thanh Ha Luu; Isaac Lopez; Melissa Frick; Charles L. Bennett
Original Research Articles 23-34 The Cost and Incidence of Prescribing Errors Among Privately Insured HIV Patients http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00003&type=abstract Fred J. Hellinger; William E. Encinosa
Original Research Articles 35-46 Cost Effectiveness of Rituximab Maintenance Therapy in Follicular Lymphoma: Long-Term Economic Evaluation http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00004&type=abstract Eric Deconinck; Houda Miadi-Fargier; Claude Le Pen; Pauline Brice
Original Research Articles 47-60 Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Treatment for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Heart Disease in the US http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00005&type=abstract Virginia M. Rosen; Douglas C.A. Taylor; Hemangi Parekh; Ankur Pandya; David Thompson; Andreas Kuznik; David D. Waters; Michael Drummond; Milton C. Weinstein
Original Research Articles 61-74 A Policy Model to Evaluate the Benefits, Risks and Costs of Warfarin Pharmacogenomic Testing http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00006&type=abstract Lisa M. Meckley; James M. Gudgeon; Jeffrey L. Anderson; Marc S. Williams; David L. Veenstra
Adis Pharmacoeconomic Drug Evaluation 75-92 Erlotinib: A Pharmacoeconomic Review of its Use in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28010&article=00007&type=abstract Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson
Jobs
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Systems Improvement http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003505.php January 23, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Applied Health Economist: Ontario Agency for Health Protection & Promotion (OAHPP) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003515.php January 15, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003514.php January 31, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Associate Professor: University of California http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003513.php February 12, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: San Francisco, California, 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 January 15, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York
Health It Summit For Government Leaders http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003518.php February 04, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Washington, DC, USA
 National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003517.php February 04, 2010 | Health Communications | Event location: Washington, DC, USA
The Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003516.php February 02, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Washington, DC, USA
National Seminar and Workshop on Health Economics 2010: Health Economics: Patients and Pharmaceutical Use http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003486.php January 13, 2010 | Seminar | Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Call for Papers: The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003473.php December 31, 2009 | Mental Health | Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
Call for Abstracts: International Applied Econometrics Association Conference: “Econometrics of Healthy Human Resources” http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003448.php December 27, 2009 | Econometrics | Location: Rome, Italy
4th Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics/1st Chilean Conference on Health Economics (2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003398.php January 20, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Santiago, Chile
Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003374.php January 31, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Call for Abstracts: 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003358.php January 15, 2010 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Dublin, Ireland
Call for Papers: The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003339.php January 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Paris, France
Call for Abstracts: 9th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003315.php December 28, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Athens, Greece
Call for Papers: Special Issue “Health Behavior and Public Health” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003248.php December 31, 2009
Call for Papers: Health Econometrics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003160.php January 06, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Rome, Italy
Education
Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003509.php January 20, 2010 | Training | Location: University of York, York, UK
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
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, Spain
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
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
COLOPHON
iHEAweek Coordinator Paula Richardson, jobs@healtheconomics.org
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December 16, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 137 (16 Dec)
This issue of iHEAweek: 16 Dec, 2009
- Notices
- Community News
- Health Economic Network (HEN)
- Associated Journal News
- Jobs
- Conferences
- Education
- Colophon: Publication Information
NOTICES
iHEA at AEA/ASSA Conference
ASHEcon would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the annual ASHEcon lunch will be held during the AEA/ASSA Conference in Atlanta, Sunday January 3, 2010 at the Hilton Atlanta. Pre-registration for this event can be done via the ASHEcon 2010 registration link provided below. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=1422
ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A
The luncheon’s speaker will be Dr. Glied, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Glied’s principal areas of research are in health policy reform and mental healthcare policy. She served as a senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, under both President Bush and President Clinton. In the latter part of her term, she was a participant in President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force.
Abstract Intake Reminder
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
COMMUNITY NEWS
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA) is pleased to announce and welcome the Asociacion de Economia de la Salud Latinoamerica y Caribe (AES LAC) as an iHEA Affiliate Association.
If your organization is interested in becoming an Affiliate please email Bill@healtheconomics.org for more information.
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.
An Economic Evaluation of the War on Cancer http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522363 NBER Working Paper No. w15574 Eric Sun , Anupam B. Jena , Darius Lakdawalla , Carolina Reyes , Tomas Philipson and Dana P. Goldman University of Chicago , University of Chicago - Department of Economics , RAND Corporation , affiliation not provided to SSRN , University of Chicago and RAND Corporation Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
New Evidence on the Role of Remittances on Health Care Expenditures by Mexican Households http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522685 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4617 Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo San Diego State University - Department of Economics and Western Michigan University - Department of Economics Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
On the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522690 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4622 Raquel Fonseca , Pierre-Carl Michaud , Titus J. Galama and Arie Kapteyn and Rand Corporation , Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) , RAND Corporation, Labor and Population , The RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
Injured Workers’ Underreporting in the Health Care Industry: An Analysis Using Quantitative, Qualitative, and Observational Data http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521257 Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 49, Issue 1, pp. 22-43, January 2010 Monica Galizzi , PETRA MIESMAA , LAURA PUNNETT and CRAIG SLATIN University of Massachusetts at Lowell , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Against Risk-Benefit Review of Prisoner Research http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522536 Bioethics, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 14-22, January 2010 ERIC CHWANG affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 16, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Monopoly Pricing Under a Medicaid-Style Most-Favored-Customer Clause and its Welfare Implication http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1523385 Peter Klibanoff and Tapas Kundu Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Oslo - Department of Economics Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Health Insurance Reform Debate http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1523404 Scott E. Harrington University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School Date Posted: December 15, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
Book Review of ‘Torts, Egalitarianism and Distributive Justice’ by Tsachi Keren-Paz http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519423 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, Vol. 33, pp. 199-204, 2008 Nicole A. Vincent Delft University of Technology - Philosophy Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Inapplicability of Traditional Tort Analysis to Environmental Risks: The Example of Toxic Waste Pollution Victim Compensation http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520617 Stanford Law Review, Vol. 35, p. 575, February 1983 Palma Strand Creighton University School of Law Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
One Step Closer to Mental Health Parity http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521249 Nevada Law Review, Vol. 9, 2009 Lorraine A. Schmall Northern Illinois University - College of Law Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Working Paper Series
Health Care Policy: What Lessons Have We Learned from the AIDS Pandemic? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521563 Albany Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 3, 1998 David A. Pratt Albany Law School Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Healthy and Wealthy and Dead: Health Savings Accounts http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521564 St. Thomas Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2006 David A. Pratt Albany Law School Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Effective Target of the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521565 Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 119 Perry Singleton Syracuse University - Department of Economics Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Medicalization of ‘Nature’ in the ‘Artificial Body’: Surrogate Motherhood in Israel http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521667 Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 78-98, 2003 Elly Teman Penn CIGHT, University of Pennsylvania Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Death with Dignity or a Control on Rising Health Care Costs? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521726 Mark Jarmuth affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Working Paper Series
Statistical Note #1 Changes in Out-of-Pocket Expenses by Insurance Category (1999 to 2006) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521729 David P. Bernstein affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 15, 2009 Working Paper Series
A Greener Company Makes for Happier Employees More so than Does a More Valuable One: A Regression Analysis of Employee Satisfaction, Perceived Environmental Performance and Firm Financial Value http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521745 Cassandra Walsh and Adam J. Sulkowski University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth - Charlton College of Business and University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth - Charlton College of Business Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Working Paper Series
Critical Remarks on the Dutch Policy and Practice of Euthanasia and Proposed Guidelines for Physician-Assisted Suicide http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522045 FROM NEW MEDICAL ETHICS TO INTEGRATIVE BIOETHICS, Ante Covic, Nada Gosic, Luka Tomasevic, eds., pp. 197-216, Zagreb, Pergamena, 2009 Raphael Cohen-Almagor University of Hull Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Millennium Problem and the Marketplace of Ideas: Insights into Freedom, Responsibility, and Technological Development http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522293 Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3, July 1998 Dennis R. Cooley and Scott DeVito North Dakota State University - Department of History and Florida Coastal School of Law Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
US-Based Food and Agricultural Value Chains and Their Relevance to Healthy Diets http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1523518 Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, Vol. 4, pp. 357-374, 2009 Gary Gereffi , Joonkoo Lee and Michelle M. Christian Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness , Duke University - Department of Sociology and Duke University, Department of Sociology Date Posted: December 14, 2009 Last Revised: December 14, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Erisa Preemption: A Move Towards Defederalizing Claims for Patients’ Rights http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520914 Brandeis Law Journal, Vol. 42, pp. 529-579, 2004 Lorraine A. Schmall Northern Illinois University - College of Law Date Posted: December 13, 2009 Last Revised: December 13, 2009 Working Paper Series
Body Mass Index as a Standard of Living Measure: A Different Interpretation for the Case of Colombia http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520973 Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario, No 57. Luis Fernando Gamboa and Nohora Forero Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - International Institute of Social Studies Date Posted: December 13, 2009 Last Revised: December 13, 2009 Working Paper Series
A Pathway to Fundamental Healthcare Reform?: The Exclusion from Income for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1522451David J. Warner affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 13, 2009 Last Revised: December 13, 2009 Working Paper Series
Addressing Human Rights Concerns Raised by Mandatory HIV Testing of Pregnant Women through the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1345163 Journal of African Law, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 43-65, 2008 Ebenezer Tope Durojaye affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 12, 2009 Last Revised: December 12, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
On Ratios of Random Variables and Generalised Mortality Rates http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520811 Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 29, 1992 Leigh Roberts Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance Date Posted: December 12, 2009 Last Revised: December 12, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Stochastic Mortality: Experience-Based Modeling and Application Issues Consistent with Solvency 2 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521663 Annamaria Olivieri University of Parma - Facoltà di Economia Date Posted: December 12, 2009 Last Revised: December 16, 2009 Working Paper Series
Social Desirability, Approval and Public Good Contribution http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521952 Piers Fleming and Daniel John Zizzo University of East Anglia - School of Social Work and Psychology and CBESS and University of East Anglia - School of Economics and CBESS Date Posted: December 12, 2009 Last Revised: December 12, 2009 Working Paper Series
On the Distribution of Generalised Mortality Rates http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520778 Proceedings, 28th International Astin Colloquim, pp.321-338, Forthcoming Leigh Roberts Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance Date Posted: December 11, 2009 Last Revised: December 11, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Weighted Mortality Rates as Early Warning Signals for Insurance Companies http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520781 Astin Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 273-286, 1993 Leigh Roberts Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance Date Posted: December 11, 2009 Last Revised: December 11, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Poisoned Chalice? A Critical Analysis of the Evidence Linking Personal Injury Compensation Processes with Adverse Health Outcomes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520788 Melbourne Univeristy Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 442 Genevieve Grant and David M. Studdert University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne - Faculty of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Date Posted: December 11, 2009 Last Revised: December 11, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
What Do You Mean I Should Take Responsibility for My Own Ill Health? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519434 Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 1, pp. 39-51, 2009 Nicole A. Vincent Delft University of Technology - Philosophy Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Public Health and the Law: Responding to Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies in New York http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520723 Mark R. Shulman Pace University School of Law Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Working Paper Series
Health Spending, Consumption and Labour Supply over the Life-Cycle: The Effect of Old-Age Security and Annuity Market Imperfections http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520884 Casper Worm Hansen University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Working Paper Series
Public Health Care, Private Health Investments and Their Interaction: A Normative Approach http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520888 Lars Lønstrup University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Working Paper Series
Publication Trends in Public Health in Colombia: An International Comparison (Tendencias De Publicación En Salud Pública En Colombia: Una Comparación Internacional) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520988 Serie Documentos de Trabajo, No. 50, October 2008 Andrés Ignacio Vecino-Ortiz , Hernán Jaramillo Salazar and Catalina Latorre Santos NYSPI - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center , affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Working Paper Series
Analysis Scientific Production in Social Medicine and Basic Medicine Thomson ISI Database (1975-2005) (Análisis De La Producción Científica Colombiana En Medicina Social Y Medicina Básica Base De Datos Thomson ISI (1975-2005)) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1521146 Serie Documentos de Trabajo, No. 49, October 2008 Oscar Avila and Hernán Jaramillo Salazar affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 10, 2009 Last Revised: December 10, 2009 Working Paper Series
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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
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ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A
The luncheon’s speaker will be Dr. Glied, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Glied’s principal areas of research are in health policy reform and mental healthcare policy. She served as a senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, under both President Bush and President Clinton. In the latter part of her term, she was a participant in President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force.
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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.
Exploring the Determinants of Childhood Immunisation http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1261124 Nilanjan Patra Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Justice Bertha Wilson: One Woman’s Difference http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1518411 JUSTICE BERTHA WILSON: ONE WOMAN’S DIFFERENCE, Kim Brooks, ed., Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009 Kim Brooks McGill University - Faculty of Law Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
State-Wise Pattern of Gender Bias in Child Health in India http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519368 Nilanjan Patra Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Comparing NFHS and SRS Data: A Note http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519373 Nilanjan Patra Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Regional Pattern of Gender Bias in Child Health in India http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519386 Nilanjan Patra Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Neuroimaging and Responsibility Assessments http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519431 Neuroethics, published online through Springerlink.com, January 21, 2009 Nicole A. Vincent Delft University of Technology - Philosophy Date Posted: December 9, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
How Might India’s Public Health Systems Be Strengthened? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1517012 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5140 Monica Das Gupta , Rajendra Shukla , T.V. Somanathan and K.K. Datta World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009
Smoking Habits: Like Father, Like Son, Like Mother, Like Daughter http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1476219 CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2782 Maria L. Loureiro , Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano and Daniela Vuri Istituto Universitario de Estudos e Desenvolvemento de Galicia (IDEGA), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Rome Tor Vergata Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Working Paper Series
Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Secondary Cities of Ethiopia: The Case of Arba Minch City http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1482955 The IUP Journal of Infrastructure, Vol. VII, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 79-102, September & December 2009 jonathan m. Ndeto Sr. affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Boundaries of the Medical Conscientious Objection - About the Refusal of a Blood Transfusion by a Jehovah’s Witness http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1499102 InDret, Vol. 4, 2009 Jose Antonio Seoane affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
How Schools Influence Students’ Academic Achievements: A Behavioral Approach with Empirical Evidence from Add Health Data http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1509875 Yuemei Ji Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Working Paper Series
Bullying of Lesbian and Gay Youth: A Qualitative Investigation http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1518227 The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 39, Issue 8, pp. 1598-1614, 2009 Faye Mishna , Peter Newman , Andrea Daley and Steven Solomon affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Evaluation of the Impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519229 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4593 Olena Nizalova and Maria Vyshnya National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) - Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Interrelated Dynamics of Health and Poverty in Australia http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519238 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4602 Hielke Buddelmeyer and Lixin Cai Melbourne Institute and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Effects of a Sick Pay Reform on Absence and on Health-Related Outcomes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519243 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4607 Patrick A. Puhani and Katja Sonderhof Leibniz University Hannover and Leibniz University Hannover Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 9, 2009 Working Paper Series
Complexity of Good Samaritan Laws for Health Professionals http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1519566 Matthew Rodway affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Working Paper Series
Organ Donation as National Service: A Proposed Federal Organ Donation Law http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520137 Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 27, p. 1593, 1993 Linda Christine Fentiman Pace University - School of Law Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520185 David A. Savage and Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology and Queensland University of Technology Date Posted: December 8, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Working Paper Series
Sorting into Secondary Education and Peer Effects in Youth Smoking http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1517222 CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 399 Filip Pertold Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute) Date Posted: December 7, 2009 Last Revised: December 7, 2009 Working Paper Series
Gatekeeping – Open Door to Effective Medical Care Utilisation? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1517226 CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 400 Eva Hromadkova Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute) Date Posted: December 7, 2009 Last Revised: December 7, 2009 Working Paper Series
Ethical Implications of Epigenetics Research http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520012 Nature Reviews Genetics, Vol. 10 No. 4, April 2009 Mark A. Rothstein University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law Date Posted: December 7, 2009 Last Revised: December 7, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
What Do We Know About Enrollment in Consumer-Driven Health Plans? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1518498 EBRI Notes, Vol. 30, No. 12, December 2009 Paul Fronstin Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Date Posted: December 6, 2009 Last Revised: December 8, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Are Traditional Public Health Strategies Consistent with Contemporary American Values http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1518584 Temple Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 2, p. 175, 2004 Mark A. Rothstein University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law Date Posted: December 6, 2009 Last Revised: December 6, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Economic and Social Burden Due to Injuries and Violence in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1518959 Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi Kathmandu Medical College Date Posted: December 6, 2009 Last Revised: December 6, 2009 Working Paper Series
Impact of Health Insurance on Healthcare Treatment and Cost in Dai Dong, Rural Commune of Vietnam: A Capability Perspective http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515733 Kim Thuy Nguyen , Oanh Thi Hai Khuat , Steven Ma , Duc Cuong Pham , Giang Thi Hong Khuat and Jennifer Prah Ruger Yale University - School of Medicine , Institute for Social Development Studies , Yale University - School of Public Health , Institute for Social Development Studies , Institute for Social Development Studies and Yale University - School of Medicine Date Posted: December 3, 2009 Last Revised: December 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Conflicts of Interest in Clincial Trial Recruitment & Enrollment: A Call for Increased Oversight http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515762 White Paper for the Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, Seton Hall Law School Kathleen Boozang , Carl H. Coleman , Tracy E. Miller , Kate Greenwood , Valerie Gutmann , Simone Handler-Hutchinson and Catherine Finizio Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy , Seton Hall University School of Law , Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, Seton Hall Law School , Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy/Seton Hall Law School , Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, Seton Hall Law School , Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 3, 2009 Last Revised: December 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
The Prima Facie Burden and the Vanishing SEPA Threshold: Washington’s Emerging Preference for Efficiency over Accuracy http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1516650 Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2002 Keith H. Hirokawa Albany Law School Date Posted: December 3, 2009 Last Revised: December 6, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
The Impact of Size and Occupancy of Hospital on the Extent of Ambulance Diversion: Theory and Evidence http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1516843 Gad Allon , Sarang Deo and Wuqin Lin Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Date Posted: December 3, 2009 Last Revised: December 3, 2009 Working Paper Series
Global Competitiveness of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Trends and Strategies http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1413728 ISID Working Paper No. 2006/05 Jaya Prakash Pradhan affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 2, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Working Paper Series
Associated Journal Contents
Health Economics
Online ISSN: 1099-1050
Print ISSN: 1057-9230
Volume19, Issue1,2010.
Early View (Articles Available Online in Advance of Print)
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Research Articles
Record rewards: the effects of targeted quality incentives on the recording of risk factors by primary care providers (p 1-13)
Matt Sutton, Ross Elder, Bruce Guthrie, Graham Watt Published Online: Feb 10 2009 4:27AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1440 Abstract
Physician’s production of primary care in Ontario, Canada (p 14-30) Sisira Sarma, Rose Anne Devlin, William Hogg Published Online: Feb 3 2009 7:51AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1447 Abstract
Investment in quality improvement: how to maximize the return (p 31-42) Afschin Gandjour Published Online: Feb 11 2009 8:37AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1449 Abstract
Uncertainty and validation of health economic decision models (p 43-55) Lois G. Kim, Simon G. Thompson Published Online: Feb 10 2009 4:23AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1444 Abstract
Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries (p 56-74) B. d’Hombres, L. Rocco, M. Suhrcke, M. McKee Published Online: Mar 19 2009 10:30AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1445 Abstract
A game of two halves? Incentive incompatibility, starting point bias and the bidding game contingent valuation method (p 75-87) Paul McNamee, Laura Ternent, Adjima Gbangou, David Newlands Published Online: Feb 3 2009 7:58AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1448 Abstract
Beneficiary price sensitivity in the Medicare prescription drug plan market (p 88-100) Austin B. Frakt, Steven D. Pizer Published Online: Feb 3 2009 7:54AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1451 Abstract
Statistical implications of utility weighted and equally weighted HRQL measures: an empirical study (p 101-110) Caitlyn T. Wilke, A. Simon Pickard, Surrey M. Walton, Joern Moock, Thomas Kohlmann, Todd A. Lee Published Online: Feb 26 2009 8:53AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1467 Abstract
Health Economics Letters Who pays attention in stated-choice surveys? (p 111-118) Semra Özdemir, Ateesha F. Mohamed, F. Reed Johnson, A. Brett Hauber Published Online: Mar 6 2009 4:39AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1452 Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 99K) Save Article
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement to reviewers (p 119-123)
Published Online: Dec 8 2009 5:06AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1574 Abstract
Announcements
iHEA (International Health Economics Association) Eighteenth Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award in Health Economics (p 124)
Published Online: Dec 8 2009 5:06AM DOI: 10.1002/hec.1575
Jobs
Senior Health Specialist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003503.php January 25, 2010 | Specialist | Location: Washington, DC, USA
Senior Health Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003502.php January 25, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Washington, DC, USA
Fellows Program in Population Policy Communications: Population Reference Bureau (PRB) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003504.php February 04, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Washington, DC, USA
HEOR Economic Modeller http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003499.php January 23, 0010 | Evaluators | Location: Switzerland Job description: Develop, execute
Pricing & Reimbursement Manager, Market Access http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003498.php January 22, 2010 | Manager | Location: Germany Salary: Competitive Salary +bonus
Health Economics Manager, Market Access http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003497.php January 22, 2010 | Manager | Location: Germany Salary: Highly Competitive Salary
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics: Queen’s University Belfast http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003496.php January 07, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Belfast, Ireland, UK Closing date:
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: 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003325.php December 15, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland
Call for Abstracts: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Health, Healthcare & Behavior http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003401.php January 15, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York
Call For Abstracts: Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003500.php February 12, 2010 | Public Health | Location: Hall i.T. / Innsbruck, Austria
National Seminar and Workshop on Health Economics 2010: Health Economics: Patients and Pharmaceutical Use http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003486.php January 13, 2010 | Seminar | Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Second International Health Economic Seminar, Basic Health Economics: Malaysian Health Economics Association (MAHEA) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003485.php December 14, 2009 | Seminar | Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Abstracts: Priorities 2010, Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003482.php December 18, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Call for Papers: The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003473.php December 31, 2009 | Mental Health | Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
Call for Abstracts: International Applied Econometrics Association Conference: “Econometrics of Healthy Human Resources” http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003448.php December 27, 2009 | Econometrics | Location: Rome, Italy
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
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
Call for Abstracts: 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003358.php January 15, 2010 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Dublin, Ireland
Call for Papers: The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003339.php January 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Paris, France
Call for Abstracts: 9th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003315.php December 28, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Athens, Greece
International Conference on Health and Trade http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003189.php December 10, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Distributive Justice in the Health System - Theory and Empirics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003281.php December 11, 2009 | Meeting | Location: Halle (Saale), Germany
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
Call for Papers: Special Issue “Health Behavior and Public Health” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003248.php December 31, 2009
Call for Papers: Health Econometrics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003160.php January 06, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Rome, Italy
Education
PhD Studentship: University of East Anglia - Health Economics Group, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003480.php December 11, 2009 | PhD | Location: Norwich UK Application deadline: 11/12/09
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
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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NOTICES
Abstract Intake Reminders
8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE), Helsinki, Finland, July 7-10, 2010 http://eche2010.abstractsubmit.org/
Abstract Intake Extended to December 15, 20093rd 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
Call for Papers: Special Issue “Health Behavior and Public Health” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Health Behavior and Public Health explores research on health education, health communication, health behavioral changes, and public health policies, evaluates them with multilevel aspects, and exchanges knowledge in public health in interdisciplinary and international arenas.
More information, please visit: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/health-behavior
Guest Editor Prof. Dr. Tetsuji Yamada Professor of Health Economics, Department of Economics and Center for Children and Childhood Studies, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, U.S.A. E-mail:tyamada@crab.rutgers.edu http://economics.camden.rutgers.edu/yamada/
COMMUNITY NEWS
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA) is pleased to announce that the TTTS is now an iHEA Affiliate Association.
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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.
Health Care Financing Over the Life Cycle, Universal Medical Vouchers and Welfare http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1463792 Juergen Jung and Chung Tran Towson University and University of New South Wales - Australian School of Business - School of Economics Date Posted: December 2, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Working Paper Series
Environmental Regulations, Outward FDI and Heterogeneous Firms: Are Countries Used as Pollution Havens? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515605 University of Nottingham, GEP Research Paper 2009/28 Richard Kneller and Edward Manderson University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics Date Posted: December 2, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Working Paper Series
Global Competitiveness of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Trends and Strategies http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515671 ISID Working Paper No. 2006/05 Jaya Prakash Pradhan affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 2, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Working Paper Series
FDI Spillovers and Local Productivity Growth: Evidence from Indian Pharmaceutical Industry http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515707 Artha Vijnana, Vol XLIV, No. 3-4, pp. 317–332, 2002 Jaya Prakash Pradhan affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: December 2, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Cournot Competition Under Yield Uncertainty: The Case of the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Market http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1508859 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 563-576, Fall 2009 Sarang Deo and Charles J. Corbett Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Business Date Posted: December 1, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Decisive Facts on the Present Climate Delopment http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1514435 Jürgen Bennewitz Independent Date Posted: December 1, 2009 Last Revised: November 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Winning Big but Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1515814 Benedicte H. Apouey and Andrew Clark University of South Florida - College of Arts & Sciences and PSE Date Posted: November 30, 2009 Last Revised: December 2, 2009 Working Paper Series
Framing Effects of Risk Communication in Health-Related Decision Making; Learning from a Discrete Choice Experiment http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1513293 GATE (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Économique) Working Paper No. 09-21 Florence Nguyen , Marie Odile Carrere and Nora Moumjid University of Lyon 2 - Groupe dAnalyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) , affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lyon 2 - Groupe dAnalyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) Date Posted: November 29, 2009 Last Revised: November 30, 2009 Working Paper Series
Efficiency Effects of Cross-Border Medical Demand http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1514324 Daniel Lukas affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: November 29, 2009 Last Revised: November 29, 2009 Working Paper Series
Medicine Prices in Urban Mozambique: A Public Health and Economic Study of Pharmaceutical Markets and Price Determinants in Low-Income Settings http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1513854 Health Policy and Planning, pp. 1-15, 2009 Giuliano Russo and Barbara McPake Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical and Queen Margaret University College Date Posted: November 28, 2009 Last Revised: November 28, 2009 Accepted Paper Series
Cost of Capital for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Firms http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1512938 Scott E. Harrington University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School Date Posted: November 27, 2009 Last Revised: November 27, 2009 Working Paper Series
Utilisation and Maternal Health Outcome Among Urban Dwellers of Obudu and Ogoja: Local Government Areas of Cross River State, Nigeria http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1513974 I. M. Awah , John I. Ugabi and David Betelwhobel Ugal II affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Ibadan Date Posted: November 27, 2009 Last Revised: November 27, 2009 Working Paper Series
Jobs
Research Officer in Health Economics (full time): Department of Economics, University of Surrey
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003494.php
December 06, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Guildford, Surrey, UK
Research Associate in Health Economics: The University of Manchester
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003493.php
December 04, 2009 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Manchester, UK
Senior Economist: Expenditure Policy Division (EPD), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003491.php
January 15, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Washington, DC, USA
Post-doctoral fellowships: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003489.php
December 31, 2009 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Senior Research Analyst
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003488.php
January 14, 2010 | Research Analyst | Location: Northbrook, IL
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
January 15, 2010 | 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 15, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland
Second International Health Economic Seminar, Basic Health Economics: Malaysian Health Economics Association (MAHEA)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003485.php
December 14, 2009 | Seminar | Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Abstracts: Priorities 2010, Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003482.php
December 18, 2009 | Health Care | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Call for Papers: The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003473.php
December 31, 2009 | Mental Health | Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA
The Fourth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy: Jerusalem
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003101.php
December 07, 2009 | Health Policy | Location: Jerusalem, Isreal
Call for Abstracts: International Applied Econometrics Association Conference: “Econometrics of Healthy Human Resources”
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003448.php
December 27, 2009 | Econometrics | Location: Rome, Italy
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
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
Call for Abstracts: 9th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003315.php
December 28, 2009 | Health Economics | Location: Athens, Greece
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
Distributive Justice in the Health System - Theory and Empirics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003281.php
December 11, 2009 | Meeting | Location: Halle (Saale), Germany
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
Call for Papers: Special Issue “Health Behavior and Public Health” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003248.php
December 31, 2009
Call for Papers: Health Econometrics Workshop
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003160.php
January 06, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Rome, Italy
Education
PhD in Economics: Economics Department at IUPUI
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003492.php
September 01, 2010 | PhD | Location: Indiana, USA
PhD Studentship: University of East Anglia - Health Economics Group, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003480.php
December 11, 2009 | PhD | Location: Norwich UK
Empirical Policy Evaluation in Health: University of Lausanne
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003385.php
December 14, 2009 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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
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, Spain
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
Books
Economic Evaluation in Child Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/books/003471.php
October 08, 2009 | Economic Evaluation | Editor: Wendy Ungar
The Economics of Health Reconsidered
http://www.healtheconomics.org/books/003406.php
October 28, 2009 | Text Book | Authors: Thomas Rice and Lynn Unruh
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