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December 16, 2009
iHEAweek 2009 no. 137 (16 Dec)
This issue of iHEAweek: 16 Dec, 2009
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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.
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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.
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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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
Assistant Professor: University of Michigan http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003510.php January 30, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Associate Director EMEA Health Policy, Reimbursement and Pricing Director Health Economist http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003506.php January 28, 2010 | Directorship | Location: Switzerland
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Systems Improvement http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003505.php January 23, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: University Park, Pennsylvania, 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
Call For Papers: 11th European Health Economics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003507.php February 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Lund, Sweden
Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003501.php May 30, 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
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
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
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
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
Systematic reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: their role in reimbursement decisions. An introductory course http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003508.php March 01, 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
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