April 28, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 156 (28 Apr)

This issue of iHEAweek: 28 Apr, 2010

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

NOTICES

ASHEcon Cornell Update

Pre-Conference Workshops
Registration and details at: http://healtheconomics.us/conference/2010/

Please note that there will be NO on-site registration for pre-conference workshops. On-line Registration will close on June 9, 2010.

Economic Evaluation of Drugs, Devices and other Medical Interventions, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Faculty: Joel Hay, Cost: $100 USD
AHRQ: Research Databases and Grant Funding Opportunities, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 9:00 AM-12:45 PM, Faculty: Herbert Wong, Michael Hagan, Joel Cohen & Sam Zuvekas, Cost: No Charge
Health Econometrics of Health Cost, Expenditure and Utilization Data, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 8:30 AM-5:30 PM Faculty: Partha Deb, Willard Manning & Edward Norton, Cost: $160 USD
Using National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Survey Data Linked to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Death Certificate Records, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 1:00 PM-5:30 PM Faculty: Edward Sondik, Kimberly Lochner, Sandra Decker, Gina Livermore & Peter Meyer, Cost: No Charge

Accommodation

With a little more than 2 months to go to the beginning of the ASHEcon conference, we would like to once again bring to your attention that if you have not yet made your accommodation arrangements, now is the time to do so. With a minimum number of rooms blocked at reduced rates for ASHEcon delegates, these rooms are going quickly. At this time, with the Statler Hotel completely booked, rooms remain available at the Hampton Inn & Holiday Inn, with a minimal number remaining at the Hilton Garden. All three hotels have advised they will be providing shuttle service, and we highly recommend you confirm your needs upon checking in.

ECHE Helsinki Update

ECHE advertising opportunities:

Programme book advertisement at a price of 1000 euros for one page (page size A4 = 297 mm H x 210 mm W), printed in colours (CMYK). The back page of the program book is no longer available. DL for material is 31 May 2010.
Insert into the conference bags, one page or small leaflet at a price of 1000 euros, DL for material is 15 June, 2010, delivery address to be confirmed later on if you select this option.

If you are interested in advertising in the programme book or in the conference bags, please contact: Merja.paimensaari@thl.fi

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.

Simultaneous Hedging of Upgrading Costs and Optimal Public Policies with Many Orphan Diseases
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1596671
Patrick Leoni
Euromed Management
Date Posted: April 28, 2010
Last Revised: April 28, 2010
Working Paper Series

Coerced Participation in Clinical Trials: Conscripting Human Research Subjects
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1596688
Administrative Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2010
Lars Noah
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Date Posted: April 28, 2010
Last Revised: April 28, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

ADR and Drug Testing in Professional Tennis: An Effective Doubles Team?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1596983
Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 16, p. 31, 2005
Ryan M. Rodenberg and Katie A. Featherston
Florida State University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 27, 2010
Last Revised: April 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

Influence and Deterrence: How Obstetricians Respond to Litigation Against Themselves and Their Colleagues
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593914
American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 69-94, 2010
David Dranove and Yasutora Watanabe
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University - Department of Management & Strategy
Date Posted: April 26, 2010
Last Revised: April 26, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Review of Ngaire Naffine, Law’s Meaning of Life: Philosophy, Religion, Darwin and The Legal Person
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593760
Bryan Thomas
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 26, 2010
Last Revised: April 26, 2010
Working Paper Series

Demand Patterns for Treatment Insurance in Norway
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1595922
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3021
Karl Ove Aarbu
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 26, 2010
Last Revised: April 26, 2010
Working Paper Series

Spatial Variability in Mortality and Socioeconomic Factors for Australian Mortality
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1594522
UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. #2010ACTL05
Michael Sherris and Andy Tang
University of New South Wales - School of Actuarial Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 25, 2010
Last Revised: April 25, 2010
Working Paper Series

Health Care and Health Outcomes of Migrants: Evidence from Portugal
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1595483
United Nations Human Development Report Research Paper No. 2009/28
Pedro P. Barros and Isabel Medalho Pereira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and United Nations Development Programme
Date Posted: April 25, 2010
Last Revised: April 25, 2010
Working Paper Series

Impact of Disability on Quality of Life of Urban Disabled People in Bangladesh
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1595222
Mohammad Ashan Uddin and M. Roungu Ahmmad
University of Dhaka and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 24, 2010
Last Revised: April 25, 2010
Working Paper Series

Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Nigeria: A Random Valuation Framework
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1594024
The IUP Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 7, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 7-27, January & April 2010
Ementa Hyacinth Ichoku , William Fonta and John Ataguba
University of Nigeria, Nsukka - Economics , University of Nigeria and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 23, 2010
Last Revised: April 23, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

The Impact of Conflict Exposure on Children’s Health in Uganda
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1594093
Ricardo Menezes Cordeiro
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 23, 2010
Last Revised: April 23, 2010
Working Paper Series

Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593844
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
University of Chicago
Date Posted: April 22, 2010
Last Revised: April 22, 2010
Working Paper Series

Antitrust Treatment of Nonprofits: Should Hospitals Receive Special Care?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1594249
University of Chicago George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State Working Paper No. 232
Cory S. Capps, Guy David and Dennis W. Carlton
Bates White, LLC , University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Date Posted: April 22, 2010
Last Revised: April 22, 2010
Working Paper Series

Associated Journal Contents

PharmacoEconomics

May 2010, Volume 28, Issue 5

Editorial
347-349
Single Technology Appraisal at the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: A Source of Evidence and Analysis for Decision Making Internationally
Mark Sculpher

Review Articles
351-362
Alitretinoin for Severe Chronic Hand Eczema: A NICE Single Technology Appraisal
Mark Rodgers; Susan Griffin; Mike Paulden; Russell Slack; Steven Duffy; John R. Ingram; Nerys Woolacott; Mark Sculpher

Review Articles
363-379
Economic Burden of Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Huseyin Naci; Rachael Fleurence; Julie Birt; Amy Duhig

Original Research Articles
381-393
Health Economic Burden of Patients with Restless Legs Syndrome in a German Ambulatory Setting
Richard Dodel; Svenja Happe; Ines Peglau; Geert Mayer; Jürgen Wasem; Jens-Peter Reese; Guido Giani; Max Geraedts; Claudia Trenkwalder; Wolfgang H. Oertel; Karin Stiasny-Kolster

Original Research Articles
395-409
Direct and Indirect Costs of Non-Vertebral Fracture Patients with Osteoporosis in the US
Crystal Pike; Howard G. Birnbaum; Matt Schiller; Hari Sharma; Russel Burge; Eric T. Edgell

Original Research Articles
411-427
Cost Effectiveness of Donepezil in the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: A UK Evaluation Using Discrete-Event Simulation
Denis Getsios; Steve Blume; K. Jack Ishak; Grant D.H. Maclaine

Original Research Articles
429-438
Economic Content in Medical Journal Advertisements for Medical Devices and Prescription Drugs
D. Clay Ackerly; Seth W. Glickman; Kevin A. Schulman

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

May 2010, Volume 8, Issue 3

Original Research Articles
141-154
Cost Effectiveness of CT Colonography for UK NHS Colorectal Cancer Screening of Asymptomatic Adults Aged 60–69 Years
David Lee; Dominic Muston; Alison Sweet; Chris Cunningham; Andrew Slater; Kevin Lock

Original Research Articles
155-165
Public Option and Private Profits: What do Markets Expect?
Fabio Milani

Original Research Articles
167-177
Healthcare Costs of Atypical Antipsychotic Use for Patients with Bipolar Disorder in a Medicaid Programme
Ying Qiu; Alex Z. Fu; Gordon G. Liu; Dale B. Christensen

Original Research Articles
179-189
Productivity Loss Resulting from Coronary Heart Disease in Australia
Henry Zheng; Fred Ehrlich; Janaki Amin

Original Research Articles
191-202
Cost Effectiveness of Preventive Screening Programmes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Germany
Thilo M. Schaufler; Malte Wolff

Review Article
203-214
A Systematic Data Review of the Cost of Rehydration Therapy
Jay Pershad

In Memory
215-216
Gary Buurman, 1944–2010
Stuart Birks

Jobs

Principal Health Outcomes Research Associate: Allergan
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003603.php
April 29, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Irvine, California, USA

Full-Time Disease Modeler/Health Economist: Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003686.php
April 30, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Headquarters Based Consultant (Health Economist)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003724.php
May 22, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Washington, DC

Health Economist: Oxford Outcomes Ltd., Canada
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003707.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Canada

Health Economist: Afton House, Ailsa Hospital
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003765.php
May 07, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Ayr, Scotland, UK

Senior Health Economist/Health Economists
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003764.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Regents Park, London

Senior Research Associate in Health Economics (UCL London Research Design Service)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003759.php
May 11, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: London, UK

Senior Research Associate in Health Economics (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit).
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003758.php
May 14, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: London, UK

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor: University of Texas Medical Branch
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003757.php
June 10, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Galveston, Texas, USA

Senior Director HEOR
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003755.php
July 25, 2010 | Directorship | Location: New Jersey, 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

Health, Healthcare and Behavior: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002903.php
June 20, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York, USA

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

Call for Papers: 2010 Annual Health Econometrics Workshop
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003761.php
June 01, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Call for papers: The 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003760.php
June 15, 2010 | Meeting | Location: Corfu, Greece

Call for Abstracts: Third Conjoint Analysis in Health Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003615.php
May 14, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Newport Beach, California, USA

Call for Abstracts: Economics, Modelling and Diabetes: The Mt Hood Five Challenge
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003719.php
May 31, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Malmo, Sweden

Call for Abstracts: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003602.php
April 30, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Call for Abstracts: 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003624.php
April 30, 2010 | Evaluation | Location: Prague, Czech Republic

First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003532.php
May 07, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Annual Meeting Canadian Health Economics Study Group (CHESG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003543.php
May 26, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Michigan Meeting 2010: The Economy and Cancer Health Disparities
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003570.php
May 20, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

4th ISRICH Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003539.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Paris, France

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

First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003465.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

International Applied Econometrics Association Conference: “Econometrics of Healthy Human Resources”
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003444.php
May 27, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Rome, Italy

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress - Europe 2010
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003197.php
May 19, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Brussels, Belgium

Education

Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models: York Health Economics Consortium, University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003768.php
September 12, 2010 | Training | Location: York, UK

Understanding and Critiquing Health Economic Models: York Health Economics Consortium, University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003767.php
June 18, 2010 | Training | Location: York, UK

Early Modelling: Using Models to Inform Drug and Device Development: York Health Economics Consortium, University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003766.php
May 14, 2010 | Training | Location: York, UK

PhD Scholarships in Health Economics: Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003702.php
October 31, 2010 | PhD | Location: Melbourne, Australia

Health Economics PhD opportunities: Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003763.php
May 31, 2010 | PhD | Location: Australia

Inequalities in Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003756.php
June 07, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Health Policy and Politics - Role of Government and Politics in Health Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003714.php
May 17, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Lugano, Switzerland

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April 2010: newsletter

April 21, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 155 (21 Apr)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 21 Apr, 2010

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

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

China’s Surging Economy: Adjusting for More Balanced Development
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1477812
Contemporary China, Vol. 11, 2007
John Wong
National University of Singapore - East Asian Institute
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Artificially Maintained Scientific Controversies, the Construction of Maternal Choice and Caesarean Section Rates
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592792
Gita Sarda
School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Working Paper Series

Racial Differences in Body-Mass Indices for Men Imprisoned in 19th Century US Prisons: A Multinomial Approach
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592808
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3016
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Working Paper Series

Dismissive Attachment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Securely and Insecurely Attached Belgian Securit Workers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592854
Stefan Bogaerts
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

The Impact of Health Care Expenditure by Government on Mortality: An Empirical Analysis for Europe (2003-2007)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593324
Miltiades N. Georgiou
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Working Paper Series

One Last Puff? - Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593474
Silke Anger , Michael Kvasnicka and Thomas Siedler
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) , RWI Essen (Berlin Office) and University of Essex
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Working Paper Series

Medical Patents and Expropriation in International Investment Law – With Special Reference to India
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593682
Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2008
Prabhash Ranjan
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 21, 2010
Last Revised: April 21, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer Risk: A New Methodology to Estimate the Association
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1493755
Mariya Melnychuk
Universidad de Alicante
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Working Paper Series

Internet Addiction among Greek University Students: Demographic Associations with the Phenomenon, Using the Greek Version of Young’s Internet Addiction Test
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1591822
International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, Forthcoming
Christos C. Frangos , Constantinos C. Frangos and Apostolos Kiohos
Department of Business Administration, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Health Professional-Patient Confidentiality: Does the Law Really Matter?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592021
Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 489, 2009, Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009/27
Bernadette M. McSherry
Monash University - Faculty of Law
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

The Cost of Debt for a Project Finance SPV: An Analysis of the Italian Healthcare Sector
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592946
Roberto Moro Visconti
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Working Paper Series

Much Ado About Nothing? Smoking Bans and Germany’s Hospitality Industry
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593026
Ruhr Economic Paper No. 172
Michael Kvasnicka and Harald Tauchmann
RWI Essen (Berlin Office) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Working Paper Series

Public Smoking Bans, Youth Access Laws, and Cigarette Sales at Vending Machines
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593045
Ruhr Economic Paper No. 173
Michael Kvasnicka
RWI Essen (Berlin Office)
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Working Paper Series

Clinical Practice Guidelines – The Warped Incentives in the U.S. Healthcare System
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1593133
U of Texas Law, Public Law Research, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Ronen Avraham
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Date Posted: April 20, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Impact of Violent Conflict on Child Health: What are the Channels?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1592371
MICROCON Policy Briefing 6
Philip Verwimp , Tom Bundervoet and Richard Akresh
Institute of Social Studies (ISS) , Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - MOSI and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date Posted: April 19, 2010
Last Revised: April 19, 2010
Working Paper Series

Reframing the Presentation of Contraception Pregnancy Rates: Integrating Long-Term Planning and Dual Methods
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1591625
Aaron F. Hamlin
Indiana University, Bloomington—Department of Applied Health Sciences
Date Posted: April 18, 2010
Last Revised: April 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Effects of School Quality on Long-Term Health
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1591712
Shahar Sansani
College of Management (Israel)
Date Posted: April 18, 2010
Last Revised: April 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Determinants of the Demand for Healthy Food: Does Stress Suppress Health Orientation in On-the-go Consumption?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1582890
European Business School Research Paper No. 10-08
Tabea Huneke , Sabine Moeller and Tobias Schaefers
European Business School (EBS) Wiesbaden, Germany - Department of Market-Oriented Management , European Business School (EBS) Wiesbaden, Germany - Department of Market-Oriented Management and European Business School (EBS) Wiesbaden, Germany - Department of Market-Oriented Management
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 15, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Emergent Logic of Health Law
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588117
Southern California Law Review, Vol. 82, 2009, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-17
M. Gregg Bloche
Georgetown University Law Center
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 19, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Of Constitutional De-Capitation and Health Care
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589190
Tax Notes, Vol. 127, No. 9, May 31, 2010
Steven J. Willis and Nakku Chung
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law and University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 20, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Microinsurance: Innovations in Low-Cost Health Insurance
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589266
Health Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1788-1798, 2009
David M. Dror , Ralf Radermacher, Shrikant B. Khadilkar, Petra Schout, François-Xavier Hay, Arbind Singh and Ruth Koren
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Institute of Health Policy & Management, Micro Insurance Academy, BAIF Development Research Foundation, affiliation not provided to SSRN, MACIF, NIDAN and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 15, 2010
Working Paper Series

Technological Adoption in Health Care
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589398
FEUNL Working Paper Series No 545
Pedro Barros and Xavier Martínez-Giralt
Universidad Nova de Lisboa and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 15, 2010
Working Paper Series

Demand Patterns for Treatment Insurance in Norway
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589507
NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11/2010
Karl O. Aarbu
Vesta Forsikring AS
Date Posted: April 15, 2010
Last Revised: April 15, 2010
Working Paper Series

Jobs

Principal Health Outcomes Research Associate: Allergan
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003603.php
April 29, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Irvine, California, USA

Headquarters Based Consultant (Health Economist)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003724.php
May 22, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Washington, DC

Health Economist: Oxford Outcomes Ltd., Canada
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003707.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Canada

Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics: Newcastle University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003752.php
May 14, 2010 | Research Chair | Location: Newcastle, UK

Research Consultant - Qualitative: University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003751.php
May 21, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: York, UK

Research Consultant - Modeller: University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003750.php
May 21, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: York, UK

Health Economics Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003749.php
June 04, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Milan, Italy

Professor in Health Services Research: University of Aarhus
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003748.php
May 03, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Reader or Senior Lecturer in Health Programme Evaluations: Imperial College London
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003747.php
May 13, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, UK

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: CHERP
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003746.php
June 30, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Health Economist/Analyst: Childrens Hospital Boston
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003745.php
June 30, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Associate/Full Professor (12 month tenure-track): Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003668.php
April 29, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Postdoctoral position: Tulane University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003743.php
May 15, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: New Orleans, Louisianna, USA

Managing Director, Federal Health-Payment Systems: Lewin Group
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003742.php
May 22, 2010 | Directorship | Location: Falls Church, VA

Senior Director/Director, Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO): Pfizer
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003741.php
June 01, 2010 | Directorship | Location: Groton, Connecticut; New York, New York, USA

Senior Director, Team Leader, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR): Pfizer
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003740.php
June 01, 2010 | Directorship | Location: New York, New York, USA

Medical Economics Analyst
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003739.php
June 01, 2010 | Analyst | Location: White Plains, New York, USA

Postgraduate Scholarship in Health Economics: University of Sydney
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003737.php
May 28, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: Sydney, Australia

Conferences

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

30th Conference of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003738.php
June 22, 2010 | | Location: Valencia, Spain

Call for Abstracts: Economics, Modelling and Diabetes: The Mt Hood Five Challenge
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003719.php
May 31, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Malmo, Sweden

Call for Abstracts: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003602.php
April 30, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Call for Abstracts: 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003624.php
April 30, 2010 | Evaluation | Location: Prague, Czech Republic

First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003532.php
May 07, 2010 | Workshop | Location:Coimbra, Portugal

Annual Meeting Canadian Health Economics Study Group (CHESG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003543.php
May 26, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Michigan Meeting 2010: The Economy and Cancer Health Disparities
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003570.php
May 20, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

4th ISRICH Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003539.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Paris, France

Priorities 2010: Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003481.php
April 23, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003465.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress - Europe 2010
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003197.php
May 19, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Brussels, Belgium

Education

PhD positions (2): The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003744.php
June 01, 2010 | PhD | Location: Bern, Switzerland

Health Policy and Politics - Role of Government and Politics in Health Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003714.php
May 17, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Lugano, Switzerland

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April 2010: newsletter

April 14, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 154 (14 Apr)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 14 Apr, 2010

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

NOTICES

Nomination Deadline: ASHEcon Student Paper Award

The ASHEcon Awards Committee seeks nominations for the Student Paper Award, which honors the student who wrote the best sole-authored paper. Eligibility and criteria are on the ASHEcon Awards page. The due date, which should include an electronic copy of the paper and a brief nominating letter, is 11:59PM EDT on Thursday April 15th. Please send nominations to Bill Swan at bill@healtheconomics.org.

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Can My Boss Stick it to Me? Courts May Give a Shot in the Arm to Employer-Mandated H1N1 Vaccines
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585359
Brigid Julia Ryan and Paris Nourmohammadi
Center for Health and Homeland Security and Center for Health and Homeland Security
Date Posted: April 14, 2010
Last Revised: April 14, 2010
Working Paper Series

A Real-World Analysis of Pharmaceutical Settlements: The Missing Dimension of Product-Hopping
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1587818
Michael A. Carrier
Rutgers University School of Law - Camden
Date Posted: April 14, 2010
Last Revised: April 14, 2010
Working Paper Series

Aging Population and Innovation Skills
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588133
Industrial Relations/Relations Industrielles, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2009
Marie Lavoie
York University - Glendon College
Date Posted: April 14, 2010
Last Revised: April 14, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Shooting the Moon: Should States Require the H1N1 Vaccine for Healthcare Workers?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588908
Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 11-17, November/December 2009
Brigid Julia Ryan and Paris Nourmohammadi
Center for Health and Homeland Security and Center for Health and Homeland Security
Date Posted: April 14, 2010
Last Revised: April 14, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Rethinking the Role of Clinical Trial Data in International Intellectual Property Law: The Case for a Public Goods Approach
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589585
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Vol. 13, pp. 1-68, 2009
Jerome H. Reichman
Duke University - School of Law
Date Posted: April 14, 2010
Last Revised: April 14, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588202
Diether W. Beuermann
University of Maryland - College Park
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

African Doctor Migration: Are Economic Shocks to Blame?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588604
Edward N. Okeke
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Department of Public Health and Policy
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

Late-Life Decline in Well-Being Across Adulthood in Germany, the UK, and the US: Something is Seriously Wrong at the End of Life
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588723
SOEPpaper No. 286
Denis Gerstorf, Nilam Ram, Guy Mayraz, Mira Hidajat, Ulman Lindenberger, Gert G. Wagner, Juergen Schupp and
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

Where People Live and Die Makes a Difference: Individual and Geographic Disparities in Well-Being Progression at the End of Life
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588727
SOEPpaper No. 287
Denis Gerstorf, Nilam Ram, Jan Goebel, Juergen Schupp, Ulman Lindenberger and Gert G. Wagner and
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) - SOEP, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), affiliation not provided to SSRN, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588732
SOEPpaper No. 289
Silke Anger , Michael Kvasnicka and Thomas Siedler
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), RWI Essen (Berlin Office) and University of Essex
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

Cultural Transmission and Contraceptive Use – Evidence from US-Mexico Migration
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589043
Prabal De City College, City University of New York
Date Posted: April 13, 2010
Last Revised: April 13, 2010
Working Paper Series

Enhanced Fee-for-Service Model and Access to Physician Services: Evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1587555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4862
Jasmin Kantarevic , Boris Kralj and Darrel Weinkauf
Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Medical Association and Ontario Medical Association
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Working Paper Series

Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586693
NBER Working Paper No. w15886
Hai Fang, Karen Eggleston, John A. Rizzo and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Miami, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - International Institute, Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine and Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Working Paper Series

Has Medical Innovation Reduced Cancer Mortality?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586687
NBER Working Paper No. w15880
Frank R. Lichtenberg
Columbia Business School
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Working Paper Series

Health or Happiness? What is the Impact of Physical Activity on the Individual?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1587128
Kyklos, Vol. 63, Issue 2, pp. 256-270, May 2010
Simona Rasciute and Paul M. Downward
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Loughborough University - Department of Economics
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1581344
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2994
Sven Neelsen and Thomas Stratmann
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Working Paper Series

Determinants of Household Healthcare Expenditure in Chittagong, Bangladesh
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585703
The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 5-13, April 2010
Muhammad Sirajul Haque and Shantanu Deb Barman
East West University and Premier University
Date Posted: April 12, 2010
Last Revised: April 12, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Infant Mortality During Economic Downturns and Recovery
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586527
Ronald U. Mendoza and Nicholas Rees
UNICEF and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 10, 2010
Last Revised: April 10, 2010
Working Paper Series

Costs and Quality of Hospitals in Different Health Care Systems: A Multilevel Approach with Propensity Score Matching
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1574124
Journal of Health Economics, 2010
Jonas Schreyoegg, Tom Stargardt and Oliver Tiemann
Institute for Health Service Management, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
Date Posted: April 8, 2010
Last Revised: April 8, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Associated Journal Contents

Health Economics

Volume 19, Issue 5, 2010.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123344494/issue

Online ISSN: 1099-1050
Print ISSN: 1057-9230

Pages: 503-517
Social health insurance reexamined
Adam Wagstaff
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122365593/abstract

Published Online: 27 Apr 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1492

Pages: 518-531
Dynamic versus static models in cost-effectiveness analyses of anti-viral drug therapy to mitigate an influenza pandemic
Anna K. Lugnér, Sido D. Mylius, Jacco Wallinga
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122335604/abstract

Published Online: 20 Apr 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1485

Pages: 532-548
The role of the staff MFF in distributing NHS funding: taking account of differences in local labour market conditions
Robert Elliott, Ada Ma, Matt Sutton, Diane Skatun, Nigel Rice, Stephen Morris, Alex McConnachie
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122528122/abstract

Published Online: 4 Aug 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1489

Pages: 549-561
Optimal clinical trial design using value of information methods with imperfect implementation
Andrew R. Willan, Simon Eckermann
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122364209/abstract

Published Online: 27 Apr 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1493

Pages: 562-580
Operating on commission: analyzing how physician financial incentives affect surgery rates
Jason Shafrin
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122364207/abstract

Published Online: 27 Apr 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1495

Pages: 581-595
The effect of newer drugs on health spending: do they really increase the costs?
Abdülkad?r C?van, Bülent Köksal
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122368865/abstract

Published Online: 29 Apr 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1494

Pages: 596-607
QALYs: is the value of treatment proportional to the size of the health gain?
Erik Nord, Anja Undrum Enge, Veronica Gundersen
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122386837/abstract

Published Online: 20 May 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1497

Pages: 608-627
Health expenditure estimation and functional form: applications of the generalized gamma and extended estimating equations models Steven C. Hill, G. Edward Miller
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122379084/abstract

Published Online: 11 May 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1498

Jobs

Headquarters Based Consultant (Health Economist)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003724.php
May 22, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Washington, DC The Fiscal Affairs

Principal Health Outcomes Research Associate: Allergan
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003603.php
April 29, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Irvine, California, USA

Health Economist: Oxford Outcomes Ltd., Canada
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003707.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Canada

Lecturer or Research Fellow in Health Economics: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003735.php
May 11, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, UK

Research Fellow: University of Birmingham
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003734.php
April 30, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Birmingham, UK

Research Fellows/Senior Research Fellows in Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003733.php
May 11, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: York, UK

Health Economist: Yale School of Public Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003731.php
May 29, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Research Fellow In Health Economics: The University of Manchester
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003730.php
May 03, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Manchester, UK

Post-doc position in Health and labor economics for HEAPS project: IRDES
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003729.php
May 10, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: Paris, France

Senior Health Economics and Outcomes Research Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003728.php
May 27, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: London based

Conferences

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

Risk Sharing and Conditional Based Pricing and Reimbursement Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003732.php
June 03, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Call for Abstracts: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003602.php
April 30, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Call for Abstracts: 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003624.php
April 30, 2010 | Evaluation | Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Call for Abstracts: ORAHS2010 Conference: University Of Genova-School Of Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003682.php
April 15, 2010 | Health Policy | Location: Genova, Italy

Call for Abstracts: 31st Nordic Health Economist’s meeting (NHESG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003632.php
April 16, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Umea, Sweden

First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003532.php
May 07, 2010 | Workshop | Location:Coimbra, Portugal

4th ISRICH Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003539.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Paris, France

Priorities 2010: Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003481.php
April 23, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003465.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

GH/Innovate 2010 Global Health & Innovation Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003235.php
April 17, 2010 | Health Care | Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Education

Master of Health Science (MHS) in Health Economics: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003736.php
April 14, 2010 | Masters | Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Health Policy and Politics - Role of Government and Politics in Health Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003714.php
May 17, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Part 2 Global Health Leadership Forum: An international executive short course: successful approaches and innovation in health policy and management.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003691.php
April 09, 2011 | Short Course | Location: San Francisco, California, USA

Applied Welfare Analysis in Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003679.php
April 19, 2010 | PhD | Location: Berne, Switzerland

Methods for the analysis of panel data in health and health care:Hosted by the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003591.php
April 20, 2010 | Short Course | Location: York, UK

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April 2010: newsletter

April 7, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 153 (07 Apr)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 07 Apr, 2010

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

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Harvey Milk, Jane Roe, and James Brady: Why Civic Organizing Matters
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585336
Maine Law Review, Forthcoming
Palma Strand
Creighton University School of Law
Date Posted: April 7, 2010
Last Revised: April 7, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Prescription Data Mining and the Protection of Patients’ Interests
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585885
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2010
David Orentlicher
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
Date Posted: April 7, 2010
Last Revised: April 7, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Knowledge and Use of Contraception in Ogoja and Obudu Lgas of Cross River State, Nigeria
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1585897
David Betelwhobel Ugal
University of Ibadan
Date Posted: April 7, 2010
Last Revised: April 7, 2010
Working Paper Series

Does Cost Sharing Really Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1582848
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3002
Joan Costa-i-Font and Marin Gemmill
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
Date Posted: April 6, 2010
Last Revised: April 6, 2010
Working Paper Series

Nineteenth Century Stature and Family Size: Binding Constraint or Productive Labor Force?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1582862
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2999
Scott Alan Carson
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Date Posted: April 6, 2010
Last Revised: April 6, 2010
Working Paper Series

Malpractice Reform - Opportunities for Leadership by Health Care Institutions and Liability Insurers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1584684
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 10, p. 1056, 2010
Michelle M. Mello
Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management
Date Posted: April 6, 2010
Last Revised: April 6, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Mental Health Treatment and Criminal Justice Outcomes
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583799
NBER Working Paper No. w15858
Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire
Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Estimation of a Dynamic Model of Weight
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583805
NBER Working Paper No. w15864
Shu Wen Ng , Edward C. Norton , David K. Guilkey and Barry M. Popkin
affiliation not provided to SSRN , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Health Policy and Administration , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Carolina Population Center
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Diet, Health and Work Intensity in England and Wales, 1700-1914
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583816
NBER Working Paper No. w15875
Bernard Harris, Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel and Sok Chul Hong
University of Southampton - Division of Sociology & Social Policy , London Metropolitan University , University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Health Care Expenditure and Income in the OECD Reconsidered: Evidence from Panel Data
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1584182
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4851
Badi H. Baltagi and Francesco Moscone
Syracuse University - Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and London School of Economics (LSE)
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Drug Therapy
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1584184
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4853
John Bowblis and Myeong-Su Yun
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Tulane University
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Financial Incentives for Maternal Health: Impact Evaluation of a National Programme in Nepal
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1582863
Kara Hanson and Tim Powell-Jackson
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Economic Consequences of Maternal Ill Health in Rural Bangladesh
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1582887
Tim Powell-Jackson
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Trend of Mean BMI Values of US Adults, Birth Cohorts 1882-1986 Indicates that the Obesity Epidemic Began Earlier than Hitherto Thought
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583803
NBER Working Paper No. w15862
John Komlos and Marek Brabec
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich - Faculty of Economics and Affiliation Unknown
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 7, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Human Rights of the Elderly: A Growing Challenge
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1584303
Frederic Megret
McGill University - Faculty of Law
Date Posted: April 5, 2010
Last Revised: April 5, 2010
Working Paper Series

Experience of Achieving Universal Coverage: A Review of Health Care Financing in Four Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) Countries (Canada, the Republic of Korea, Mexico and the United Kingdom)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583404
Caroline G. Kinyua
School of Public Health, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town
Date Posted: April 3, 2010
Last Revised: April 6, 2010
Working Paper Series

Creative Destruction, Bureaucratic Organization, or Evolutionary Recombination? An Exercise in Strategic Foresight Based on the History of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1571918
Carl Henning Reschke
Institute for Management Research Cologne
Date Posted: April 2, 2010
Last Revised: April 2, 2010 Working Paper Series

Economic Evaluation of Pharmaco- and Behavioral Therapies for Smoking Cessation: A Critical and Systematic Review of Empirical Research
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1581541
Christina M. Lazar and Jennifer Prah Ruger
Yale University and Yale University - School of Medicine
Date Posted: April 1, 2010
Last Revised: April 1, 2010 Working Paper Series

Jobs

Principal Health Outcomes Research Associate: Allergan
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003603.php
April 29, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Irvine, California, USA

Health Economist: Oxford Outcomes Ltd., Canada
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003707.php
May 13, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Canada

Health Outcomes Manager
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003727.php
April 14, 2010 | Manager | Location: Stockley Park, Uxbridge, England

Headquarters Based Consultant (Health Economist)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003724.php
May 22, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Washington, DC

Fulbright Scholar competition 2011-2012
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003723.php
August 02, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Various Application deadline: August 2,

Outcomes Research Regional Medical Research Scientist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003722.php
May 22, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Locations: Various US locations

HEOR Analysts and Consultants
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003720.php
May 22, 2010 | Analyst | Location: Europe & US

HEOR Senior Consultants & Global Project Leaders
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003721.php
May 22, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom

Health Economist: VA Health Economics Resource Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003717.php
May 22, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Menlo Park, California, USA The

Senior Development Specialist - Health: DAI Washington
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003716.php
May 22, 2010 | Epidemiologist | Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Associate Professor/Professor in Health Economics: University of Washington
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003715.php
July 01, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Assistant Professor
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003639.php
April 14, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Conferences

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

Call for Abstracts: The First Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) 2010
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003726.php
August 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Washington, DC

Call for Abstracts: Economics, Modelling and Diabetes: The Mt Hood Five Challenge
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003719.php
May 31, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Malmo, Sweden

Call for Abstracts: First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003602.php
April 30, 2010 | Health Research | Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Call for Abstracts: 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003624.php
April 30, 2010 | Evaluation | Location: Prague, Czech

Call for Abstracts: ORAHS2010 Conference: University Of Genova-School Of Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003682.php
April 15, 2010 | Health Policy | Location: Genova, Italy

Call for abstracts: HESG Summer Conference in Cork, Ireland
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003676.php
April 09, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Cork, Ireland

Call for Abstracts: 31st Nordic Health Economist’s meeting (NHESG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003632.php
April 16, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Umea, Sweden

First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003532.php
May 07, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Priorities 2010: Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003481.php
April 23, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

GH/Innovate 2010 Global Health & Innovation Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003235.php
April 17, 2010 | Health Care | Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1st Australasian Workshop On Econometrics And Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003159.php
April 07, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Melbourne, Australia

Education

Health Policy and Politics - Role of Government and Politics in Health Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003714.php
May 17, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Applied Welfare Analysis in Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003679.php
April 19, 2010 | PhD | Location: Berne, Switzerland

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