NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Frontiers in Health Policy Research Conference

David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber, Organizers

May 29, 2002

Hyatt Regency Bethesda

One Bethesda Metro Center

Bethesda, MD 20814

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29:

8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 AM Opening Remarks

ALAN M. GARBER, Stanford University and NBER

8:30 AM GABRIEL PICONE, University of South Florida

FRANK A. SLOAN, Duke University and NBER

Smoking Cessation and Lifestyle Changes

MEREDITH ROSENTHAL, Harvard University

ERNST R. BERNDT, MIT and NBER

JULIE DONOHUE, Harvard University

ARNOLD EPSTEIN, Harvard University

RICHARD FRANK, Harvard University and NBER

Some Economics Direct-to- Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs

10:00 AM Break

10:30 AM JOHN CAWLEY and KOSALI I. SIMON, Cornell University and NBER

The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans

11:45 AM Reception and Luncheon

Lunch Speaker: THOMAS SCULLY, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

1:00 PM SHERRY A. GLIED, Columbia University and NBER

Health Insurance Expansions and the Content of Coverage

DAVID M. CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER

Employee Costs and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage

2:30 PM Adjourn

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