NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

HEALTH CARE PROGRAM MEETING

Alan Garber, Organizer

November 1, 2002

NBER, Offices,

3^rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM SHERRY A. GLIED, Columbia University and NBER

ADRIANA LLERAS-MUNEY, Princeton and NBER

Health Inequality, Education and Medical Innovation

9:15 AM DANA GOLDMAN, Rand Corporation

DARIUS LAKDAWALLA, Rand Corporation and NBER

Health Disparities and Medical Technology

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM JANET CURRIE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

MARK STABILE, University of Toronto and NBER

Socioeconomic Status and Health: Why is the Relationship

Stronger for Older Children?

11:30 AM KATE BUNDORF, Stanford University and NBER

The Effects of Offering Health Plan Choice within Employment-Based Purchasing Groups

12:30 PM Lunch

1:00 PM MICHAEL CHERNEW, University of Michigan and NBER

DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER

PATRICIA KEENAN, Harvard University

Rising Health Care Cost and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage

2:00 PM Adjourn

10/22/02