NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

HEALTH CARE PROGRAM MEETING

Alan Garber, Organizer

May 9, 2003

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, MAY 9:

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

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM JONATHAN SKINNER and DOUGLAS STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER

Technological Innovation and Health Outcomes: A New Look

9:15 AM AHMED W. KHWAJA, Duke University

Some Economic Consequences of Being (Medi)Careless

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM M. KATE BUNDORF & LAURENCE BAKER, Stanford University and NBER

The Market Level Effects of Health Plan Quality Measurement and Reporting

11:30 AM NANCY BEAULIEU, Harvard University and NBER

Externalities in Overlapping Supply Networks

12:30 PM Lunch

1:10 PM DEREK BROWN, Duke University

GABRIEL PICONE, University of South Florida

FRANK SLOAN, Duke University and NBER

Do Routine Eye Exams Improve Vision?

2:10 PM Adjourn

4/7/03