NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



HEALTH CARE PROGRAM MEETING



Laurence Baker and Jay Bhattacharya, Organizers



November 14, 2003



NBER, Offices,

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14:



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 JILL HORWITZ, University of Michigan

Does Corporate Form Matter? Service Provision in the Hospital Industry



9:15 AM MIREILLE JACOBSON, UC, Irvine

CRAIG EARLE, JULIANA PAKES, and PETER GACCIONE, Harvard University

JOSEPH P. NEWHOUSE, Harvard University and NBER

Does Reimbursement Influence Chemotherapy Treatment for Cancer Patients?

(Joint with James O'Malley)



10:15 AM Break



10:30 AM MARK STABILE, University of Toronto and NBER

ADRIANA LLERAS-MUNEY, Princeton University and NBER

ANNA AIZER, Brown University

Can Differential Access to Care Explain Infant Health Gradients?

Evidence from California's Disproportionate Share Program



11:30 AM AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER

KATHLEEN MCGARRY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

Private Information and its Effect on Market Equilibrium:

New Evidence from Long Term Care Insurance



12:30 PM Lunch



1:00 PM JAY BHATTACHARYA, Stanford University and NBER

WILLIAM VOGT, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Employer Provision of Health Insurance and the Adverse Selection Problem



2:00 PM Adjourn





10/17/03