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BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003
Productivity/Health Care/Aging Joint Workshop
Ernst Berndt David Cutler, Alan Garber and David Wise, Organizers
Health Care/Aging Workshop
Alan Garber, Organizer
July 31 and August 1, 2003
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30: |
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6:00 PM |
Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA |
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THURSDAY, JULY 31: |
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8:30 AM |
Coffee and Pastries |
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PRODUCTIVITY/HEALTH CARE/AGING JOINT WORKSHOP |
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9:00 AM |
RICHARD G. FRANK, Harvard University and NBER |
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ERNST R. BERNDT, MIT and NBER |
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ALISA BUSCH, Harvard University |
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ANTHONY LEHMAN, University of Maryland |
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9:50 AM |
Break |
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10:05 AM |
JASON BARRO and ROBERT HUCKMAN, Harvard University and
NBER |
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The July Effect:
Labor Turnover and Productivity in Teaching Hospitals |
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10:55 AM |
Break |
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11:10 AM |
MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER |
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CHRISTOPHER M. SNYDER, George Washington University |
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Why Are Drugs More Profitable than Vaccines? |
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12:00 N |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
TOMAS PHILIPSON, Chicago, Food and Drug Administration
and NBER |
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Reflections from an Economist at the Food and Drug
Administration |
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1:30 PM |
SEAN NICHOLSON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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ANDREW EPSTEIN, University of Pennsylvania |
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Physician Learning and Best Practice Adoption: An Application to Cesarian Sections |
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2:20 PM |
Break |
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2:35 PM |
CHUNLING LU, Harvard University |
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RICHARD FRANK, Harvard University and NBER |
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TOM MCGUIRE, Harvard University |
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The Responsiveness of Mental Health Care Utilization to
Price Change |
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Under Managed Care Plans |
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3:25 PM |
Break |
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HEALTH CARE/AGING WORKSHOP |
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3:40 PM |
TOM BUCHMUELLER, UC, Irvine and NBER |
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MEREILLE JACOBSON, UC Irvine |
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How far to the Doctor?
The Effect of Hospital Closures on Access to Care |
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4:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1: |
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8:30 AM |
Coffee and Pastries |
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HEALTH CARE/AGING WORKSHOP cont. |
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9:00 AM |
JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER |
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EBONYA WASHINGTON, MIT |
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Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the
Health Insurance Market |
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9:50 AM |
Break |
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10:05 AM |
STEPHEN T. PARENTE, ROGER FELDMAN and JON B.
CHRISTIANSON, |
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University of Minnesota |
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The Effect of Defined Contribution Plans on Health
Insurance Choice |
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and Medical Care
Use |
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10:55 AM |
Break |
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11:10 AM |
RUSTY TCHERNIS, Harvard University |
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JOSEPH P.
NEWHOUSE, Harvard University and NBER |
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SHARON-LISE T. NORMAND, PETER GACCIONE, and JULIANA
PAKES, |
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Harvard University |
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Health and Health Insurance: Analysis of Plan Switching
Behavior |
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12:00 N |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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7/3/03 |
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