Preliminary Program

IHEA 2007 SIXTH WORLD CONGRESS: EXPLORATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS

Copenhagen, Denmark July 5, 2007 through July 11, 2007

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Poster Session (Monday)

Gethin L Griffith , Brunel University, Val Morrison , University of Wales System, J. Mark G. Williams , University of Oxford and Rhiannon Edwards , University of Wales System - Can We Assume Research Participants are Utility Maximisers?
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Alastair Gray , University of Oxford, Paul Fenn , University of Nottingham, Martina Garau , Office of Health Economics, Ed Godber , Office of Health Economics and Adrian Towse , University of Pennsylvania - Donor Investment Choices in Developing Countries: A Methodology and Some Illustrative Results Based on Public-Private Partnerships for Product Development (Pd Ppps)
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Anna Coates , Oxfam GB, Julia Hussein , University of Aberdeen, Zahidul Quayyum , University of Aberdeen and David newlands , University of Aberdeen - Extending the DCE Technique to Investigate Policy-Making for Safe Motherhood in Developing Countries
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Zahidul Quayyum , University of Aberdeen, Tim Ensor , University of Aberdeen, Mardiati Nadjib , University of Indonesia, Purwa Kurnia Sucahya , University of Indonesia and Eko Setyo Pambudi , University of Indonesia - Do Poor Mothers Have Access to Village Level Midwifery Services and Public Facilities for Obstetric Care?: Evidence from Two Districts in Indonesia
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David R. Walker , Baxter International, Inc., Samir K. Bhattacharyya , Baxter International, Inc., Juan C. Blackburn , Baxter International, Inc., Jose C Divino , Baxter International, Inc. and Vito Sciaraffia , University of Chile - Substantial Budget Saving Could Be Achieved By Increasing Utilization of Peritoneal Dialysis Therapy in Chile
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Andrew C. Rucks , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Peter M. Ginter , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Crayton A Fargason Jr. , University of Alabama at Birmingham and Martha S. Wingate , University of Alabama at Birmingham - The Rationale for the Regionalization of Pediatric Services During Large Scale Disasters
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Yi-Chen Hong , Chinese Culture University - The Influence of Health Care System on the Incentives of Physicians' Prescription
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Johanna Vasquez , Universidad de Antioquia and Sandra Rodriguez , Universidad del Norte - Market Concentration of Ambulatory Drugs in Colombia
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Anu S. Nair , SCTIMST and Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization - Poverty-Ill-Health Linkage: How Best Indian Health Policies Address it?
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Riddhi Prakash Doshi , Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Nilam Patel , Affiliation Unknown, Nayan Jani , Affiliation Unknown, Maitraye Basu , Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology and Simy Mathew , Affiliation Unknown - ABC and VED Analyses of Drug Management in a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala
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Roger Chung , University of Hong Kong, Benjamin J. Cowling , University of Hong Kong, C. Mary Schooling , University of Hong Kong and Gabriel Leung , University of Hong Kong - Projection of Long-Term Care Costs Related to the Aging Population Structure in Hong Kong
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Alberto Ferrando , University of Turin, Riccardo Bigi , Affiliation Unknown, Eva Pagano , University of Turin, Michele Petrinco , University of Turin and Dario Gregori , University of Turin - Impact of Exercise Electrocardiogram Test on Cost of Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis: A New Version of "The Ugly Duckling"?
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Giorgia Marini , University of York (UK) and Andrew Street , University of York (UK) - Changing Contractual Relations in the English Nhs - Transaction Costs Analysis
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Hsiuying Fang , Bureau of National Health Insurance Kao-Ping Branch and Jen-Sin Lee , I-Shou University - The Effects of Global Budget System of Primary Care on the Distribution of Primary Physicians in Kao-Ping Areas of Taiwan
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Liqun Liu , Texas A&M University, Andrew J. Rettenmaier , Texas A&M University and Thomas R. Saving , Texas A&M University - Longevity Bias in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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Jonas Hjelmgren , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) - Using Longitudinal Data to Estimate Lost Qalys for Different Subgroups: A Comparison of Three Quality of Life Measurement Methods.
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Stephan Gohmann , University of Louisville - Papanicolaou Tests in Canada and the US - Does Type of Insurance Matter?
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Laura Ternent , University of Aberdeen - Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Elicit Preferences for Maternal Health Care in Ghana
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Van Bui , Kiel Institute for World Economics and Michael Stolpe , Kiel Institute for World Economics - The Impact of New Drug Launches on the Loss of Labor from Disease and Injury: Evidence from German Panel Data
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Chris Van Mol , Alliance Concepts, Inc - Realizing Global Pharma Price Optimization in a Cost-Contained Environment: How an Inter-And Intra-Country Pricing Simulator Contributes to Revenue and Profit Improvement, and Quantifies the Impact of the Multiple Challenges Currently Affecting Drug Pricing.
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Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
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Kawaguchi Hiroyuki , Affiliation Unknown - Effect of Weight Restriction By AR-DEA Comparing With Composite Indicator: Empirical Analysis About NHS Trust Hospital Data
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Jenny N. Lye , University of Melbourne and Joe G. Hirschberg , University of Melbourne - A Revaluation of the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Wages
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Richard Heijink , Government of the Netherlands, Marc A. Koopmanschap , Erasmus MC and Johan Polder , Government of the Netherlands - International Comparison of Cost of Illness
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Jean-Marc Orgogozo , University of Bordeaux II, Jean-François Dartigues , University of Bordeaux II, Sabine Gaichies , Affiliation Unknown, Benoît Rive , Lundbeck, Chantal Guilhaume-Goulant , Lundbeck and Mondher Toumi , Lundbeck - Cost of Dementia: The Influence of Behavioural Symptoms on Resource Utilisation
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Misak Norekyan , Affiliation Unknown - Health Reform in the Republic of Armenia and the Role of the State
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Michael Thiede , University of Cape Town and Marianela Castillo-Riquelme , University of Cape Town - Pro-Poor Interventions for Infectious Diseases: When and How Do They Work?
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Jacob Nielsen Arendt , University of Southern Denmark and Holm Anders Larsen , Affiliation Unknown - Probit Models With Dummy Endogenous Regressors
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Lijing Ouyang , Government of the United States of America, Scott Grosse , Government of the United States of America and Ruth Perou , Government of the United States of America - The Association between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Risk for Child Maltreatment
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Sinne Smed , Affiliation Unknown - The Influence of Prices on a Healthy Diet
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Jose Leal , University of Oxford, Sarah Wordsworth , University of Oxford, Alastair Gray , University of Oxford, Juliet Oerton , Affiliation Unknown and Carol Dezateux , Affiliation Unknown - Universal Screening for Rare Newborn Genetic Conditions: Establishing Cost-Effectiveness Before Implementation
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nana kwame anokye , Affiliation Unknown and Julia A Fox-Rushby , Brunel University - The Relevance of Economic Theory to Improving Economic Evaluation of Public Health Interventions: The Case of Physical Activity Interventions
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Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdottir , University of Iceland and Kerry Anne McGeary , Drexel University - Alcohol and Labor Supply: The Case of Iceland
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Tracey H Sach , University of Nottingham and David Whynes , University of Nottingham - Are People Willing to Pay for Services from Which They Can't Benefit Directly ?
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Julie Ratcliffe , University of Sheffield, Hilary Bekker , University of Leeds, Paul Dolan , University of Sheffield and Richard Edlin , University of Sheffield - Assessing the Relative Importance Attached to Access, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness By Health Care Decision Makers: A Comparison of DCE and Attitudinal Questions
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Chiara Tosi , University of Southern California - Evaluating the Cost of Medication Non Compliance in the Treatment of Epilepsy
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Silvia Mendolia , University of New South Wales - The Impact of Job Loss on Family Mental Health
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Ken Aoki , Sophia University - The Welfare Effect of Banning Signaling in Not-for-Profit Industries
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Nkoli Pamela Uguru , Affiliation Unknown, Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Eric Nwabuike Obikeze , Affiliation Unknown and Chima Onoka , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus - Inequity in Utilizing of Maternal Health Services in Urban Nigeria: Implications for Reducing Maternal Mortality
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Anatoliy Pilyavsky , Lviv Academy of Commerce and Matthias René Staat , University of Mannheim - Robust Nonparametric Estimation of Hospital and Ambulatory Care Efficiency in Ukraine
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Ursula Giedion , Affiliation Unknown, Eduardo Andres Alfonso , Departamento Nacional de Planeacion, Yadira Beatrice Diaz , Departamento Nacional de Planeacion and Bill Savedoff , Social Insight - The Impact of Subsidized Health Insurance on Access, Utilization and Health Status in Colombia
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Samuel Shillcutt , Andean Health and Development/Saludesa, Damian Walker , Johns Hopkins University, Catherine Goodman , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Anne Mills , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Cost-Effectivess in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of the Debates Surrounding Decision Rules
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Pilar Garcia Gomez , Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Ángel López Nicolás , Affiliation Unknown and Ana Tur Prats , Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Health Shocks, Employment and Income in the European Labour Market
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Ana Maria Simões , Affiliation Unknown, Sara R. Machado , New University of Lisbon, Pedro P. Barros , New University of Lisbon and Jorge Nunes , New University of Lisbon - General Internists at the Hospital: Cost Saving or Big Spenders?
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Narimasa Kumagai , Kinki University - An Empirical Examination of Health Care Constraints on Outpatients in Japan
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Asako Shimazaki , Carnegie Mellon University - How Can We Efficiently Cover the Uninsured? A Micro-Simulation Model of Health Insurance Coverage
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Maria-Cecilia Vieira-Da-Silva , Affiliation Unknown - The Impact of Smoking on Medicaid Spending With Acute Care in Massachusetts and Potential Cost-Savings of Smoking Cessation
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Janelle Seymour , University of Melbourne, Paul McNamee , University of Aberdeen, Anthony Scott , University of Melbourne, Michela Tinelli , University of Aberdeen and Christine Bond , University of Aberdeen - Shedding New Light Onto the Ceiling and Floor? A Quantile Regression Approach to Compare EQ-5D and SF-6D Responses
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Winnie Yip , Harvard University, Hong Wang , Yale University and William Hsiao , Harvard University - Catastrophic or Basic Health Care? Impacts of Two Pilot Experiments on Financial Risk Protection in Rural China
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Nobuyuki Izumida , National Institute of Population & Social Security Research - Service Utilization in Long Term Care Insurance and the Effectiveness of the Service
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Pierluigi Borgia , University of Rome II, Marco Doglia , University of Rome II and Federico Spandonaro , University of Rome II - Reasons for Private Health Insurance in a Universalistic National Health Service
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Lessard Chantale , University of Montreal - Issues of Complexity and Reflexivity in Economic Evaluation
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Eric Keuffel , University of Pennsylvania - The Effects of Unemployment Spells on Prevention Behaviors - A Panel Data Analysis
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Devendra Prasad Shrestha , Tribhuvan University - Decentralized Health Care Delivery System and Estimation of Expenditure Needs: A Case of Nepalase
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Nkem Dike , Affiliation Unknown, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus and Soludo B. Eze , Affiliation Unknown - Differential Perceived and Technical Quality of Malaria Treatment Services Provided By Public and Private Healthcare Providers in Southeast Nigeria
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Mattijs Lambooij , National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Johan Hansen , Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL) - Human Capital and Health as Interacting Predictors of Labour Market Success
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Ali Ghufron Mukti , Universitas Gadjah Mada - Pre-Paid Health Care Scheme as an Exit Strategy of Suspension of the Health Sector Social Safety Net Program in Yogyakarta Province Indonesia
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Naomi Toyoshi-Hamada , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Jill Maben , King's College London - Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery and Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Incentive Strategies in Zambia: How to Retain a Motivated Public Sector Nursing Workforce in an Era of International Migration?
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Thomas Davidson , Linkoping University and Lars-Ake Levin , Linkoping University - Do Individuals Consider Expected Income When Valuing Health States?
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Karen Gerard , University of Southampton, Catherine Pope , University of Southampton and Chris Salisbury , University of Bristol - A Role for Qualitative Research in Discrete Choice Experiments: A Case Study of Improving Access to General Practice Services in England
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Daniele Fabbri , University of Bologna and Silvana Robone , University of York (UK) - The Geography of Hospital Admissions in a National Health Service With Patient Choice: Evidence from Italy
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Walter P Wodchis , University of Toronto - Performance Management in Long-Term Care With Composite Measures of Quality
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Claude Jeanrenaud , University of Neuchatel and Joachim Marti , University of Neuchatel - The Cost of Reduced Life Expectancy Due to Air Pollution: Assessing the Value of a Life Year (VOLY) Using Contingent Valuation
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Louise Herbild , University of Southern Denmark, Mickael Bech , University of Southern Denmark and Dorte Gyrd-Hansen , University of Copenhagen - Patient Preferences for Genetic Screening - Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Elicit Depressive Patients' Preferences
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John A. Nyman , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Nathan A. Barleen , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Bryan E. Dowd , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Daniel W. Russell , Iowa State University, Stephen Coons , University of Arizona and Patrick W. Sullivan , University of Colorado at Denver - Quality-of-Life Weights for the U.S. Population: Self-Reported Health Status and Priority Health Conditions, by Demographic Characteristics
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Terri Green , University of Canterbury and Ian Sheerin , University of Otago - Cost and Effectiveness of Treating Hepatitis C for Injecting Drug Users in New Zealand
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Thea van Asselt , University Hospital Maastricht, Carmen Dirksen , University Hospital Maastricht, Arnoud Arntz , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Josephine Giesen , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Richard van Dyck , GGZ BuitenAmstel, Philip Spinhoven , University of Leiden, Willem van Tilburg , GGZ BuitenAmstel, Ismay Kremers , University of Leiden, Marjon Nadort , GGZ BuitenAmstel and Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: The Cost-Effectiveness of Schema-Focused Therapy Versus Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
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Masayo Sato , Hokkaido University and Toshiyuki Uemura , Toyo University - Politically Favorable Alternatives for Japan's Public Health Policy Reform - Evaluation of Risk Recognition and Preference -
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Ed Godber , Office of Health Economics and Clive Pritchard , Affiliation Unknown - QALYs and Terminal Stages of Life
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Marieke Krol , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Miriam Koopman , Affiliation Unknown, Carin Uyl-de Groot , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Cornelis J.A. Punt , Affiliation Unknown - A Systematic Review of Economic Analyses of Pharmaceutical Therapies for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
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Subhrendu K. Pattanayak , Research Triangle Institute, Christine Poulos , RTI International, George Van Houtven , Research Triangle Institute, Jui-Chen Yang , RTI International and Kelly Jones Wendland , Conservation International - Modeling Self-Protective Behaviors Against Infectious Disease: Estimates of Prevalence Elasticity for Malaria
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Seongok Kim , Affiliation Unknown, Dennis Ross-Degnan , Harvard University, Alyce Adams , Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Anita Wagner , Harvard University and Stephen Soumerai , Harvard University - What Factors Determine Doctors' Preferences for Originator Drugs and Their Willingness to Prescribe Generic Drugs in Korea ?
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Sumathi Sundram , University of East Anglia, Miranda Mugford , University of East Anglia, Richard Fordham , University of East Anglia and Charles Normand , University of Dublin - Defining and Measuring Knowledge Capital in Healthcare
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Edna Louise Yazdani , Government of Canada, Doug Coyle , University of Ottawa, Ulrick Auguste , Affiliation Unknown, Gina Dumaresq , Affiliation Unknown, Anita Tuharsky , Affiliation Unknown and Marcus Lem , Affiliation Unknown - Addressing Data Challenges in the Planning of Public Health Interventions for Canadian First Nations Populations
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Mariana Lopez-Ortega , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Modelling the Supply of Informal Care to the Elderly in Mexico
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AMCHSS MPH/DPH 2006 Batch MPH/DPH 2006 Batch , ACHUTHA MENON CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCE STUDIES - Sub-Markets in Health: An Analysis of Patient Care, Diagnostics and Financing Submarkets in a City of Kerala
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Muhammed Shaffi , ACHUTHA MENON CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCE STUDIES, Allen Prabhaker Ugargol , Affiliation Unknown and Amar Niranjan Shah , Affiliation Unknown - Out-Migration of Health Care Workers and its Impact on Domestic Health Care in Kerala
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Suhaila Khan , Affiliation Unknown, Mahmud Khan , Tulane University, Paul Hutchinson , Tulane University and David Hotchkiss , Tulane University - Use the National Wealth Index But Beware the Sample Weights
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Pablo Maroto , Hospital de la Sana Creu i Sant Pau, Humberto Villavicencio , Affiliation Unknown, Carme Pinol , Q.F. Bayer, S.A. and Leyre Urruticoechea , Q.F. Bayer, S.A. - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Sorafenib versus Best Supportive Care in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma in Spain
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Jolene Skordis-Worrall , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Zaid Chalabi , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Can Decision Field Theory Improve Our Understanding of Health Seeking Behaviour? A Demonstration using Data from Cape Town, South Africa
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Thomas Hammerschmidt , Affiliation Unknown, Johannes Forster , St. Josefs-Hospital, Ulrich Heininger , University Children's Hospital beider Basel, Reinhard Roos , Municipal Hospital Munich-Harlaching and Hans-Iko Huppertz , Prof.-Hess Children’s Hospital - Parental Appraisal of the Morbidity of Diarrhea in Infants (Pamodi-Study): Results and Correlation of Subjective Appraisal with a Clinical Measure of Disease Severity
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Maite Irurzun Lopez , University of Cape Town - HIV/AIDS Policies and Absorptive Capacity in South Africa: Identifying the Bottlenecks, Unleashing the Capacity
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Paul F. M. Krabbe , Radboud University Nijmegen, Joshua Salomon , Harvard University and Christopher J. Murray , Harvard University - Quantification of Health States With Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling
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Paolo Pertile , University of Verona - An Extension of the Real Option Approach to the Evaluation of Health Care Technologies: The Case of Positron Emission Tomography
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Nobuo Koinuma , Tohoku University and Michiya Ito , Affiliation Unknown - Economic Evaluation of Anti-Smoking Measures in Cancer Control Strategy Using a System Model
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Hiroaki Kakihara , Ritsumeikan University - Biwako-Kusatsu Campus - Analysis of Demand for Pet Examination and Health Literacy of the Testees in Japan
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Svetla Loukanova , University of Heidelberg and John Bridges , Affiliation Unknown - Trends in Interest on Empowerment in Health
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Benjamin Loevinsohn , World Bank, Inaam ul haq , World Bank, Agnes Couffinhal , World Bank and Aakanksha Pande , World Bank - Contracting-In Management to Strengthen Publicly Financed Primary Health Services – The Experience of Punjab, Pakistan
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Chie Kaneto , University of Tokyo, Yasuki Kobayashi , University of Tokyo, Satoshi Toyokawa , University of Tokyo and Kazuo Inoue , University of Tokyo - Work-Force Participation Rate of Physicians By Age and Gender in Japan
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Dirk Sauerland , WHL Graduate School of Business and Economics - The German Strategy for Quality Assurance in Health Care
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Aysegul Timur , Hodges University, Gabriel Picone , University of South Florida and Jeffrey DeSimone , University of South Florida - The Single Market and Pharmaceutical Industry in the European Union: Is There Any Evidence of Price Convergence?
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Brenda Gannon , National University of Ireland, Galway and Meg Munley , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Disability and Age Discrimination in the Labour Market
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Ajay Tandon , World Bank, Bakuti Shengelia , World Bank, Somnath Chatterji , World Health Organization and Christopher J. Murray , Harvard University - On Measuring Effective Coverage Using Household Survey Data
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Solomon Sitinadziwe Kagulula , Affiliation Unknown - A Study to Evaluate Support for the Health Sector Devolution Policy in Zambia:An Actor Analytic Perspective
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Karen Bloor , University of York (UK) - What are the Economic Implications of 'Feminisation' of the UK Medical Workforce?
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Elizabeth Kinter , Johns Hopkins University, John Bridges , Affiliation Unknown, Kevin Frick , Johns Hopkins University and Lewis B. Kinter , AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals - United States - Exploratory Inds: Are They a Real Opportunity?
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Oliver Gapp , GSF - Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM), Rolf Holle , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Bernd Schweikert , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health and Christine Meisinger , Affiliation Unknown - Evaluation of Participants Characteristics and Health Economic Aspects of Outpatient Disease Management Programs (Dmp) for Chronic Heart Disease Patients in Germany.
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Walter Ried , University of Greifswald - Aging, Technical Progress and Health Care Expenditures - a Theoretical Analysis
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Ulrika Enemark , University of Aarhus, Kristian Schultz Hansen , University of Aarhus and Anders Foldspang , University of Aarhus - Change in Health Services Consumption When Closing an Emergency Department
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Solomon Sitinadziwe Kagulula , Affiliation Unknown - A Study to Evaluate Support for Health Sector Devolution Policy: An Actor Analytic Perspective
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Joe G. Hirschberg , University of Melbourne and Jenny N. Lye , University of Melbourne - Bootstrapping the Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio Using a Fieller Method
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Marimuthu Muralikannan , Affiliation Unknown and Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization - Financial Inclusion and Involvement of Banks in Health Sector: An Appraisal of Banks' Stake in Indian Health Sector
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Godwin Sree Kulakkal , Affiliation Unknown and Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization - Household 'Welfare Losses' in Financing Injury Care: A Decomposition of Causal Factors in Kerala
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Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus and Chijioke Ifeanyi Okoli , Affiliation Unknown - Treatment-Seeking Practices and the Willingness to Pay for Antiretroviral treatment of HIV-Positive Patients in Southeast Nigeria
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Carolyn Dewa , Affiliation Unknown - The Impact of Chronic Work Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Chronic Physical Conditions on Disability Among Canadian Workers
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Cristina Hernandez Quevedo , University of York (UK), Andrew M. Jones , University of York (UK) and Nigel Rice , University of York (UK) - The Dynamics of Health Limitations Across Europe: A Longitudinal Analysis Using the European Community Household Panel
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Xin Li , Eugenia Amporfu and aslam anis - Differences in the Quality of Care and Resulting Outcomes in Childbirth between Family Physicians and Obstetricians: Comparison of a Matched Cohort.
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Franz Hessel , University of Duisburg-Essen, Steffen Mitzner , University of Rostock and Jürgen Wasem , University of Duisburg-Essen - Cost-Effectiveness of the Artificial Liver Support System MARS - Methodological Challenges in Evaluating a High-Priced Medical Device for a Rare Disease
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Frida Hjalte , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) and Anna Glenngard , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) - What Factors Determine the Demand for Health Expenditure Data in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Jeremy Jones - Which Price for Sight? How Good Must Lucentis Be Relative to Avastin to Be Cost Effective?
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Julia Fimpel , Affiliation Unknown and Michael Stolpe , Kiel Institute for World Economics - The Welfare Costs of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe: An Empirical Assessment Using the Value-of-Life Approach
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Kelly Makarounas-Kirchmann , Monash University and Just Stoelwinder , Monash University - Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and the Publiication of Public Summary Documents: Impact of Economic Evaluations on Decision Making
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Michel Grignon , McMaster University, Jeremiah Hurley , McMaster University, Alina Gildiner , McMaster University and Martin Hering , McMaster University - Horizontal Equity in Health Care Utilization in Canada
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Neill Booth , University of Tampere, Harri Sintonen , STAKES/FinOHTA, Pekka Rissanen , University of Tampere and Marjukka Makela , STAKES/FinOHTA - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Antihypertensive Interventions According to Finnish Evidence-Based Guidelines
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Ritesh Banerjee , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Ethan Cohen-Cole , Federal Reserve Banks and Giulio Zanella , University of Siena - Demonstration Effects in Preventive Care
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Dominique Cadilhac , University of Melbourne, A. G. Thrift , University of Melbourne, Robert Carter , University of Melbourne and H. M. Dewey , University of Melbourne - The Longterm Costs of Stroke Sub-Types from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS).
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Sheetal Joy , Affiliation Unknown, Rekha Raveendran , Affiliation Unknown, Allen Prabhakar Ugargal , Affiliation Unknown and Shibu Vijayan , Affiliation Unknown - Mushrooming of Private Medical Schools in India, the Present Student Profile and Cost of Medical Education and its Impact on Equity, Health Care Accessibility, Cost and Perceived Quality of Health Care
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Sylvie Olifson-Houriet , Affiliation Unknown - Research Priorities in the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off
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Vidar Halsteinli , SINTEF Teknologiledelse, Sigmund Karterud , Affiliation Unknown and Geir Pedersen , Affiliation Unknown - Using Routinely Collected Multi Centre Data to Evaluate Treatment Effect and Cost Factors: The Case of Psychotherapeutic Day Treatment Programs in Norway
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William Hollingworth , University of Bristol, Annemarie Relyea-Chew , University of Washington, Bryan A. Comstock , University of Washington, Karen A. Overstreet , U.S. Bankruptcy Court and Jeffrey G. Jarvik , University of Washington - The Risk of Bankruptcy Before and After Brain or Spinal Cord Injury
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Janice Johnston , Food and Health Bureau, Patrick Kwan , Food and Health Bureau, Anne Fung , Food and Health Bureau, Doris Chong , Food and Health Bureau, Richard Collins , Food and Health Bureau and Su Vui Lo , Food and Health Bureau - A Systematic Evaluation of Payback of Publicly Funded Health Research in Hong Kong Since 1993
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Marta Trapero-Bertran , Brunel University, Hema Mistry , Brunel University, Jing Shen , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Julia A Fox-Rushby , Brunel University - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Willingness to Pay (Wtp) for Malaria Prevention and Treatment in Endemic Areas
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Toshio Ogawa , Imperial College London, Timothy D. Heymann , Imperial College London, Andrey Timoshkin , Imperial College London and Rifat A. Atun , Imperial College London - Analysis of 'Process Delays' in Care Pathways: Cost Estimation of Waiting Times for Patients With Fractured Neck of Femur (FNOF) in Acute Hospital Setting
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Nathalie A. Kulin , McMaster University, Deborah Marshall , McMaster University, F. Reed Johnson , Triangle Economic Research and Stephanie Van Bebber , University of California, San Francisco - Conducting Surveys in the Era of Cellphones: Review of the Use of Online Panels in the Medical Literature
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Antje Freytag , Affiliation Unknown, Philipp Storz , Affiliation Unknown, Ernst-Günther Hagenmeyer , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd., Ariane Höer , Affiliation Unknown, Manfred Caeser , Affiliation Unknown, Bertram Häussler , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd. and Holger Gothe , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd. - Direct Costs of Treatment of COPD in a German Sickness Fund
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Wen-chi Wu , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, Chia-Hsuan Wu , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan and Hsing-yi Chang , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan - Factors Associated with Re-Visiting and Switching Clinics Among Adults with Upper Respiratory Infection Symptoms in Taiwan
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Farasat A. Bokhari , Florida State University, Yunwei Gai , Florida State University and Pablo Gottret , World Bank - Government Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes
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Luis Prieto , Affiliation Unknown - Health Economics of Drug Addiction Treatments: An European Standpoint
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Rowena Jacobs , University of York (UK), Russel Mannion , University of York (UK), Huw T.O. Davies , University of St. Andrews, Steve Harrison , University of Manchester and Fred Konteh , University of York (UK) - Is There a Link between Organisational Culture and Hospital Performance?: Evidence from the English NHS
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David J. Becker , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Kenneth Y. Chay , University of California, Berkeley and Shailender Swaminathan , University of Alabama at Birmingham - Mortality and the Baseball Hall of Fame: An Investigation into the Role of Status in Life Expectancy
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Benjamin M. Craig , University of Wisconsin - Madison, Jan Busschbach , Affiliation Unknown and Joshua Salomon , Harvard University - Ordinal Valuation of Health States: A Eight Country Comparison
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Guido Didoni - Retention and Turn-Over Index as Measure of Quality of Ipolipidemic Drugs Use in Real Practice in Italy
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Justice Nonvignon , University of Dar es Salaam and Peter Aglobitse , University of Cape Coast - The Choice of Health Care Services By Households in Ghana
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Liz Schroeder , University of Oxford and Stavros Petrou , University of Oxford - The Cost-Effectiveness of Maternity Care in the United Kingdom
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Hsin-Chia Hung , Affiliation Unknown and Mei-Chin Chiu , Kao Fong College - The Distribution of Dentists in Taiwan Under the Global Budget Payment System
Abstract and Article

Pin-Hsuan Wu , Bureau of national health insurance(BNHI),Taiwan - Utilization of Combined use Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine by Patients with Chronic Disease
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Access to health care: Bridging the gap between concepts and policy
Stephen Birch, McMaster University

Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town, Michael Thiede , University of Cape Town and Stephen Birch , McMaster University - Access as a Policy-Relevant Concept in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Abstract and Article

Maria Goddard , University of York (UK) - Access to Health Care – the British Perspective
Abstract and Article

Gavin Mooney , Curtin University of Technology - Access as a Cultural Concept
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Accounting for Family Spillover Effects in Economic Evaluations of Health Interventions
Scott Grosse, Government of the United States of America

Anirban Basu , University of Chicago, Arthur Elstein , University of Illinois at Chicago, William Dale , University of Chicago and David Owen Meltzer , University of Chicago - A Time Trade-Off Method to Elicit Preferences of Spouses About the Influnce of Their Partners' Potential Prostate Cancer Health States on Them
Abstract and Article

Mick Tilford , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Correlates of Caregiver Preference Scores in a Child Disability Model
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Applying economics to realities of health care priority setting
Stuart Peacock, Affiliation Unknown

Stirling Bryan , University of Birmingham, Alan M. Garber , Stanford University and Marthe Gold , City University of New York - Coverage of New Health Care Technologies in the US: An Investigation of Principles, Processes and the Use of Cost-Effectiveness Information
Abstract and Article

Angela Bate , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Craig Mitton , University of British Columbia, Madeleine Murtagh , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Cam Donaldson , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) - Priority Setting in the ‘Real-World' - from Principles to Processes and Performance.
Abstract and Article

Robert C. Carter , Deakin University - The ACE (Assessing Cost Effectiveness) Approach to Priority Setting
Abstract and Article

David A. Turner , University of Southampton, Sanjoy Ketan Paul , University of Oxford, Margaret Stone , University of Leicester, Ariadna Juarez-Garcia , University of Birmingham, Iain Squire , University of Leicester and Kamlesh Khunti , University of Leicester - The Cost-Effectiveness of a Disease Management Programme for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure in Primary Care
Abstract and Article

Nader M. Zaidan , Affiliation Unknown - Setting Priorities for Managing Renal Failure in Ramallah Hospital (Palestine): A Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA) Approach
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Assessing the impact of health system reforms intended to benefit the poor: Experiences from Vietnam, Thailand and Mexico
Stephen Lim, University of Queensland

Henrik Axelson , World Health Organization, Björn Ekman , Affiliation Unknown, Duc Anh Ha , Boston University, Liem T. Nguyen , Affiliation Unknown and Ulf Gerdtham , Lund University - Evaluating the Impact of a Targeted Program on Health Utilization and Expenditure in Vietnam Using Quasi-Experimental Methods
Abstract and Article

Emmanuela Gakidou , University of Washington, Rafael Lozano , Affiliation Unknown, Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier , Affiliation Unknown, Jesse Abbott-Klafter , Harvard University and Jeremy Barofsky , Harvard University - Assessing the Effect of the 2001-2006 Mexican Health Reform: An Interim Report Card
Abstract and Article

Patama Vapattanawong , Mahidol University, Margaret C. Hogan , University of Queensland, Piya Hanvoravongchai , Harvard University, Emmanuela Gakidou , University of Washington, Theo Vos , University of Queensland, Alan Lopez , University of Queensland and Stephen Lim , University of Queensland - Beyond Averages: Have Health Sector Reforms Reduced Inequality in Child Mortality in Thailand?
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Balancing equity and efficiency: tools for multicriteria priority setting in health
David Evans, World Health Organization

Rob Baltussen , Radboud University Nijmegen, AHA ten Asbroek , University of Amsterdam, Xander Koolman , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Pralhad Bhattarai , Tribhuvan University and L W Niessen , Erasmus MC - Identifying and Weighing Various Criteria for Priority Setting in Nepal Using Discrete Choice Experiments
Abstract and Article

Lydia Kapiriri , University of Toronto, Bjarne Robberstad , Affiliation Unknown, Ole Frithjof Norheim , Affiliation Unknown and Douglas K. Martin , University of Toronto - Criteria for Priority-Setting in Health Care in Uganda: Exploration of Stakeholders' Values
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Bargaining in health care
Misja Mikkers, Dutch Healthcare Authority

David Dranove , Northwestern University, Mark A. Satterthwaite , Northwestern University and Andrew Sfekas , Northwestern University - Boundedly Rational Bargaining in Option Demand Markets: An Empirical Application
Abstract and Article

Rein Halbersma , Dutch Healthcare Authority and Misja C. Mikkers , Dutch Healthcare Authority - Consumer Choice and Selective Contracting in Hospital-Insurer Bargaining
Abstract and Article

Ilaria Mosca , Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), Marc Pomp , CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis and Victoria Shestalova , Government of the Netherlands - Price Negotiations in Health Care Services: Netherlands' Home Care
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Costing
Amalia Donia Sofio, University of Rome II

Stephanie M Boulenger , Abt Associates, Inc. and Tania Dmytraczenko , Abt Associates, Inc. - Cost and Impact of the Skilled Care Initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract and Article

Renee G. Stark , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Hans-Helmut Koenig , University of Leipzig and Reiner Leidl , Affiliation Unknown - Comparison of the Effect of Retrospective and Prospective data on Cost Calculations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Abstract and Article

Eva Pagano , University of Turin, Michele Petrinco , University of Turin, Alberto Ferrando , University of Turin, Alessandro Desideri , Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Riccardo Bigi , Affiliation Unknown and Dario Gregori , University of Turin - Survival Models for Cost Data: The Forgotten Additive Approach
Abstract and Article

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

John R. Moss , University of Adelaide, Caroline A. Crowther , University of Adelaide, Janet E. Hiller , University of Adelaide, Kristyn J. Willson , University of Adelaide, Andrew J. McPhee , Women's and Children's Hospital, William S. Jeffries , Lyell McEwin Hospital and Jeffrey S. Robinson , University of Adelaide - Costs and Consequences from the Achois Randomized Trial of Treatment of Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract and Article

Mardiati Nadjib , University of Indonesia, Zahidul Quayyum , University of Aberdeen, Tim Ensor , University of Aberdeen, Susilawati Gunawan , University of Indonesia and Purwa Kurnia Sucahya , University of Indonesia - Cost of Obstetric Care and Economic Consequences for the Households: are Poor Mother Protected? Lessons from Two Districts in Indonesia
Abstract and Article

Jody Martens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Trudy van der Weijden , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Daisy de Bruijn , Affiliation Unknown, Ron Winkens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Cost Effects of Computer Reminders to Improve Prescribing Behaviour Among GPS
Abstract and Article

Richard Grieve , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Multiple Imputation for Estimating Unit Costs in Multicentre Economic Evaluations
Abstract and Article

Amala de Silva de Silva , University of Colombo, Sarath M. Samarage , Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka and Aparnaa Somanathan , World Bank - An Assessment of Cost Studies from a Methodological Perspective.
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Wait Times

Angela Testi , Università degli Studi di Genova and Elena Tanfani , Università degli Studi di Genova - Efficiency and Equity Issues in Managing Surgical Elective Waiting Lists
Abstract and Article

Peter Sivey , University of York (UK) - Waiting Times Vs Distance: An Analysis of the Determinants of Choice of Hospital for Cataract Operations in the National Health Service
Abstract and Article

Carol Propper , University of Bristol, Matthew Sutton , University of Aberdeen, Carolyn Whitnall , University of Bristol and Frank Windmeijer , University of Bristol - Targets and Waiting Times: Exploiting a Quasi-Experiment to Evaluate the Use of Targets in the Provision of Health Care in the UK
Abstract and Article

Terry N. Flynn , University of Bristol, Jordan J. J. Louviere , University of Technology, Sydney, Shan Li , University of Technology, Sydney, Tim Peters , University of Bristol and Joanna Coast , University of Birmingham - I'll Tell You Which Patient is Most Bothered About Waiting Time: Estimating Individual Preferences from Discrete Choice Experiments
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Hospital Competition
Anthony Scott, University of Melbourne

William White , Cornell University, David Dranove , Northwestern University, Richard C. Lindrooth , Medical University of South Carolina and Jack Zwanziger , University of Illinois at Chicago - Is the Impact of Managed Care on Hospital Prices Decreasing?
Abstract and Article

David M. Cutler , Harvard University, Robert S. Huckman , Harvard University and Jonathan Kolstad , Harvard University - Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
Abstract and Article

Robert S. Huckman , Harvard University and Jonathan Kolstad , Harvard University - Cross Subsidization and the Welfare Impact of Specialty Entry
Abstract and Article

Chi Chen Chen , National Taiwan University and Shou-Hsia Cheng , National Taiwan University - Market Competition, Hospital Input and Perceived Quality: Evidence from a Single-Payer System in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

Yaa Owusua D Akosa Antwi , Carnegie Mellon University, Martin S. Gaynor , Carnegie Mellon University and William B. Vogt , Carnegie Mellon University - Evaluating the Performance of Merger Simulation: Evidence from the Hospital Market in California
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Home care
Anita Alban, Affiliation Unknown

Julie Polisena , University of Toronto, Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto, Peter C. Coyte , University of Toronto and Ruth Croxfod , Affiliation Unknown - Performance Evaluation of Home and Community Care
Abstract and Article

Meredith Kilgore , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Michael A. Morrisey , University of Alabama, Christine Ritchie , University of Alabama and Julie Locher , University of Alabama - The Effect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 on Home Health Services
Abstract and Article

Michele A Kohli , University of Toronto, Douglas K. Martin , University of Toronto, Deborah Marshall , McMaster University and Peter C. Coyte , University of Toronto - Competing Values in Priority Setting in the Home Care Sector in Ontario, Canada
Abstract and Article

Meredith Lilly , University of Toronto, Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto, Pat Armstrong , York University and Peter C. Coyte , University of Toronto - Labour Force Participation, Labour Supply, and Unpaid Caregiving in Canada
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Methodology 1
Alan Diener, Government of Canada

Duncan Mortimer , Monash University and Leonie Segal , Monash University - Is the Value of a Life-Year Saved Context Specific?
Abstract and Article

Steve Mitchell Kymes , Washington University, St. Louis, Bryan S Lee , Washington University, St. Louis, Leslie D McIntosh , Washington University, St. Louis, Robert F Nease , Expresss Scripts and Walton Sumner , Washington University, St. Louis - Preference Based Measurement of Vision-Related Quality of Life: Are We Mixing Apples and Oranges?
Abstract and Article

Judit Simon , University of Oxford, Stephen Pilling , University College London, Rachel Burbeck , University College London, Emma McIntosh , University of Oxford and John Geddes , University of Oxford - Using Indirect Evidence in Clinical Guideline Development: Feasibility and Acceptibility
Abstract and Article

Ke Xu , World Health Organization and Frode Ravndal , The Heron Group - Measurement Error in Household Expenditure Data: The World Health Survey
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Generics 1
Alastair Gray, University of Oxford

Marin Gemmill , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Joan Costa-Font , University of Barcelona - Testing the Generics Paradox: An Estimation of the Price Elasticities of Generic and Brand-Name Drugs
Abstract and Article

Petros Pechlivanoglou , Affiliation Unknown, Cornelis Boersma , University of Groningen, Sipke Visser , University of Groningen and Maarten Postma , University of Groningen - Modelling the Antidepressant's Market Behavior After Patent Expiries. Evidence from the Netherlands
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Inequality
Albert Okunade, University of Memphis

Zeynep Or , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) and Florence Jusot , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - Impact of Health-Care Systems on Inequalities in Health Care Consumption
Abstract and Article

Shu-Fang Shih , National Taiwan University, Tung-liang Chiang , National Taiwan University and Likwang Chen , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan - Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality in Mortality in Taiwan: 1980-2005
Abstract and Article

Snezana Nedeljko Dimitrijevic , Institute of Public Health of Serbia and Vesna Horozovic , Institute of Public Health of Serbia - Social Inequality as Determinante of Health State,Needs of Health Care and Utilization of Health Care of Population of Serbia
Abstract and Article

Martin Salm , University of Mannheim and Frank A. Sloan , Duke University - The Effect of Pensions on Longevity: Evidence from Union Army Veterans
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Compliance
Arthur E. King

Udo Schneider , University of Bayreuth and Juergen G Zerth , University of Bayreuth - Improving Prevention Compliance Through Appropriate Incentives
Abstract and Article

Chien-Chia Chuang , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Association between Noncompliance in Hemodialysis Sessions and Composite Rate Costs for ESRD Patients
Abstract and Article

Karen A. Fitzner , Affiliation Unknown, Charlie L Bennett , Northwestern University, June McKoy , Northwestern University and Cara Tigue , Northwestern University - An Analysis of Fraudulent Qui Tam Actions Over Time in the United States
Abstract and Article

Charitini Stavropoulou , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Doctor-Patient Relationship: A Game Theoretical Approach to Explain Non-Adherence to Medication
Abstract and Article

Eric Q. Wu , Analysis Group, Inc., Elaine Yang , Analysis Group, Inc., Paul E. Greenberg , Analysis Group, Inc., M. Haim Erder , Affiliation Unknown and Marique Buessing , Analysis Group, Inc. - Comparing Treatment Compliance, Hospitalization, and Costs of Elderly Mdd Patients on Escitalopram and Citalopram
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health Spending and Financial Protection in Latin America: Country-level analysis
Amanda Glassman

Felicia M. Knaul , Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, HECTOR ARREOLA Sr. , Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, Oscar Méndez Carniado , Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, Rebeca Wong , University of Maryland and Julio Frenk , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health Spending and Financial Protection: Evidence from Mexico
Abstract and Article

Carmen Elisa Flórez Nieto , University of the Andes (Colombia), Ursula Giedion , Affiliation Unknown, Renata Pardo , Affiliation Unknown and Eduardo Andres Alfonso , Departamento Nacional de Planeacion - Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health Spending and Financial Protection in Latin America: The Case of Colombia
Abstract and Article

Martin Valdivia , Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) and Juan José Díaz , Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - Financial Protection Against Health Catastrophes in Latin America: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Abstract and Article

James Cercone , Affiliation Unknown and Rodrigo Briceno , International Health Economics Association (iHEA) - The Catastrophic Expenditure and the Financial Protection in Health: The Case of Costa Rica
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

The uncertain allocation problem: mathematical programming approaches to resource allocation
David Epstein, University of York (UK)

Talitha Feenstra , National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) - The Influence of Decision Makers' Risk Attitude on Priority Setting Over Groups of Mutually Exclusive Interventions
Abstract and Article

Claire McKenna , University of York (UK), Zaid Chalabi , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, David M. Epstein , University of York (UK) and Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) - Uncertainty and Value of Information When Allocating Resources Within and between Healthcare Programmes
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Competition in Hospital and Nursing Home Markets
Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University

Kathleen Carey , Boston University, James Burgess , Boston University and Gary Young , Boston University - The Effects of Single Specialty Hospital Entry on Hospital Market Competition
Abstract and Article

David C Grabowski , Harvard University and David G Stevenson , Harvard University - Ownership Conversions and Nursing Home Performance
Abstract and Article

Richard C. Lindrooth , Medical University of South Carolina - The Effect of Entry of Hospital Specialty Units: the Case of Cardiac Care
Abstract and Article

Alison Cuellar , Columbia University and Cory S. Capps , Bates White, LLC - Hospital Information Technology Adoption and Market Structure
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Comparison of EQ-5D and SF-6D derived utilities for health
Paul Krabbe, Radboud University Nijmegen

Danielle Brunenberg , University Hospital Maastricht, Manuela A. Joore , University Hospital Maastricht, Annelies Boonen , University Hospital Maastricht, Patricia nelemans , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Petra Kuijpers , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Adriaan Honig , Saint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Peter de Leeuw , University Hospital Maastricht and Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Comparing Sf-6d & Eq-5d: Data from 4 Patient Populations
Abstract and Article

Oliver Guenther , University of Leipzig and Hans-Helmut Koenig , University of Leipzig - Comparison of Minimal Important Differences of the EQ-5D and SF-6D Utilities in Patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia
Abstract and Article

Manuela A. Joore , University Hospital Maastricht and Danielle Brunenberg , University Hospital Maastricht - Exploring Patterns of Differences between EQ-5d and SF-6d: A Systematic Review
Abstract and Article

Danielle Brunenberg , University Hospital Maastricht, Annelies Boonen , University Hospital Maastricht, Danielle Willems , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Patricia nelemans , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Emiel Wouters , University Hospital Maastricht, Peter de Leeuw , University Hospital Maastricht, Petra Kuijpers , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Adriaan Honig , Saint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Manuela A. Joore , University Hospital Maastricht - Does Range Matter? Comparing Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios Based on Both EQ-5d and SF-6d Utility
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Competition in pharmaceutical R&D and pharmaceutical markets
Adrian Towse, University of Pennsylvania

Fabio Pammolli , IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Massimo Riccaboni , University of Florence, Laura Magazzini , University of Verona, Adrian Towse , University of Pennsylvania and Martina Garau , Office of Health Economics - Patent Value and R&D Competition in Pharmaceuticals
Abstract and Article

Liz Seeley , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Determinants of Generic Price Competition in the Omeprazole and Paroxetine Markets in the UK, Us, France and Germany
Abstract and Article

Iván Moreno-Torres , Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Jaume Puig-Junoy , Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Joan-Ramon Borrell , University of Barcelona - Generic Entry into a Regulated Pharmaceutical Market
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Complex Models of Disease
Lee Mobley, RTI International

Thomas J. Hoerger , Research Triangle Institute - Modeling Primary Prevention of Chronic Diseases: Lessons from Diabetes
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Contracting for health in Africa
Barbara McPake, Queen Margaret University College

Valeria Oliveira Cruz , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Barbara McPake , Queen Margaret University College - Distortions of the Penalty and Reward System in the Aid Contract: A Case Study of Uganda
Abstract and Article

Maia Ambegaokar , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo , Ministry of Public Health Camaroon, Toupouri Aly , Author, Emmanuel Betsi , Ministry of Public Health Camaroon, Jean-Marie Fouda , Ministry of Public Health Camaroon and Barbara McPake , Queen Margaret University College - Incentives and Sanctions: Considerations for the Use of Performance-Based Contracts for Health Districts in Cameroon
Abstract and Article

Freddie Ssengooba , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Natasha Palmer , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Barbara McPake , Queen Margaret University College - Performance Governance and Hospital Response to Performance-Based Contracting
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

User Charges

Maathai Kuppuma Mathiyazhagan , National University of Singapore - Health Sector Reform and Access to Healthcare at a State Level in India: Challenges and Options
Abstract and Article

Elin Hafsteinsdottir , Affiliation Unknown and luigi siciliani , University of York (UK) - Estimating Cost Sharing in a Prospective Payment System
Abstract and Article

Rob Yates , Government of the United Kingdom - The Impact of Abolishing User Fees in Africa - Recent Developments in Burundi, Zambia and Uganda
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Prescription Utilization
Avi Dor, Case Western Reserve University

Robert S Woodward , University of New Hampshire and Timothy F Page , University of New Hampshire - Can Us Medicare Save Money By Providing Lifetime Immunosuppression Coverage to Kidney Transplant Recipients?
Abstract and Article

Arthur E. King , Lehigh University and Stephen E. Snyder , University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Interdependent Expenditures on R&D and Marketing in the Pharmaceutical Enterprise
Abstract and Article

Yi-Wen Tsai , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, Weng-Foung Huang , National Yang-Ming University, Yu-Wen Wen , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan and Pei-Fen Chen , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan - Post-Entry Market Analysis of New Drug for Diabetes: Penetration and Concentration of Thiazolidinediones (TZD)
Abstract and Article

Hiroki Kinoshita , University of Tokyo, Yasuki Kobayashi , University of Tokyo and Takashi Fukuda , University of Tokyo - Duplicative Medications in Patients Who Visit Multiple Medical Institutions and Their Implications for Drug Expenditures in Japan
Abstract and Article

Marisa Elena Domino , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Managing Prescription Drug Versus Total Health Care Expenditures: The Implications of Medicare Part D
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Medical Expenditures
Adam Wagstaff, World Bank

Tsui-Fang Lin , National Taipei University - Modifiable Health Risk Factors and Medical Expenditures - The Case of Taiwan
Abstract and Article

David A. Dorr , Oregon Health & Science University, Kenneth John McConnell , Oregon Health & Science University, Steve Donnelly , Health Insight and Cherie Brunker , Intermountain Health Care - The Effect of Generalist Care Management on Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries
Abstract and Article

Justin Trogdon , RTI International, Eric A. Finkelstein , RTI International and Thomas J. Hoerger , Research Triangle Institute - Use of Econometric Models to Estimate Disease-Specific Shares of Medical Expenditures
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Time Trade Off
Stephen Birch, McMaster University

Floortje Van Nooten , Erasmus MC, Xander Koolman , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Werner Brouwer , Erasmus MC - Respondents' Subjective Life Expectancy Influences Responses in a 10-Year TTO
Abstract and Article

Li-Wei Chao , University of Pennsylvania, Helena Szrek , Universidade do Porto, Nuno Sousa Pereira , University of Pennsylvania and Mark V. Pauly , University of Pennsylvania - Time Preference and its Relationship With Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations
Abstract and Article

Boyka Stoykova , Brunel University and Robin Dowie , Brunel University - HPV Testing Matters - Findings from a Time Trade-Off Survey in England
Abstract and Article

Samuel Aballea , i3 Innovus, Sandy Cure , Affiliation Unknown, Jeremy Chancellor , Affiliation Unknown, Rob Sheldon , Accent Market Research and Nick Marchant , Pfizer, Inc. - Eliciting Preferences for Hypothetic Health States from Patients: A Comparison between Time Trade-Off and EQ-5D in Subjects With Diabetes
Abstract and Article

Eunjeong Kang , Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) and Hosung Shin , Affiliation Unknown - Valuing Health States of the Korean Eq-5d Using Time Trade-Off
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Moral Hazard
Bruce Hollingsworth, Monash University

Stefan Felder , Affiliation Unknown - To Wait or to Pay for Medical Treatment? Restraining Ex-Post Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

Jonneke A. Bolhaar , Free University of Amsterdam, Bas van der Klaauw , Free University of Amsterdam and Maarten Lindeboom , Free University of Amsterdam - A Dynamic Analysis of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care in Ireland
Abstract and Article

Ana B. Ania , University of Vienna - Optimal Demand Management Policies With Probability Weighting
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Antiretroviral Treatment 1
Beate Sander, University of Toronto

Susan M. Cleary , University of Cape Town, Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town and Andrew Boulle , University of Cape Town - Achieving Universal Access to Art: Should Second-Line Be Offered to Patients Failing First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment?
Abstract and Article

Tsutomu Kitajima , Kyorin University, Yasuki Kobayashi , University of Tokyo, Nonglak Pagaiya , Affiliation Unknown, Hajime Sato , University of Tokyo, Satoshi Toyokawa , University of Tokyo and Kittisuk Nasungchon , Affiliation Unknown - Cost of Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in the Northeast Thailand - From the Patients' Perspective
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Effect of Health Insurance
Bruce Stuart, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Cyril Chang , University of Memphis and David Mirvis , University of Tennessee, Memphis - Logistic Investigation of the Effects of Race and Insurance Coverage on Potentially Avoidable Hospitalization in Tennessee
Abstract and Article

Jen-Huoy Tsay , National Taiwan University and Yiing-Jenq Chou , Affiliation Unknown - The Equity and Adequacy of Co-Payment Exemption Policy for Catastrophic Illness Under Taiwan's National Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

Yingying Dong , Boston College - Insurance Effect on Individuals' Health Behaviors and Health Care Utilization – A Dynamic Selection Approach
Abstract and Article

Aparnaa Somanathan , World Bank - Impact of the Indonesian Healthcard on Child Health Care Use
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Labor Markets
Cam Donaldson

Paul Contoyannis , McMaster University and Martin D. Dooley , McMaster University - The Impact of Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood on Adult Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the Ontario Child Health Study
Abstract and Article

Ryoko Morozumi , Toyama University - Testing Unitary Models of Labor Supply on Decision-Making Systems: Evidence from Japan
Abstract and Article

Soren Leth-Petersen , University of Copenhagen and Gabriel Pons Rotger , Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF) - Long Term Labor Market Performance of Whiplash Claimants
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Pharmaceutical Safety and Trade
Ernst Berndt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Margaret K. Kyle , London Business School - Strategic Responses to Parallel Trade
Abstract and Article

Henry G. Grabowski , Duke University and Y. Richard Wang , Affiliation Unknown - Do Faster FDA Drug Reviews Adversely Affect Patient Safety? An Analysis of the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Determinants of Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Health Outcomes among Children: Evidence from Four Developing Countries
Adam Wagstaff, World Bank

Zhuo Chen , University of Chicago, David Eastwood , University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Steven T. Yen , University of Tennessee, Knoxville - A Decade's Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where You Live Does Matter
Abstract and Article

Krista L Jacobs , University of California, Davis and Kenneth R. Simler , World Bank - Nutrition Interventions in Northern Ghana: Impacts on Mothers' Vitamin A Knowledge and Children's Vitamin A Consumption
Abstract and Article

Anoshua Chaudhuri , San Francisco State University - Impact of a MCH-FP Program on Children's Nutritional Status: Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Bereket Kebede , University of East Anglia - Interactions between Short- and Long-Term Anthropometric Health Outcomes Among Children in Rural Ethiopia
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Doctors (and Nurses) Without Borders: What Economists Can and Can Not Contribute to the Health Worker Migration Debate
Jane Hall, University of Technology, Sydney

Michael A. Clemens , Institute for International Economics - Do Visas Kill? Health Effects of African Health Professional Emigration
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Economic Analyses Across the Cancer Continuum: A Case Study of Colorectal Cancer
Martin Brown, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Joan Warren , National Cancer Institute, Martin L. Brown , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Robin Yabroff , National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Elizabeth Lamont , Affiliation Unknown - Trends in the Costs of Care for Elderly Colorectal Patients in the United States, 1991 to 2002
Abstract and Article

Carrie Klabunde , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Martin L. Brown , National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Steven Clauser , National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Use of Financial Incentives for Colorectal Cancer Screening By Health Plans in the United States
Abstract and Article

Robin Yabroff , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Martin L. Brown , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eric Feuer , National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Angela Mariotto , National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Projecting the National Economic Burden of Colorectal Cancer for the U.S. Through the Year 2020
Abstract and Article

Martin L. Brown , National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Economic Analysis Across the Cancer Continuum: A Case Study of Colorectal Cancer
Abstract and Article

Dierdre P. Cronin , Aarhus University Hospital, Linda Harlan , Affiliation Unknown and Lin Clegg , Affiliation Unknown - The Role of Health Insurance and Race-Ethnicity in the Receipt of Guideline Therapy and Outcomes for Individuals Diagnosed With Colorectal Cancer
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Economic Consequences of Obesity
Tomas Philipson, Author

Edward C. Norton , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Euna Han , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Genetic Information, Obesity, and Labor Market Outcomes
Abstract and Article

Michael Grossman , National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Robert Kaestner , University of Illinois at Chicago - Obesity and Child Cognitive Achievement
Abstract and Article

Petter Lundborg , Free University of Amsterdam, Bas van der Klaauw , Free University of Amsterdam and Maarten Lindeboom , Free University of Amsterdam - Does Obesity Affect Employment? Evidence from the NCDS
Abstract and Article

Timothy J. Classen , Loyola University of Chicago - The Role of Weight Status in Intergenerational Correlations of Education
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Affordability and Sustainability of Immunization Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Ruth Levine, Institute for International Economics

Logan E. Brenzel , World Bank, Tania Barham , University of Colorado at Boulder and John A. Maluccio , Middlebury College - Beyond 80%: Are There New Ways of Increasing Vaccination Coverage? Evaluation of CCT Programs in Mexico and Nicaragua
Abstract and Article

Patrick Lydon , Affiliation Unknown - The Financial Sustainability of New Vaccine Introduction in the Poorest Countries - Evidence from the First Phase of Gavi
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Patient Outcomes and Costs related to Nurse Staffing
Joanne Spetz, University of California, San Francisco

Chuan-Fen Liu , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Yu-Fang Li , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Elliott Lowy , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Nancy Sharp , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Anne Sales , International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Jack Needleman , Harvard University and Matthew Maciejewski , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Relationship between Line Authority for Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Cost
Abstract and Article

Anne Sales , International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Nancy Sharp , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Yu-Fang Li , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Elliott Lowy , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Gwendolyn Greiner , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Chuan-Fen Liu , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Anna Alt-White , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Cathy Rick , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Julie Sochalski , University of Pennsylvania, Pamela H. Mitchell , University of Washington, Gary Rosenthal , University of Iowa, Cheryl Stetler , VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Paulette Cournoyer , VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Jack Needleman , Harvard University - The Association between Nursing Factors & Patient Mortality in the Veterans Health Administration: The View from the Nursing Unit Level
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Economic Modeling of a Chronic, Progressive Disease: The History, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Diabetes Mellitus
Ulf Persson, Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE)

Ulf Persson , Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE), Michael Willis , Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) and Cheryl Neslusan , Author - Economic Modeling of a Chronic, Progressive Disease: The History, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Access in Developing Regions

Mickael Bech , University of Southern Denmark and Jorgen Lauridsen , University of Southern Denmark - Dynamic Patterns and Small-Area Variation in Hospital Admissions
Abstract and Article

Priyanka Saksena , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Ke Xu , World Health Organization and Guy Carrin , World Health Organization - The Impact of a Pre-Payment Program on Financial Protection and Access to Care: Simulation Analysis for Kenya
Abstract and Article

Catriona Waddington , HLSP Institute - Frontline Health Economics - What Health Economics is Relevant at the District Level in Low Income Countries?
Abstract and Article

Joseph Konde-Lule , Makerere University, Sheba Gitta , Makerere University, Sam Okuonzi , Makerere University and Charles Wycliffe Matsiko , Ministry of Health, Uganda - Access to Health Care in Rural Uganda
Abstract and Article

Dale Mudenda , University of Zambia (UNZA), Webby Wake , University of Zambia (UNZA), Jesper Sundewall , Karolinska Institutet, Margaret Maimbolwa , University of Zambia (UNZA) and Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet - Potential Areas for Public-Private Partnerships in Health: The Case of Zambia
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Drug Advertising
Cyril Chang, University of Memphis

Hae Kyung Yang , Cornell University, Alan D. Mathios , Cornell University, Rosemary J. Avery , Cornell University, Donald Kenkel , Cornell University and Dean Lillard , Cornell University - The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Cholesterol Reducing Drugs on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cholesterol
Abstract and Article

Jayani Jayawaradhana , Medical University of South Carolina - Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Welfare
Abstract and Article

Winghan Jackie Kwong , University of Georgia and Edward C. Norton , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Advertising in Response to Entry: An Empirical Analysis of the Prescription Drug Market
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Asthma
M. Christopher Roebuck

Mara Violato , University of Oxford, Stavros Petrou , University of Oxford and Ron Gray , University of Oxford - Relationship between Household Income and Childhood Respiratory Health: An Econometric Perspective
Abstract and Article

Ying-Chun Li , National Sun Yat-sen University - Resource Consumption and Disease Management of Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

Malcolm J. Price , University of Bristol, Nicky J. Welton , University of Bristol and AE Ades , University of Bristol - Parameterisation of Treatment Effects in Markov Models: Impact on Decision Uncertainty and EVPI
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Obesity and Adolescents

Maria Isabel Climaco , Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administracao de Coimbra (ISCAC), Pedro P. Barros , New University of Lisbon and Óscar Lourenço , Universidade de Coimbra - Can Adolescents' Obesity Be a Consequence of Peers Lifestyles?
Abstract and Article

Alan Monheit , University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Jessica Primoff Vistnes , AHRQ - Center for Financing, Access & Cost Trends and Jeannette A. Rogowski , University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Public Health - Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures
Abstract and Article

Irina Grafova , Affiliation Unknown and Nidhi Thakur , Affiliation Unknown - Peer Effect on Adolescent Weight Status
Abstract and Article

Marjory Moodie , Deakin University, Robert Carter , University of Melbourne, Boyd Swinburn , Deakin University, Alison Markwick , Department of Human Services, Victoria, Anne Magnus , Department of Human Services, Victoria, Kiusiang Tay-Teo , University of Melbourne and Michelle Haby , Department of Human Services, Victoria - What are the 'Best Buys' for Preventing Obesity in Children and Adolescents?
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Pharmacutical Innovation
Christian Andersen

Victoria Serra , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Alistair McGuire , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - The Role of Information in the Diffusion of New Pharmaceuticals: The Case of Statins
Abstract and Article

Frank R. Lichtenberg , Columbia University, Bengt NMI2 Jonsson , Uppsala University and Nils Wilking , Affiliation Unknown - Pharmaceutical Innovation and Cancer Survival
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Hospital Costs
Denzil Fiebig

H.E. (Ted) Frech , University of California, Santa Barbara and Kelly Bedard , University of California, Santa Barbara - Prison Health Care: Is Contracting Out Healthy?
Abstract and Article

philip ayieko , Kenya Medical Research Institute, Angela Akumu , Affiliation Unknown, Ulla Griffiths , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Mike English , Kenya Medical Research Institute - Comparative Analysis of Inpatient Treatment Costs for Pneumonia, Malaria and Meningitis in Children Under Five Years in Kenya
Abstract and Article

Rachael Moorin , University of Western Australia and C. D'Arcy J. Holman , University of Western Australia - Hospital Expenditures in Western Australia in the Last Years of Life: A Population-Based Record Linkage Study
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Contingent Valuation
Daniel Maceira, Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES)

Debby van Helvoort-Postulart , University Hospital Maastricht, Hans Ouwersloot , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Hans Kasper , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Jos van Engelshoven , University Hospital Maastricht and Carmen Dirksen , University Hospital Maastricht - A Comparison between Discrete Choice Experimentation and Contingent Valuation to Estimate Willingness-to-Pay from an Ex-Ante Insurance-Based Perspective
Abstract and Article

Josephine Borghi , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Group Deliberation and the Contingent Valuation Process
Abstract and Article

Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen, Sutthi Jareinpituk , Mahidol University and John Cairns , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Testing the External Validity of Contingent Valuation: A Field Experiment Comparing Hypothetical and Real Payments
Abstract and Article

Semra Ozdemir , RTI International and F. Reed Johnson , Triangle Economic Research - Researchers' Stated Preferences for Stated-Preference Methods
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 11:15 AM
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Modelling Vaccines
Dave Smith, Kaiser Permanente

Andrea Marie Anonychuk , GlaxoSmithKline Canada, Minh Do , GlaxoSmithKline Canada, Maraki Fikre Merid , University of Toronto, Ba' Pham , GlaxoSmithKline Canada, Georges Van Kriekinge , GlaxoSmithKline and Baudouin Standaert , GlaxoSmithKline - Predicting the Impact of a Cervical Cancer Vaccine on Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Canada: A Modeled Cancer Registry Based Analysis
Abstract and Article

Zia Sadique Zia Sadique , City University London, John Edmunds , Affiliation Unknown, Nancy Devlin , City University London and David Parkin , City University London - The Effect of Perceived Risks on the Demand for Vaccination: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

Uwe Siebert , UMIT, Tino F. Schwarz , Juliusspital Würzburg, Raina Rogoza , i3 Innovus Research Inc., Nicole Ferko , i3 Innovus Research Inc., Achim Schneider , Charité and Thomas Hammerschmidt , Affiliation Unknown - Impact of the Age of Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer on Long-Term Public Health and Economic Effects in Germany: Results from a Markov Model
Abstract and Article

Katharina Büsch , Sanofi Pasteur, Nathalie Largeron , Sanofi Pasteur and Ruth McAllister , Adelphi Group - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Quadrivalent Hpv-(6,11,16&18) Vaccine : Adaptation and Calibration of a Markov Model to Germany
Abstract and Article

Baudouin Standaert , GlaxoSmithKline - Use of Modelling Techniques to Estimate the Number of Additional Events Avoided Through Early Versus Delayed Intervention: The Case of Rotavirus Vaccination
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Extending Health Insurance to the Informal Sector
Magnus Lindelow, World Bank

Matthew R. Jowett , University of York (UK), Eduardo P. Banzon , World Bank and John R Basa , Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - The Impact of Social Health Insurance in the Philippines 1972-2007
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Health worker labor supply in sub-Saharan Africa
Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Lindsay Mangham , University of Oxford and Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Using Qualitative Research in Designing a Discrete Choice Experiment: Case Study on Employment Preferences of Registered Nurses in Malawi
Abstract and Article

Joost de Laat , Brown University and William G. Jack , Georgetown University - The Long Term Effects of Rural Postings on Health Workers' Careers in Ethiopia: Results of a Natural Experiment
Abstract and Article

Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and William G. Jack , Georgetown University - Health Worker Preferences for Job Attributes in Ethiopia: Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Economics of new and underused vaccines: Rotavirus, pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines
Arnab Acharya, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Ulla Griffiths , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Andrew D Clark , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Decision Analytic Model for Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine: Comparative Analysis in Kenya, Moldova and Indonesia
Abstract and Article

Gary Ray , Affiliation Unknown - Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: A Review of Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations in Australia, Europe and North America
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Effects of Education on Health
Michael Grossman, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Shin-Yi Chou , Lehigh University, Jin-Tan Liu , National Taiwan University, Michael Grossman , National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Theodore J. Joyce , City University of New York - Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Efficiency Measurement in Health Care
Andrew Street, University of York (UK)

Bruce Hollingsworth , Monash University - State of the Art: Efficiency Measurement in Health and Health Care
Abstract and Article

Miika Linna , STAKES/FinOHTA, unto Häkkinen , STAKES/FinOHTA, Mikko Peltola , STAKES/FinOHTA, Jon Magnussen , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Kjartan Sarheim Anthun , Affiliation Unknown, Sverre A.C. Kittelsen , University of Oslo, Annette Roed , Affiliation Unknown, Emma Medin , Karolinska Institutet and Clas Rehnberg , Karolinska Institutet - Comparing Efficiency between Nordic Hospitals
Abstract and Article

William E Aaronson , Temple University, Anatoliy Pilyavsky , Lviv Academy of Commerce, Patrick Michael Bernet , Florida Atlantic University, Michael D Rosko , Widener University and Vivian G Valdmanis , University of the Sciences - Philadelphia - Does Lower Polyclinic Efficiency Increase Efficiency in Hospitals?
Abstract and Article

Kim Rose Olsen , Danish Institute for Health Services Research and Andrew Street , University of York (UK) - The Analysis of Efficiency Among a Small Number of Organisations: How Inferences Can Be Improved By Exploiting Patient-Level Data
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Ensuring Access to Essential Health Services for Poor Populations
Alexander Preker, World Bank

David Bishai , Johns Hopkins University, Nirali Shah , Johns Hopkins University and Wenjuan Wang , Johns Hopkins University - Effects of Social Franchised Reproductive Health Services on Access to Care
Abstract and Article

Barun Kanjilal , Affiliation Unknown - Targeting the Poorest for Risk Protection: Evidences from West Bengal, India
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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European perspectives on the monetary value of a QALY
Jan Olsen, Affiliation Unknown

Rachel Mairi Baker , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Job Van Exel , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Helen Mason , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) - Experiences from Using Q-Methodology to Explore Public Attitudes to the Principles Underlying Qaly Weights
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Vaccines
David Dror, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Joseph Cook , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Donald Lauria , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brian Maskery , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marc Jeuland , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dale Whittington , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Using Epidemiological Data to Value the Positive Externality of Vaccination
Abstract and Article

Humphrey Karamagi , Affiliation Unknown and Rosamund Lewis , Affiliation Unknown - Costs and Outcomes Relating to Hepatitis B and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine Policy Options: A Uganda Case Study
Abstract and Article

Subhash Pokhrel , Brunel University, Devendra Prasad Gnawali , University of Heidelberg and David Hotchkiss , Tulane University - Cummulative Investment in Child Health: The Case of Immunization in Nepal
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Marital Status
Glenn Blomquist, University of Kentucky

Katherine Grace Carman , Tilburg University and Neva Novarro , Author - Divorce, Widowhood and Health: Is there a Causal Relationship?
Abstract and Article

Alexandrina Stoyanova , Barcelona Science Park, Luis Diaz-Serrano , Universitat Rovira i Virgili and William Nilsson , Barcelona Science Park - Quantifying the Importance of Partnership for Health
Abstract and Article

Kanika Kapur , University College Dublin (UCD) and Jeannette A. Rogowski , University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Public Health - The Role of Health Insurance in the Joint Retirement of Married Couples
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Malaria
David Meltzer, University of Chicago

Charlotte Muheki Zikusooka , HealthNet, Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town and Karen Barnes , University of Cape Town - Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Reduces Expenditure on Malaria Treatment: Comparing Findings from Kwazulu Natal and Mpumalanga Provinces (South Africa)
Abstract and Article

Ola Ghatnekar , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE), Chrispin Mphuka , University of Zambia (UNZA), Felix Masiye , University of Zambia (UNZA), Knut Odegaard , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) and Patrick D'Souza , Affiliation Unknown - Cost-Effectiveness of Artemether-Lumefantrine as First Line Malaria Treatment in Zambia: A Modelling Approach Accounting for Parasite Resistance Growth
Abstract and Article

Ken Carlson , Abt Associates, Inc., Kugabare J , School of Public Health, Daniel Ngamije , Ministry of Health, Rwanda, Claude Sekabaraga , Ministry of Health, Rwanda and Emmanuel Kabanda , Ministry of Health, Rwanda - Assessing the Financial Priority of Malaria in Rwanda; Who Spends? How Much? And for What Services?
Abstract and Article

Marianela Castillo-Riquelme , University of Cape Town, Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town and Karen Barnes , University of Cape Town - Are the Costs of Malaria for Households in Mozambique and South Africa Catastrophic?
Abstract and Article

Soludo B. Eze , Affiliation Unknown - The Burden of Malaria to the Poorest Households is Unjust But Redeemable: Inequities in Incidence, Morbidity and Costs of its Control
Abstract and Article

Eric Nwabuike Obikeze , Affiliation Unknown, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus and Soludo B. Eze , Affiliation Unknown - Supply of Malaria Treatment in the Southeast Nigeria is Not Pro-Poor
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Coverage
Marisa Elena Domino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

H Shelton Brown III , University of Texas at Brownsville - Do Immigrants Substitute Health Care in Their Home Country for Health Insurance in the United States? The Role of Distance to Home Country
Abstract and Article

Angelica Sousa , World Health Organization, Ajay Tandon , Affiliation Unknown, Mario Dal Poz , World Health Organization and David Evans , World Health Organization - Efficiency in Attaining Coverage of Antenatal Care Services Across Municipalities in Brazil: The Impact of Human Resources
Abstract and Article

Mark Pearson , Affiliation Unknown - What Does the Future Hold for Health Funding in Low Income Countries?
Abstract and Article

Joseph Lipscomb , Emory University - Effects of State Breast Cancer Surgery Inpatient Coverage Laws on Utilization of Outpatient Breast Cancer Surgery in the U.S.
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Prostate Health
Eric Nauenberg, University of Toronto

Rosalie Viney , University of Technology, Sydney, Elizabeth Savage , University of Technology, Sydney, Madeleine King , University of Technology, Sydney and Ishrat Hossain , University of Technology, Sydney - Using Choice Experiments to Estimate QALYs: An Application to Prostate Cancer
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Aging
Roger Feldman, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Sophie Thiébaut , French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and Bruno Ventelou , National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Will « Healthy Ageing » Save the French Medical Public Insurance System?
Abstract and Article

Thomas Rice , University of California, Los Angeles, Yaniv Hanoch , University of Plymouth, Betty E. Tanius , Claremont Colleges and Stacey Wood , Claremont Colleges - Can the Elderly Have Too Much Choice?: Insurance for Prescription Drugs and Long-Term Care
Abstract and Article

Kamrul Islam , Lund University, Ulf Gerdtham , Lund University, Philip Clarke , University of Sydney and Kristina Burstrom , Karolinska Institutet - Does Socioeconomic Health Inequality Change as the Population Ages? Evidence from Swedish Panel Data
Abstract and Article

Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos , Athens University of Economics and Business - On the Macroeconomic Implications of Population Ageing for Health and Education Policies
Abstract and Article

Greg Payne , University of Toronto, Peter C. Coyte , University of Toronto, Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto and David K Foot , University of Toronto - Temporal Trends and Service Variation in the Relative Cost of Dying: Canada 1991-2001
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Substance Abuse 1
Sherman Folland, Oakland University

Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen , Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, SIRUS and Liana Jacobi , University of Melbourne - A Slippery Slope? Examining Three Hypotheses about Hard Drug Uptake among Cannabis Users
Abstract and Article

Carl Gibbons , Schering-Plough Limited - Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of Substitution Therapy for Opioid-Dependent Patients in Scotland
Abstract and Article

Maia Platt , University of Detroit Mercy and Allen C. Goodman , Wayne State University - Estimating Mental Health / Substance Abuse Parity Costs: Do Deductibles Matter?
Abstract and Article

Anita Alban , Affiliation Unknown, Ditte Hjort Hansen , Affiliation Unknown, Mehreen Fatima , Affiliation Unknown and Stine Nielsen , World Health Organization - Cost-Effectiveness of Drop-in-Centres to Prevent HIV Among Injecting Drug Users, IDUs, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 2:00 PM
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Private Health Insurance
Gary Fournier, Florida State University

Denise Doiron , University of New South Wales - Using Partner's Health to Identify Causal Effects of Insurance on Utilization
Abstract and Article

Vineta Salale , University of New South Wales, Denise Doiron , University of New South Wales, Denzil G Fiebig , University of New South Wales, Elizabeth Savage , University of Technology, Sydney and Anne Young , University of Newcastle (Australia) - Modelling Dynamic Choice: Private Health Insurance in Australia
Abstract and Article

Bernard Couttolenc , University of Sao Paulo and Alexandre Nicolella , Affiliation Unknown - Private Health Insurance in Brazil: Features and Impact on Access and Utilization
Abstract and Article

Ewout van Ginneken , Berlin Universtity of Technology, Reinhard Busse , Technical University of Berlin and Christian Gericke , University of Adelaide - Universal Private Health Insurance in the Netherlands: The First Year
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Evaluating the performance of Global Health Initiatives providing in combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and Tuberculosis
Julio Frenk, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Chunling Lu , Affiliation Unknown, Catherine Michaud , Affiliation Unknown, Andrew Stokes , Affiliation Unknown and Christopher Murray , Affiliation Unknown - Evaluating the Impact of the Global Fund on Fighting Against Tuberculosis
Abstract and Article

Ziad Obermeyer , Harvard University, Jesse Abbott-Klafter , Harvard University and Christopher J. Murray , Harvard University - Is the Dots Strategy Sufficient for Global Tuberculosis Control? An Analysis of Case Finding and Treatment Success
Abstract and Article

Catherine Michaud , Affiliation Unknown, Felix Masiye , University of Zambia (UNZA), Chunling Lu , Affiliation Unknown and Christopher Murray , Affiliation Unknown - A Review of Progress Towards Global Malaria Targets
Abstract and Article

Chunling Lu , Affiliation Unknown, Catherine Michaud , Affiliation Unknown, Andrew Stokes , Affiliation Unknown and Christopher Murray , Affiliation Unknown - Measuring the Performance of Global Fund and PEPFAR Monies on the Expansion of Art Coverage
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Evaluation of Pilot Experiments in Health Care Financing and Delivery in Rural China
William Hsiao, Harvard University

Adam Wagstaff , World Bank, Magnus Lindelow , World Bank, Gao Jun , Ministry of Health, Xu Ling , Ministry of Health and Qian Juncheng , Ministry of Health - The Impact of Health Insurance in Rural China: Evidence from the New Cooperative Medical Scheme
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Economics of Health Behavior: Smoking
Joseph J. Sabia, Affiliation Unknown

Christopher S. Carpenter , University of California, Irvine and Philip J. Cook , Duke University - Cigarette Taxes and Youth Smoking: New Evidence from National, State, and Local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
Abstract and Article

Philip DeCicca , McMaster University and Logan McLeod , McMaster University - Cigarette Taxes and Older Adult Smoking: Evidence from Recent Large Tax Increases
Abstract and Article

Donald Kenkel , Cornell University and Feng Liu , Cornell University - The Evolution of the Schooling-Smoking Gradient
Abstract and Article

Yingying Dong , Boston College - Insurance Effect on Individuals' Health Behaviors and Health Care Utilization – A Dynamic Selection Approach
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Food Policy and the Social Determinants of Dietary Health
Sean Cash, University of Alberta

Julian Alston , University of California, Davis, Conner Mullally , University of California, Davis, Daniel A. Sumner , University of California, Davis and Stephen A. Vosti , University of California, Davis - Effects of Potential Modifications to the U.S. Food Stamp Program so as to Allow Only Healthy Food to Be Purchased with Food Stamps
Abstract and Article

John A. L. Cranfield , University of Guelph and Timothy K.M. Beatty , University of British Columbia - Estimating the Distribution of the Body Mass Index
Abstract and Article

Ellen Goddard , University of Alberta, Sean Cash , University of Alberta and Jose Lomeli , University of Alberta - Are Food Guides Enhancing Health Eating?
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Health Economics and Health Systems Research in the European Commission’s Research Programme: Past and Future
Christian Gericke, University of Adelaide

Adam Kozierkiewicz , Jagiellonian University Medical College - Economy of Scale in Health Reforms By International Cooperation
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Economics of Health Information Technology
Stephen L. Parente, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Tamie Sugawara , National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Yasushi Ohkusa , National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Hiroaki Sugiura , Affiliation Unknown, Kazuo Kodama , Affiliation Unknown, Takushi Horie , Affiliation Unknown, Kiyoshi Kikuchi , Affiliation Unknown, Kiyosu Taniguchi , National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Nobuhiko Okabe , National Institute of Infectious Diseases - Construction of Automatic Syndromic Surveillance For Early Detection of Bioterrorism Attack
Abstract and Article

Joanne E. Spetz , University of California, San Francisco and Ciaran S. Phibbs , Stanford University - Do Computerized Physician Order Entry and Bar Code Medication Administration Improve Quality of Care?
Abstract and Article

Michael Gene Housman , University of Pennsylvania, Lorin M. Hitt , University of Pennsylvania, Kinga Z. Elo , University of Melbourne and Nicolas Beard , Affiliation Unknown - The Effect of IT Capital on Hospital Efficiency
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
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Influenza
David Bishai

Anna Lugner , Government of the Netherlands - The Impact of Model Choice on Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions Against Infectious Diseases: The Case of Pandemic Influenza
Abstract and Article

Diana Sonntag , Chemnitz University of Technology (CUT) and Katja Drechsel , Affiliation Unknown - Avian Influenza Quickens – Providing Central or Local Prevention?
Abstract and Article

Azhar Nizam , Affiliation Unknown - Economic Evaluation of Influenza Pandemic Mitigation Strategies in the Us Using a Stochastic Microsimulation Influenza Model
Abstract and Article

Ruby Ruby Siddiqui , Affiliation Unknown - Cost-Effectiveness of Antiviral Drug Stockpiling and Near Patient Testing for Pandemic Influenza
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Injury
Gabriel Leung, University of Hong Kong

Clara E. (Libby) Dismuke , Medical University of South Carolina, David Bradford , Medical University of South Carolina and Jim Krause , Medical University of South Carolina - Low Labor Market Participation of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Care-Giving Intensity and Household Wealth Effects
Abstract and Article

Marike R.C. Hendriks , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Silvia Evers , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Michel H.C. Bleijlevens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Jolanda van Haastregt , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Harry Crebolder , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Jacques van Eijk , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility of a Multidisciplinary Falls Prevention Program in Community-Dwelling Elderly People
Abstract and Article

Sharada Weir , University of Massachusetts at Worcester, David S. Salkever , University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Frederick P Rivara , University of Washington, Gregory J Jurkovich , University of Washington, Avery B Nathens , University of Toronto and Ellen MacKenzie , Johns Hopkins University - One Year Treatment Costs of Trauma Care
Abstract and Article

Patricia Cubí-Mollá , Universidad de Alicante and Carmen Herrero , Universidad de Alicante - Estimating Pre-Injury and Injury Status in Quality-of-Life Terms: An Application to Health Losses Due to Road Crashes
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Outcomes
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

John Horsman , McMaster University, Ronald D. Barr , Hamilton Health Sciences, David Lillicrap , Queen's University, Jennifer McGugan , McMaster University and Charlene S. Rae , McMaster University - Health-Related Quality of Life of Von Willebrand's Disease Patients in Canada
Abstract and Article

Sydney Rosen , Boston University, Lawrence Camdon Long , University of the Witwatersrand and Ian Sanne , University of the Witwatersrand - Cost and Effectiveness of Aids Treatment Delivery in South Africa: How Much Does it Cost to Achieve a Successful Outcome?
Abstract and Article

Melanie Bertram , University of Queensland, Stephen Lim , University of Queensland and Theo Vos , University of Queensland - Rosiglitazone: The Not so Magic Bullet for Diabetes
Abstract and Article

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin , The RAND Corporation, Partha Deb , City University of New York, Jose Escarce , University of California, Los Angeles, Carrie Hoverman , University of California, Berkeley and Neeraj Sood , The RAND Corporation - Medicare Spending and Outcomes After Post-Acute Care
Abstract and Article

Christopher Hollenbeak , Pennsylvania State University, Bryan B. Barrus , Pennsylvania State University and David Han , Pennsylvania State University - Are Surgical Outcomes Related to the Surgeon's Other Procedures? Practice Makes Perfect and Cross-Volume Effects in Carotid Endarterectomy
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Demand
Dominic Hodgkin, Brandeis University

Ke-Zong Ma , University of North Caronia at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Norton , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Shin-Yi Chou , Lehigh University and Yiing-Jenq Chou , Affiliation Unknown - Fertility Rate, Use of Cesarean Delivery and the Role of Information Gap: Evidence from Taiwan
Abstract and Article

Jedid-Jah Jonker , Social and Cultural Planning Office, Klarita Sadiraj , Social and Cultural Planning Office and Isolde Woittiez , Social and Cultural Planning Office - A Macro Prediction of the Use of Care Provisions, Based on a Nested Logit Model
Abstract and Article

Tzu-Chun Kuo , DxCG - Estimating the Demand for Medical Care Using a Multiple Sample Selection Model
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Bayesian Statistics
Joanna Coast, University of Birmingham

Dean A. Regier , University of Aberdeen, Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen, Euan Phimister , University of Aberdeen and Carlo A. Marra , University of British Columbia - Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity in Discrete Choice Experiments Using Hierarchical Bayes
Abstract and Article

Stefano P Conti , University of York (UK), Andrea Manca , University of York (UK), Paul C Lambert , University of Leicester and Keith Abrams , University of Leicester - Bayesian Multivariate Modelling of Patient-Level Healthcare Resource Use Data in RCTs
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Social Health Insurance
Raymond Hutubessy, World Health Organization

Steve Thomas , University of Dublin, Charles Normand , University of Dublin and Samantha Smith , University of Dublin - Addressing Inequities in the Irish Health Care System Through Social Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Risk
Hindrik Vondeling, Affiliation Unknown

Pere Ibern , Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Manuel Garcia-Goñi , Complutense University of Madrid and Jose M. Inoriza , Serveis de Salut Integrats Baix Emporda, C. Hospital - Population Morbidity and Costs Using Two Alternative Approaches: DCGS and CRGS
Abstract and Article

Manuel Garcia-Goñi , Complutense University of Madrid, Pere Ibern , Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Jose M. Inoriza , Serveis de Salut Integrats Baix Emporda, C. Hospital - Hybrid Risk Adjustment for Total Health Expenditures
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

QALYs
Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen, Affiliation Unknown

Michael Schlander , Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care - Lost in Translation? Over-Reliance on QALYs May Lead to Neglect of Relevant Evidence
Abstract and Article

Helen Mason , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Cam Donaldson , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Rachel Mairi Baker , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) - A Mixed Method Approach to Estimating Monetary Values of QALYs
Abstract and Article

Angela Robinson , University of East Anglia, Rachel Mairi Baker , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Cam Donaldson , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Graham Loomes , Richard Smith , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Robert Sugden , University of East Anglia - Do Members of the Public Wish to Give More Weight to Some QALYs than Others?: Results of a Population-based Study in the UK
Abstract and Article

Johan Lyth , Linkoping University and Martin Henriksson , Linkoping University - Comparing Individual and Public Preferences for Health States
Abstract and Article

Timo Seppälä , National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, unto Häkkinen , STAKES/FinOHTA and Markku Pekurinen , STAKES/FinOHTA - QALY-Changes in Finland 1995/96-2004
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Health Insurance, Moral Hazard and Health Behaviors
Jody Sindelar, Yale University

Richard C. van Kleef , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and René C.J.A. C.J.A. van Vliet , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Shifted Deductibles for High Risks: More Effective in Reducing Moral Hazard than Traditional Deductibles
Abstract and Article

Valerie Albouy , National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and Bruno Crepon , National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Moral Hazard and Demand for Physician Services: An Estimation Using the Rubin Causal Model Framework
Abstract and Article

Wen-Yi Chen , NanKai Institute of Technology, CHUNHUEI CHI , Oregon State University and Yu-Hui Lin , Oregon State University - The Willingness to Pay for the Health Care Under Taiwan's National Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

Ha Nguyen , University of California, Berkeley and James Knowles , Affiliation Unknown - The Demand for Student Health Insurance in Vietnam
Abstract and Article

Dhaval Dave , Bentley College and Robert Kaestner , University of Illinois at Chicago - Health Insurance and Ex Ante Moral Hazard: Evidence from Medicare
Abstract and Article

Inas Rashad , Georgia State University and Sara Markowitz , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Incentives in Obesity and Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

Swati Mukerjee , Bentley College and Michael A. Quinn , Bentley College - Federal Medicaid Assistance to States: Impact on Prenatal Care
Abstract and Article

Yingying Dong , Boston College - Insurance Effect on Individuals' Health Behaviors and Health Care Utilization – A Dynamic Selection Approach
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Economics of Racial Disparities in Healthcare
Willard Manning, University of Chicago

Daniel Polsky , University of Pennsylvania, Ashish Jha , Harvard University, Judith R. Lave , University of Pittsburgh, Mark V. Pauly , University of Pennsylvania and Kevin Volpp , University of Pennsylvania - Short- and Long-Term Mortality After an Acute Illness for Elderly Whites and Blacks
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Hospitals and the Market Environment
Michael Chernew, Harvard University

Gloria Bazzoli , Virginia Commonwealth University, Hsueh-Fen Chen , Virginia Commonwealth University, Mei Zhao , University of North Florida and Richard C. Lindrooth , Medical University of South Carolina - Hospital Financial Condition and the Quality of Patient Care
Abstract and Article

Fernando Ruiz , Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio and Liz Garavito , Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio - Social Health Insurance Consolidation and Insurance Market Power in Colombia
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

How Can Private Providers be Engaged in Serving the Poor?
Hugh Waters, Johns Hopkins University

Thuy Thanh Phan , Ministry of Health of Vietnam, Long Hoang Nguyen , Affiliation Unknown and Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet - Quality of Private Health Services in Vietnam
Abstract and Article

Anna Gorter , Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud and Julienne McKay , Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud - Competitive Voucher Schemes for Health
Abstract and Article

Peter Berman , World Bank, Dominic Montagu , University of California, San Francisco, David Bishai , Johns Hopkins University and Anna Gorter , Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud - How Can Private Providers Be Engaged in Serving the Poor?
Abstract and Article

Rajeev Ahuja , World Bank and Peter Berman , World Bank - India's Experience With Subsidized Health Insurance for the Poor
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Hypothetical Questions, Hypothetical Answers, or Real Values? Improved Methods for Measuring Willingness to Pay
John Bridges, Affiliation Unknown

F. Reed Johnson , Triangle Economic Research, Semra Ozdemir , RTI International and A. Brett Hauber , Research Triangle Institute - Motivating Out-of-Pocket Treatment Costs With Cheap Talk
Abstract and Article

Glenn C. Blomquist , University of Kentucky, Karen Blumenschein , University of Kentucky and Magnus Johannesson , Stockholm School of Economics - Eliciting Willingness to Pay without Bias using Follow-Up Certainty Statements: Comparisons between Probably/Definitely and a 10-Point Certainty Scale
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Emerging trends in activity based funding
Tor Iversen, Affiliation Unknown

Shelley Farrar , University of Aberdeen, Deokhee Yi , University of Aberdeen, Matthew Sutton , University of Aberdeen, Anthony Scott , University of Melbourne and Jon Sussex , Office of Health Economics - Activity Based Funding in the English NHS: Measuring the Effect on Quality
Abstract and Article

Gary Young , Boston University, James F. Burgess Jr. , Government of the United States of America, Barbara Bokhour , Government of the United States of America, Mark Meterko , Government of the United States of America, Karen M. Sautter , Boston University and Bert White , Government of the United States of America - Emerging Trends in Quality Purchasing Through Pay for Performance in the Hospital Sector in the United States
Abstract and Article

Pedro P. Barros , New University of Lisbon - Efficiency Effects from a Move Towards Activity-Based Payments to Hospitals.
Abstract and Article

Erik Biorn , University of Oslo, Terje P Hagrn , University of Oslo, Tor Iversen , Affiliation Unknown and Jon Magnussen , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Heterogeneity in Hospitals' Responses to a Financial Reform: A Random Coefficient Analysis of the Impact of Activity-Based Financing on Efficiency in Norway.
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Discrete Choice in Physician Care
Hong Wang, Yale University

Lieke Boonen , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erik Schut , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Xander Koolman , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Which Preferred Providers are Really Preferred? Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

Arne Risa Hole , University of York (UK) - Modelling Heterogeneity in Patients' Preferences for the Attributes of a General Practitioner Appointment
Abstract and Article

Siri Fauli , The Norwegian Medical Association, NOKLUS, HERO - Financial Incentives and the Supply of Laboratory Tests in General Practice
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Substance Abuse 2
Joan Costa i Font, University of Barcelona

kevin marsh , Matrix Research and Consultancy - Measuring Intermediate Outcomes: The Economic Evaluation of Young Peoples' Substance Misuse Interventions
Abstract and Article

Hans Olav Melberg , University of Oslo, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen , Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, SIRUS and Andrew M. Jones , University of York (UK) - Is Cannabis a Gateway to Hard Drugs?
Abstract and Article

Kiusiang Tay-Teo , University of Melbourne, Robert Carter , University of Melbourne, Christopher Doran , University of Queensland and Wayne Hall , University of Queensland - Priority Setting in the Prevention of Illicit Drug Use
Abstract and Article

Johan Jarl , Lund University, Ulf Gerdtham , Lund University and Klara Hradilova Selin , Stockholm University - Is Health Really the Link between Alcohol and Wage? - A Study on Alcohol Related Medical Care Costs of Low Alcohol Consumption
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Utilization
Jan Askildsen, University of Bergen

Mickael Bech , University of Southern Denmark and Jorgen Lauridsen , University of Southern Denmark - Dynamic Patterns and Small-Area Variation in Hospital Admissions
Abstract and Article

Karoline Mortensen , Rice University and Paula Song , Ohio State University - Decomposing the Effect of Medicaid on Emergency Department Use
Abstract and Article

Arun Bahuleyan Nair , ACHUTHA MENON CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCE STUDIES and Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization - An Inter-State Analysis of Emerging Health Care Utilisation Pattern in India
Abstract and Article

Daniel D. MacCarthy , B C Medical Association and Liza Kallstrom , B C Medical Association - From Best Evidence to Best Practice - A RISQy Business
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Employer-Based Health Insurance
Jaume Puig-Junoy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Thomas M. Selden , Government of the United States of America and Jessica Primoff Vistnes , AHRQ - Center for Financing, Access & Cost Trends - Premium Growth between 1997 and 2004 and its Effect on Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Abstract and Article

Nilay Shah , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Benjamin M. Craig , University of Wisconsin - Madison, Ritesh Banerjee , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Sidna M. Tulledge-Scheitel , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and James Naessens , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Evaluating Health Plan Benefit Change: A Finite Mixture Model Approach
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Equity
John Cawley, Cornell University

Phusit Prakongsai , Government of the Republic of Singapore, Supon Limwattananon , Government of the Republic of Singapore, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Kanjana Tisayatikom , Government of the Republic of Singapore and Viroj Tangcharoensathien , Government of the Republic of Singapore - Assessing the Impact of the Universal Coverage Policy on Financial Risk Protection, Health Care Finance, and Benefit Incidence of Thai Households
Abstract and Article

Magdalena Rathe , Affiliation Unknown - Using NHA and DHS Indicators to Assess Equity in LAC
Abstract and Article

Federico Spandonaro , University of Rome II and Marco Doglia , University of Rome II - Burden Space Measures of Equity: Determinants for Impoverishment and Catastrophic Payments
Abstract and Article

Samantha Smith , University of Dublin - Measurement of Equity in Irish Health Care Financing.
Abstract and Article

Sara Allin , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Equity in Health Care Use in Canada and its Provinces
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Determinants of health
Matthew Jowett

Keiko Asakawa , University of Alberta, David Feeny , Kaiser Permanente, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan , University of Alberta, Jeffrey Johnson , University of Alberta and Darryl Rolfson , University of Alberta - Determinants of Health of People Living in the Community and Institutions
Abstract and Article

Luis Rosero-Bixby , Universidad de Costa Rica and William Dow , University of California, Berkeley - The Puzzling Ses Gradients in Adult Health and Mortality of a Latin American Population
Abstract and Article

Andreia Costa Santos , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Demand for Sanitation in Salvador/Brazil
Abstract and Article

Albert A. Okunade , University of Memphis, Chutima Suraratdecha , Affiliation Unknown, Adeyinka Kevin Okunade , Indiana University Bloomington, Mustafa C. Karakus , Westat, Inc. and Deepraj Mukherjee , Affiliation Unknown - Dying Slowly But Surely: A Multi-Period Model of the Delayed Effects of Pathological Bmi on All-Cause Mortality of Us Adults, 2000 - 2005
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Issues in Mental Health
John Hsu, UCSF

Billingsley Kaambwa , University of Birmingham, Stirling Bryan , University of Birmingham, Helen Lester , University of Manchester and Birchwood Max , University of Birmingham - Early Intervention Services (Eis) for People With Serious Mental Illness – an Econometric Analysis
Abstract and Article

Virginia Wilcox-Gok , Northern Illinois University - Antidepressant and Counseling Utilization Among Older Women With Low Income in the United States
Abstract and Article

Frances Lynch , Kaiser Permanente, Nancy Vuckovic , Intel Corp., Jennifer Schneider , Kaiser Permanente and Allison Firemark , Kaiser Permanente - Development of and Preliminary Results of a Survey Instrument to Measure the Family Costs Associated With Child Mental Health Conditions
Abstract and Article

Edward Wilson , University of East Anglia, Mariamma Thalanany , University of East Anglia, Lee Shepstone , University of East Anglia, Georgina Charlesworth , University College London, Fiona Poland , University of East Anglia and Miranda Mugford , University of East Anglia - Befriending Carers of People With Dementia: A Cost Utility Analysis.
Abstract and Article

07/09/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Insuring the Poor 1
Kathryn Antioch, Affiliation Unknown

Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization, Marimuthu Muralikannan , Affiliation Unknown and Saji Saraswathy Gopalan , Affiliation Unknown - Medisave as an Option for Financial Risk Protection: A Field-Based Medisave Model for Rural Women in Karnataka, India
Abstract and Article

Devendra Prasad Gnawali , University of Heidelberg, Subhash Pokhrel , Brunel University, Mamadou Sanon , Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Manuela De Allegri , University of Heidelberg and Rainer Sauerborn , University of Heidelberg - Applying Propensity Score Matching to Assess the Impact of Community Health Insurance on the Demand for Health Care in Rural Burkina FASO
Abstract and Article

Liz Garavito , Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio and Fernando Ruiz , Pontifical University Javeriana Inicio - Effects of Regulation on the Market Concentration in the Subsidized Insurance in Colombia
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:00 AM
Location:

Poster Session (Tuesday)

Maya Vijayaraghavan , Government of the United States of America, Rebecca Martin , Government of the United States of America, Nalinee Sangrujee , Constella Futures, Geoffrey Kimani , Kenya Ministry of Health, Sammy Oyombe , Kenya Ministry of Finance and Planning, Akpaka Kalu , World Health Organization, Alfred Runyago , Kenya Ministry of Finance and Planning, George Wanjau , Kenya Ministry of Health, Lisa Cairns , Government of the United States of America and Steve Muchiri , Kenya Ministry of Health - Measles Supplemental Immunization Activities Improve Measles Vaccine Coverage and Equity: Evidence from Kenya, 2002
Abstract and Article

Isabel Prieto , Baxter International, Inc., Samir K. Bhattacharyya , Baxter International, Inc., Jose C Divino , Baxter International, Inc. and Ramon Paniagua , Coordinación de Investigación en Salud - Costs of Treating Esrd Patients With Various Dialysis Therapies in Mexico
Abstract and Article

Jitian Sheu , Chang Gung University and Hsienming Lien , National Chengchi University - Effect of the Ownership of Dialysis Facilities on Patients' Survival
Abstract and Article

Keerti Bhusan Pradhan , World Health Organization - Capacity Development Model in Enhancing Health Care (Eye Care) Services-The Aravind Eye Care Model
Abstract and Article

Robert Brent , Fordham University - A Social Cost-Benefit Criterion for Evaluating Voluntary Counseling and Testing With an Application to Tanzania.
Abstract and Article

Jianli Li , University of Toronto and Michael Stewart , University of Toronto - A Funding Methodology With Adjustment for Hospital Quality Performance
Abstract and Article

Hara Kousoulakou , Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (FEIR) - A SWOT Analysis of the Greek Pharmaceutical Sector
Abstract and Article

Simone Neubauer , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Rolf Holle , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Petra Menn , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health and Elmar Grässel , University of Erlangen-Nürnberg - Measurement of Informal Care Giving Time: Exploring the Validity
Abstract and Article

Naoki Ikegami , Keio University - Designing a Case-Mix Based Reimbursement System for Japanese Long-Term Care Hospital Beds
Abstract and Article

Arjan Heyma , University of Amsterdam, C.M.E. Groot , University of Amsterdam and Klarita Sadiraj , Social and Cultural Planning Office - Disentangling the Relationship between Health and Socio-Economic Status: A Markov Approach
Abstract and Article

Yuhua Shi , Australian National University - Income Growth, Health Expenditure, Education Investment: The Effects on Population Growth
Abstract and Article

Hilde Luras , University of Oslo, Tor Helge Holmas , Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), Egil Kjerstad , Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF) and Frode Kristiansen , Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF) - Long Term Care and Hospital Length of Stay for Elderly Patients
Abstract and Article

Triin Habicht , University of Tartu - The Impact of Governance Mechanisms on Performance in a Single Payer System: The Case of Estonia
Abstract and Article

Gerhard Reichmann , Affiliation Unknown and Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann , University of Graz - Imposing Sanctions on Smokers: A Survey on the Acceptance and Appropriateness of Anti-Smoking Measures
Abstract and Article

Hawida Ahmed , Affiliation Unknown - Provision of Health Care to the Physically Disabled Children in Sudan (with Emphasis on Khartoum Cheshire Home Experience)
Abstract and Article

Karen Eggleston , University of California, Los Angeles, Nilay Shah , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Steven A. Smith , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Amy E. Wagie , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Kirsten Long , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Arthur Williams , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Ernst R. Berndt , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ritesh Banerjee , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jerome H. Grossman , Affiliation Unknown and Joseph P. Newhouse , Harvard University - Measuring the Productivity of Diabetes Treatment, 1997-2005
Abstract and Article

Elske Van Den Akker , TNO Quality of Life, Paul H Verkerk , TNO Quality of Life and Jeannette E Dankert , Atrium MC Heerlen - Cost-Effectiveness of 4 Neonatal Screening Strategies
Abstract and Article

Rei Goto , Konan University, Shuzo Nishimura and Takanori Ida - Discrete Choce Experiment of Smoking Cessation Behaviour in Japan
Abstract and Article

Begoña Mariñoso , Affiliation Unknown and Pau Olivella , International Health Economics Association (iHEA) - Informational Spillovers and Strategic Launch Delay of Pharmaceutical Drugs
Abstract and Article

Jan Høgelund , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and Holm Anders Larsen , Affiliation Unknown - Does Workplace Accommodations Increase the Labour Market Attachment of Disabled Employees?
Abstract and Article

Boris Augurzky , Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Thomas K. Bauer , Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and Sandra Schaffner , Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) - Copayments in the German Health System – Do They Work?
Abstract and Article

Hindrik Vondeling , Affiliation Unknown and Peter Iversen , Roche Products (Pty) Ltd - The Long and Winding Road to General Reimbursement of Glitazones in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Denmark
Abstract and Article

Deven Chauhan , Office of Health Economics and Anne Mason , University of York (UK) - Factors Affecting the Uptake of New Medicines in Secondary Care
Abstract and Article

Edith Patouillard , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lesong Conteh , Swiss Tropical Institute, Margaret Kweku , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Jayne Webster , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fred Binka , In-Depth Network, Samuel Abudey , Ghana Health Services, Brian Greenwood , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Daniel Chandramohan , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Delivery of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria to Ghanaian Children: A Cost-Effectiveness Study
Abstract and Article

Eli Iola G. Andrade , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Grazielle D. Silva , Affiliation Unknown, Augusto A. Guerra Jr. , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Mariângela L. Cherchiglia , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniel R. Faleiros , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniele A.C. Szuster , Ministério da Saúde, Wellington F. Vieira , Affiliation Unknown, Odilon V. Queiroz , Affiliation Unknown, Elias A. Jorge , Ministério da Saúde, Vania L. Macedo , Ministério da Saúde and Francisco A. Acurcio , Pharmacy School - Coverage and Impact of High Complexity Procedures in the Brazilian Health System from 2000 to 2004
Abstract and Article

Diana Sonntag , Chemnitz University of Technology (CUT) - Accelerating the Development of an AIDS Vaccine – Supporting Developing Countries as an Alternative?
Abstract and Article

Thierry Debrand , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - Physical Healh, Mental Health and Household Structure are Determinants of Labour Force Participation for the Older Persons in Europe?
Abstract and Article

Joel W Cohen , Government of the United States of America and John A Fleishman , Government of the United States of America - Predicting Expenditures for Persons With Chronic Conditions
Abstract and Article

Saji Saraswathy Gopalan , Affiliation Unknown - Micro Finance as a Health Care Financing Option in Kerala,India
Abstract and Article

Wataru Senoh , Affiliation Unknown - Factors Determining Children's Demand for Medical Care: The Case of Japan
Abstract and Article

Mark Pennington , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Phil Shackley , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Christopher R. Vernazza , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Nigel Armstrong , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), James Steele , University of Sheffield and John M. Whitworth , University of Sheffield - Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Root Canal Treatment Using Conventional Approaches Versus Replacement With an Implant
Abstract and Article

Badri Raj Pande , Nepal Health Economics Association - Effect of Armed Conflict on Health Delivery - A Study in Low-Income Country
Abstract and Article

Chia-Nien Liu , National Open University and Ming-Chin Yang , National Taiwan University - Influence of Hospices on Health Care Expenditures and the Aggressiveness of Medical Care for Terminal Cancer Patients in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

Susan L. Averett , Lafayette College and Asia Sikora , Cornell University - In Sickness and in Health: Marital Status and Adult Health
Abstract and Article

Daniel Barth-Jones , Wayne State University and Raymond C.W. Hutubessy , World Health Organization - Access-Capacity and Cost-Effectiveness for Future HIV Vaccines
Abstract and Article

Jesper Sundewall , Karolinska Institutet, Webby Wake , University of Zambia (UNZA), Dale Mudenda , University of Zambia (UNZA), Margaret Maimbolwa , University of Zambia (UNZA) and Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet - Reasons for Visiting Non-Governmental Health Care Providers – Results from Exit Interviews in Two Districts in Zambia
Abstract and Article

Rachel Pauline Lange , Affiliation Unknown - An Economic Analysis of Obesity on Wages
Abstract and Article

CHUN-CHIH JIM HUANG , MedStar Research Institute and Mahmud Khan , Tulane University - The Effect of Market Competition on Real Out-of-Pocket Premium of Medicare Managed Care Plans
Abstract and Article

Debora Gaya Amorim , Federal University of Ceara, Taghreed Adam , World Health Organization, João Amaral , Federal University of Ceara, Eleonor Gouws , UNAIDS, Jennifer Bryce , Johns Hopkins University and Cesar G Victora , Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Effects of IMCI on Efficiency in Health Facilities in Northeast Brazil
Abstract and Article

Tricia J. Johnson , Rush University, Andrew N. Garman , Rush University, Scott King , Loyola University of Chicago and Anthony Perry , Rush University - Do the Near Elderly Delay Needed Care for Chronic Conditions?
Abstract and Article

Ansgar Wuebker , WHL Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr and Bjoern A Kuchinke , Ilmenau University of Technology - Deficits of Public Hospitals in Germany: Empirical Findings From 1998 - 2004
Abstract and Article

Andrew van Zyl , Aurum Institute for Health Research, Debbie Muirhead , Affiliation Unknown, Charles Hongoro , Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC), Moreblessing Chanakira , Aurum Institute for Health Research, Lilani Kumaranayake , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Gavin Churchyard , Aurum Institute for Health Research - Determinants and Composition of the Economic Impact of HIV in Seven Southern African Firms
Abstract and Article

Nabanita Datta Gupta , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Mette Deding , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and Mette Lausten , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) - Medium-Term Consequences of Low Birth Weight - Is There a Catch-Up Effect?
Abstract and Article

Marcos Vera-Hernandez , University College London and B Alvarez , University of Vigo - Unravelling the Determinants of Health Care Use
Abstract and Article

Carolyn Czoski Murray , University of Sheffield, Jill Carlton , University of Sheffield, John Brazier , University of Sheffield, Natalie Papo , Affiliation Unknown, T. Young , University of Sheffield and K. Kang , Affiliation Unknown - Health State Valuation for Armd Visual Impairment States Using Simulation Lenses
Abstract and Article

Kate Lovibond , City University London, Adam Hutchings , GlaxoSmithKline and Martin O'Leary , GlaxoSmithKline - An Exploration of Incremental Net Health Benefit Analysis: A Quantitative Assessment of the Benefit-Harm Profile of Natalizumab in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Abstract and Article

Purwa Kurnia Sucahya , University of Indonesia, Zahidul Quayyum , University of Aberdeen, Mardiati Nadjib , University of Indonesia and Tim Ensor , University of Aberdeen - Costing Village Midwifery Services in Two Districts of Indonesia: Lessons for Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Community Level Midwifery Care as Safe Motherhood Strategy
Abstract and Article

Ran Ren , Dalian Medical University, Feng Xu , Shenyang Medical College and Guiqing Lilly Yao , University of Birmingham - Factors Influence on the Inappropriate Treatments in Pediatric Population in China on the Cases of Diarrhea and Common Cold
Abstract and Article

Nazmi Sari , University of Saskatchewan, Recep Gezer , University of Saskatchewan, Elizabeth L. Harrison , University of Saskatchewan, Karen Chad , University of Saskatchewan, Nigel Ashworth , Government of Canada, Anne Paus Jenssen , University of Saskatchewan, Bruce Reeder , University of Saskatchewan, Suzanne Sheppard , University of Saskatchewan and Koren L. Fisher , University of Saskatchewan - Economic Contributions of Physical Activity Programs to the Publicly Funded Healthcare System
Abstract and Article

Helene Chevrou-Severac , University of Lausanne and Thomas Lufkin , Affiliation Unknown - Higher Health State and Health Consumption for 50+ VPH Insured in Europe?
Abstract and Article

Eline Aas , University of Oslo - Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Results from a Randomized Trial
Abstract and Article

Miguel Angel Negrin , University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jaime Pinilla , University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Francisco J. Vázquez-Polo , University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Carles Murillo , Universitat Pompeu Fabra - The Learning Curve for Coronary Surgery: An Stochastic Frontier Model Approach
Abstract and Article

Charles Wycliffe Matsiko , Ministry of Health, Uganda - Improving Health Outcomes in Uganda: Linkages between the Public and Private Health Sectors
Abstract and Article

L W Niessen , Erasmus MC and Frans Rutten , Erasmus MC - Implementation of Economic-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in the Netherlands
Abstract and Article

Sarah Wordsworth , University of Oxford, James Buchanan , University of Oxford, Regina Regan , University of Oxford, Samantha J. L. Knight , University of Oxford and Jenny Taylor , University of Oxford - Adopting Genomic Technologies in Health Care: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Microarrays in Learning Disability
Abstract and Article

Margareta Ekbladh , Lund University - Sickness Certification
Abstract and Article

Jose Luis Alfonso Sanchez , University of Valencia, S. Blasco , Affiliation Unknown, L. Sempere , Affiliation Unknown, J.M. Iranzo , Affiliation Unknown, R. Zaragoza , Affiliation Unknown, Antonio R Hontangas , University General Hospital Consortium and Mercedes Melgar Martinez , University of Valencia - Cost-Benefit Analysis of an Intervention Program in Avoidable Hospitalizations
Abstract and Article

Rosa Vidal , University of Barcelona, Marisol Rodriguez , University of Barcelona and Jaime Pinilla , University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Inequalities in the Transition from Good to Not Good Health: Duration Analysis of Spanish Adults
Abstract and Article

Ayako Honda , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - The Equity Impact of User Fees Policy and Health Equity Funds in Madagascar
Abstract and Article

Marlon Mundt , University of Wisconsin - Madison and Larissa Zakletskaia , University of Wisconsin - Madison - Benefit-Cost Analysis of Brief Intervention to Reduce College Alcohol Abuse
Abstract and Article

Meghan Mcmahon , University of Toronto, Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto, Paul Grootendorst , University of Toronto and Peter C. Coyte , University of Toronto - Obesity and Health Service Utilisation: Exploring Relationships
Abstract and Article

Joachim Marti , University of Neuchatel and Claude Jeanrenaud , University of Neuchatel - Technical Efficiency of Swiss Nursing Homes – A DEA and Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Abstract and Article

Wendong Chen , University of Toronto, Katherine Dinner , Public Health Agency of Canada, Tom Wong , Public Health Agency of Canada, Jenny E Heathcote , University of Toronto and Murray Krahn , University of Toronto - A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Hepatitis C Screening Among Immigrants in Canada
Abstract and Article

Rob Anderson , Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Martin Delatycki , Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Amy Nisselle , Royal Childrens Hospital, Lyle Gurrin , University of Melbourne, Jane Hall , University of Technology, Sydney, Lawrie Powell , Queensland Instituite for medical Research and Katie Allen , Royal Childrens Hospital - Workplace-Based Genetic Screening for the Prevention of HFE-Associated Hereditary Haemochromatosis: An Exploratory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Abstract and Article

Elvira Lima , University of Minho, Anabela Botelho , University of Minho, Lígia Pinto , University of Minho and Paula Veiga , University of Minho - Alcohol Attributable Fractions and Costs in Portugal
Abstract and Article

Mattias Neyt , Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Michel Huybrechts , Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Frank Hulstaert , Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, France Vrijens , Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre and Dirk Ramaekers , Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre - Trastuzumab in Early Stage Breast Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Belgium.
Abstract and Article

Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet and Anne Lindfors , Karolinska Institutet - Private Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - a Content Analysis of Published Articles
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Ana Amazonas Soares , Affiliation Unknown, Anabela Botelho , University of Minho and Custódio Lima , Affiliation Unknown - The Role of Social Capital on Health Systems' Efficiency: A Cross-Country Comparison
Abstract and Article

Dirk H. Mueller , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Virginia Wiseman , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Désiré Bakusa , Ministry of Health and Kodjo Morgah , Ministry of Health - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Togo Integrated Child Health Campaign - Efficiency Gains By Joint Delivery of Multiple Interventions
Abstract and Article

Felicitas Carin Kuehne , Affiliation Unknown, Jeremy Chancellor , Affiliation Unknown, Patrick Mollon , Affiliation Unknown, Milton Weinstein , Harvard University and William Powderly , Affiliation Unknown - Microsimulation or Cohort Modelling? A Comparative Case Study in HIV Infection
Abstract and Article

Chima Onoka , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus and Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus - Policy Shift to Use of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy (Acts) in Nigeria: Do Current Socioeconomic and Geographic Differentials in Costs of Treatment for Malaria Constitute a Challenge?
Abstract and Article

Murugan Kandamuthan , Sri Uthradom Thirunal Medical College and Subodh Kandamuthan , Affiliation Unknown - The Economic Burden of Disabled Children on Families in Kerala in South India
Abstract and Article

Matthias Bischof , University of Basel - Expected Value of Perfect Information: An Application to a Decision Analytic Cost-Effectiveness Model for Drug Eluting Stents
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Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nkem Dike , Affiliation Unknown, Eric Nwabuike Obikeze , Affiliation Unknown and Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus - Spatial and Socio-Economic Differences in Catastrophic Malaria Treatment Expenditures in Nigeria
Abstract and Article

Peter Sivey , University of York (UK) - Imperfect Information in a Quality-Competitive Hospital Care Market
Abstract and Article

Antonio J. Trujillo , University of Central Florida, Thomas A. Mroz , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and John A. Vernon , University of Connecticut - Determinants of Gender Differences in Health Among Elderly in Latin America
Abstract and Article

Miriam Wiley , Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI), Jacqueline M O'Reilly , Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland, Fionnola Kelly , Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI), Aisling Mulligan , Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI), Patricia Holmes , Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Brian McCarthy , Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland - Factors Affecting Public and Private Discharges in Irish Acute Public Hospitals
Abstract and Article

Ulla Griffiths , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dipika M. Matthias , PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), Andreia Costa Santos , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Erica Jacoby , PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) - Incremental Costs of Introducing Jet Injection Technology for Delivery of Vaccinations in Brazil, South Africa, India and China
Abstract and Article

Anna Micaela Ciarrapico , Tor Vergata University, Rome, Roberto Gandini , Tor Vergata University, Rome, Carlo Reale , Tor Vergata University, Rome and Luigi Uccioli , Tor Vergata University, Rome - Direct Non Sanitary Costs, Productivity Losses and the Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Treatments of Superficial Foot Lesions in Diabetic Patients
Abstract and Article

Jahangir Khan , Karolinska Institutet, Kristina Burstrom , Karolinska Institutet and Clas Rehnberg , Karolinska Institutet - Perceived Job Security, Health Status and Sick-Leave: A Study on Moral Hazard in the Swedish Social Sickness Insurance System
Abstract and Article

Guy Guy Scott , Massey University and Helen Scott , ScottEconomics - An Economic Impact Scale for Outdoor Health and Safety Management
Abstract and Article

Oya M. Eddama , University of Oxford, Stavros Petrou , University of Oxford and J. Henderson , Affiliation Unknown - Improvement in the Process of Induction of Labour Using Isosorbide Mononitrate (IMN) for Cervical Ripening
Abstract and Article

Raymond Yeung , Swiss Reinsurance Company - Market Behaviour of Commercial Medical Insurance in China
Abstract and Article

Richard B. Smith , University of South Florida, Mary Armstrong , University of South Florida, Christine Davis , University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Christine Epps , University of South Florida, Oliver Massey , University of South Florida and Roxann McNeish , University of South Florida - Development and Testing of an Instrument to Measure Mental Health Literacy
Abstract and Article

Jane Chuma , Kenya Medical Research Institute and Catherine Molyneux , Kenya Medical Research Institute - Treatment-Seeking Behaviour, Cost Burdens and Coping Strategies Among Rural and Urban Households in Coastal Kenya: An Equity Analysisr Title Here
Abstract and Article

Seija K. Kromm , University of Calgary - Patient or Consumer: Implications for the Canadian Health Care System
Abstract and Article

Anthony E. Bopp , Affiliation Unknown, William C. Grant , Affiliation Unknown and David Cockley , Affiliation Unknown - Tests of Benefits of Insuring the Poor
Abstract and Article

Angelos Tsourapas , University of Birmingham, Tracy Roberts , University of Birmingham, Pelham Barton , University of Birmingham and Susan Jowett , University of Birmingham - Screening to Prevent Pre-Term Birth: A Model Based Economic Analysis Based on Data from Systematic Reviews of Accuracy and Effectiveness Literature.
Abstract and Article

Chai Ping Yu , University of Nottingham, David Whynes , University of Nottingham and Tracey H Sach , University of Nottingham - Who Pays More: Household Health Expenditure in Malaysia
Abstract and Article

Chuong Ho , Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) - Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in High Risk Patients: A Meta-Analysis and Economic Review
Abstract and Article

Adeyinka Kevin Okunade , Indiana University Bloomington and Albert A. Okunade , University of Memphis - The Linkage of Childhood Breastfeeding to Reduced Incidence of Obesity Among Us Youths
Abstract and Article

Michaela L. Schioetz , University of Copenhagen, Jes Søgaard , Affiliation Unknown, Murray Ross , Affiliation Unknown, Jette Kolding Kristensen , Affiliation Unknown, Allan Krasnik , University of Copenhagen, Finn Diderichsen , University of Copenhagen and Anne Frølich , Affiliation Unknown - A Comparison of Utilization Pattern in Diabetes Patients in an Health Management Organization and in a Universal Tax Financed Healthcare System
Abstract and Article

Evelinda Trindade , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, C. E. Rochitte , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, Tiago Santos , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, Pedro Lemos , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, J. Ramires , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sandra Fujii , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, M. N. Baos , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, C. Shirashigue , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, L.L. Aguiar , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, Jose Eduardo Silva , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, T. Gotti , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School, Marcia Cruz , Heart Institute/Sao Paulo University Medical School and Camilo Mussi , Brazilian National Agency for Health Surveillance - First Public Brazilian 16 Detector-Row Computed Tomography Compared With Invasive Coronary Angiography: Systematic Appraisal, One Year Utilization Review and Health Care System Impact Analysis
Abstract and Article

Vittorio Mapelli , University of Milan - The Performance of the Regional Health Systems in Italy
Abstract and Article

Yen-Chien Chen , Affiliation Unknown - Health Service Utilization Patterns Associated With Regional Supply of Health Care Resource ─Multilevel Analysis
Abstract and Article

Alana D. Knudson , Affiliation Unknown, CHUNHUEI CHI , Oregon State University, Kyle Muus , Affiliation Unknown and Jacque Gray , Affiliation Unknown - The Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on the Health Care of Native American Elders
Abstract and Article

Ching-Wei Lin , Affiliation Unknown - Cost and Utilization Impacts of Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Comparison By Propensity Score Analysis
Abstract and Article

Joan Rovira , Affiliation Unknown, Jaime Espin , Affiliation Unknown, Martha Milena Silva , Affiliation Unknown, Guillermina Albarracin , Affiliation Unknown, Joan Costa-Font , University of Barcelona, Jaume Puig-Junoy , Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Panos G. Kanavos , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - What is Evidence of Impact of Pharmaceutical Policies?
Abstract and Article

Paul Holyoke , University of Toronto and Raisa Deber , University of Toronto - Where are the Global Firms? Barriers to Globalization in a Health Care Market in Ontario, Canada
Abstract and Article

Deus Bazira Mubangizi , University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Global Health Initiatives Scale-Up and its Effect on Private Health Institutional Systems Capacity: Selected Cases from Nigeria
Abstract and Article

Chin-Shyan Chen , National Taipei University and Tsai-Ching Liu , National Taipei University - Variation in Hospital Cost for Acute Myocardial Infraction in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

Christian Gericke , University of Adelaide, Sophie Coronini-Cronberg , Affiliation Unknown and Wongsa Laohasiriwong , Khon Kaen University - Healthcare Utilisation Under the 30-Baht Scheme Among the Urban Poor in Mitrapap Slum, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Abstract and Article

Elina lampi , Göteborg University - What Friends and Media Tell Us? An Empirical Study about Information and the Risk of Age-Related Female Infertility
Abstract and Article

- Fruit and Vegetable Expenditure: An Application of a Two-Part Model
Abstract and Article

Paul Fenn , University of Nottingham, Adrian Towse , University of Pennsylvania, Martina Garau , Office of Health Economics, Ed Godber , Office of Health Economics, Alastair Gray , University of Oxford and Clive Pritchard , Affiliation Unknown - Modelling the R&D Process for Global Diseases Driven By Public-Private Partnersips (PPPs)
Abstract and Article

Helen Weatherly , Affiliation Unknown - Assessing the Challenges of Applying Standard Methods of Economic Evaluation to Public Health Interventions
Abstract and Article

Marc Ferland , Quebec Region Health and Social Services Agency and Michel Pageau , Quebec Region Health and Social Services Agency - Use of a Depriviation Index in Analysing Health Disparities in Quebec, Canada
Abstract and Article

Katherine Payne , University of Manchester, Emily A Fargher , University of Manchester, Karen Tricker , University of Manchester and Rachel Ann Elliott , University of Nottingham - The Economic Impact of Pharmacogenetic Testing: Evaluation Before Implementation
Abstract and Article

Marty Makinen , Affiliation Unknown - Community Based Health Financing and Child Health, Results from Ghana, Mali, and Senegal
Abstract and Article

Noel Woods , National University of Ireland - Factors Influencing the Need for Dental Care Amongst the Elderly in the Republic of Ireland
Abstract and Article

Omar Galarraga , National Institute of Public Health (Mexico), Sandra Sosa-Rubi , National Institute of Public Health (Mexico) and Sergio Bautista-Arredondo , Affiliation Unknown - An Evaluation of Propensity Score Matching Estimators in Health Outcomes: Evidence from the Progresa/Oportunidades Program in Mexico
Abstract and Article

Percivil M. Carrera , University of Heidelberg and John Bridges , Affiliation Unknown - Choice of Foreign Provider for the German Patient: Issues and Prospects
Abstract and Article

Soonim Huh , Affiliation Unknown - Factors Driving Increases in Drug Expenditures in Korea
Abstract and Article

M. Constance Meiners , Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, J. Chauveau , French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Stephane Luchini , National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Jean-Paul Moatti , French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) - Pharmaceutical Patents and Access to HIV/AIDS Treatments: The Brazilian Experience
Abstract and Article

Vimbayi Mutyambizi , University of Cape Town - An Exploratory Study of the Resources Used By, and the Coping Strategies of Poor Urban Households Affected By Hiv/Aids in Harare City, Zimbabwe
Abstract and Article

Bruno Detournay , Cemka-Eval, Abdelkader El-Hasnaoui , GlaxoSmithKline, Nadia Demarteau , IMS-Health Belgium and Baudouin Standaert , GlaxoSmithKline - Assessing the Risk of Cervical Cancer Development When Introducing New Prophylactic Management Schemes at Country Level Using a Markov Model: The Case Applied to France
Abstract and Article

Helen Scott , ScottEconomics and Guy Guy Scott , Massey University - Asymmetric Information and Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Medicine Advertising: A Public Policy Dilemma
Abstract and Article

Andrea Baumann , McMaster University and Jennifer Blythe , McMaster University - Better Data, Better Decisions: Quality of Information in Human Resource Planning
Abstract and Article

Christine Lao Peña , World Bank, Ariadna Garcia-Prado , World Bank and Olympia Icochea , World Bank - Delivery of Community Health Services: Assessing the Purchasing and Provision of Basic Health Services in Honduras
Abstract and Article

CHUNHUEI CHI , Oregon State University, Wen-Yi Chen , NanKai Institute of Technology and Violet Dawn Lindstrom , Department of Public Health - Economic Globalization and Health Development in Middle and Low-Income Nations
Abstract and Article

Francisco A. Acurcio , Pharmacy School, Eli Iola G. Andrade , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Mariângela L. Cherchiglia , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Grazielle D. Silva , Affiliation Unknown, Augusto A. Guerra Jr. , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniele A.C. Szuster , Ministério da Saúde, Daniel R. Faleiros , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Wellington F. Vieira , Affiliation Unknown, Odilon V. Queiroz , Affiliation Unknown, Vania L. Macedo , Ministério da Saúde and Elias A. Jorge , Ministério da Saúde - Evolution of Public Expenditure on High Cost Medicines in the Brazilian Health System
Abstract and Article

Vishal Jaunky , Univesity of Mauritius and Ahmad Jameel Khadaroo , Univesity of Mauritius - Health Care Expenditure and GDP: An African Perspective
Abstract and Article

Gina Teddy , University of York (UK) - Health Financing Policies in Ghana: The Journey to National Health Insurance Scheme
Abstract and Article

Vibeke T. Christensen , Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF), Nabanita Datta Gupta , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and Martin Rasmussen , The Municipality of Copenhagen - Hearing Impairment and Labor Supply - Measurement Issues, the Effect of Assistive Aids and Recognition of Impairment
Abstract and Article

Anayo Fidelis Akunne , Royal College of Nursing Institute, Mamadou Sanon , Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna and Rainer Sauerborn , University of Heidelberg - Identification of the Critical Attributes of Function of Health in a Rural West African Population
Abstract and Article

Laura M Andersen , University of Copenhagen - Organic Milk - Who and Why?
Abstract and Article

Hareth Al-Janabi , MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Joanna Coast , University of Birmingham and Terry N. Flynn , University of Bristol - Process Utility in Care-Giving: Development of an Instrument to Measure the Caring Experience
Abstract and Article

Ruolz Ariste , Canadian Institute for Health Information and Adam Rondeau , Canadian Institute for Health Information - Public-Sector Expenditures and Utilization of Home Care Services in Canada: Exploring the Data
Abstract and Article

Siripen Supakankunti , Chulalongkorn University - Social Consequences of Antiretrovirals Programmes in Thailand: Analyzing from Cost Effectiveness Prospective
Abstract and Article

Hla-Hla Thein , University Health Network, Ava John-Baptiste , University of Toronto, Qilong Yi , Canadian Blood Service, Beate Sander , University of Toronto, Mel Krajden , BC Centre for Disease Control and Murray Krahn , University Health Network - The Cost-Effectiveness of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in the Detection of Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Abstract and Article

Mariângela L. Cherchiglia , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Grazielle D. Silva , Affiliation Unknown, Francisco A. Acurcio , Pharmacy School, Eli Iola G. Andrade , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniele A.C. Szuster , Ministério da Saúde, Augusto A. Guerra Jr. , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniel R. Faleiros , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Wellington F. Vieira , Affiliation Unknown, Odilon V. Queiroz , Affiliation Unknown, Elias A. Jorge , Ministério da Saúde and Vania L. Macedo , Ministério da Saúde - The Evolution of Public Expenditure With Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) in Brazil - 2000 to 2004
Abstract and Article

Fern Terris-Prestholt , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lilani Kumaranayake , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Catherine MacPhail , University of the Witwatersrand, Helen Rees , University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Watts , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Women's Willingness to Pay for Barrier Methods for HIV Prevention in South Africa: A Comparison of the Female Condom, Diaphragm, and Microbicides
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07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Implementing economic evidence through Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs): International experience
Michael Drummond, University of York (UK)

Chisato Hamashima , National Cancer Center and Hiroshi Saito , National Cancer Center - The Relationship between Cost and Recommendations of Cancer Care Guidelines in Japan
Abstract and Article

Jennifer Field , National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NHS), Joanne Lord , National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NHS) and Michael Drummond , University of York (UK) - Moving from Health Economic Models to Budget Impact to Encourage Implementation
Abstract and Article

Kathryn Antioch , Affiliation Unknown and Michael Walsh , National Health Authority, Qatar - Integrating Economic Evidence into Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice: National and Health Services Perspectives in Australia
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Improving End-of-Life Care
Edward Norton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nancy Nicosia , The RAND Corporation, Elaine Reardon , The RAND Corporation, Karl Lorenz , The RAND Corporation, Joanne Lynn , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin , The RAND Corporation - The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Consideration of Potential Refinements
Abstract and Article

Sabina Ohri , Public Policy Institute of California - Differences between Non-Profits and For-Profits in the Hospice Industry: Patient Selection and Quality
Abstract and Article

Chung-Chou H. Chang , University of Pittsburgh, Maxwell H. Farrell , University of Pittsburgh, Judith R. Lave , University of Pittsburgh, Mark S. Roberts , University of Pittsburgh and Derek C. Angus , University of Pittsburgh - Is There a Survival Advantage of Admission to a High Intensity Hospital?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Inequalities of opportunities in health
Lise Rochaix, Affiliation Unknown

Erik Schokkaert , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) and marc fleurbaey , CERSES - Unfair Inequalities in Health and Health Care
Abstract and Article

Sandy Tubeuf , National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Inequalities of Opportunities in Health (Session Proposal Abstract)
Abstract and Article

Marion Devaux , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES), Florence Jusot , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES), Alain Trannoy , National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Sandy Tubeuf , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - Social Background and Parent's Health: Their Impact on Health Status in Adulthood
Abstract and Article

Maarten Lindeboom , Free University of Amsterdam and Bas van der Klaauw , Free University of Amsterdam - Health Shocks, Disability and Work
Abstract and Article

Margherita Giannoni , University of Perugia - Determinants of Inequalities in Health Status of Italian Children and Adolescents
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Influences of policy and income on access to long-term care
Sally Stearns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Barbara J Caldwell , Saint Leo University and Gabriel Picone , University of South Florida - Certificate of Need Regulation in the Nursing Home Industry: Has it Outlived its Usefulness?
Abstract and Article

Paul McNamee , University of Aberdeen - The Effect of Economic Status on Care Decisions: Results Arising from the Free Personal Care Policy in Scotland
Abstract and Article

France Weaver , Pennsylvania State University, John R Moran , Penn State University and Monika Setia , Penn State University - The Effect of Income on Long Term Care Insurance Coverage
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Comparable measurement of health
Christopher Murray, Harvard University

Emre Ozaltin , Affiliation Unknown, Joshua Salomon , Harvard University, Saeid Shahraz , Affiliation Unknown and Christopher Murray , Affiliation Unknown - Response Incomparability in Self-Reported Mobility
Abstract and Article

Saeid Shahraz , Affiliation Unknown, Emre Özaltin , Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Christopher J. Murray , Harvard University and Joshua Salomon , Harvard University - Comparability Problems in Culture-Fair Cognition Tests
Abstract and Article

Joshua Salomon , Harvard University, Shefali Oza , Affiliation Unknown and Christopher J. Murray , Affiliation Unknown - Comparability of Self-Rated General Health: Findings from Five National U.S. Surveys
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Informal care: economic approaches
Stephen Birch, McMaster University

Bernard Van den Berg , University of Amsterdam - External Effects of Paying Informal Caregivers
Abstract and Article

Jane Hall , University of Technology, Sydney, Patsy Kenny , University of Technology, Sydney and Jordan J. J. Louviere , University of Technology, Sydney - Understanding the Preferences of Informal Caregivers Providing Palliative Care at Home
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Innovative models of the demand for health care services
Willard Manning, University of Chicago

Randall P. Ellis , Boston University and Willard G. Manning , University of Chicago - Optimal Insurance With Prevention and Multiple Health Goods
Abstract and Article

Dominic Hodgkin , Brandeis University, Elizabeth Merrick , Brandeis University and Constance Horgan , Brandeis University - Effects of Patient Copayments on Retention in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment
Abstract and Article

Aditi Mehta , Boston University - Spatial Competition and Market Definition in the Nursing Home Industry
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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HIV/AIDS & Work
Kathleen Carey, Boston University

Stephen Jan , George Institute for International Health - Valuing Institutional Change in Health Economic Evaluation: Examples from Programs to Tackle HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
Abstract and Article

Li-Wei Chao , University of Pennsylvania and Hans-Peter Kohler , University of Pennsylvania - Are Healthy People More Trusting or Trustworthy? Evidence from Experimental Economics Games in Rural Malawi
Abstract and Article

Jane Fortson , Princeton University - Mortality Risk and Human Capital Investment: The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract and Article

Lilani Kumaranayake , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Gavin Churchyard , Aurum Institute for Health Research and Salome Charalambous , Aurum Institute for Health Research - Absenteeism and Separation from the Labour Force: What is the HIV Impact?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Prescription Insurance
Kelly Makarounas-Kirchmann, Monash University

Konrad Obermann , University of Applied Sciences of the German Red Cross, Claude Bodart , Asian Development Bank, Maricel B. Lim-Nalian , Independent Consultant, Teofila Remotigue , Affiliation Unknown and Reynaldo A. Capangpangan , Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - Linking Social Health Insurance, Essential Drug Program and Private Pharmacies: The Case of the Revolving Drug Insurance Fund in Southern Leyte, Philippines
Abstract and Article

Chi-Liang Chen , Chung Yuan Christian University, Likwang Chen , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan and Wei-Chih Yang , National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan - The Effects of Taiwan's Prescription Drug Reimbursement Rate Reduction Policy on the Per Item Per Day Expense of Antidiabetic Agent in the National Health Insurance System
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Marketing Pharmaceuticals
Kosali Simon, Cornell University

Panos G. Kanavos , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Joan Costa-Font , University of Barcelona and Divya Srivastava , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in Europe: Stakeholder and Competition Effects
Abstract and Article

Gregory Kruse , University of Pennsylvania - Pharmaceutical Detailing and Medication Choice: A Micro-Level Analysis of Statins
Abstract and Article

James X. Zhang , University of Chicago - Socio-Economic Status and Free Medication Samples
Abstract and Article

Marianne Simonsen , University of Aarhus, Lars Skipper , University of Aarhus and Niels Skipper , University of Aarhus - On Pharmaceuticals and Price Sensitivity
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Access
R Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago

Kirsten Long , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Nilay Shah , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Ritesh Banerjee , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Douglas L. Wood , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Charanjit S. Rihal , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Henry H. Ting , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Role of Payer and Hospital Characteristics in Utilization of Drug-Eluting Stents for Patients With and Without Acute Myocardial Infarction
Abstract and Article

Anurag Sharma , Australian National University, Anthony Harris , Monash University and Jeff Richardson , Monash University - Use of Elective Surgery in Public Hospitals: Modelling Access-Cost Quality Trade-Offs in a Spatial Framework
Abstract and Article

Richard Cookson , University of York (UK), Mark Dusheiko , University of York (UK), Geoff Hardman , University of York (UK) and Stephen Martin , University of York (UK) - Effects of Hospital Competition on Socio-Economic Inequality of Care in the English National Health Service 1991-2001: A Small Area Panel Approach
Abstract and Article

Jaeun Shin , KDI School of Public Policy and Management and Sangho Moon , Sungkyunkwan University - Quality of Care and Role of Health Insurance Among Non-Elderly Women with Disabilities in the U.S.
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Obesity and Health
Konstantin Beck, University of Zurich

Richard A. Dunn , University of Wisconsin - Madison - Obesity and the Availability of Fast-Food: An Instrumental Variables Approach
Abstract and Article

Katharina Hauck , Monash University and Bruce Hollingsworth , Monash University - Estimating Hospital Resource Utilization for Illnesses Caused and Aggravated By Obesity
Abstract and Article

Qi Zhang , Old Dominion University and Zhuo Chen , University of Chicago - Food Stamp Program Participation, Food Prices and Bodyweight Status: New Findings from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort
Abstract and Article

Ernst-Günther Hagenmeyer , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd., Thomas von Lengerke , Hannover Medical School, Holger Gothe , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd., Guido Schiffhorst , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd., Michael Volker Happich , Lilly Deutschland GmbH and Bertram Häussler , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd. - Impact of Concomitant Obesity on Health Care Resource Consumption in Patients With Diabetes
Abstract and Article

Richard A. Dunn , University of Wisconsin - Madison - Obesity and the Availability of Fast-Food: An Instrumental Variables Approach
Abstract and Article

Euna Han , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Edward C. Norton , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - The Effect of Obesity on Hospitalization
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Innovation
Steven Kymes, Washington University, St. Louis

Bülent Akmaz , University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg - Research and Innovation Behaviour of German Medical Devices Industry - Empirical Analysis and Health Policy Assessment
Abstract and Article

Jaehee Lee , Korea Economic Research Institute - Medical Innovation in Presence of New Practice Adoption Cascades
Abstract and Article

Stephanie Briswalter , GlaxoSmithKline and Robert Welte , GlaxoSmithKline - Reimbursement of New Health Technologies in a DRG-System
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
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Cancer Screening
Lisa Gold, Deakin University

Donatus U. Ekwueme , Government of the United States of America, James G. Gardner , Government of the United States of America, Sujha Subramanian , Research Triangle Institute and Florence Tangka , Government of the United States of America - Cost Analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) — Selected States, 2003-2004
Abstract and Article

Marion Haas , University of Technology, Sydney, Denzil G Fiebig , University of New South Wales, Ishrat Hossain , University of Technology, Sydney and Rosalie Viney , University of Technology, Sydney - Decisions About Pap Tests: What Influences Women and Providers?
Abstract and Article

David R Lairson , University of Texas at Houston, Wenyaw Chan , University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Yu-Chia Chang , University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Deborah Del Junco , Texas A&M University and Sally W Vernon , University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Vs. Tailored Interventions to Promote Mammography Screening Among Women Military Veterans in the United States
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Primary Care
Laura Argys, University of Colorado at Denver

Massimo Filippini , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Giuliano Masiero , University of Bergamo and Karine Moschetti , University of Bergamo - Characteristics of Demand for Antibiotics in Primary Care: An Almost Ideal Demand System Approach
Abstract and Article

Siri Fauli , The Norwegian Medical Association, NOKLUS, HERO - Financial Incentives and the Supply of Laboratory Tests in General Practice
Abstract and Article

Tor Iversen , Affiliation Unknown and Hilde Luras , University of Oslo - The Impact of Quality Perception on Patients Switching Physicians in a List Patient System
Abstract and Article

Gianluca Fiorentini , University of Bologna, Matteo Lippi Bruni , University of Bologna and Cristina Ugolini , University of Bologna - Primary Care Characteristics and Their Impact on Potentially Avoidable Hospital Admissions
Abstract and Article

Rouselle Lavado , Hitotsubashi University - The Efficiency of Philippine Provinces in Providing Primary Health Care Programs
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Norwegian Hospital Reform
Bengt Jonsson, Uppsala University

Vidar Halsteinli , SINTEF Teknologiledelse, Jorid Kalseth , SINTEF Teknologiledelse and Solveig-Osborg Ose , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Allocation of Labour to Somatic and Psychiatric Specialist Care – The Influence of a Hospital Owner Reform on Earmarked Grant Effects
Abstract and Article

Sverre A.C. Kittelsen , University of Oslo, Jon Magnussen , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Kjartan Sarheim Anthun , Affiliation Unknown - Hospital Reform and Hospital Efficiency – A Nordic Comparative Study
Abstract and Article

Jan Erik Askildsen , University of Bergen, Oddvar Kaarbøe , Affiliation Unknown and Tor Helge Holmas , University of Bergen - Prioritization and Patients' Rights: Does the Hospital Reform Lead to More Equal Practises Among Hospitals?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Recent Developments In Economic Evaluation Methods Guidelines for Decision Making: Experience from Four Countries
Michael Drummond, University of York (UK)

Andrew S. Mitchell , Affiliation Unknown and Rosalie Viney , University of Technology, Sydney - Learning from Experience: Revision of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee Guidelines
Abstract and Article

Karen M. Lee , Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) - Economic Evaluation Guidelines in Canada - Recent Developments
Abstract and Article

Rachel Grocott , Affiliation Unknown and Rico Schoeler , Affiliation Unknown - Review of Cost-Utility Analysis Guidelines in New Zealand
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Investing in Health

Daniel Reidpath , Brunel University, Pascale Allotey , Affiliation Unknown and Subhash Pokhrel , Brunel University - The Moral Economy of Investing in Child Health: Considerations in Resource Poor Settings
Abstract and Article

Julia A Fox-Rushby , Brunel University, Subhash Pokhrel , Brunel University, Laura Vallejo Torres , Brunel University and Mrigesh Bhatia , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - The Implications of Socially Entrusted Decision-Making on Willingness to Pay (Wtp): The Case of Insectide Treated Nets (Itns) in India
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Issues in private insurance for mental health and substance abuse
Frances Lynch, Kaiser Permanente

Dominic Hodgkin , Brandeis University, Constance Horgan , Brandeis University, Deborah Garnick , Brandeis University and Elizabeth Merrick , Brandeis University - Benefit Limits for Behavioral Health Care in Private US Health Plans
Abstract and Article

Richard G. Frank , Harvard University, Sharon-Lise T. Normand , Harvard University, Thomas G. McGuire , Harvard University and vanessa azzone , Affiliation Unknown - Effect of Parity Legislation on Substance Abuse Treatment
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Limited Service Facilities in the U.S. Hospital Industry
James Burgess, Boston University

Jean Marie Mitchell , Georgetown University - Utilization Changes Associated With Physician Ownership of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Ascs)
Abstract and Article

John Ernest Schneider , University of Iowa, Robert Ohsfeldt , Affiliation Unknown and Michael A. Morrisey , University of Alabama - Spatial Competition in the U.S. Hospital Industry and the Economic Effects of Specialty Hospital Entry
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Micro Health Insurance - Gaining Insight From Being On-Site
Peter Smith, University of York (UK)

Michael Ranson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Tara Sinha , Affiliation Unknown, Marai Chatterjee , Self Employed Women's Association, India, Fenil Gandhi , Self Employed Women's Association, India, Rupal Jayswal , Self Employed Women's Association, India, Falguni Patel , Self Employed Women's Association, India, Saul S Morris , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Anne Mills , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Improving the Distributional Impact of an Indian Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme Among its Rural Membership: Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Abstract and Article

John S Armstrong , Voluntary Health Insurance Board, Ireland and David M. Dror , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Reinsurance as an Alternative to Capital in Micro Health Insurance - A Simulated Exercise to Compare the Cost of the Alternatives
Abstract and Article

Edit V. Velenyi , University of York (UK) and David M. Dror , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Financial Protection at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Evidence from India on the Impact of Micro Health Insurance on Households
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Choice
Louis Niessen, Erasmus MC

Bettina Becker , Loughborough University and Silke Uebelmesser , University of Munich - Sickness Fund Competition in Germany: The Impact of Print Media Advertising on Public Health Insurance Switching
Abstract and Article

Milena Pavlova , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Wim Groot , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Using Data on Hypothetical Choices by Potential Consumers to Estimate the Welfare Effects of Changes in Health Care and Health Insurance Services
Abstract and Article

Paul NMI Anand , Affiliation Unknown - The Measurement of Capabilities
Abstract and Article

Carine Franc , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES), Marc Perronnin , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) and Aurelie Pierre , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - The Effect of Retirement on the Probability to Switch of Private Health Insurance Company
Abstract and Article

Zachary Cooper , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Measuring User Choice in Health Systems: Developing and Applying an Index to Examine the Effectiveness of Choice and Competition Reforms
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Paying Doctors

Dominika Wranik , Dalhousie University - Quality Based Incentive Payments and the Achievement of Health Care Service Delivery Goals
Abstract and Article

Afsaneh Bjorvatn , University of Bergen - Wage Differentials Among General Practitioners in Norway
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Hospital Efficiency

Annika Frohloff , University of Bochum - Cost and Technical Efficiency of German Hospitals: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Abstract and Article

Bruce Hollingsworth , Monash University - State of the Art: Efficiency Measurement in Health and Health Care
Abstract and Article

Eric Rehn , Lund University - Public Hospitals - Incentives and Organization
Abstract and Article

Gunnar Dittrich , Dresden University of Technology and Alexander Karmann , Dresden University of Technology - Efficiency of the German Hospital Sector – Evidence After the German Reunification
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Prevention
Lee Mobley, RTI International

Padmaja Ayyagari , Duke University - Do Health Shocks Affect Preventive Behavior?
Abstract and Article

Ingrid Zechmeister , Affiliation Unknown, Reinhold Kilian , Affiliation Unknown and David McDaid , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Is it Worth Investing in Mental Health Promotion and Prevention of Mental Illness? A Review of the Evidence from Economic Evaluations
Abstract and Article

Katherine Grace Carman , Tilburg University and Peter Kooreman , Affiliation Unknown - Why Do People Decline Free Preventive Health Care?
Abstract and Article

Fred Matovu , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Catherine Goodman , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Virginia Wiseman , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Inequities in Prevention of Malaria: Experiences With Bednet Utilisation from a Low-Income Setting in Tanzania
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Nursing
Marcos Vera-Hernandez, University College London

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

Sally C. Stearns , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Laura D'Arcy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Nursing Assistant Retention and Turnover: Effects of Wages & Benefits Relative to Other Individual & Facility Characteristics
Abstract and Article

Lynn Unruh , University of Central Florida and Ning Jackie Zhang , University of Central Florida - RN Educational Level and the Decision to Work as a Hospital Staff Nurse
Abstract and Article

Michelle Cunich , University of Sydney and Stephen Whelan , University of Sydney - Registered Nurse Employment Behaviour
Abstract and Article

Frieda Waisberg , University of Toronto, Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto, Carey Levington , University of Toronto, Raisa Deber , University of Toronto, Andrea Baumann , McMaster University, Linda O'Brien-Pallas , University of Toronto and Kanecy Onate , University of Toronto - The Importance of Nurse Employment Categories in Determining Exit Rates from Nursing
Abstract and Article

Fumiaki Yasukawa , Doshisha University, Yoshi-Fumi Nakata , Doshisha University, Akira Kawaguchi , Doshisha University, Tetsushi Fujimoto , Nanzan University and Yoichiro Matsuda , Japan Nursing Association - Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Nurses' Successful Job Search in Japan
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Economic Evaluation Methodology
Marc Saez, University of Girona

Sarah Dewilde , United BioSource Corporation, Robert Welte , GlaxoSmithKline, Bernd Bruggenjurgen , Alpha Care and Stefan Willich , Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - The Effect of Different Types of Survival Curves to Extrapolate Observed Events from a 1-Year Rct to Lifetime - the Case of Eptifibatide Use in Coronary Stenting
Abstract and Article

Annemieke De Ridder , University of Antwerp and Diana De Graeve , University of Antwerp - Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Haloperidol, Olanzapine and Risperidone in the Treatment of Schizophrenia Using the Net-Benefit Regression Approach
Abstract and Article

Shiva Raj Adhikari , Chulalongkorn University and Siripen Supakankunti , Chulalongkorn University - Is the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis from Bangladesh, India and Nepal Economically Justified?
Abstract and Article

Martin Henriksson , Linkoping University, David M. Epstein , University of York (UK), Stephen Palmer , York University and Mark Sculpher , University of York (UK) - Pros and Cons of Event Based Modelling in Economic Evaluation
Abstract and Article

Bernd Schweikert , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health - Covariate Adjusted Confidence Intervals for the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio in Non Randomized Trails, Comparing Fieller and Bootstrap Methods - An Example from the Sarah Study
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Maternal Health
Marcelo Delajara

Stephanie M Boulenger , Abt Associates, Inc. and Tania Dmytraczenko , Abt Associates, Inc. - Cost and Impact of the Skilled Care Initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract and Article

Björn Ekman , Affiliation Unknown, Henrik Axelson , World Health Organization, Duc Anh Ha , Boston University and Liem T. Nguyen , Affiliation Unknown - Use of Maternal Health Care Services and Ethnicity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Vietnam
Abstract and Article

Azaher Ali Molla , University of Dhaka, Sushil Ranjan Howlader , University of Dhaka, Azizur Rahman , University of Dhaka and Ahmed Mustafa , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh - A Feasibility Study on Demand Side Financing (DSF) in Maternal Healthcare Services at Rural Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Amnesty E. LeFevre , Johns Hopkins University, Hugh R. Waters , Johns Hopkins University, Sabbir Haider , International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Samuel Shillcutt , Andean Health and Development/Saludesa, Shams Arifeen , International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Darmstadt Gary , Johns Hopkins University, Uzma Syed , Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives Initiative, Steve Wall , Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives Initiative, Ishtiaq Mannan , International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh and Abdullah Baqui , Johns Hopkins University - Economic Assessment of a Community-Based Package of Maternal and Newborn Care Interventions in Rural Bangladesh: Exploration of Cost-Effectiveness and Financial Barriers to the Procurement of Care
Abstract and Article

Tsai-Ching Liu , National Taipei University and Chin-Shyan Chen , National Taipei University - Association between Mode of Delivery and Maternal Rehospitalization: Vaginal vs. Elective Cesareans
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Childhood Health
Martin Henriksson, Linkoping University

James Chowhan , Statistics Canada and Jennifer M. Stewart , Carleton University - Parental Work Schedules and Child Obesity
Abstract and Article

Atheendar Venkataramani , Yale University and Brian J. Fried , Yale University - Indoor Air Pollution, Child Health and Fuel Costs in Guatemala
Abstract and Article

Brian Duncan , University of Colorado at Denver and Daniel I. Rees , University of Colorado at Denver - The Tradeoff between Family Size and Child Health in the United States
Abstract and Article

Georges Menahem , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - Coping with Some Adverse Events During Childhood Protects Health
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Medical Research and Development
Henry Grabowski, Duke University

Ernst R. Berndt , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Iain M. Cockburn , Boston University and Fabio A. Thiers , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - The Globalization of Clinical Trials for New Medicines: Where are the Trials Going and Why?
Abstract and Article

James J. Anton , Duke University and David B. Ridley , Duke University - Incentives for Innovative and Follow-On Drugs
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Modeling the Economics of AIDS Vaccines
Robert Hecht, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

Gian Gandhi , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Shilpa Vuthoori , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Robert Hecht , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - Assessing the Global Demand for Preventive AIDS Vaccines
Abstract and Article

Holly Wong , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Chris Gingerich , University of Pennsylvania, Katherine White , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Josh Michaud , Johns Hopkins University - HIV Vaccine R&D - Modeling the Path to Speedier Success
Abstract and Article

John Stover , Affiliation Unknown, Robert Hecht , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Clara Williams , International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - Modeling the Impact of AIDS Vaccines
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

New challenges for Latin American health systems
Jaume Puig-Junoy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Jean Macq , Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Patrick Martiny , Affiliation Unknown, Luis Bernardo Villalobos , Affiliation Unknown, Alejandro Solis , Affiliation Unknown, Jose Miranda , Affiliation Unknown, Hilda Cecilia Mendez , Affiliation Unknown and Charles Collins , Affiliation Unknown - Contracting External Primary Care Providers in Central America for Better Responsiveness, Efficiency of Health Care and Public Governance: A Framework for Analysis
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

New Findings from Consumer Driven Health Plans
Stephen L. Parente, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Laurence C. Baker , Stanford University, M. Kate Kate Bundorf , Stanford University and Anne Beeson Royalty , Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) - High Deductible Health Plans and Health Care Spending: Revisiting the Rand Health Insurance Experiment
Abstract and Article

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin , The RAND Corporation, Roland D. McDevitt , Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Hayoung Park , The RAND Corporation, Cheryl Damberg , The RAND Corporation and Ryan Lore , Watson Wyatt Worldwide - Demand for High-Deductible and 'Consumer-Directed' Health Plans
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Non-financial Factors in Technology Adoption
Jean Marie Mitchell, Georgetown University

Mythreyi Bhargavan , American College of Radiology and Jonathan Sunshine , American College of Radiology - Enabling Characteristics of Mammography Facilities: Disparities Based on Racial/Ethnic Composition of Location
Abstract and Article

Jonathan Sunshine , American College of Radiology, Nikhil R Nayak , Yale University and Cristian Meghea , American College of Radiology - Which Physician Practices are Early Adopters of Productivity-Enhancing Technologies in Radiology and Which Do Without?
Abstract and Article

Frank S. Levy , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - The International Teleradiology Industry: Successes and Failures
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Occupation, Retirement, and Health: Determining Causal Relationships?
Michael French, University of Miami

Ronald Hagan , University of Western Australia, Andrew M. Jones , University of York (UK) and Nigel Rice , University of York (UK) - Health and Retirement in Europe
Abstract and Article

Dhaval Dave , Bentley College, Inas Rashad , Georgia State University and Jasmina Spasojevic , Metropolitan College of New York - The Effects of Retirement on Physical and Mental Health Outcomes
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Optimal Trial Design and Decision Making in Health Technology Assessment
Cam Donaldson

Simon Eckermann , Flinders University and Andrew Willan , SickKids Research Network - The Global Value of Information: Optimal Trial Design and Decision Making Across Jurisdictions
Abstract and Article

Elisabeth Fenwick , University of Glasgow, Karl Claxton , University of York (UK), Mark Sculpher , University of York (UK), Stephen Palmer , York University, Keith Abrams , University of Leicester and Alex Sutton , University of Leicester - Applying a Bayesian Approach to the Iterative Process to Health Technology Assessment
Abstract and Article

Andrew Willan , SickKids Research Network and Simon Eckermann , Flinders University - Optimal Decision Making and Trial Design Within Jurisdiction
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Employment
William Makinen, Affiliation Unknown

Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder , University of Bristol - Maternal Employment and Overweight Children in the United Kingdom
Abstract and Article

Andrea Kutinova , University of Canterbury - The Effects of Unemployment on Childbearing
Abstract and Article

Sun Sun , Karolinska Institutet, Robert Irestig , Stockholm City Council, Bo Burström , Karolinska Institutet and Kristina Burstrom , Karolinska Institutet - Health-Related Quality of Life (EQ-5D) in the Homeless in Stockholm County 2006
Abstract and Article

Henrik Lindegaard Andersen , Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF) - On the Effect of Unemployment on Mortality
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Willingness-to-Pay
Martin Brown, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Janneke PC Grutters , University Hospital Maastricht, Alfons GH Kessels , University Hospital Maastricht, Carmen Dirksen , University Hospital Maastricht, Debby Van Helvoort-Postulart , University Hospital Maastricht, Lucien JC Anteunis , University Hospital Maastricht and Manuela A. Joore , University Hospital Maastricht - Willingness to accept versus willingness to pay in a discrete choice experiment
Abstract and Article

Mickael Bech , University of Southern Denmark, Trine Kjaer , University of Southern Denmark and Jorgen Lauridsen , University of Southern Denmark - Does the Number of Choice Sets Matter? Results from a Web Survey Applying Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

Julia A Fox-Rushby , Brunel University and Laura Vallejo Torres , Brunel University - Household Demand for Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs) in Surat, India: Moving from Willingness to Pay for One to Many ITNs
Abstract and Article

Gary M. Fournier , Florida State University and Yunwei Gai , Florida State University - What Does Willingness-to-Pay Reveal About Hospital Market Power in Merger Cases?
Abstract and Article

Lisa Gold , Deakin University and Alan Shiell , University of Calgary - Sensitivity of Community Values to Economic Valuation Technique: Evidence and Explanations
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Supplementary Health Insurance
Morris Barer, University of British Columbia

Elizabeth Savage , University of Technology, Sydney and Mingshan Lu , University of Calgary - Do Financial Incentives for Supplementary Private Health Insurance Reduce Pressure on the Public System? Evidence from Australia
Abstract and Article

Tom van Ourti , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Diana De Graeve , University of Antwerp, Ann Lecluyse , University of Antwerp, Erik Schokkaert , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) and Carine Van de Voorde - Supplemental Health Insurance and Equality of Access in Belgium
Abstract and Article

Katherine Mccann , University of Delaware and Charles Robert Link , University of Delaware - Dental Health, the Probability of Dental Insurance Coverage and Utilization of Dental Care
Abstract and Article

John A. Nyman , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Nathan A. Barleen , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - The Effect of Supplemental Private Health Insurance on Health Care Use, Health and Welfare in Brazil
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Discrete Choice Design
Mickael Bech, University of Southern Denmark

Michela Tinelli , University of Aberdeen, Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen and Maria Odejar , University of Aberdeen - Alternative Approaches to Deriving Welfare Estimates in Discrete Choice Experiments
Abstract and Article

Dean A. Regier , University of Aberdeen, Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen, Euan Phimister , University of Aberdeen and Carlo A. Marra , University of British Columbia - Heterogeneous D-Error Designs for Discrete Choice Experiments Using Prior Beliefs
Abstract and Article

Mabel Amaya-Amaya , University of Aberdeen and Verity Watson , University of Aberdeen - Choosing Not to Choose: Considering Serial Non-Participation in Discrete Choice Experiments
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Hospital Utilization
Michael Drummond, University of York (UK)

Dennis P. Scanlon , Pennsylvania State University, Richard C. Lindrooth , Medical University of South Carolina and Jon Christianson , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - The Effect of a Tiered Hospital Benefit and Safety Incentive on Hospital Admissions: Evidence from Stated and Revealed Preference Data
Abstract and Article

Aleksandra Torbica , University of Bocconi, Giovanni Aguzzi , University of Bocconi and Giovanni Fattore , University of Bocconi - Predicting the Length of Hospital Stay After Stroke Episode in Italy
Abstract and Article

Malcolm David Whitfield , University of Sheffield and Michael Holmes , University of Sheffield - Predicting the Impact of Public Health Interventions in Cardio-Vascular Disease Risk Factors on the Number and Cost of Acute Hospital Admissions Over a Five to Ten Year Period
Abstract and Article

Teresa Kauf , University of Florida, Zhou Yang , University of Florida and Natasha Chen , University of Florida - International Differences in Length of Stay and Discharge Destination Following Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Utility Measurement
Michael Grossman, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Philip Clarke , University of Sydney, Alison J. Hayes , University of Sydney, Paul Glasziou , University of Oxford, John Simes , University of Sydney and Tony Keech , University of Sydney - Can Self-Assessed Quality of Life Using the Eq-5d Be Used for Risk Prediction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes?
Abstract and Article

Hans-Helmut Koenig , University of Leipzig, Sebastian Bernert , University of Leipzig, Matthias C. Angermeyer , University of Leipzig, Herbert Matschinger , University of Leipzig, Montse Martinez , Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica and Jordi Alonso , Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica - Comparison of Population Health Status in Six European Countries: Results of a Representative Survey Using the EQ-5D Questionnaire
Abstract and Article

Donna Louise Rowen , University of Sheffield, John Brazier , University of Sheffield, Jennifer Roberts , University of Sheffield and Fotios Psarras , Affiliation Unknown - Mapping Sf-36 Onto the Eq-5d Index: How Stable is the Relationship?
Abstract and Article

John Brazier , University of Sheffield and Aki Tsuchiya , University of Sheffield - The Role of Condition Specific Measures in Economic Evaluation: It's a Trade-Off
Abstract and Article

Alison J. Hayes , University of Sydney, Paul Glasziou , University of Oxford, John Simes , University of Sydney and Tony Keech , University of Sydney - Can Measures of Utility Derived from the EQ-5D be Used for Predicting Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Quality of Care
Mark Showalter, Brigham Young University

Kyoungrae Jung , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - The Impact of Information Disclosure on Quality of Care in HMO Markets
Abstract and Article

Edina Sinanovic , University of Cape Town and Lilani Kumaranayake , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Quality of Tuberculosis Care Provided in Different Models of Public-Private Partnership in South Africa
Abstract and Article

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

Ansgar Wuebker , WHL Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr - Measuring the Quality of Health Care: The Connection Between Structure, Process and Outcomes of Care Within Germany; Exemplified by Myocardial Infarction
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Does What We Do Matter?
Stephane Luchini, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Leonie Segal , Kim Dalziel , University of South Australia and Duncan Mortimer , Monash University - Does Cost-Effectiveness Influence Funding Decision in Health. What is the Role of Funding Arrangements? A Review of 245 Australian Health
Abstract and Article

John Cawley , Cornell University and Michael A. Morrisey , University of Alabama - The Production of Published Research By U.S. Health Economists
Abstract and Article

David McDaid , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Justin Needle , City University London - The Use of Economic Evaluation for Public Health Interventions‚ Desert or Oasis? A Systematic Review of the Literature
Abstract and Article

Bart Verbelen , Affiliation Unknown - Does Health Policy Really Work? Results from a Pooled Time Series Analysis of Oecd Countries.
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Policy Perspectives on Obesity, Disability and the Vulnerable Populations
Tomas Philipson, Author

Brian Armour , Government of the United States of America and M. Melinda Pitts , Federal Reserve Banks - Do Disability Rates Explain State Level Differences in the Quality of Medicare Beneficiary Medical Care?
Abstract and Article

Zhuo Chen , University of Chicago and David Owen Meltzer , University of Chicago - The Impact of Minimum Wage Mandate on Body Weight: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: 1984-2005
Abstract and Article

Kakoli Roy , Government of the United States of America and Zhuo Chen , University of Chicago - Income-Related Inequalities in Obesity and Disability in the United States, 1985–2004
Abstract and Article

Kakoli Roy , Government of the United States of America and David H. Howard , Emory University - Equity in Out-of-Pocket Payments for Hospital Care: Evidence from India
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Insurance coverage and financial protection in former Soviet countries: lessons from the experience of Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova
Joseph Kutzin, World Health Organization

Jarno Habicht , World Health Organization, Ke Xu , World Health Organization, Joseph Kutzin , World Health Organization and Agnes Couffinhal , World Bank - The Depth of Coverage - Analyzing Out-of-Pocket Payments and Catastrophic Risk in Estonia
Abstract and Article

Sergey Shishkin , Affiliation Unknown and Gintaras Kacevicius , Affiliation Unknown - Health Finance Reform in Moldova: A Step Backwards, Two Steps Forward
Abstract and Article

Melitta Jakab , Harvard University and Elina M. Manjieva , Ministry of Health, Kyrgyzstan - Evaluating Effects of Health Care Reforms on Coverage in the Kyrgyz Republic 1991-2006
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Intra-Household Dynamics and Disability
R Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago

James Rice , Boston University, Liliana E. Pezzin , Medical College of Wisconsin and Judith Kasper , Johns Hopkins University - A Dynamic Model of Policy and Health Effects on Living Arrangement Transitions of Elderly Persons
Abstract and Article

Liliana E. Pezzin , Medical College of Wisconsin and Barbara Steinberg Schone , Government of the United States of America - Marital History, Disability and Longevity
Abstract and Article

Hideki Hashimoto , University of Tokyo, Haruko Noguchi , Affiliation Unknown and Eiji Yano , Teikyo University - The Impact of Home-Modification Service on the Functional Prognosis and Formal Care Use Under the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance System
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Preferences for Life Extensions vs Risk Reductions: Some Theoretical and Methodological Contributions

Dorte Gyrd-Hansen , University of Copenhagen and Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen , Affiliation Unknown - Preferences for Life-Saving Programmes: Small for All or Gambling for the Prize?
Abstract and Article

Jan Abel Abel Olsen , Affiliation Unknown and Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen , Affiliation Unknown - Loosing and Gaining Health: Depreciation and Investment VS Risks and Prevention
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Productivity costs: compensated absenteeism and impaired presenteeism
Frans Rutten, Erasmus MC

Marc A. Koopmanschap , Erasmus MC, Leona Hakkaart , Erasmus MC and Siok Swan Tan , Erasmus MC - More or Less Compensation While Absent from Work?
Abstract and Article

Silvia Evers , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Janneke Kaper , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Werner Brouwer , Erasmus MC, A. (Lex) Burdorf , Erasmus MC and Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Compensating Mechanisms in Paid Working Time: An Exploration in a Population of Smokers
Abstract and Article

Mark V. Pauly , University of Pennsylvania, Sean Nicholson , Cornell University, Daniel Polsky , University of Pennsylvania, Marc L Berger , Merck & Co., Inc. and Claire Sharda , Merck & Co., Inc. - Valuing Reductions in On-the-Job Illness: Presenteeism from Managerial and Economic Perspectives
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Quality and Incentives in Primary Care
Alan Maynard, Affiliation Unknown

Anthony Scott , University of Melbourne and William Coote , Affiliation Unknown - Incentives and the Quality of Primary Care in Australia: Do Regional Primary Care Organisations Make a Difference?
Abstract and Article

Tor Iversen , Affiliation Unknown and Hilde Luras , University of Oslo - The Impact of Quality Perception on Patients Switching Physicians in a List Patient System
Abstract and Article

Hugh Gravelle , University of York (UK), Matthew Sutton , University of Aberdeen and Ada Ma , University of Aberdeen - Doctor Behaviour Under a New Pay for Performance Contract
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Rhetoric versus Reality: Major Issues in Social Health Insurance for Developing Countries
Philip Musgrove

Matthew R. Jowett , University of York (UK) - Squeezing the Middle: Enrolling Informal Sector Workers into the National Health Insurance Programme in the Philippines
Abstract and Article

Viroj Tangcharoensathien , Government of the Republic of Singapore, Phusit Prakongsai , Government of the Republic of Singapore, Supon Limwattananon , Government of the Republic of Singapore, Chulaporn Limwattananon , Khon Kaen University and Walaiporn Patcharanarumol , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Determinants of Clinical Practice Variations and Influence of Provider Payment Methods: A Case Study from Thailand
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Infants and Health
Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich

Janet Currie , Columbia University - Toxic Releases and Infant Health: Evidence from New Panel Data
Abstract and Article

Ashlesha Datar , The RAND Corporation, Arkadipta Ghosh , Pardee-RAND Graduate School and Neeraj Sood , The RAND Corporation - Health Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy: Evidence from Rural India
Abstract and Article

Margherita Giannoni , University of Perugia - Determinants of Inequalities in Health Status of Italian Children and Adolescents
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Modelling
Konrad Obermann, University of Applied Sciences of the German Red Cross

Lois Kim , U.K Medical Research Council, Simon G. Thompson , U.K Medical Research Council, Helen Campbell , University of Oxford and Andrew Briggs , University of Glasgow - Validation of Health Economic Decision Models, With Application to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
Abstract and Article

Richard Nixon , Novartis International AG, Nick Bansback , Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences and Alan Brennan , University of Sheffield - Using Mixed Treatment Comparisons and Meta-Regression to Perform Indirect Comparisons to Estimate the Efficacy of Biologic Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract and Article

Keith Y. K. Tin , University of Hong Kong, Wai Sum Chan , Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pak Wing Fong , Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Gabriel Leung , University of Hong Kong - Micro-Stimulation of Implementing Medical Saving Accounts in Hong Kong
Abstract and Article

Guiqing Lilly Yao , University of Birmingham, Mike Harley , University of Birmingham, Ann Anthony , Affiliation Unknown and Nick Freemantle , University of Birmingham - The Causes of Increased Demand of A&E Attendances in the UK
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Physician Practice
Seiritsu Ogura, Affiliation Unknown

Charles Robert Link , University of Delaware and Simon Condliffe , University of Delaware - Variations in Physician Prescribing Patterns for Statins: a Probit and Multinomial Logit Analysis
Abstract and Article

Taghreed Adam , World Health Organization, David Bishai , Johns Hopkins University and David Evans , World Health Organization - Impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness on Provider's Time: A Multi-Country Analysis
Abstract and Article

Mei-ling Sheu , Taipei Medical University and Yue-Chune Lee , National Yang-Ming University - Physicians' Practice Choice in a Single Payer System: The Case of Clinicians in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Health Insurance Theory and Design
Francesco Paolucci, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Martin Eckhardt , Foundation Human Nature, Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet, Dorothee Wolf , Foundation Human Nature and Antonio Crespo , MeHiPro Ecuador - The Feasibility of Community-Based Health Insurance in Rural Tropical Ecuador
Abstract and Article

Rudy Douven , CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, Harm Lieverdink , Dutch Healthcare Authority, Marco Ligthart , Government of the Netherlands and Ivan Vermeulen , Dutch Healthcare Authority - Measuring Short-term Price Elasticities in Dutch Health Insurance: A New Method
Abstract and Article

John A. Nyman , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Health Insurance Theory: The Case of the Missing Welfare Gain
Abstract and Article

Patrick Eugster , University of Zurich and Peter Zweifel , University of Zurich - Guaranteed Renewability in Health Insurance: How Much Frontloading?
Abstract and Article

Robert G. Evans , University of British Columbia, Kimberlyn McGrail , University of British Columbia and Morris L. Barer , University of British Columbia - Broken Arrow
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Health Status 1
Paul Grootendorst, University of Toronto

Stavros Petrou , University of Oxford - Preference-Based Methods for Valuing Health Gains in Children
Abstract and Article

Adam Oliver , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - A Qualitative Analysis of the Lottery Equivalents Method
Abstract and Article

Suzanne Robinson and Stirling Bryan , University of Birmingham - The Case for Reflection: Do Respondents Really Have Well Articulated Preferences or Do They Need Time to Discuss and Reflect Before Making Their Health State Preference
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Health Care Financing
Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Ohio State University

Alexander Preker , World Bank and Caroline T. Ly , World Bank - Financing Health Care Investments in Developing Countries: The Story of Debt and Equity
Abstract and Article

Ha Nguyen , University of California, Berkeley and James Knowles , Affiliation Unknown - The Demand for Student Health Insurance in Vietnam
Abstract and Article

Flora Hobdari Hobdari , University Research Co. LLC and Erion Dasho , University Research Co. LLC - From Public Health Institutions to Autonomous Health Centers: A First Step Towards the Implementation of the Primary Health Care Finance Reform in Albania
Abstract and Article

Benoit Mathivet , University College London - The Russian Health Care Reform - What Led to the Institutional Trap During the 1990s, and are Recent Changes in Health Policy Likely to Help?
Abstract and Article

Nahid Akhter Jahan , University of Dhaka and Barkat-e- Khuda , Affiliation Unknown - Effects of User Fees and Improvements in Quality of Health Services on Demand for Health Care: Findings from Rural Areas of Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Dirk Goepffarth , Federal Insurance Office, Stefan Gress , University of Duisburg-Essen, Klaus Jacobs , WIdO Research Institute and Jürgen Wasem , University of Duisburg-Essen - Improvement of Risk Adjustment in German Social Health Insurance - What are the Implications for Interregional Transfers?
Abstract and Article

Felix Masiye , University of Zambia (UNZA), Venkatesh Seshamani , Affiliation Unknown, Caesar Cheelo , Affiliation Unknown, Chrispin Mphuka , University of Zambia (UNZA) and Knut Odegaard , The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) - Health Care Financing in Zambia: A Study of the Possible Policy Options for Implementation
Abstract and Article

Toni Ashton , University of Auckland - Purchasing Health Services in a Decentralised Health System
Abstract and Article

Mohammad Abu-Zaineh , French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Awad Mataria , Birzeit University, Stéphane Luchini , Université Paul Cézanne Aix Marseille and Jean-Paul Moatti , French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) - The Redistributive Effect of Health Care Finance in Palestine: A Decomposition Analysis Approach
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Nutrition
Pierre Alexandre

Mabel Andalon , Cornell University - An Evaluation of the Impact of the Oportunidades Program on Child's Linear Growth: A Regression Discontinuity Design
Abstract and Article

Kim Dalziel , University of South Australia and Leonie Segal , Monash University - Time to Give Nutrition Interventions a Higher Profile: Cost Effectiveness of 10 Nutrition Interventions
Abstract and Article

Laura M Andersen , University of Copenhagen - Organic Milk - Who and Why?
Abstract and Article

Xiaohui Hou , World Bank - The Impact of Droughts on Food Consumption and the Mitigating Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program – Evidence from Rural Mexico
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 2:00 PM
Location:

Economic Evaluation of implementation strategies
Seongok Kim, Affiliation Unknown

Elisabeth Fenwick , University of Glasgow, Karl Claxton , University of York (UK), Mark Sculpher , University of York (UK), Ties Hoomans , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Stephen Palmer , York University - The Value of Implementation and the Value of Information: Combined and Uneven Development
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Risk Adjustment: When Is the Sum of the Parts Greater than the Whole?
Randall Ellis, Boston University

Shenyi Jiang , Boston University, Randall P. Ellis , Boston University and Tzu-chun Kuo , Boston University - Does Service-Level Spending Show Evidence of Selection Across Health Plan Types?
Abstract and Article

Konstantin Beck , University of Zurich, Maria Trottmann , University of Zurich and Peter Zweifel , University of Zurich - Risk Equalization in Health Insurance: Effectiveness and Sustainability
Abstract and Article

James F. Burgess Jr. , Government of the United States of America, Chuan Zhou , Vanderbilt University, Paul Fishman , Affiliation Unknown, Li Wang , University of Washington and Kevin L. Sloan , University of Washington - Analyzing Health Care Cost Data in the Presence of Heterogeneous Patients: Wouldn't Three Pieces Be Better than One?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Risk-Benefit Analysis for New Pharmaceuticals: Are There Better Alternatives to Muddling Through?
A. Hauber, Research Triangle Institute

F. Reed Johnson , Triangle Economic Research and George Van Houtven , Research Triangle Institute - Taking Calculated Risks: What Do Patients Want?
Abstract and Article

Steve Lee Hass , Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., David Miller , Affiliation Unknown and Will Maier , Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Balancing Benefits and Risks of Biopharmaceuticals: An Industry Perspective
Abstract and Article

Mark Sculpher , University of York (UK) and Larry Lynd , University of British Columbia - First Steps in Developing a Risk-Benefit Analysis Framework: A Systematic Review and Critical Evaluation of Risk-Benefit Analysis Methods
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Setting Health Priorities: Empirical Evidence
Philip Musgrove

Jürgen Wasem , University of Duisburg-Essen and Stefan Gress , University of Duisburg-Essen - Avoiding to Set Priorities - the German Case
Abstract and Article

Fatime Arenliu Qosaj , Affiliation Unknown and Veronica Vargas , Affiliation Unknown - Defining and Costing Basic Package of Care in Kosovo
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

SHIELD - Strategies for health insurance mechanisms to address health system inequities in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania
Michael Thiede

Gemini Joseph Mtei , Affiliation Unknown, Jo-Ann Mulligan , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Natasha Palmer , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Peter Kamuzora , University of Dar es Salaam, Mariam Ally , Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Anne Mills , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - An Assessment of the Health Financing System in Tanzania: Implications for Equity and Social Health Insurance: Report on Shield Work Package 1
Abstract and Article

Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town, Michael Thiede , University of Cape Town, Moremi Nkosi , Affiliation Unknown, Vimbayi Mutyambizi , University of Cape Town, Jane Goudge , Affiliation Unknown, Lucy Gilson , Affiliation Unknown and Ermin Erasmus , Affiliation Unknown - SHIELD - South Africa
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Social Capital and Health: An International Perspective
Timothy Brown, University of California, Berkeley

Beatrice d'Hombres , University of Padua, Lorenzo Rocco , University of Padua, Marc Suhrcke , World Health Organization and Martin McKee , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Does Social Capital Determine Health? Evidence from Eight Transition Countries
Abstract and Article

Audrey Laporte , University of Toronto, Eric Nauenberg , University of Toronto and Leilei Shen , University of Toronto - Aging, Social Capital, and Utilization of Health Services in Canada
Abstract and Article

Tor Iversen , Affiliation Unknown - Associations between Individual and Community Social Capital and Self-Assessed Health
Abstract and Article

Sherman Folland , Oakland University - Health and Community Characteristics: On the Problem of Reconciling Two Approaches to Social Capital Measurement
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Space, Place, and Access to Health Care
Sujha Subramanian, Research Triangle Institute

Lee R. Mobley , RTI International, May Kuo , RTI International, Linda Andrews , RTI International, Matthew Urato , RTI International, Laurel Clayton , RTI International and Luc Anselin , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Mammography Use in California: The Relative Importance of Supply, Demand, and Local Impedance Factors
Abstract and Article

Jayasree Basu , Government of the United States of America and Lee R. Mobley , RTI International - Preventable Hospitalization Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries and Propensity to Travel Outside Local Markets
Abstract and Article

Jamie Cajka , RTI International and Marianne Daye , RTI International - Using GIS-Based Cluster Control Systems to Create and Manage Health Care Service Areas
Abstract and Article

Janis H. Barry , Affiliation Unknown and Nancy Breen , Affiliation Unknown - Determinants of Late-Stage Breast Cancer: Identifying Areas in Need of Targeted Screening Interventions
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Substance Abuse and Adolescents
Jody Sindelar, Yale University

Jenny F Homer , University of Miami, Michael Drummond , University of York (UK) and Michael French , University of Miami - Does the Economic Evaluation of Adolescent Addiction Programs Raise Additional Methodologic Challenges?
Abstract and Article

Michael Grossman , National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Sara Markowitz , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Alcohol Policies and Child Maltreatment
Abstract and Article

Daniel Polsky , University of Pennsylvania - Potential Gains in Education Attainment from Treating Adolescent Drug Dependence
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Catastrophic Expenditures
John Nyman, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Hugh R. Waters , Johns Hopkins University - Financial Protection in Health in Latin America
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Hospital Payments
Qi Zhang, Old Dominion University

Robert Murray , Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) - All-Payor Hospital Pay for Performance (P4p)-Development of a Composite Measurement Tool for Purposes of Quality-Based Reimbursement
Abstract and Article

Dana A. Forgione , University of Texas at San Antonio, Thomas E. Vermeer , University of Baltimore, John Wrieden , Florida International University, Inger Johanne Pettersen , Høgskolen i Bodø, Kari Nyland , Sor Trondelag University College, Catherine C. Plante , University of New Hampshire and Irvine Lapsley , University of Edinburgh - The Association of DRG-Based Financing With Case-Mix Adjusted Costs and Quality of Healthcare in OECD Countries: Evidence from Recent Implementations
Abstract and Article

Deokhee Yi , University of Aberdeen, Emma Pugh , National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NHS) and Shelley Farrar , University of Aberdeen - The Effect of Payment By Results on the HRG Creep in English Hospitals: An Empirical Investigation
Abstract and Article

Daniel Maeng , Cornell University - Do Managed Care Incentives Affect Hospital Treatment and Patient Outcome Patterns?
Abstract and Article

Shou-Hsia Cheng , National Taiwan University and Wei-Ling Chang , National Taiwan University - Hospital Response to the Global Budget Program Implemented by Taiwan's National Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Physician Utilization
David Bradford

Thulani Matsebula Matsebula , Affiliation Unknown - The Effect of Supplier-Induced Demand on Utilisation of Private Hospital Services By Insured Patients in South Africa
Abstract and Article

Geir Godager , University of Oslo and Erik Biorn , University of Oslo - GP Quality, Imperfect Information, and the Demand for GP Service: An Analysis of Matched Doctor-Patient Panel Data
Abstract and Article

Richard A. Hirth , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Marc Turenne , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, John Wheeler , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Qing Pan , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Joseph Messana , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Provider Monitoring and Pay-for-Performance When Multiple Providers Affect Outcomes: an Application to Renal Dialysis
Abstract and Article

Pat McGregor , University of Ulster, Ciaran O'Neill , Queen's University Belfast and Patricia McKee , University of Ulster - The Impact of New Labour on General Practice: An Analysis of the Changing Pattern of Gp Utilisation.
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Obesity Internationally
Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Sara Bleich , Harvard University, David M. Cutler , Harvard University, Christopher J. Murray , Harvard University and Alyce Adams , Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Why is the Developed World Obese?
Abstract and Article

Ynon Gablinger , Columbia University, Glenn Jones , Macquarie University, Carol Propper , University of Bristol and Elizabeth Savage , University of Technology, Sydney - Has Australia Become Obese for the Same Reasons as the Us?
Abstract and Article

Noemi Pace , Stanford University, Vincenzo Atella , University of Rome II and Daniela Vuri , University of Rome II - Wages and Weight in Europe: Evidence Using IV Quantile Treatment Effect Model
Abstract and Article

Mustafa C. Karakus , Westat, Inc. and Albert A. Okunade , University of Memphis - Obesity With Comorbid Depression and Early Retirement
Abstract and Article

Joan Gil , University of Barcelona - What's Behind the 'Obesity Epidemic'?. Explaining the Weight Gap between Italy and Spain
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

National Health Insurance
Rosalie Viney, University of Technology, Sydney

Maoting Sheen , Bureau of national health insurance(BNHI),Taiwan, Shin-Chung Huang , Bureau of national health insurance(BNHI),Taiwan and Feng-yu Kao , Bureau of national health insurance(BNHI),Taiwan - The Waiting Time of CT & MRI Examination under Quasi-Global-Budgeting Systemhere
Abstract and Article

M. Kate Kate Bundorf , Stanford University and Victor R. Fuchs - Public Support for National Health Insurance: Roles of Attitudes and Beliefs
Abstract and Article

Maria Giraldes , Government of Portugal and Conceição Amado , Technical University of Lisbon - Efficiency Versus Quality in the Portuguese NHS: Explicative Model
Abstract and Article

Jeremy Barofsky , Harvard University, Emmanuela Gakidou , University of Washington, Chloe Bryson-Cahn , Harvard University, Diana Lee , Harvard University and Christopher Murray , Affiliation Unknown - Measuring Institutional Strength: Seguro Popular Affiliation in Mexico from 2002 to 2006
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 1
Angela Testi, Università degli Studi di Genova

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

Pauline Woo , University of Hong Kong, Karen M. Kuntz , Harvard University, T. K. Cheung , Chinese University of Hong Kong, Eddy Lam , University of Hong Kong, Benjamin C. Wong , University of Hong Kong and Gabriel Leung , University of Hong Kong - Cost-Effectiveness of Population-Based Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Hong Kong Chinese
Abstract and Article

Faridah Aryani Md Yusof , Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Adrian Goh , Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Lim Teck Onn Teck Onn , Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Ghazali Ahmad Ahmad , Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Zaki Morad Mohd Zaher , International Medical University - Cost Utility Analysis of the Ministry of Health Dialysis Programme
Abstract and Article

Yen-Ni Hung , National Yang-Ming University, Po-Jen Ko , Affiliation Unknown and Shiao-Chi Wu , Affiliation Unknown - Compare Four Strategies for Treatment Vascular Access Thrombosis : A Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Abstract and Article

Mahmud Khan , Tulane University and Shams Arifeen , International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) - Trade-Off between Quality of Care and Cost at the First Level Outpatient Facilities in Rural Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Donald S. Shepard , Brandeis University, Jose Suaya , Brandeis University and William Stason , Brandeis University - Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Elderly: Misaligned Incentives
Abstract and Article

Joan Mendivil , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Anna García-Altés , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Katherine Pérez , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona and Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona - Speed Cameras in the Beltways of Barcelona: A Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Abstract and Article

Cathy Mihalopoulos , Deakin University, Meredith G. Harris , University of Melbourne, Lisa Henry , University of Melbourne, Susy Harrigan , University of Melbourne, Simone Farrelly , University of Melbourne, Henry J. Jackson , University of Melbourne and Patrick D. McGorry , University of Melbourne - Is the Short-Term Cost-Effectiveness of an Early Psychosis Program Maintained at 8-Year Follow-Up?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Income inequality
Tracey Sach, University of East Anglia

Irene Wong , University of Hong Kong, Benjamin J. Cowling , University of Hong Kong, S. V. Lo , Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Gabriel Leung , University of Hong Kong - Neighbourhood Income Inequality and Health Status in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Analysis
Abstract and Article

Jane A. Bourke , National University of Ireland - Income-Related Inequalities & Inequities in Irish Health Care Utilisation
Abstract and Article

Aparna Lhila , University of Georgia - Do Public Goods Explain the Relationship between Income Inequality and Birthweight?
Abstract and Article

Jessica S. Banthin , Government of the United States of America, Didem Bernard , Government of the United States of America and Sherry A. Glied , Columbia University - Wealth Related Disparities in Preventive Care, Access, and Coverage Among the Chronically Ill
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 3:15 PM
Location:

Costs
Thomas Rice, University of California, Los Angeles

Eva Pagano , University of Turin, Daniela Di Cuonzo , Affiliation Unknown, Claudia Filippini , Affiliation Unknown, Enrico Ruffini , Affiliation Unknown, Dario Gregori , University of Turin and Franco Merletti , Affiliation Unknown - Patterns of Care Do Effect Prognosis and Costs: The Case of Lung Cancer
Abstract and Article

Haroon Wadee , Board of Healthcare Funders (B.H.F.) - Exploring Specialist Cost Increases in South Africa
Abstract and Article

Tomofumi Anegawa , Keio University - Geographical Variance and Convergence of Health, Medical Cost, Social Common Capital in Japan
Abstract and Article

Etsuji Okamoto , National Institute of Public Health - Validation of Proportional Distribution Method (Pdm) for Estimating Disease-Specific Costs from Health Insurance Claims: An Empirical Approach
Abstract and Article

Darius Lakdawalla , The RAND Corporation and Seth Seabury , The RAND Corporation - Malpractice Liability and Medical Costs
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

The complex interaction between basic and supplementary health care financing schemes: a three-country perspective
Wynand van de Ven, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Francesco Paolucci , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erik Schut , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Economic Rationales for the Design of Health Care Financing Schemes
Abstract and Article

John S Armstrong , Voluntary Health Insurance Board, Ireland - The Role of Supplemental Insurance: The Case of Ireland
Abstract and Article

James R.G. Butler , Australian National University and Luke Connelly , University of Queensland - Public and Private Health Insurance in Australia: Substitutes or Complements?
Abstract and Article

Erik Schut , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Doeska de Bruijn , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Can Supplementary Health Insurance be Used as a Tool for Risk Selection in Basic Health Insurance? Evidence from the Netherlands
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

What Is the Value of Choice?
Robert Town, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Karolin Becker , Plaut Economics and Peter Zweifel , University of Zurich - Measuring Preferences for the Provision of Health - A Tale of Two Countries
Abstract and Article

Caroline Carlin , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Robert J. Town , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Modeling Employee Choice of Health Plan
Abstract and Article

Jürgen Wasem , University of Duisburg-Essen, Hans-Dieter Nolting , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd., Yvonne grabbe , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd. and Stefan Loos , Institute for Healthcare and Social Research (IGES), Ltd. - Which Therapeutic Progress Shall be Paid by Social Health Insurance?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

The Economics of Risky Behaviors
Dhaval Dave, Bentley College

Ellen Meara , Harvard University and Pinka Chatterji , Harvard University - The Effect of Eliminating Federal Disability Benefits for Substance Abusers on Labor Market, Health, and Criminal Behavior Outcomes
Abstract and Article

Dhaval Dave , Bentley College and Inas Rashad , Georgia State University - Overweight and Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents: Correlation or Causation?
Abstract and Article

Swati Mukerjee , Bentley College and Dhaval Dave , Bentley College - Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: Effects of Drug Prices and Health Insurance Mandates
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

The role of capability in health economics
Paula Lorgelly

Joanna Coast , University of Birmingham, Terry N. Flynn , University of Bristol, Lucy Natarajan , National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), Kerry Sproston , National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), Jordan J. J. Louviere , University of Technology, Sydney and Tim Peters , University of Bristol - An Index of Capability for Older People in the UK: Values for Decision Making.
Abstract and Article

Philip B Kinghorn , University of East Anglia, Angela Robinson , University of East Anglia and Richard Smith , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Developing the Capability Approach to Assess Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Pain
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Findings from the First implementation of Standards-based Health Accounts in OECD and Developing Asia: Similarities and Differences
Gabriel Leung, University of Hong Kong

Sandra Hopkins , Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), David Morgan , Affiliation Unknown and Roberto Astolfi , Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Financing Health Care: A Comparative Analysis
Abstract and Article

Ravindra P Rannan-Eliya , Institute for Health Policy, Gabriel Leung , University of Hong Kong and Tharanga Fernando , Institute for Health Policy - Findings From the First SHA Implementations in 15 Asian Countries - What this Tells About How Asian Countries Differ, and How the Region is Different or the Same as the OECD
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

The Implications of Public Long-Term Care Insurance
David Grabowski, Harvard University

Paul E. McNamara , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Nayoung Lee , Affiliation Unknown - Bequests and the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance: A Panel Data Approach
Abstract and Article

Seiritsu Ogura , Affiliation Unknown, Wataru Suzuki , Affiliation Unknown and Nobuyuki Izumida , National Institute of Population & Social Security Research - Subjective Burden of Family Care Givers and the Rationing in the Long Term Care Insurance Benefits of Japan
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Insuring the Poor 2
Thomas Selden, Government of the United States of America

David M. Dror , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Erika Binnendijk , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Prahlad Sodani , Affiliation Unknown, Marion Danis , Government of the United States of America and Ruth Koren , Tel Aviv University - Involving the Rural Poor in Rajasthan in Health Insurance Benefit Package Design
Abstract and Article

Sandra Sosa-Rubi , National Institute of Public Health (Mexico) and Omar Galarraga , National Institute of Public Health (Mexico) - The Impact of the Introduction of the Popular Health Insurance Programme on the Utilisation of Health Services Among the Most Vulnerable Population in México
Abstract and Article

Slavea G Chankova , Sara Sulzbach and Francois Diop - Do Mutual Health Organizations Improve Access to Health Care? Evidence from West Africa
Abstract and Article

Núria Mas , IESE Business School - University of Navarra - Managed Care and the Safety Net: More Pain for the Uninsured?
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Treating Mental Health Problems
Richard Brooks

Natalya Danchenko , Lundbeck - Cost-Effectiveness of Escitalopram Versus Citalopram and Venlafaxine in Treatment of Severe Depression in Norway
Abstract and Article

Karina Hansen , Lundbeck, Robert Launois , Affiliation Unknown and Christophe Sapin , Lundbeck - Pharmacoeconomic Positioning of Sertindole among Atypical Antipsychotics in the Management of Schizophrenia in Turkey
Abstract and Article

Jeff Pyne , Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, John Fortney , Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Shant Tripathi , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Matthew Maciejewski , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Keith Williams , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Rural Telemedicine Intervention for Depression
Abstract and Article

Dominic Hodgkin , Brandeis University, Joanna Volpe-Vartanian , Brandeis University and Margarita Alegria , Harvard University - Discontinuation of Antidepressant Medication Among Latinos in the US
Abstract and Article

Bart Heeg , Pharmerit BV, Erik Buskens , Pharmerit BV, Marc F Botteman , Affiliation Unknown, Sue Caleo , Johnson & Johnson, Mike Ingham , Johnson & Johnson, Joep Damen , Pharmerit BV and Ben van Hout , Affiliation Unknown - The Cost-Effectiveness of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a UK Setting
Abstract and Article

Pieter van Baal , Government of the Netherlands, Matthijs van den Berg , Government of the Netherlands, Sylvia Vijgen , Government of the Netherlands and Theo Vos , University of Queensland - The Cost Effectiveness of Maintenance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Major Depression in the Netherlands
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Retirement

Nabanita Datta Gupta , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Kristin J. Kleinjans , University of Aarhus and Mona Larsen , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) - Do Health Shocks Increase Retirement More when Workers are Universally Insured?
Abstract and Article

Gisela Hostenkamp , Kiel Institute for World Economics and Michael Stolpe , Kiel Institute for World Economics - The Health Gradient and Early Retirement in Germany: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Abstract and Article

Eugenio Zucchelli , University of York (UK), Anthony Harris , Monash University, Andrew M. Jones , University of York (UK) and Nigel Rice , University of York (UK) - Health and Retirement Among Older Working Couples in Australia
Abstract and Article

Bo MacInnis , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Are Chronically Ill Men Made Better Off in Labor Markets By Medical Innovations? Evidence from Health and Retirement Study
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Long-Term Care
Virginia Wilcox-Gok, Northern Illinois University

Isolde Woittiez , Social and Cultural Planning Office, Edwin van Gameren , Social and Cultural Planning Office and Evert Pommer , Social and Cultural Planning Office - International Comparison of Long Term Care Use: A Micro-Analysis of Differences between Countries
Abstract and Article

Norma B. Coe , Tilburg University - Financing Nursing Home Care: New Evidence on Spend-Down Behavior
Abstract and Article

Wen-Hui Peter Cheng , Tatung Institute of Commerce and Technology and Tailung Chou , Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology - Financing Long-Term Care in Taiwan: A Multi-Tier Approach
Abstract and Article

SOONMAN KWON , Seoul National University, Sunmee Jang , Affiliation Unknown, Jung-hoe Kim , Affiliation Unknown and Ji-Yun Lee , Affiliation Unknown - Prospective Payment for Long-Term Care Hospitals
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Gender Differences
William Dow, University of California, Berkeley

Nabanita Datta Gupta , Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and Jane Greve , Aarhus School of Business - Gender Differences in the Demand for Health Care: Do Men Under-Invest in Health?
Abstract and Article

Xander Koolman , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Vanessa Alleyne , Erasmus MC - The Effect of Micro Health Insurance on Gender Inequity in Utilization of Health Care in India
Abstract and Article

Julian Perelman , National School of Public Health, Ceu Mateus , National School of Public Health and Ana Alexandra Fernandes , National School of Public Health - Inequity in Health Care Delivery: A Gender Perspective
Abstract and Article

Engelbert Theurl , University of Innsbruck and Hannes Winner , Affiliation Unknown - The Male-Female Gap in Physician Earnings: Evidence from a Public Health Insurance System
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Hospital Financing
William Aaronson, Temple University

Diana De Graeve , University of Antwerp, Ann Lecluyse , University of Antwerp, Erik Schokkaert , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Carine Van de Voorde , Affiliation Unknown and Tom van Ourti , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Price Setting Behavior in the Hospital Sector in Belgium
Abstract and Article

Patrick Michael Bernet , Florida Atlantic University, Michael D Rosko , Widener University and Vivian G Valdmanis , University of the Sciences - Philadelphia - The Relationship between Hospital Cost Inefficiency and Debt Ratings
Abstract and Article

Marisa Miraldo , University of York (UK) and Matteo Galizzi , University of Brescia - Hospital Financing: A Bargaining Approach
Abstract and Article

Shing Chen , Affiliation Unknown, Shou-Hsia Cheng , National Taiwan University and Shu-Ling Tsai , Affiliation Unknown - Estimating the Price Elasticity of Hospital Outpatient Service: Observation of a Natural Experiment
Abstract and Article

Kiyohide Fushimi , Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Shinobu Kamata , Tokyo Medical and Dental University - Clinical Process Variation in Acute Care Hospitals Examined By Fee-for-Service Administrative Data in Japan
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 2
Ke Xu, World Health Organization

Sachiko Iijima , Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing & Health - The Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control: Surgical Site Infections After Large-Bowel Operations
Abstract and Article

Thor-Henrik Brodtkorb , Linkoping University, Martin Henriksson , Linkoping University, Kasper Johannesen-Munk , Affiliation Unknown and Fredrik Thidell , Affiliation Unknown - Cost-Effectiveness of C-Leg Compared to Non Microprocessor Controlled Knees
Abstract and Article

Anja Neumann , University of Duisburg-Essen, Till Neumann , University Clinic Essen, Petra Schnell-Inderst , University of Duisburg-Essen, Franz Hessel , University of Duisburg-Essen, Volker Klauss , University Clinic Essen and Juergen Wasem , University of Duisburg-Essen - Cost-Effectiveness of using Statins in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Abstract and Article

07/10/2007 - 4:30 PM
Location:

Health and Education
James Zhang, University of Chicago

Valerie Albouy , National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and laurent lequien , National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Returns to Education: The Case of Mortality
Abstract and Article

Eric Raymond Eide , Brigham Young University and Mark H. Showalter , Brigham Young University - Examining the Link between Youth Body Mass Index and Student Achievement
Abstract and Article

Eric Raymond Eide , Brigham Young University and Mark H. Showalter , Brigham Young University - The Economics of Sleep: An Application to Student Achievement
Abstract and Article

Joseph J. Sabia , University of Georgia and Daniel I. Rees , University of Colorado at Denver - The Effect of Sexual Abstinence on Educational Attainment
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

The Emerging Paradigm in Developed Health Systems- Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA
Gabriel Martinez

Dov Chernichovsky , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, claude le pen , Affiliation Unknown and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - The Emerging Pardigm in Developed Health Systems- Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA
Abstract and Article

Arleen Leibowitz , University of California, Los Angeles - The Emerging Paradigm in the United States
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Role of Private Sector in Health Care: Past Experiences, Current Situations, and Future Opportunities
Sara Bennett

Birger Carl Forsberg , Karolinska Institutet, Sara Bennett , World Health Organization, Annie Chu , Harvard University, Peter Berman , World Bank, Qingyue Meng , Shandong Medical University and Dale Huntington , World Health Organization - The Role of Private Sector in Health Care: Past Experiences, Current Situations, and Future Opportunities
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Informal Care
Edward Norton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Courtney Van Houtven , Duke University, Donald H. Taylor Jr. , Duke University, Karen Steinhauser , Duke University and James A. Tulsky A. Tulsky , Duke University - Is a Home-Care Network Necessary to Access the Medicare Hospice Benefit?
Abstract and Article

Alberto Holly V , University of Lausanne, Thomas Lufkin , Affiliation Unknown, Edward C. Norton , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Courtney Van Houtven , Duke University - Informal Care and Medical Care Utilization in Europe and the United States
Abstract and Article

C. Katharina Spiess , DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research and Ulrike Schneider , Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration - More, Less, or All the Same? The Difference Midlife Caregiving Makes for Women's Adjustments of Work Hours
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

The value of sample information: a decision theoretic approach to research design
Karl Claxton, University of York (UK)

Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) - The Value of Sample Information: A Decision Theoretic Approach to Research Design
Abstract and Article

Stefano P Conti , University of York (UK), Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) and Neil Hawkins , University of York (UK) - Dimensions of Design Space: A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Optimal Research Portfolio Design
Abstract and Article

Alan Brennan , University of Sheffield and Samer Kharroubi , University of Sheffield - Expected Value of Sample Information in Survival Trials Using Bayesian Approximation With the Weibull Proportional Hazards Model
Abstract and Article

Nicky J. Welton , University of Bristol and AE Ades , University of Bristol - Expected Value of Research for Cluster Designed Randomised Controlled Trials: Application and Discussion
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Health financing systems that improve equity: evidence from Africa, Asia and the former Soviet Union
Adam Wagstaff, World Bank

Diane McIntyre , University of Cape Town - Key Issues in Equitable Health Care Financing in Africa
Abstract and Article

Ravindra P Rannan-Eliya , Institute for Health Policy - Puncturing Pessimism: The Success of Old-Fashioned Tax-Funded System
Abstract and Article

Joseph Kutzin , World Health Organization - Social Health Insurance and Equity in Post-Soviet Health Systems
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

A sure thing? The importance of decision uncertainty
Martin Buxton, Brunel University

Simon Eckermann , Flinders University and Andrew Willan , SickKids Research Network - The Expected Value of Information and Decision Making in Health Technology Assessment
Abstract and Article

Susan Griffin , University of York (UK) - A Sure Thing? The Importance of Decision Uncertainty
Abstract and Article

Elisabeth Fenwick , University of Glasgow, Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) and Andrew Briggs , University of Glasgow - The Irrelevance of the Error Probability? Summary Measures of Decision Uncertainty
Abstract and Article

Susan Griffin , University of York (UK), Karl Claxton , University of York (UK), Stephen Palmer , York University and Mark Sculpher , University of York (UK) - Dangerous Omissions: The Consequences of Ignoring Decision Uncertainty
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Whose outbreak is it anyway? Perspectives on the cost-effectiveness of infectious disease prevention and control measures
John Edmunds, Affiliation Unknown

Marcus R. Keogh-Brown , University of East Anglia, Richard Smith , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, John Edmunds , Affiliation Unknown and Philippe Beutels , University of Antwerp - Economic Impact of Influenza: The Macro Perspective
Abstract and Article

Philippe Beutels , University of Antwerp, John Edmunds , Affiliation Unknown and Richard Smith , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Partially Wrong? Partial Equilibrium and the Economic Analysis of Infectious Disease Interventions
Abstract and Article

Mark Jit , Health Protection Agency and John Edmunds , Affiliation Unknown - The Cost-Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccination from Different Perspectives
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Generics 2
Tadashi Yamada

Ya-Ming Liu , National Cheng Kung University, Yea-Huei Kao Yang , Insititute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pei-Chen Chen , Insititute of Clinical Pharmacy - Reimbursement Price of Pharmaceuticals and Brand Name - Generic Drugs Utilization: Evidence from Oral Hypoglycemic Agents for Ambulatory Care in Taiwan
Abstract and Article

John Hsu , Kaiser Permanente - Division of Research, Mary Price , Kaiser Permanente, Jie Huang , Kaiser Permanente - Division of Research, Richard Brand , University of California, San Francisco, Vicki Fung , Kaiser Permanente, Bruce Fireman , Kaiser Permanente, Rita Hui , Kaiser Permanente - Division of Research, Joseph P. Newhouse , Harvard University and Joseph V. Selby , Kaiser Permanente - Drug Benefit Restrictions: Economic Effects of Generic-Only Coverage for Patients on Statin Drugs
Abstract and Article

Pedro P. Barros , New University of Lisbon and Sara R. Machado , New University of Lisbon - Generic Versus Brand-Name Drugs: Does it Really Matter?
Abstract and Article

Daniel Maceira , Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES) and Rafael Kurtzbart , Affiliation Unknown - Generic-Name Prescription and Perceived Quality in the Demand for Pharmaceuticals in Argentina
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Health Expenditures
Richard Arnould, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stephanie M Boulenger , Abt Associates, Inc. and Tania Dmytraczenko , Abt Associates, Inc. - Cost and Impact of the Skilled Care Initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract and Article

Mickael Bech , University of Southern Denmark and Jorgen Lauridsen , University of Southern Denmark - Dynamic Patterns and Small-Area Variation in Hospital Admissions
Abstract and Article

Thomas M. Selden , Government of the United States of America and Merrile Sing , Government of the United States of America - Benefit Incidence of Public Health Care Spending in the United States
Abstract and Article

Ann Lecluyse , University of Antwerp, Diana De Graeve , University of Antwerp, Erik Schokkaert , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Carine Van de Voorde , Affiliation Unknown and Tom van Ourti , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Balanced Billing in the Belgian Health Care System: How to Predict the Financial Burden for Certain Groups of Patients?
Abstract and Article

Laura Francia , University of Rome II, Lara Gitto , University of Rome II, Francesco Mennini , University of Rome II and Barbara Polistena , University of Rome II - An Econometric Analysis of Oecd Countries Health Expenditure
Abstract and Article

Monika Riedel , Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) and Gerald Röhrling , Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) - Death-Related Costs in the Public Inpatient and Outpatient Sector in Austria
Abstract and Article

Bianca K. Frogner , Johns Hopkins University and Gerard F. Anderson , Johns Hopkins University - Long-Term Growth Modeling of Healthcare Spending in OECD Countries, 1970-2004
Abstract and Article

Glenn Salkeld , University of Sydney - What Values Drive Health Care Expenditure: A Survey of Health Professionals Across 8 Countries
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Controlling Smoking
Toni Ashton, University of Auckland

Alan Diener , Government of Canada, Rashid Ahmed , University of Waterloo, Murray Kaiserman , Affiliation Unknown and Mike Farnworth , University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Examining the Effects of Tax Increases on Discount and Premium Cigarettes in Canada, 2001-2005
Abstract and Article

Mark Stehr , Drexel University - Tobacco Taxation and Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Substitution
Abstract and Article

Matthew C. Farrelly , Research Triangle Institute and James Nonnemaker , Research Triangle Institute - The Effects of Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Control Programs on Youth Smoking Initiation in a U.S. Sample of Adolescents
Abstract and Article

Cheng-yun Pu , National Yang-Ming University, Chung-Fu Lan , National Yang-Ming University, Yiing-Jenq Chou , Affiliation Unknown and Virginia Maceda Lan , Eastern Michigan University - Is Low Consumption Not a Problem? Effect of Tobacco and Alcohol Crowding-Out from a Low Consumption Country
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Economic Evaluation 2
James Burgess, Boston University

Allan G. Brown , Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Phil Wells , The Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Jim Jaffey , The Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Lynda McGahan , Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Man-Chiu Poon , University of Calgary, Karen Cimon , Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) and Kaitryn Campbell , McMaster University - Economic Evaluation of Point-of-Care Monitoring Devices for Long-Term Oral Anticoagulation Therapy
Abstract and Article

Susan Jowett , University of Birmingham, Pelham Barton , University of Birmingham, David Fitzmaurice , University of Birmingham and Stirling Bryan , University of Birmingham - An Empirical Comparison of an Individual Sampling Model and Markov Model for Screening of Atrial Fibrillation: Final Results
Abstract and Article

Silke Britta Wolfenstetter , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Bernd Schweikert , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health and Jürgen John , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health - Programme Costing in Economic Evaluation of Health Promotion: Should Costs of Health Asset Assessment and Participatory Programme Development Count?
Abstract and Article

Nils Janlöv , Lund University - Performance in Swedish Health Care - Quantity versus Quality
Abstract and Article

Rosa Legood , University of Oxford and Alastair Gray , University of Oxford - Design Issues for Economic Evaluations of Alternative Screening Technologies: Are Randomised Controlled Trials Always the Optimal Design?
Abstract and Article

Michael Drummond , University of York (UK), Cynthia Iglesias , Affiliation Unknown and Nicola J Cooper , University of Leicester - Systematic Reviews and Economic Evaluations in Tecchnology Appraisals Conducted for Nice in the Uk:A Game of Two Halves?
Abstract and Article

Dyfrig Hughes , Affiliation Unknown - Adverse Drug Reactions in Economic Evaluations
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Discrete Choice Experiments
Terkel Christiansen

Ana Bobinac , Erasmus MC, Xander Koolman , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Mirna Bobinac , Affiliation Unknown and Elly Stolk , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Preferences and Wtp for Breast Cancer Screening Options in Croatia: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

Gillian R. Currie , University of Calgary, Seija K. Kromm , University of Calgary, Marjon Van der Pol , University of Aberdeen, Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen and Braden Manns , Calgary Health Region - Using a Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit Public Views Regarding Priority Setting of New Pharmaceuticals
Abstract and Article

Emily Lancsar , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Cam Donaldson , University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) - Advances in Accounting for Income Effects in the Derivation of Welfare Measures from Discrete Choice Experiments
Abstract and Article

Colin Green , University of Exeter and Karen Gerard , University of Southampton - Exploring the Social Value of Health Care Interventions Using the Discrete Choice Framework
Abstract and Article

Brigitte A. B. Essers , University Hospital Maastricht, Carmen Dirksen , University Hospital Maastricht, Martin H. Prins , University Hospital Maastricht and Martino A. M. Neumann , University Hospital Maastricht - Societal Preferences for the Surgical Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma: Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Economics and Child Health
Randall Ellis, Boston University

Claire de Oliveira , McMaster University - Understanding the Income Gradient in Children's Physical Health: Revisiting the Canadian Case
Abstract and Article

Brian Chin , Harvard Initiative for Global Health - Socio-Demographic Determinants of Child Health Services Utilization in Nepal
Abstract and Article

Laura M. Argys , University of Colorado at Denver and Helen Beaty , University of Colorado at Denver - Uninsured Children: Do Child Support Policies Matter?
Abstract and Article

Juan-Pablo Gutierrez , National Institute of Public Health and Stefano M. Bertozzi , Independent - Can Poverty Alleviation Reduce Adolescent Risk Behavior?
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Issues in Pharmaceuticals
Robert Evans, University of British Columbia

Hu Lu , Government of Canada - Formulary Pricing with Optional Participation: Reconciling Static and Dynamic Efficiency
Abstract and Article

Matthias Dahm , Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Paula Gonzalez , Universidad Pablo de Olavide and Nicolas Porteiro , Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Clinical Trials: The Effects of Registries and Results Databases
Abstract and Article

Paul Grootendorst , University of Toronto and Emmanuelle Piérard , University of Waterloo - Prescription Drug Effectiveness: A Re-Examination of the Aggregate Data
Abstract and Article

Xenia Caporis , Affiliation Unknown - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Biologics in Psoriasis
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 8:30 AM
Location:

Burden of Disease
Thomas Getzen, Temple University

Indalecio Corugedo , Complutense University of Madrid - A New Model to Measure the Economic Burden of Illness: An Application to Schizophrenia in Some EU Countries
Abstract and Article

Ramon Luengo-Fernandez , University of Oxford, Alastair Gray , University of Oxford and Peter Rothwell , Affiliation Unknown - Impact of Disease on Health-Related Quality of Life: The Case of Cerebrovascular Diseases
Abstract and Article

Li Yang , Peking University, Xiao-Hua Zhou , University of Washington, Bin Cui , Peking University and Libo Tao , Peking University - The Economic Impact of Chronic Disease in Rural China
Abstract and Article

Sushil Ranjan Howlader , University of Dhaka - Estimation of Monetary Value of Economic and Non-Economic Effects of a Disease: Application of a New Measure for Two Diseases in Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Work, Welfare, and Health
Jessica Primoff Vistnes, AHRQ - Center for Financing, Access & Cost Trends

Nathan Tefft , University of Wisconsin - Madison - Mental Health and Employment: The SAD Story
Abstract and Article

Guy David , University of Pennsylvania and Tanguy Brachet , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Retention, Learning-by-Doing and Performance in Emergency Medical Services
Abstract and Article

Brian Armour , Government of the United States of America, M. Melinda Pitts , Federal Reserve Banks and Mary Beth Walker , Georgia State University - Maternal Job Stress and Birth Outcomes
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Health shocks in perspective
Ana Revenga, World Bank

Philip H. Brown , Colby College, Alan de Brauw , Affiliation Unknown and Yang Du , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) - Can Health Insurance Mitigate Shocks to Consumption? Evidence from China
Abstract and Article

Adam Wagstaff , World Bank - Health Shocks in Perspective. How Do Health Shocks Compare to Agricultural and Labor Market Shocks? Evidence from Rural China
Abstract and Article

John Giles , Michigan State University - Health Shocks and the Labor Supply Decision of Older Workers: Evidence from Urban China
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Improving Take-Up and Access to Care Under Medicaid/SCHIP
Katherine Swartz, Harvard University

Hope Corman , Rider University, Anne Carroll , Rider University, Kelly Noonan , Rider University and Nancy E. Reichman , University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - Low Income Fathers' Access to Health Insurance
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Methods for reducing bias and conducting subgroup analysis in economic evaluation
Richard Grieve, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Jasjeet Sekhon , University of California, Berkeley and Richard Grieve , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Bias Adjustment in the Economic Evaluation of Observational Data: The Use of a Non-Parametric Approach (Genetic Matching)
Abstract and Article

Richard Nixon , Novartis International AG and Simon G. Thompson , U.K Medical Research Council - Covariate Adjustment and Subgroup Analysis in Cost-Effectiveness Evaluations
Abstract and Article

Daniel Polsky , University of Pennsylvania and Anirban Basu , University of Chicago - Selection Bias in Economic Evaluation With Observational Data
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Impact Evaluation of Health Interventions in Developing Countries
Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Arnab K. Acharya , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Impact Evaluation of Health Interventions in Developing Countries
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Which side are you on? Normative foundations for informing decisions in health care
Aki Tsuchiya, University of Sheffield

Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) - Which Side are You on? Normative Foundations for Informing Decisions in Health Care
Abstract and Article

Werner Brouwer , Affiliation Unknown, Anthony J. Culyer , Affiliation Unknown, Job Van Exel , Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Frans Rutten , Erasmus MC - Welfarism Vs. Extra-Welfarism
Abstract and Article

Stephen Birch , McMaster University, Jane Hall , University of Technology, Sydney and Amiram Gafni , McMaster University - Extra-Welfarism, Communitarianism and Empirical Ethics as Inputs to Informed Decision Making in Health Care: Improvements on the Capabilities Approach or Simply Non-Sen's Methods?
Abstract and Article

Karl Claxton , University of York (UK) and Anthony J. Culyer , Affiliation Unknown - Mark Versus Luke? Decision Making With Multiple Objectives and Multiple Constraints
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Economic Development and Fertility
Tamara Fox

Stephanie M Boulenger , Abt Associates, Inc. and Tania Dmytraczenko , Abt Associates, Inc. - Cost and Impact of the Skilled Care Initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract and Article

Yuhua Shi , Australian National University - Income Growth, Health Expenditure, Education Investment: The Effects on Population Growth
Abstract and Article

Shareen Joshi , University of Chicago and T. Paul Schultz , Yale University - Family Planning as an Investment in Development: Evaluation of a Program's Consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Alex Ezeh , African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Jean Christophe Fotso , African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and Rose Towett , African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) - Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Disentangling the Effects of Poverty at the Household Level and the Contribution of Change in Fertility Behavior
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Patients
Dorte Gyrd-Hansen

David Feeny , Kaiser Permanente, Richard Meenan , Kaiser Permanente, David Labby , CareOregon, Mark Spofford , Kaiser Permanente, David Mosen , Kaiser Permanente and Rebecca Ramsay , CareOregon - Using Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures to Improve Patient Care
Abstract and Article

Bruce Stuart , University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Amy Davidoff , University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Ruth Lopert , Department of Health and Ageing - What Can We Learn from Medicare's Least Costly Beneficiaries?
Abstract and Article

Prof. Amalia Donia Sofio Faculty of Economics University of Roma Tor Vergata , University of Rome II and Andrea Gabellini , University of Rome II - Mobility of Italian Patients within European Union
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Disparities
Jane Hall, University of Technology, Sydney

Benjamin L Cook , Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Thomas G. McGuire , Harvard University and Samuel H. Zuvekas , Government of the United States of America - Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Abstract and Article

Florence Jusot , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES), Paul Dourgnon , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) and Michel Grignon , McMaster University - Psychosocial Resources and Health Inequalities in France
Abstract and Article

Anderson E Stanciole , United Nations and Dele Abegunde , Affiliation Unknown - Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Burden of Chronic Diseases
Abstract and Article

Guy David , University of Pennsylvania and Scott E. Harrington , University of Pennsylvania - Are There Racial Disparities in Emergency Medical Services? Evidence from Mississippi
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Income and Health
Teh-wei Hu

Jerome Adda , University College London, James Banks , Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Hans-Martin von Gaudecker , Free University of Amsterdam - The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data
Abstract and Article

Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdottir , University of Iceland - Health and Income: The Case of Iceland
Abstract and Article

Andrew M. Jones , University of York (UK) and Stefanie Schurer , University of Bochum - How Does Heterogeneity Shape the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health Satisfaction?
Abstract and Article

Stefanie Schurer , University of Bochum - How Does Heterogeneity Influence the Income Gradient in Health Satisfaction?
Abstract and Article

Awad Mataria , Birzeit University, Rita Giacaman , Affiliation Unknown, angelo stefanini , Affiliation Unknown, Naidoo Naidoo , Affiliation Unknown, Paul Kowal , Affiliation Unknown and Somnath Chatterji , World Health Organization - The Quality of Life of Palestinians Under a Chronic Political Conflict: Assessment and Determinants.
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Alternate Care
Tor Iversen, Affiliation Unknown

Katarina Steen Carlsson , Lund University and Magnus Roos , Göteborg University - Incentives for Providers of Personal Assistance to Persons With Physicial And/Or Mental Disablilities. An Empirical Application of Agency Theory Using Longitudinal Microdata
Abstract and Article

Bernard Van den Berg , University of Amsterdam - Motivation Theory Applied to Informal Care
Abstract and Article

Ezra Golberstein , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, David C Grabowski , Harvard University, Kenneth Langa , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mohammed Kabeto , University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Michael Chernew , Harvard University - The Effect of Medicare Home Health Care Payment on Informal Care Use
Abstract and Article

Emmanouil Mentzakis , University of Aberdeen, Paul McNamee , University of Aberdeen, Matthew Sutton , University of Aberdeen and Mandy Ryan , University of Aberdeen - Valuing Informal Care Using Health Compensating Income Variation
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Litigation/Antitrust
Bengt Jönsson

Daniel R. Faleiros , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Augusto A. Guerra Jr. , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Grazielle D. Silva , Affiliation Unknown, Eli Iola G. Andrade , Federal University of Minas Gerais, Daniele A.C. Szuster , Ministério da Saúde, Elias A. Jorge , Ministério da Saúde, Vania L. Macedo , Ministério da Saúde, Francisco A. Acurcio , Pharmacy School and Mariângela L. Cherchiglia , Federal University of Minas Gerais - Risk or Benefit? Expenditures with Medicines Demanded by Judicial Decisions against Brazilian National Public Health System (SUS) and the Risk of Damage to Patients by Medicines Interactions
Abstract and Article

Martin S. Gaynor , Carnegie Mellon University, Samuel A. Kleiner , Carnegie Mellon University and William B. Vogt , Carnegie Mellon University - Market Definition in the Hospital Industry: A Structural Approach
Abstract and Article

R Tamara Konetzka , University of Chicago - Nursing Home Litigation and Quality of Care
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

HIV/AIDS
Thomas McGuire, Harvard University

Adrian Towse , University of Pennsylvania, Martina Garau , Office of Health Economics, Ed Godber , Office of Health Economics, Clive Pritchard , Affiliation Unknown, Alastair Gray , University of Oxford and Paul Fenn , University of Nottingham - Donor Investment Choices: The Efficiency of Funding R&D for Neglected Diseases as Compared to Greater Access to Existing Treatments for HIV AIDS, Malaria and TB
Abstract and Article

Lorna Guinness , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lilani Kumaranayake , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Kara Hanson , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - A Cost Function for HIV Prevention Services: Is There a 'U' Shape?
Abstract and Article

Asirvatham Edwin Sam , Affiliation Unknown and Varatharajan Durairaj Durairaj , World Health Organization - How Effective are Partnerships in the Management and Control of HIV/AIDS? Evaluation of Existing Partnerships in Tamil Nadu State of India
Abstract and Article

Chijioke Ifeanyi Okoli , Affiliation Unknown, Nkem Dike , Affiliation Unknown, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Soludo B. Eze , Affiliation Unknown and Chinwe Chukwuka , Affiliation Unknown - Subsidized HIV Treatment in Nigeria is Not Pro Poor: A Case Study of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Labor Shortages
Kjeld Pedersen

Richard Scheffler , University of California, Berkeley, Jenny X Liu , University of California, Berkeley, Mario Dal Poz , World Health Organization and Yohannes Kinfu , World Health Organization - Forecasting the Global Shortages of Physicians: An Economic- and Needs-Based Approach
Abstract and Article

Joanne E. Spetz , University of California, San Francisco - Forecasting Health Workforce Supply and Demand: From the Survey to the Models
Abstract and Article

Morris L. Barer , University of British Columbia, Robert G. Evans , University of British Columbia, Charlyn Black , University of British Columbia, Kimberlyn McGrail , University of British Columbia, Steve Morgan , University of British Columbia, Gregory L. Stoddart , McMaster University and Diane Watson , University of British Columbia - Anatomy of a Doctor Shortage
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 10:00 AM
Location:

Health Promotion
Uwe Reinhardt

Paulos Teckle , BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC) - Cancer Control Research Program, Matthew Sutton , University of Aberdeen and Anne Ludbrook , University of Aberdeen - Estimating the Expected Health Benefits to Non-Smokers of Policies to Reduce Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Abstract and Article

Curtis S. Florence , Emory University - Do Workplace Health Promotion Programs Promote Healthy Behavior?
Abstract and Article

Derek S Brown , RTI International and Eric A. Finkelstein , RTI International - Testing the Use of Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Sedentary Adults: Results of a Stated Preference Survey and Revealed Preference Field Experiment
Abstract and Article

Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda , Medical University of Silesia, Krzysztof Kaczmarek , Medical University of Silesia, Piotr Romaniuk , Medical University of Silesia and Lech Hubicki , Affiliation Unknown - Community-Based Health Promotion in Poland - a Multilevel Analysis of Expenditures of County Level Self-Governments
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Economic Determinants of Obesity
Tomas Philipson, Author

John Cawley , Cornell University, John R Moran , Penn State University and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon , Cornell University - Impact of Income on the Bmi and Clinical Weight Classification Of Elderly Americans
Abstract and Article

Sean Cash , University of Alberta, Ellen Goddard , University of Alberta and Ryan Lacanilao , University of Alberta - Fast Food Outlet Density and the Incidence of Overweight and Obesity Across Canadian Metropolitan Areas
Abstract and Article

Greg Colman , Pace University and Inas Rashad , Georgia State University - Obesity and Depression: Establishing Causality
Abstract and Article

Lisa M. Powell , University of Illinois at Chicago and Yanjun Bao , University of Illinois at Chicago - Food Prices, Access to Food Outlets and Child Weight Outcomes: A Longitudinal Analysis
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Economic evaluation of implementation strategies
Silvia Evers, University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg)

Ties Hoomans , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Andre Ament , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg), Silvia Evers , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) and Hans Severens , University of Maastricht (formerly University of Limburg) - Worthwhile Implementation of Evidence-Based Guidelines into Clinical Practice: How to Determine the Investment Potential for Guideline Implementation and the Value for Money of Implementation Strategies?
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Societal Costs & Benefits of Drug Abuse Treatment
Peter M. Ginter, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stephen Mennemeyer , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Joseph Edward Schumacher , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Stefan G Kertesz , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jesse B Milby , University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dennis Wallace , Rho Inc. - Employment of the Homeless After Drug Abuse Treatment With Abstinent Contingent Housing
Abstract and Article

William S. Cartwright , Affiliation Unknown - A Critical Review of Accounting and Economic Methods for Estimating the Costs of Addiction Treatment
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

What is the role of condition specific measures in economic evaluation?
John Cairns, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

John Brazier , University of Sheffield, Aki Tsuchiya , University of Sheffield and Yaling Yang , University of Sheffield - A Condition-Specific Preference-Based Instrument: The Asthma Quality of Life Utility Index (AQL-5D)
Abstract and Article

Jack Dowie , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Condition-Specific Measures will Rarely be Appropriate if the Maximand is Health
Abstract and Article

John Brazier , University of Sheffield and Aki Tsuchiya , University of Sheffield - What is the Role of Condition Specific Measures in Economic Evaluation? An Organised Session
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Preferences for Health and Health Care: Homogeneous or Heterogeneous?
Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich

Karolin Becker , Plaut Economics - Preference Heterogeneity With Regard to Supply of Health Care: Evidence from Germany
Abstract and Article

David Owen Meltzer , University of Chicago, Elbert S. Huang , University of Chicago, Qi Zhang , Old Dominion University and sydney Brown , University of Pennsylvania - Effects of Patient Self-Selection on Cost-Effectiveness of Diabetes Therapy By Age
Abstract and Article

Tony Hockley , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - The English Patient: Homogeneous Choices for Heterogeneous Citizens
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Health Status 2
Mandy Ryan, University of Aberdeen

Kerry Hickson , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Estimating Historical Health Gains using WTP for Quality Adjusted Life Expectancy (QALE)
Abstract and Article

Walter Ried , University of Greifswald - Health Status and the Cost of ICU Treatment
Abstract and Article

Caroline Allonier , Affiliation Unknown and Thierry Debrand , Research and Information Institute for Health Economics (IRDES) - Health Status in French Urban Underprivileged Areas
Abstract and Article

Inge Groot , University of Amsterdam, Klarita Sadiraj , Social and Cultural Planning Office and Arjan Heyma , University of Amsterdam - Why are the Greek Healthier than the English? Explanation of Subjective Health Differences between Six European Countries With a Decomposition Analysis
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Paying Providers
Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Emma P. Hall , Government of the United Kingdom, Carol Propper , University of Bristol and John Michael Van Reenen , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets and Skills on Hospital Quality and Productivity
Abstract and Article

Dave Smith , Kaiser Permanente, Adrianne Feldstein , Kaiser Permanente, Jennifer Schneider , Kaiser Permanente, Jeff Showell , Kaiser Permanente, Lynn DeBar , Kaiser Permanente, Xiuhai Yang , Kaiser Permanente, Mara Kalter , Kaiser Permanente, Mark Spofford , Kaiser Permanente and Nancy Vuckovic , Intel Corp. - Financial Incentives and Primary Care: Paying For Performance in Depression Treatment
Abstract and Article

Reagan Anne Baughman , University of New Hampshire and Kristin Smith , University of New Hampshire - Labor Supply and Wages of Direct Care Workers
Abstract and Article

Lorens A. Helmchen , University of Illinois at Chicago and Anthony T. Lo Sasso , University of Illinois at Chicago - The Effects of Physician-Level Pay-for-Performance in an Outpatient Setting
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Hospital Investment
Richard C. Lindrooth, Affiliation Unknown

Arthur E. King , Lehigh University and Susan C Zumas , York College of Pennsylvania - The Impact of U.S. Prospective Payment on Hospital Capital Formation: An Initial Analysis of the 1991 Change in Medicare Reimbursement for Capital Costs
Abstract and Article

Cristina Carias , Instituto Superior Técnico, Monica Oliveira , Technical University of Lisbon and Francisco Lima , Instituto Superior Técnico - New Firm Formation in the Health Sector Over Space and Time
Abstract and Article

Tae Hyun Kim , Governors State University - Factors Influencing the Capital Investment of U.S. Not-For-Profit Hospitals: 1998-2001
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Smoking Behavior
Ulf Persson, Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE)

Petter Lundborg , Free University of Amsterdam and Henrik Andersson , Government of the Kingdom of Sweden - Gender, Risk Perceptions, and Smoking Behavior
Abstract and Article

TAE JIN LEE , Hallym University, Kyeong-Hwa Kang , Hallym University, Sang-Soo Bae , Hallym University, Gihong Yi , Hallym University and Jae-Young Lim , Hallym University - The Effect of Social Capital on Smoking-Related Behavior Among the Poor in South Korea
Abstract and Article

Aileen Murphy , National University of Ireland - An Econometric Analysis of Smoking Behaviour in Ireland
Abstract and Article

Xueyan Zhao , Monash University and Mark N. Harris , Monash University - Analysis of Tobacco Consumption in Australia Using a Zero-Inflated Ordered Probit Model
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

ART 2
Jes Søgaard, Affiliation Unknown

Sigit Riyarto , Universitas Gadjah Mada, Budi Hidayat , Affiliation Unknown, Benjamin Johns , World Health Organization, Sabine Flessenkaemper , World Health Organization, Adi Utarini , Universitas Gadjah Mada, Ari Probandari , Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yodi Mahendradhata , Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and Laksono Trisnantoro , Universitas Gadjah Mada - Barrier to Access Art and Other HIV/AIDS Treatment in Indonesia: The Role of Financial Factor
Abstract and Article

Andres A. Berruti , Macro International Inc., John M. Blandford , Government of the United States of America, Nicolas A Menzies , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Scott Filler , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rick Berzon , The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Tedd Ellerbrock , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Cost of HIV Treatment in Emergency Plan Focus Countries: A Methodological Guide
Abstract and Article

Benjamin Uzochukwu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Obinna Onwujekwe , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Anne Ndu , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Chijioke Ifeanyi Okoli , Affiliation Unknown and Chima Onoka , University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus - Determinants of Non Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Treatment in Southeast Nigeria
Abstract and Article

Enrique Seoane , Ohio State University and Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio , University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Effective Patent Life of Antiretroviral Drugs in the U.S 1987-2006
Abstract and Article

Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio , University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Enrique Seoane , Ohio State University - Public Procurement and Price Discrimination of Antiretroviral Therapy
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Methodology 2
Bjorn Lindgren, Affiliation Unknown

Borislava N Mihaylova , University of Oxford, Andrew Briggs , University of Glasgow and Alastair Gray , University of Oxford - Use of Individual Participant Data to Evaluate Cost-Effectiveness Across Heterogeneous Population
Abstract and Article

Eric Nauenberg , University of Toronto - Willingness-to-Pay the Banker vs. the Economist
Abstract and Article

Michael B. Nichol , University of Southern California, Josh D Epstein , University of Southern California, Tom Dow , University of Southern California and Jason N Doctor , University of Southern California - Separating Gains and Losses in Health When Calculating the Minimal Important Difference for Mapped Utility Measures
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Life Cycle
Carl Lyttkens

Hazel Pilgrim , University of Sheffield, Paul Tappenden , University of Sheffield and Jim Chilcott , University of Sheffield - Is is Possible to Compare Options for Change Over a Whole Disease Area from Patient Presentation to End of Life?
Abstract and Article

Roel Adriaan Van Elk , CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis and Esther Mot , CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis - Determinants of Health Care Expenditures: An Overview of International Comparisons and a Panel Data Analysis
Abstract and Article

Jennifer Leigh Kohn , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Robert H. Patrick , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Dynamic Lifecycle Demand for Medical Care Demand
Abstract and Article

Michael Kuhn , Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, Alexia Prskawetz , Austrian Academy of Sciences, Stefan Wrzaczek , Vienna University of Technology and Gustav Feichtinger , Vienna University of Technology - Health, Survival and Consumption Over the Life Cycle: Individual Vs. Social Optimum
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Out-of-Pocket
Katarina Steen Carlsson, Lund University

Adam Leive , World Bank and Ke Xu , World Health Organization - Coping with the Out-of-Pocket Health Payments: Applications of Engel Curves and Two-Part Models in Six African Countries
Abstract and Article

Ottar Mæstad , Chr. Michelsen Institute and Aziza Mwisongo , National Institute of Medical Research - Informal Payments and the Quality of Health Care in Tanzania: Results from Qualitative Research
Abstract and Article

Eleonora Cavagnero , World Health Organization, Ke Xu , World Health Organization and Guy Carrin , World Health Organization - Health Care Use and Financial Burden of Out-of-Pocket Spending in Argentina
Abstract and Article

Erdogan Yilmaz , Affiliation Unknown, Julide Yildirim , Gazi University and Mehmet Okyar , Ministry of Health of Turkey - The Determinants of Out-of-Pocket Payments: Evidence from Turkey
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Allocation
Stefan Bjork

Jeremiah Hurley , McMaster University, Neil James Buckley , York University, Katherine Cuff , McMaster University, Mita K. Giacomini , McMaster University, Michel Grignon , McMaster University, Stuart Mestelman , McMaster University and R. Andrew Muller , McMaster University - Preferences Over Equity in the Allocation of Health Care Resources
Abstract and Article

Jürgen John , GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health - Health Gain Maximization - An Ethically Defendable Criterion for Decisions on How to Allocate Health Care Resources?
Abstract and Article

Rumana Huque , Affiliation Unknown - Devising an Appropriate Method of Allocating Resources in the Health Sector of Bangladesh
Abstract and Article

Pedro Plans-Rubio , Institut d'Estadistica de Catalunya - Allocation of Resources Based on Program Budgeting, Cost-Effectiveness and the Social Welfare Function
Abstract and Article

07/11/2007 - 11:15 AM
Location:

Using Clinical Trials
Anders Anell

VILELMINE I CARAYANNI , University of Piraeus and Evangelia Tsati , Affiliation Unknown - Pragmatic Economic Trials: An Application to Alternative Therapies for Burns
Abstract and Article

Oliver Rivero-Arias , University of Oxford, Alastair Gray , University of Oxford, Jane Wolstenholme , University of Oxford and Mei-Yin Tok , Affiliation Unknown - Building an Economic Model Using Data from a Large Multinational Randomised Controlled Trial to Extrapolate the Results from the Within Trial Analysis
Abstract and Article

Paul L. Hebert , Affiliation Unknown and Mary Ann Ann McLaughlin , Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Matching and Extending the Results of Randomized Trials Using Observational Data and Causal Models: An Application to the Hope Trial
Abstract and Article