NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

HEALTH CARE PROGRAM MEETING

 

Dana P. Goldman, Organizer

 

April 21, 2009

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, APRIL 20:

 

 6:30 pm       Group Dinner    

                      Royal Sonesta Hotel  - Room Skyline A

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 21:

 

8:15 am          Shuttle van leaves from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

8:30 am          Continental Breakfast   

 

9:00 am           DARIUS LAKDAWALLA, RAND and NBER

                        WESLEY YIN, University of Chicago and NBER

                        Insurer Bargaining and Negotiated Pharmacy Drug Prices in Medicare Part D

 

9:50 am           FRANK R. LICHTENBERG, Columbia University and NBER

                        The Quality of Medical Care, Behavioral Risk Factors, and Longevity Growth

                        (not available for download)

 

10:40 am         Break

 

11:00 am         MARIANNE P. BITLER and CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER, UC, Irvine and NBER

                        Insurance Mandates and Mammography

 

11:50 am         Lunch

 

12:30 pm         ASHLESHA DATAR and NANCY NICOSIA, RAND Corporation

Junk Food in Schools and Childhood Obesity:  

Much Ado about Nothing?

 

1:20 pm           ANDREEA BALAN-COHEN, Tufts University

Sobering up: The Impact of the 1985-1988 Russian Anti-Alcohol Campaign on Child Health

(not available for download)

 

2:10 pm           Break

 

2:30 pm           AMITABH CHANDRA, Harvard University and NBER

                       JONATHAN S. SKINNER, Dartmouth College and NBER

                        Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth In Health Care

 

3:20 pm           Adjourn