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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Health Care Workshop

Jon Gruber, Organizer

 

July 23 and 24, 2009

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

  WEDNESDAY, JULY 22:

 

   6:00 pm        Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

THURSDAY, JULY 23:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

SRIKANTH KADIYALA, University of Washington

 

ERIN STRUMPF, McGill University

 

The Impact of Cancer Screening Guideline Information on Cancer Detection

 

 

10:00 am

KEY CHAY, Brown University and NBER

 

SHAILENDER SWAMINATHAN, University of Alabama

 

Medicare, Hospital Care Utilization and Mortality: Evidence from the Origins of the Federal Intervention

 

 

11:00 am

Break

 

11:30 am

ELIZABETH TY WILDE, Columbia University

 

Do Emergency Medical System Response Times Matter for Health Outcomes?

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 1:30 pm

DOUGLAS ALMOND, Columbia University and NBER

 

JOSEPH DOYLE, MIT and NBER

 

AMANDA KOWALSKI, MIT and NBER

 

HEIDI WILLIAMS, Harvard University

 

Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns

 

 

 2:30 pm

JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

 

SAMUEL KLEINER, Carnegie-Mellon University

 

Do Strikes Kill?  Evidence from Hospital Strikes in New York State

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 4:00 pm

STEPHEN T. PARENTE, ROGER FELDMAN and LEWIS SANDY, University of Minnesota

 

Does Access to Transparent Provider Quality and Cost Information Affect Health Care Cost and Utilization of Preventive Services?

 

 

 5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

FRIDAY, JULY 24:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

ANN BARTEL, Columbia University and NBER

 

CIARAN PHIBBS, Stanford University

 

NANCY BEAULIEU, Harvard University

 

PATRICIA STONE, Columbia University

 

Human Capital and Productivity: The Case of Nursing Teams

 

 

10:00 am

JOSEPH DOYLE, MIT and NBER

 

STEVEN EWER, Meriter Hospital

 

TODD WAGNER, Stanford University

 

Returns to Physician Human Capital: Analyzing Patients Randomized to Physician Teams

 

 

11:00 am

Break

 

11:30 am

LEEMORE DAFNY, Northwestern University and NBER

 

MARK DUGGAN, University of Maryland and NBER

 

SUBBU RAMANARAYANAN, UC, Los Angeles

 

Paying a Premium on Your Premium?  Consolidation in the U.S. Health

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 1:30 pm

CAROL PROPPER, University of Bristol

 

MATT SUTTON, Manchester University

 

CAROLYN WHITNALL, University of Bristol

 

FRANK WINDMEIJER, University of Bristol

 

Incentives and Targets in Hospital Care: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

 

 

 2:30 pm

PHIL LEVINE and ROBIN MCKNIGHT, Wellesley College and NBER

 

SAMANTHA HEEP, Wellesley College

 

Public Policy, Health Insurance and the Transition to Adulthood

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 4:00 pm

LAUREN NICHOLAS, University of Michigan

 

Hospital Response to Pay-for-Performance Incentives

 

 

 5:00 pm

 

 

 

6/15/09

Adjourn