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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
Health Care Program Meeting
Jonathan Gruber, Organizer
March 1, 2013
NBER
Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd
Floor
1050
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge,
MA
PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM
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February
28:
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6:00 pm
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Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd. in Cambridge
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
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March
1:
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8:15 am
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Shuttle Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta
Hotel for the NBER
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8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00 am
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Mireille Jacobson, RAND Corporation and NBER
Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard University and NBER
Craig Earle, Harvard University
Can Physician Induced Demand Benefit Patients? Evidence from a Major
Change to Medicare Chemotherapy Reimbursement Policy
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10:00 am
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Robert Kaestner, University of
Illinois and NBER
Anthony T. Lo Sasso, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Does
Seeing the Doctor More Often Keep You Out of the Hospital?
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11:00 am
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Break
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11:30 am
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Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Leila Agha, Boston University
Negative
Tests and the Efficiency of Medical Care: Investigating the Determinants of
Imaging Overuse
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12:30 pm
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Lunch
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1:30 pm
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Benjamin R. Handel, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Jonathan T. Kolstad, University of Pennsylvania and
NBER
Health
Insurance for Humans: Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer
Welfare
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2:30 pm
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Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University and NBER
Kate Bundorf, Stanford University and NBER
Zachary Levin, Stanford University
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
The Effects of Rate Regulation in the Market for Medicare Supplemental
Insurance
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3:30 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
Ariel Stern, Harvard University
David Wennberg, Dartmouth Medical School
Physician
Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Spending
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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