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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Health Care Program Meeting

Jonathan Gruber, Organizers

March 11, 2016

NBER
Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

Thursday, March 10

 

6:00 pm

Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd. in Cambridge (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)

Friday, March 11

 

8:00 am

Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

8:45 am

Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Timothy J. Layton, Harvard Medical School
Upcoding or Selection? Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment

9:45 am

Jishnu Das, The World Bank
Alaka Holla, The World Bank
Aakash Mohpal, University of Michigan
Karthik Muralidharan, University of California at San Diego and NBER
Quality and Accountability in Healthcare Delivery: Audit-Study Evidence from Primary Care in India

10:45 am

Break

11:15 am

David C. Chan, Jr, Stanford University and NBER
The Efficiency of Slacking Off: Evidence from the Emergency Department

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Mark L. Egan, University of Minnesota
Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago and NBER
Health Care Adherence and Personalized Medicine

2:15 pm

Hummy Song, Harvard University
Robert Huckman, Harvard University and NBER
Jason Barro, Bain and Company
Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals

3:15 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Leila Agha, Boston University and NBER
Keith Marzilli Ericson, Boston University and NBER
Kimberley Geissler, UMass Amherst
Benjamin Lubin, Boston University
James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER
Coordination Within Teams and The Cost of Health Care

Leila Agha, Boston University and NBER
Brigham Frandsen, Brigham Young University
James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER
Causes and Consequences of Fragmented Care Delivery: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy

5:00 pm

Adjourn