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Geography and Health: Exploring Rural-Urban Disparities
Organized by Alee Lockman and Sarah Miller Supported by the National Institute on Aging June 8, 2026 NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA Format: Questions will be taken during each presentation |
| Monday, June 8 | |
| 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00 am |
The Consequences of Hospital Crowding: Evidence from Texas |
| 9:30 am |
Optimal Provision of Hospital Obstetric Units: Welfare, Health, and Geographic Disparities |
| 10:00 am |
Health IT Diffusion and Physician Density |
| 10:30 am |
Break
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| 10:50 am |
Market Size and Trade in Medical Services |
| 11:20 am |
Defining Markets Flexibly across Space: An Application to Physician Shortages |
| 11:50 am |
Market Size and the Returns to Surgeon Volume: Evidence from Joint Replacements |
| 12:20 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:20 pm |
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Changes for Rural Health Systems |
| 2:20 pm |
Break
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| 2:40 pm |
From Storefronts to Screens: The Impacts of Online Grocery Shopping on Public Food Assistance Users |
| 3:10 pm |
Demographic Divergence: The Legacy of the Opioid Epidemic |
| 3:40 pm |
Health Care Reform and Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Medicare Part D and the Retail Pharmacy Industry |
| 4:10 pm |
Concluding Remarks
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| 4:15 pm |
Adjourn
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