Health Care Program Meeting

Amy Finkelstein, Michael Geruso, Kate Ho, and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers

December 3-4, 2020

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, December 3
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks/logistics
1:00 pm
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
Michael S. Dahl, Aalborg University Business School

Career Effects of Mental Health
Discussant: Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER
Charles B. Hodgson, Yale University and NBER

Choices and Outcomes in Assignment Mechanisms: The Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys
Discussant: Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Paul J. Eliason, University of Utah and NBER
Riley J. League, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Benjamin Heebsh, Federal Trade Commission
Ryan C. McDevitt, Duke University and NBER
James W. Roberts, Duke University and NBER

The Effect of Bundled Payments on Provider Behavior and Patient Outcomes
Discussant: Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
3:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, December 4
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks/logistics
1:00 pm
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University and NBER
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Yale University and NBER
Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap
Discussant: Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Picking Your Patients: Selective Admissions in the Nursing Home Industry
Discussant: Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
Yanyue Wang, Stanford University

Heterogeneity in the Impact of Privatizing Social Health Insurance
Discussant: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm
David C. Chan Jr, Stanford University and NBER
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans
Discussant: James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn