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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2005 |
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Health Care/Aging Workshop |
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Alan Garber, Organizer |
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Aging/Health Care/Productivity
Joint Workshop |
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Ernst Berndt, David Cutler and Alan Garber, Organizers |
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July 28 and 29, 2005 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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5 Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27: |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake,
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA |
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THURSDAY,
JULY 28: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
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HEALTH
CARE/AGING/PRODUCTIVITY WORKSHOP |
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9:00 am |
MICHAEL
CHERNEW and ROBERT TOWN, University of Michigan and NBER |
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PHIL
DECICCA, University of Michigan |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05
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JAY
BHATTACHARYA and KATE BUNDORF, Stanford University and NBER |
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10:55
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JASON
BARRO, Harvard University and NBER |
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ROBERT
HUCKMAN, Harvard University and NBER |
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DANIEL
KESSLER, Stanford University and NBER |
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The
Effects of Specialty Hospitals on The Cost and Quality of Medical Care |
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12:00 N |
Lunch |
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HEALTH
CARE/PRODUCTIVITY JOINT WORKSHOP |
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1:00 pm |
JOHN
CAWLEY, Cornell University and NBER |
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JOHN
RIZZO, SUNY, Stony Brook |
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The Competitive Effects of Drug Withdrawals: The Case of Fen-Phen |
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1:50 pm |
Break |
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2:05 pm |
CHRISTOPHER
ADAMS and VAN V. BRANTNER, Federal Trade Commission |
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Estimating
the Costs of New Drug Development: Is it really $802m? |
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2:55 pm |
Break |
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3:10 pm |
Jonathan C. Javitt, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies |
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JAMES
B. REBITZER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER |
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LONNY
REISMAN, ActiveHealth Management |
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Information
Technology and Medical Errors: |
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Evidence from a Randomized Trial |
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4:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY,
JULY 29: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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HEALTH
CARE/PRODUCTIVITY/AGING JOINT WORKSHOP |
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9:00 am |
STEPHEN
T. PARENTE, ROGER FELDMAN, JEAN ABRAHAM, JON CHRISTIANSON |
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University
of Minnesota |
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Assessing the Impact of Health Savings Accounts on
Insurance and Coverage Costs |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05
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KATHERINE
BAIKER and AMITABH CHANDRA, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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The
Labor Market Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums |
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10:55
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Break |
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11:10
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HELEN
LEVY, University of Michigan and NBER |
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12:00 n |
DAVID
CARD, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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CARLOS DOBKIN, UC, Santa Cruz |
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NICOLE
MAESTAS, RAND Corporation |
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The Impact of Health Insurance Status on Treatment
Intensity and Health Outcomes |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch
and Adjourn |
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5/29/05 |
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