Health Economics Workshop

This workshop series is sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for Health and the Social Sciences, Center for Health Administration Studies and Harris School of Public Policy Studies. Some workshops are also sponsored by the University of Chicago Program in Pharmaceutical Policy (UCP3).

 

Workshops are held on Thursdays from 3:30-5:00pm in Room 140-B at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies (1155 E. 60th Street).

 

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Fall 2009 Workshop Schedule

 

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Andrew Jones
University of York

Quality of Schooling and Inequality of Opportunity in Health (No Paper)

 

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Marisa Domino
Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Putting providers at-risk: How strong are incentives for upcoding and treatment changes?

 

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Anjali Oza
University of Chicago

Plan B as Insurance: The effect of over-the-counter emergency contraception on pregnancy termination and STIs

 

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Melinda Buntin

RAND

Cost Savings in the New Generation of High-Deductible Health Plans: A Multi-Employer Multi-Insurer Study

 

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Daniel Bennett

University of Chicago

Ambiguity and Social Learning during the SARS Pandemic of 2003

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Jonathan Kolstad

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Information and Quality when Motivation is Intrinsic: Evidence from Surgeon Report Cards

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Claudio Lucarelli

Cornell University

Government policy and the dynamics of market structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals

 

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Lucy Bilaver
University of Chicago
Topic TBD

 

Thursday, Decmber 3, 2009
TBD

 

Thursday, December 10, 2009
TBD