Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference
On May 12-13, 2022, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference brought together faculty, research professionals, and students to explore a variety of health economics issues.
This was an in-person conference at the University of Chicago with limited capacity for virtual participation.
Agenda
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Registration and Breakfast
The Impacts of Increased Access to Regular and Device-Assisted Telemedicine
Dan Zeltzer, Tel Aviv University (Presenter)
Ran Balicer, Clalit Health Services and Ben-Gurion University (Co-author)
Liran Einav, Stanford University, NBER (Co-Author)
Joseph Rashba, Clalit Health Services (Co-Author)
Market Size and Trade in Medical Services
Joshua Gottlieb, University of Chicago (Presenter)
Jonathan Dingel, University of Chicago (Co-Author)
Maya Lozinski, University of Chicago (Co-Author)
Pauline Mourot, University of Chicago (Co-Author)
Break
The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring Providers: Evidence from Medicare Adults
Maggie Shi, Columbia University (Presenter)
Quality Disclosure and Regulation: Scoring Design in Medicare Advantage
Lunch
Dynamic Pricing Regulation and Welfare in Insurance Markets
Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin (Presenter)
Ami Ko, Georgetown University (Co-Author)
Opiates of the Masses? Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion
Tamar Oostrom, Ohio State University (Presenter)
Tyler Giles, University of Notre Dame (Co-Author)
Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame (Co-Author)
Break
Regulating Out-of-Network Hospital Payments: Disagreement Payoffs, Negotiated Prices, and Access
Nicholas Tilipman, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)
Elena Prager, Northwestern University (Co-Author)
Friday, May 13, 2022
Breakfast
Private Equity, Consumers, and Competition: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry
Ashvin Gandhi, UCLA Anderson (Presenter)
YoungJun Song, San Diego State University (Co-Author)
Prabhava Upadrashta, Duke University (Co-Author)
The Corporatization of Hospital Care
Atul Gupta, University of Pennsylvania (Presenter)
Elena Andreyeva, Texas A&M (Co-Author)
Catherine Ishitani, University of Pennsylvania (Co-Author)
Malgorzata Sywestrzak, HealthCore (Co-Author)
Benjamin Ukert, Texas A&M (Co-Author)
Break
Evidence and Lessons on the Health Impacts of Public Health Funding from the Fight against HIV/AIDS
Marcus Dillender, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)
Overcoming Information Gaps and the Risk-Income Tradeoff in Transactional Sex with HIV Self-Tests: Behavioral Responses to New Diagnostics
Ruchi Mahadeshwar, Brown University (Presenter)
Kawango Agot, University of Nairobi (Co-Author)
Harsha Thirumurthy, University of Pennsylvania (Co-Author)
Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials
Valerie Michelman, University of Chicago (Presenter)
Lucy Msall, University Chicago (Co-author)
Lunch
Can Competitive Bidding Work in Health Care? Evidence from Medicare Durable Medical Equipment
Yunan Ji, Harvard University (Presenter)
The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department
Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago (Presenter)
David Chan, Stanford University (Co-Author)