Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference 2023
On May 4-5, 2023, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference brought together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics.
Doug Staiger, John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor at Dartmouth University joined as the keynote speaker.
The agenda can be found below.
Agenda
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Registration & Breakfast
8th Floor Lounge
Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs
Martin Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles (Co-author)
Joerg Heining, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg (Co-author)
Roman Klimke, Harvard University (Co-author)
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University (Presenter)
Holger Seibert, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt-und Berufsforschung (Co-author)
Adverse Selection in Small Group Health Insurance Plans: Evidence From Instrumental Variable Tests
Anthony T. Lo Sasso, DePaul University (Presenter)
Coady Wing, Indiana University (Co-author)
The Expansionary and Contractionary Supply-Side Effects of Health Insurance
Eilidh Geddes, Northwestern University (Presenter)
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University (Co-author)
Break
Privatizing Social Health Insurance: Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare
Scott Bilder, Inovalon Insights (Co-author)
Zarek Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago and Harvard University (Presenter)
Barton Jones, Goldman Sachs (Co-author)
Iman Mohammadi, Inovalon Insights (Co-author)
Zulkarnain Pulungan, Inovalon Insights (Co-author)
Yalun Su, University of Chicago and Harvard University (Co-author)
Christie Teigland, Inovalon Insights (Co-author)
Boris Vabson, Harvard University (Co-author)
Introduction
Provost Katherine Baicker, Provost of the University of Chicago
Keynote Speaker
Doug Staiger, Dartmouth College
Lunch
Defying Distance? The Provision of Services in the Digital Age
Amanda Dahlstrand, Microsoft Research New England (Presenter)
Commitment, Competition and Preventive Care Provision
Anran Li, Northwestern University (Presenter)
Managers and Public Hospital Performance
Pablo Munoz, University of Chile (Co-author)
Cristóbal Otero, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter)
Break
Quality Disclosure, Demand, and Congestion: Evidence from Physician Ratings
Benjamin L. Chartock, Bentley University (Presenter)
Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies
Parker Rogers, University of California, San Diego (Presenter)
Mis(sed) Diagnosis: Physician Decision Making and ADHD
Kelli Marquardt, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Presenter)
Friday, May 5, 2023
Breakfast
Access to Credit Reduces the Value of Health Insurance
Sonia Jaffe, Microsoft (Co-author)
Anup Malani, University of Chicago (Presenter)
Julian Reif, University of Illinois (Co-author)
Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions
Riley League, Duke University (Presenter)
Becoming Dual: Measuring the Impact of Gaining Medicaid Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
Jing (Gina) Li, Stanford University (Presenter)
Break
8th Floor Lounge
The Impact of Medicare Part B Reimbursement Policy on Pharmaceutical Price Growth
Angie Acquatella, Boston University (Presenter)
Keith Marzilli Ericson, Boston University (Co-author)
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University (Co-author)
Provider Opioid Prescribing Behaviors and Opioid Use in Medicaid
Laurence Baker, Stanford University (Co-author)
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Stanford University (Co-author)
Becky Staiger, Stanford University (Presenter)
Using Patient Versus Provider Incentives to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria
Maria Dieci, Emory University (Co-author)
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter)
Jonathan Kolstad, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room
Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
Jon Denton-Schneider, Clark University (Presenter)
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago (Co-author)
Preferences for Firearms and Their Implications for Regulation
Sara Drango, University of Chicago (Co-author)
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)
Bradley T. Shapiro, University of Chicago (Presenter)
Socio-Economic Decline and Death: The Life-Cycle Impacts of Recessions for Labor Market Entrants
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University (Presenter)
Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles (Co-author)
Medicaid’s Effect on the Mortality of the Low-Income U.S. Population
Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago (Co-author)
Angela Wyse, University of Chicago (Presenter)