Event·Apr 26, 2019, 12:00 AM·University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021
Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference
Apr
26
2019
On April 26-17, 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. The conference included two “rising stars” sessions featuring top health economics research from the 2018-2019 job market, along with sessions featuring more established scholars.
Agenda
Friday, April 26, 2019
08:15:00
Registration and breakfast
08:45:00–09:35:00
Health Insurance: Trade-offs between Extensive and Intensive Margin Selection in Competitive Insurance Markets
09:35:00–10:25:00
Health Insurance: Market Design in Regulated Health Insurance Markets: Risk Adjustment vs. Subsidies
10:25:00–10:50:00
Break
10:50:00–11:40:00
Health Insurance II: The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach
11:40:00–12:30:00
Health Insurance II: Does the individual mandate affect insurance coverage? Regression kink evidence from the population of tax returns
12:30:00–13:45:00
Lunch
13:45:00–14:25:00
JMP Session I: Picking Your Patients: Selective Admissions in the Nursing Home Industry
14:25:00–15:05:00
JMP Session I: User-Generated Physician Ratings – Evidence from Yelp
15:05:00–15:45:00
JMP Session I: How Do Primary Care Physicians Influence Healthcare? Evidence from Practice Styles and Switching Costs from Medicare
15:45:00–16:10:00
Break
16:10:00–16:50:00
JMP Session II: Intermediation and Vertical Integration in the Market for Surgeons
16:50:00–17:30:00
JMP Session II: Impeding Access or Promoting Efficiency? Effects of Rural Hospital Closure on the Cost and Quality of Care
17:30:00
Conference adjourns for the day
Saturday, April 27, 2019
08:00:00
Registration and breakfast
08:30:00–09:20:00
Provider Behavior: Selection with Skills: Evidence from Radiologists
09:20:00–10:10:00
Provider Behavior: Physician Learning and Treatment Choices: Evidence from Brain Aneurysms
10:10:00–10:35:00
Break
10:35:00–11:25:00
IO and Health: Market Power and Quality Congestion and Spatial Competition in the Dialysis Industry
11:25:00–12:15:00
IO and Health: Promoting Wellness or Waste? Evidence from Antidepressant Advertising
12:15:00–13:30:00
Lunch
13:30:00–14:20:00
Health Improvements: Incentivizing Behavioral Change: The Role of Time Preferences
14:20:00–15:10:00
Health Improvements: Does When You Die Depend on Where You Live?
15:10:00