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Exploring Behavioral/Economic Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes among Adolescents in Poor Countries

Presenter:

Cynthia Perry

Authors:

Cynthia Perry

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Diffusion of prescription drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among older adults

Presenter:

Chandrakala Ganesh

Authors:

Chandrakala Ganesh, Dennis Shea

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Impact of supplemental insurance on access, expenditures and health: Evidence from Europe & the U.S.

Presenter:

Jennifer Schultz

Authors:

Jennifer Schultz, Bedassa Tadesse

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The effect of health care expenditures on sickness absence

Presenter:

David Granlund

Authors:

David Granlund

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The Effect of Managed Care on the Diffusion of Psychotropic Medications

Presenter:

Marisa Domino

Authors:

Marisa Domino

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The Empirical Relationship between Community Social Capital and the Demand for Cigarettes

Presenter:

Timothy Brown

Authors:

Timothy Brown

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The Impact of Health on Academic Performance: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers

Presenter:

Steven Lehrer

Authors:

Steven Lehrer, Weili Ding, J. Niels Rosenquist

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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(In)Consistency of Preference Ratings: Results Using Three Methods of Preference Elicitation

Presenter:

Kathleen Gillespie

Authors:

Kathleen Gillespie, Elena Andresen, Sarah Boslaugh, Angela Recktenwald

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Bayesian Analysis of Health Care Provider Choice in Rural India

Presenter:

Bijan Borah

Authors:

Bijan Borah

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Controlling for Quality in Hospital Inefficiency Estimation

Presenter:

Ryan Mutter

Authors:

Ryan Mutter, Michael Rosko

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Effects of Population Movement on the Risk of Chagas Disease in the California Blood Supply: A Preliminary Model

Presenter:

Leslie Wilson

Authors:

Leslie Wilson, Janine Ramsey

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Food for Thought: Food Stamps, Food Insecurity and Disability

Presenter:

Brian Armour

Authors:

Brian Armour, M. Melinda Pitts

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Replace Pharmaceutical Patents Now!

Presenter:

James Henderson

Authors:

Earl Grinols, James Henderson

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Smoking and Ratings of Perceived Health Status

Presenter:

Kirsten Yaffe

Authors:

Kirsten Yaffe

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Smoking cessation and health

Presenter:

Yu-whuei Hu

Authors:

Yu-whuei Hu, Dong Hwa

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Tiered Co-payments and Cost-Related Medication Underuse?

Presenter:

Todd Wagner

Authors:

Todd Wagner, Michele Heisler, John Piette

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Demand for Private Health Insurance in Germany

Presenter:

Majed Elhewaihi

Authors:

Majed Elhewaihi

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Mixed Ownership Markets: Theory and Evidence from Hospitals in the US and China

Presenter:

Karen Eggleston

Authors:

Karen Eggleston

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Exploring Deductibles: Do they Matter in the Era of Managed Care?

Presenter:

Maia Platt

Authors:

Maia Platt

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The Effects of Competition and Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices

Presenter:

Emmett Keeler

Authors:

Glenn Melnick, Emmett Keeler

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Applying Lean Toyota Production System Methods to Improving Health Care Systems

Presenter:

Sheri Eisert

Authors:

Sheri Eisert

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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New cost sensitivity index based on cognitive cost cues for an application of the Lens model on physicians' choices

Presenter:

Christine Huttin

Authors:

Christine Huttin

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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The Flip-Side of Social Capital: The Distinctive Influences of Trust and Mistrust on Self-Reported Health in Rural China

Presenter:

Hongmei Wang

Authors:

Hongmei Wang, Mark Schlesinger, Hong Wang, William Hsiao

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Institutional Aspects of Medical Technology Assessment

Presenter:

Robert Kemp

Authors:

Robert Kemp

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Obesity and Nutritional Knowledge

Presenter:

Irina Grafova

Authors:

Irina Grafova

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Impact of public health program and maternal education on immunisation behaviour of children in rural Bangladesh

Presenter:

M. Zia Sadique

Authors:

M. Zia Sadique, Mohammad Asadullah

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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Continuous Enrolment Requirement: Do we really need it?

Presenter:

Onur Baser

Authors:

Onur Baser

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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One way to improve two part modeling of longitudinal cost data - using latent class clustering of cost casemix groups

Presenter:

Jeonghoon Ahn

Authors:

Jeonghoon Ahn

Mon June 5, 2006 9:30-10:45 Room Alumni Lounge

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ASHEcon

3rd Biennial Conference: Cornell on June 20-23 2010

Welcome to ASHEcon

The American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) is a professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in health economics research in the United States. ASHEcon is an affiliate of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). ASHEcon provides a forum for emerging ideas and empirical results of health economics research.