5th World Congress | Barcelona | Wednesday Poster Sessions
DayTimeRoomNo.SessionChairPresenterTitleCountryAuthor ListDiscussantsOrganizer
DayTimeRoomNo.SessionChairPresenterTitleCountryAuthor ListDiscussantsOrganizer
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster1Wednesday Poster Session Adam, TaghreedEffect of the adoption of new interventions on the way staff spend their time at primary health facilities in BrazilSwitzerlandTaghreed Adam, Debora G. Amorim Pradacosta, Sally J Edwards, Joao Amaral, David Evans  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster2 Ahmed, ShakilCan Primary Health Care Facilities in Bangladesh Meet the Increase Demand for Child Health Care Services?United StatesShakil Ahmed, Mahmud Khan, Taghreed Adam, Shams El Arifeen, MCE Team ICDDRB  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster3 Almeida, AnabelaProcurement Practices in the Public Hospitals in Portugal: a Study of Regional DifferencesPortugalAnabela Almeida, Luís Lourenço  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster4 Andlin-Sobocki, PatrikA model to estimate the cost of illness in EuropeSwedenPatrik Andlin-Sobocki  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster5 Varatharajan, DurairajOrganization and functional dynamics of non-government in-patient facilities in a sub-district of KeralaIndiaSonia Andrews, Durairaj Varatharajan  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster6 Angeli, AngelikiComparison of healthcare management costs of RTIs treatment with Telithromycin or Clarithromycin or Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid in GreeceGreeceAngeliki Angeli  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster7 Ania, AnaDemand management policies from the perspective of prospect theoryUnited StatesAna Ania, Bjorn Persson  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster8 Banthin, JessicaThe Impact of Cost Containment Strategies on Trends in State Medicaid Prescription Drug ExpendituresUnited StatesJessica Banthin, G. Edward Miller  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster9 Barton, GarryAccounting for the increase in NSAID prescribing: substitution or expansionUnited KingdomGarry Barton, David Whynes, Tony Avery  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster10 Berruti, AndresLinkages between Health and Labor Productivity: A Case Study of BrazilUnited StatesAndres Berruti  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster11 Bjorvatn, AfsaneExtended Prophylaxis with Fondaparinux versus Enoxaparin against Venous ThromboembolismNorwayAfsane Bjorvatn  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster12 Boncz, ImreThe effect of volume control on the DRG based activity of acute hospitals in HungaryHungaryCsaba Dozsa, Agnes Brandtmuller, Peter Dublinszky, Julia Nagy, Imre Boncz, Andor Sebestyen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster13 Booysen, FrikkiePoverty dynamics in HIV/AIDS-affected households in two communities in the Free State province of South AfricaSouth AfricaFrikkie Booysen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster14 Bos, AntonioFinancial Protection in Health in BrazilUnited StatesAntonio Bos, Hugh Waters  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster15 Brazier, JohnAre generic preference-based measures truly generic? The case of visually impaired patientsUnited KingdomJohn Brazier, Nick Bansback, Carolyn Murray, Mireia Espallargues  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster16 Brekke, KurtPatents: Incentives for R&D or marketing? The case of pharmaceuticalsNorwayKurt Brekke, Odd Rune Straume  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster17 Bridges, JohnObjective measures of team structure and adverse events in home health careGermanyJohn Bridges, Tim Peng, Tanya Scharpf, Penny Feldman  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster18 Busch, SusanWho benefits when states expand Medicaid coverage to parents?United StatesSusan Busch, Elizabeth Vigdor  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster19 Cabases, JuanUsing Bayesian Techniques To Build Up An Inconsistency Free Health Status IndexSpainJuan Cabases  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster20 Cabases, JuanSelf-Perceived Health Status Of Schizophrenic Patients In Spain: A Bayesian ApproachSpainJuan Cabases, Eduardo Sanchez, Francisco Vazquez-Polo, Miguel Angel  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster21 Cao, ZhunDoes insurance affect mental health service utilization? Evidence from National Latino and Asian American StudyUnited StatesZhun Cao, Margarita Alegria  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster22 Castelli, AdrianaKnowing the cost of everything the value of nothing? Challenges in measuring NHS output growthUnited KingdomAdriana Castelli, Diane Dawson, Hugh Gravelle, Andrew Street  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster23 Chang, Ray-ECan Market Exposure Increase the Performance of Public Hospitals?TaiwanRay-E Chang, Che-Yuan Lin, Hsiang-Yun Liu  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster24 Chang, Yu-HungTo explore heterogeneity of the SF-6D preference weights in the Taiwanese societyUnited KingdomYu-Hung Chang, Jennifer Roberts, John Brazier, Shou-Hsia Cheng  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster25 Chang, ShuchenThe effects of the prospective payment system on inpatient utilization and quality of care for appendectomy in TaiwanTaiwanShuchen Chang, Mingchao Chen, Hungche Chiang, Hsiuying Fang  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster26 Chern, Jin-YuanThe Relationships between Health Belief Health Behavior and Health Status among the Academics in TaiwanTaiwanJin-Yuan Chern, Sy-Chyi Wang, Wenwen Shi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster27 Chi, ChunhueiApplying WTP Method to Public Financed Health Care: Methodological IssuesUnited StatesChunhuei Chi, Alana Knudson, Hui-Chu Lang  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster28 Closon, Marie-ChristineInequality in in-patient care delivery-The case of access to high-technology AMI treatmentsBelgiumJulian Perelman, Amir Shmueli, Louise Pilote, Kathryn McDonald, Olga Saynina, Marie-Christine Closon, TECH group  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster29 Closon, Marie-ChristineProspective financing of hospitals drug expenditures according to guidelinesBelgiumMarie-Christine Closon, Chevalier Pierre, Buyle Franky, Robays Hugo  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster30 Coast, JoannaDeveloping attributes and levels for stated preference discrete choice modelling: the use of qualitative methodsUnited KingdomJoanna Coast, Sue Horrocks  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster32 Conteh, LesongMeasuring quality as a determinant of the demand for health care: do all the answers lie in a quantitative model?United KingdomLesong Conteh, Virginia Wiseman, Brendan McElroy, Kara Hanson, Warren Stevens  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster33 Cooper, NicolaMaking decisions on competing drugs/technologies when there is inconsistency in how outcomes are measured across studiesUnited KingdomNicola Cooper  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster34 Craig, BenjaminDuration Dependence: a bridge between visual analog scale and time trade-off valuesUnited StatesBenjamin Craig  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster35 Crystal, StephenMedicare Reform and Prescription Drug Financing: Economic and Clinical Implications for the Mentally IllUnited StatesStephen Crystal  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster36 Cuellar, CarlosRecognizing and Rewarding Quality of Care in the public Primary Health Care system in JordanUnited StatesCarlos Cuellar  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster37 Damschroder, LauraPatients Former Patients and Public all Mispredict the Impact of Having or Not Having an OstomyUnited StatesPeter Ubel, Laura Damschroder, Ryan L. Sherriff, George Loewenstein, Dylan M. Smith  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster38 De Allegri, ManuelaUsing multilevel modelling to explore demand for voluntary health insurance in low income countriesGermanyManuela De Allegri, Subhash Pokhrel, Rainer Sauerborn, John Bridges  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster39 De Cock, ErwinSelecting unit values for economic analyses: findings from a review of economic evaluations in CVD and oncology in European countriesUnited KingdomErwin De Cock, Julia Blau, Julia Fox-Rushby, John Hutton  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster40 Deuchert, EvaThe Influence of Network Externalities on VCT Effectiveness in Preventing HIV TransmissionGermanyEva Deuchert  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster41 Dewa, CarolynThe Effects Of Prescription Drug Benefit Out-Of-Pocket Costs On Workers With DisabilitiesCanadaCarolyn Dewa, Jeffrey Hoch  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster42 Dirksen, CarmenHow to Deal with Baseline Cost Differences in Cost-effectiveness AnalysesNetherlandsThea van Asselt, Ghislaine van Mastrigt, Alfons Kessels, Carmen Dirksen, Arnoud Arntz, Hans Severens  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster43 Djibuti, MamukaEconomic impact of Tuberculosis on Georgian households: A cohort studyGeorgiaMamuka Djibuti, Eka Mirvelashvili, Lela Sturua, Paata Imnadze  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster44 Donia Sofio, AmaliaEuropean Pharmaceutical Market: Dynamics and Critical FactorsItalyAmalia Donia Sofio, Francesco Saverio Mennini  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster45 Dourgnon, PaulChanges in Inequalities in the utilization of Ambulatory Care over the Last Decade in FranceFrancePaul Dourgnon, Agnes Couffinhal, Sandy Tubeuf  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster46 Eggleston, KarenComparing Public and Private Hospitals in China: Evidence from GuangdongUnited StatesKaren Eggleston, Jian Wang, Mingshan Lu, Jing Zhang  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster47 Ensor, TimFinancing skilled attendance at delivery: the case of NepalUnited KingdomTim Ensor, Josephine Borghi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster48 Feeny, DavidTest-Retest Reliability of Health Utilities Index Scores: Evidence from Hip FractureCanadaDavid Feeny, Allyson Jones, Ken Eng  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster49 Forsythe, StevenExamining the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adolescents and Children in CambodiaUnited StatesSteven Forsythe  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster50 Frew, EmmaHow do individuals select WTP values? : An explanation from prominence theoryUnited KingdomEmma Frew, Zoe Philips, David Whynes, Richard Smith, Judith Covey  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster51 Gannon, BrendaEstimating Technical Efficiency of Hospitals: A Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric MethodologiesIrelandBrenda Gannon  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster52 Garcia-Prado, AriadnaAbsenteeism and Sick-Leave Policy: Evidence from Health Care Sector Reform in Costa RicaSpainAriadna Garcia-Prado, Mukesh Chawla  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster53 Gericke, ChristianFinancing health care in Egypt: comparison of tax-based financing vs social health insurance schemesGermanyChristian Gericke  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster54 Hoch, JeffreyUsing the net benefit regression framework to analyze multiperiod observational data: New multiple sclerosis drugsCanadaJeffrey Hoch, Murray Brown, Donna Mackinnon-Cameron  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster55 Gilson, LucyThe importance of workplace trust to health worker performanceSouth AfricaLucy Gilson, Gugu Khumalo, Fatuma Manzi, Natasha Palmer  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster56 Gold, LisaIvory towers and red-brick homes II: does repeat testing reveal preference (in)stability (in)completeness noise or something else?AustraliaLisa Gold, Alan Shiell  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster57 Grinols, EarlPharmaceuticals Prescription Plans & ProgressUnited StatesEarl Grinols, James Henderson  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster58 Gurol, IpekMedicare Managed Care Payment Rates Affect Access to Care in the US Commercial MarketTurkeyIpek Gurol  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster59 Gutierrez, Juan-PabloSexual risk behavior among adolescents: the role of socioeconomic and demographic household characteristicsMexicoJuan-Pablo Gutierrez, Stefano Bertozzi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster60 Hakkinen, UntoAccess to dental services the choice of service-sector dentist and the use of dental services among Finns entitled to subsidized dental careFinlandLien Nguyen, Unto Hakkinen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster61 Henriques, ManuelaAn Integrated Vision of the Management Control Cycle in Portugal's Primary Care SectorPortugalManuela Henriques, Miguel Sousa  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster62 Bautsita, SergioPermutation methodology for Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A health sector application in MexicoMexicoIleana Heredia, David Mayer, Leticia Avila, Stefano Bertozzi, Sergio Bautista  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster63 Hessel, FranzReimbursement of High-priced New Emerging Medical Technologies in a DRG-based Hospital Care SystemGermanyFranz Hessel, Gress Stefan, Juergen Wasem  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster64 Hodgkin, DominicPrivate health plans' management of psychotropic drugsUnited StatesDominic Hodgkin, Constance Horgan, Deborah Garnick, Elizabeth Merrick, Joanna Volpe-Vartanian  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster65 Hopkins, SandraRelationship between insurance status and utilisation of dental services in AustraliaAustraliaSandra Hopkins, Michael Kidd  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster66 Howard, KirstenThe effect of the anchor state on two-stage standard gamble derived utilities for cervical cancer screeningAustraliaKirsten Howard, Glenn Salkeld, Kirsten McCaffery, Les Irwig  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster67 Huang, Shun-TeAn Estimation of Future Supply of Dentist Manpower in TaiwanTaiwanShun-Te Huang, Ming-Hsueh Hsieh  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster68 Huang, Weng-FoungA Study on Drug Innovation Lags in TaiwanTaiwanWeng-Foung Huang, Chung Chia-Jung  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster69 Hughes, DyfrigPublic funding of drugs for orphan diseasesUnited KingdomDyfrig Hughes  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster70 Hurley, JerryDeveloping Alternative Needs-adjusted Primary Care Capitation Payment Models Using Linked Individual-level Survey and Utilization DataCanadaBrian Hutchison, Jeremiah Hurley, Paul Contoyannis, Gioia Buckley, Andrea Ruskova, Neil Buckley, Robert Reid, Murray Finkelstein  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster71 Hutton, JohnInconsistent Efficiency or Consistent Irrationality? Drug Regulation and Reimbursement in the Expanded European UnionUnited KingdomJohn Hutton  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster72 Ingabire, Marie-GlorioseHealth Human Resource Planning in Canada - Challenges and New ApproachCanadaMarie-Gloriose Ingabire  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster74 Johnson, ReedIs Relief Worth the Risk? Risk-Benefit Preferences for Treatments for Menopause SymptomsUnited StatesReed Johnson, Semra Ozdemir, A. Brett Hauber  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster75 Jowett, MatthewA triple-win strategy? Social health insurance informal sector workers and microfinance organisations in the PhilippinesPhilippinesMatthew Jowett  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster76 Kaliki, ChipaloUsing the National Health Accounts Framework to estimate expenditure on HIV/AIDS patients in ZambiaZambiaChipalo Kaliki  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster77 Kao, Hsing-PeiDeterminants of the utilizations of outpatient services among Western medicine dental service and Chinese medicineTaiwanYiing-Jenq Chou, Hsing-Pei Kao, Pen-Jen Wang, Chien-Hsiang Liu, Winnie Yip  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster78 Kawaguchi, HiroyukiDo or do not mix private and public fund in Japan? State space diagram analysis for Japanese regulationJapanKawaguchi Hiroyuki  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster79 Kilgore, MeredithWhose Learning Curve is It Anyway? ERCP Volume and Patient OutcomesUnited StatesMeredith Kilgore, Shyam Varadarajulu, Mohamad Eloubeidi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster80 Kitajima, TsutomuDemand for home-based terminal care among the cancer patients in a ward in TokyoJapanTsutomu Kitajima, Osamu Noyama, Hiroye Yamamoto  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster81 Kumaranayake, LilaniEducation and HIV prevalence: Evidence from a Voluntary Counselling and Testing intervention in Lilongwe MalawiUnited KingdomLilani Kumaranayake  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster82 Kwon, SoonmanEquity in Health Care Financing in KoreaSouth KoreaSoonman Kwon, Bong-min Yang, Juwhan Oh  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster83 Laske-Aldershof, TreaInformed consumerism in the Dutch health insurance market: the current situationNetherlandsDoeska de Bruijn, Trea Laske-Aldershof  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster85 Lee, Yue-ChuneAdverse Pharmaceutical Payment Incentive and Providers' Behavior: the emergence of the GP-owned Gateway-Pharmacies in TaiwanTaiwanYue-Chune Lee, Kuang-Hua Huang, Yu-Tung Huang  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster86 Lee, Yue-ChuneImpacts of the Cost Containment Strategies on Pharmaceutical Expenditures of the National Health Insurance in Taiwan 1997-2002TaiwanYue-Chune Lee, Ming-Chin Yang, Yu-tung Huang, Sun-Bing Chen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster87 Legood, RosaCost effectiveness analysis alongside cluster randomised trials: evaluating cervical cancer prevention in rural IndiaUnited KingdomRosa Legood, Cedric Mahe, Alastair Gray, Jane Wolstenholme  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster88 Li, ChenghuiDisparity in medical care utilization health Insurance and selection biasUnited StatesChenghui Li  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster89 Liu, XingzhuHow Much Does It Cost to Reach PRSP Targets? A Cosing ToolUnited StatesXingzhu Liu, Owen Smith, Marty Makinen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster90 Lochoro, PeterPublic-private partnership in health: Working together to improve health sector performance in UgandaUgandaPeter Lochoro, Juliet Bataringaya, Christine Tashobya  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster91 Lu, MingshanPsychiatric Disorders and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the National Latino and Asian American StudyCanadaPinka Chatterji, Margarita Alegria, Mingshan Lu, David Takeuchi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster92 Lurie, IthaiThe Effects of Welfare Reform on the Health Insurance Coverage of Naturalized Citizens Permanent Residents and Non-Permanent ResidentsUnited StatesIthai Lurie  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster93 Maceira, DanielDemand Needs and Subsidies in Pharmaceuticals: The Experience of the Remediar Program in ArgentinaArgentinaDaniel Maceira, Ignacio Apella, Eugenia Barbieri  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster94 Maceira, DanielLearning and Focalization in an Argentinean Program of Distribution of MedicinesArgentinaDaniel Maceira, Ignacio Apella, Eugenia Barbieri  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster95 Marek, ToniaBusiness as usual won't work: Let's harness the private sector to reach public health goalsUnited StatesTonia Marek, Catherine O'Farrell, Chiaki Yamamoto, Ilyse Zable  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster96 Masiero, GiulianoRegional differences in outpatient antibiotic consumption in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandMassimo Filippini, Giuliano Masiero and Karine Moschetti  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster97 McCabe, ChristopherSpecial status for orphan drugs in health care decision making: a wise move?United KingdomChristopher McCabe, Aki Tsuchiya, Karl Claxton  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster98 McCombs, JeffreyThe Impact of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications on the Cost of Treating Patients with SchizophreniaUnited StatesJeffrey McCombs, Lei Chen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster99 Medina Lara, AntonietaEvaluating HIV/AIDS related health states in HIV infected UgandansUnited KingdomAntonieta Medina Lara  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster100 Zarnett, DaraCost Analysis of Surgical Patch Repair for Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaCanadaAlexandra Mihailovic, Dara Zarnett, Argerie Tsimicalis, David Bumpass, Jaco B Langer, Audrey Laporte  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster101 Mihaylova, BorislavaApproaches to subgroup economic analyses in clinical trials- the case of cardiovascular disease preventionUnited KingdomBorislava Mihaylova, Andrew Briggs, Alastair Gray  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster102 Miraldo, MarisaReference Pricing vs Co-Payment: drugs prices, quality and market coverageUnited KingdomMarisa Miraldo  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster103 Mohanan, ManojMedical Education in India: Trends and Implications for India's Health SystemUnited StatesManoj Mohanan  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster104 Mohsen, Ayman AbdelTraining Midwives to Insert IUDs An Initiative to Expand Access to Family Planning Services in JordanUnited StatesAyman Abdel Mohsen  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster105 Moorin, RachaelSelf-Initiated Switching between Private and Public Inpatient Hospitalisation in Western Australia 1980 - 2001AustraliaRachael Moorin, C. D'Arcy Holman  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster106 McIntyre, DiWill countries changing malaria treatment policy to Artemisinin-based combination therapies benefit from introducing Rapid Diagnostic Tests before treatment?South AfricaCharlotte Muheki, Karen Barnes, Diane McIntyre  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster107 Mukti, GhufronAn Analysis of Willingness To Pay for Cost-Sharing of Health Insurance Members Hospitalized In Banggai District Hospital Midle Sulawesi IndonesiaIndonesiaGhufron Mukti  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster108 Murindwa, GraceMeasuring the impact of Health Sector Management Reforms in Uganda against the objectives of efficiency equity and community participationUgandaGrace murindwa  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster109 Murray, CarolynViews about access equity and cost-effectiveness: an interview study with NHS decision-makersUnited KingdomCarolyn Czoski Murray, Sheila Kennedy  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster110 Mwisongo, AzizaFeasibility of implementing Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS in ZanzibarTanzaniaAziza Mwisongo, Emmanuel Makundi  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster112 Navarrete, TrilceThe Value of the Arts in the Health Care SystemNetherlandsTrilce Navarrete  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster113 Oberg, KlasIs there a shortage of nurses and physicians in Sweden?SwedenKlas Oberg, Ann Bonair  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster114 Ohkusa, YasushiA Trial of Syndromic Surveillance Systems in JapanJapanYasushi Ohkusa, Tamie Sugawara, Mika Shigematsu, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Okabe  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster115 Ozdemir, SemraStated or Misstated Health Preferences? Statistical Consequences of Suboptimal Experimental Designs in Stated-Choice SurveysUnited StatesF. Reed Johnson, Brett Hauber, Semra Ozdemir  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster116 Paolucci, FrancescoVoluntary supplementary health insurance as a tool for risk-selection: a five country comparisonNetherlandsFrancesco Paolucci, Frederik Schut, Wynand PMM Van den Ven  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster117 Paolucci, FrancescoInformation and Selection in Competitive Health Insurance MarketsNetherlandsRob van der Noll, Francesco Paolucci  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster118 Paris, ValeriePharmaceutical companies facing patent expiry: which strategies? For which results?FranceNathalie Grandfils, Valerie Paris, Catherine Sermet  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster119 Paris, ValerieThe determinants of drug pricing in France: an econometric analysisFranceNathalie Grandfils, Stéphane Lhuillery, Valérie Paris, Lise Rochaix  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster120 Philipson, TomasEstimating The Value of Faster Drug Approval: The Prescription Drug User Fee Acts (PDUFA)United StatesTomas Philipson, Adrian Gottchalk, Matthew Strobeck, Ernst Berndt  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster121 Schneider, PiaThe effectiveness of social health insurance: Evidence from household survey results from EgyptUnited StatesPia Schneider, Manjiri Bhawalkar, Nancy Pielemeier  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster122 Polimeni, JohnPharmaceuticals Hormones and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in the United StatesUnited StatesJohn Polimeni, Raluca Iorgulescu  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster123 Preker, AlexanderMutual Health Insurance in Ghana: Fiscal Sustainability and Strategic Purchasing of Priority Health ServicesUnited StatesLaura Rose, Alexander Preker, Michael Cichon  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster124 Prinsze, FemmekeRisk selection in the Dutch competitive health insurance market: a theoretical or a practical problem?NetherlandsFemmeke Prinsze, Doeska de Bruijn, Frederik Schut, Wynand PMM Van den Ven  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster125 Rahman, Syed AzizurHealth Sector Reforms in Bangladesh: Effects on Human ResourcesBangladeshSyed Azizur Rahman, Ssengooba Freddie, Charles Hongoro  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster126 Rehnberg, ClasValue for money: How WTP for broad health care commodities can aid priority-setting in health careSwedenClas Rehnberg, Felix Masiye  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster128 Robinson, SuzanneTest-retest Reliability of Time Trade-off and Person Trade-off: a Review and Empirical InvestigationUnited KingdomStirling Bryan  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster129 Rovira, JoanThe World Bank's Role in Shaping Pharmaceutical Policies in Latin AmericaSpainJoan Rovira  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster130 Ruiz, FernandoA decentralization health policy and competitive social insurance the case of Colombian subsidized insuranceColombiaFernando Ruiz, Gloria O'Meara  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster131 Ryan, MandyUsing Discrete Choice Experiments To Develop Prioritisation Scoring SystemsUnited KingdomMandy Ryan, Fernando San Miguel, Juan Cabases, Eduardo Sanchez  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster132 de Sá, Edvaldo BatistaDecentralized Health Care Financing in BrazilBrazilEdvaldo Batista de Sá  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster133 Sach, TraceyA 'league table' of willingness-to-pay values across intervention health problem and country.United KingdomTracey Sach, Richard Smith, David Whynes  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster134 Schmiede, AnnetteThe Australian Experience with Public Hospital Privatisations: A 15-Year ReviewAustraliaAbby Bloom, Annette Schmiede  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster135 Schreyoegg, JonasDetermining the effects of drug budgets in GermanyGermanyJonas Schreyoegg, Reinhard Busse  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster136 Siciliani, LuigiOptimal contracts waiting times and asymmetric informationUnited KingdomLuigi Siciliani  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster137 Simon, JuditThe use of long-term outcome measures in economic evaluations alongside perinatal trialsUnited KingdomJudit Simon, Stavros Petrou, Alastair Gray  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster138 Smith, OwenResource requirements and policy issues for scaling up anti-retroviral therapy for HIV/AIDSUnited StatesOwen Smith  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster139 Ssengooba, FreddieIn-service training of health workforce: does this investment match onto health systems needs and rolesUgandaFreddie Ssengooba  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster140 Stuart, BruceInsurance Status and Drug Use among Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing HomesUnited StatesBruce Stuart, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Thomas Shaffer, Fatima Baysac, Dennis Shea  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster141 Sundewall, JesperContracting-out Health Services in Bangladesh: a Stakeholder AnalysisSwedenJesper Sundewall, Birger Carl  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster142 Tagli, MaurizioControlling health risks: the relative contribution of medicineSwitzerlandMaurizio Tagli, Peter Zweifel  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster144 Terris, DarceyTowards Efficiency in Risk Adjustment: A Conceptual ModelUnited StatesDarcey Terris  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster145 Thiede, MichaelTesting for HIV/AIDS: trying to tackle socio-economic patterns of uptake in South AfricaSouth AfricaMichael Thiede, Natasha Palmer  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster146 Torche, AristidesEconomic Value of Reducing Illness-Specific Mortality Rates in Absence of Perfect Insurance Markets with an application to ChileChileRodrigo Cerda, Aristides Torche  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster147 Vasquez, JohannaSocioeconomic determinants of physical activity and inactivity in adolescents in Morelos-MexicoColombiaJohanna Vasquez, Bernardo Hernandez  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster148 Velenyi, EditFeasibility Study of Scaling Up Social Health Insurance at Low-income Africa: Case Study on NigeriaUnited StatesEdit Velenyi, Alexander Preker  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster149 Wadee, HaroonCan private wards in South African public hospitals offer equity gains?South AfricaHaroon Wadee, Lucy Gilson  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster150 Walton, SurreyThe US Pharmacist Shortage: Understanding State Level Changes in SupplyUnited StatesSurrey Walton, Glen Schumock, Kathy Knapp, Laura Miller  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster151 Watson, VerityTesting for inconsistencies in Iterative Contingent Valuation FormatsUnited KingdomVerity Watson, Mandy Ryan  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster152 Weeks, WilliamDirecting private sector revascularization to improve VA patients' outcomesUnited StatesWilliam Weeks, David Bott, Dorothy Bazos, Michael Racz, Edward Hannan, Steven Wright, Elliott Fisher  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster153 Windmeijer, FrankWaiting Lists Waiting Times and Admissions: an Empirical Analysis at Hospital and General Practice LevelUnited KingdomFrank Windmeijer, Hugh Gravelle, Pierre Hoonhout  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster154 Wong, IreneEmpirical Observations of the Health Behavioural Model in Hong KongChinaIrene OL Wong, Gabriel M Leung  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster155 Wyss, KasparCosts of a possible SARS epidemic in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandKaspar Wyss, Joao Costa, Mirjam Feuz  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster156 Yabroff, K. RobinPatient time costs for breast colorectal and lung cancer careUnited StatesK. Robin Yabroff, Joan Warren, William Davis, Kevin Knopf, Martin Brown  
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WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster158 Yang, Ming-ChinEffects of co-payment on medical care utilization under national health insurance: the case of TaiwanTaiwanMing-Chin Yang, Tzu-Ling Juan, Yu-Chia Chang  
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WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster161 Zhang, JingboTrends in Hospital Expenditure by Function and Type of Expense in CanadaCanadaJingbo Zhang, Geoff Ballinger, Vern Hicks  
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster162 Zhang, XinzhiEconomic burden of Lyme disease in an endemic areaUnited StatesXinzhi Zhang, Martin Meltzer, Cesar PeÒa, Annette Hopkins, Lane Wroth, Alan Fix  
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