5th World Congress | Barcelona | Wednesday Program
DayTimeRoomNo.SessionChairPresenterTitleCountryAuthor ListDiscussantsOrganizer
DayTimeRoomNo.SessionChairPresenterTitleCountryAuthor ListDiscussantsOrganizer
WE0745-0900Atrium Refreshments       
WE0800-090040.002 iHEA Membership Meeting       
WE0800-1700Atrium:Poster Wednesday Poster Session      
WE0900-100040.0021Health Plan ChoiceToni AshtonMaciejewski, MatthewPrior Expenditures and Health Plan Choice by Medicare Beneficiaries with DiabetesUnited StatesMatthew Maciejewski, Bryan Dowd, Mark Perkins, George Emerson  
WE0900-100040.0022 Melayne, McInnesToo Much Choice? An Experimental Analysis of the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card ProgramUnited StatesMcInnes Melayne, Judith Shinogle, Wood Stacy  
WE0900-100040.0023 Monheit, AlanHealth Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Understanding the Role of Preferences for CoverageUnited StatesAlan Monheit, Jessica Vistnes  
WE0900-100040.0024 Laske-Aldershof, TreaThe effect of price and quality on health insurer choiceNetherlandsTrea Laske-Aldershof  
WE0900-100040.0025 van Vliet, ReneFree choice of health plan combined with risk-adjusted capitation payments: are switchers and new enrolees good risks?NetherlandsRene van Vliet  
WE0900-100040.0041Health Plan StructurePeter CoyteNurmagambetov, TursynbekThe effect of health plan structure on health care utilization and expenditures for persons with asthmaUnited StatesTursynbek Nurmagambetov, Adam Atherly, Seymour Williams, Stephen Redd  
WE0900-100040.0042 White, WillConfused Consumers are Unhappy Consumers: Consumer Knowledge of Plan Characteristics and Health Plan SatisfactionUnited StatesWill White  
WE0900-100040.0043 Ko, SukyoungCost Difference as a Result of the Differences in Incentives in 3 Different Insurance plans South KoreaSukyoung Ko, Taesun Lee, Dajin Park, Jinhyun Kim  
WE0900-100040.0044 Aragao, FilipaDeath Spirals: Switching Costs and Health Premium Payment SystemsPortugalFilipa Aragao, Randall Ellis  
WE0900-100040.0045 Bradley, RalphA Semiparametric Model for Asymmetric Information in Health Plan MarketsUnited StatesRalph Bradley  
WE0900-100040.0061Dilemmas in Health InsurancePing ZhangGoddeeris, JohnThe Samaritan's Dilemma Safety Nets and Public InsuranceUnited StatesJohn Goddeeris  
WE0900-100040.0062 van Gool, KeesCatch us when we fall: an analysis of the Medicare safety net policy in AustraliaAustraliaKees van Gool, Elizabeth Savage, Rob Anderson, Marion Haas, Rosalie Viney  
WE0900-100040.0063 Mellstrom, CarlCrowding Out in Blood Donation: Was Titmuss Right?SwedenCarl Mellstrom, Magnus Johannesson  
WE0900-100040.0064 Breman, AnnaCrowding out or crowding in?SwedenAnna Breman  
WE0900-100040.0065 Shih, Ya-ChenInvesting in Catastrophic Insurance: Is Taiwan's Catastrophic Illness Policy Cost-Effective?United StatesYa-Chen Shih, Chee-Ruey Hsieh  
WE0900-100040.0081Hospital IndustryGlenn JonesChakravarty, SujoyEvolution of the US Hospital IndustryUnited StatesSujoy Chakravarty, Martin Gaynor, Bill Vogt  
WE0900-100040.0082 Moschetti, KarineRegulation of secondary care markets with congestion effects SwitzerlandGiuliano Masiero and Karine Moschetti  
WE0900-100040.0083 Zwanziger, JackThe Financial Performance of Safety Net Hospital in the US in the 1990sUnited StatesJack Zwanziger  
WE0900-100040.0084 Khan, MahmudEstimating Hospital Efficiency: Comparing Results From Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Neural Networks for Single OutputUnited StatesShalini Bagga, Mahmud Khan, Ila Alam  
WE0900-100040.0085 Aaronson, WilliamDoes hospital efficiency in a transition country decrease as a result of increases in polyclinic efficiency?United StatesWilliam Aaronson, Anatoly Pilyavsky, Vivian Valdmanis, Patrick Bernet, Michael Rosko, Mikhail Golubchikov  
WE0900-100040.0101Economics of the Un- and Under-InsuredReiner LeidlLi, ChenghuiPattern of health care use when uninsured: do the temporarily uninsured time their utilization?United StatesChenghui Li  
WE0900-100040.0102 Zuckerman, StephenEstimating the Effects of Health Insurance Coverage Expansions in the United States United StatesStephen Zuckerman, Sharon Long  
WE0900-100040.0103 Wolfe, BobbieExtending Health Care Coverage to the Low-Income Population: The Influence of the Wisconsin BadgerCare Program on Insurance CoverageUnited StatesBobbie Wolfe, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, Yoonyoung Cho  
WE0900-100040.0104 Gresenz, CaroleHealthcare Markets the Safety Net and Access to Care Among the UninsuredUnited StatesCarole Gresenz, Jeannette Rogowski, Jose Escarce  
WE0900-100040.0105 Tsai, Yi-WenWho is still uninsured under Taiwan's National Health Insurance: lessons from the enrollment policyTaiwanYi-Wen Tsai, Yu Ping Wen, Hsingyi Chang, Chia-Rung Tsai, Chung-Lin Yang  
WE0900-100040.0121Risk AdjustmentRichard FrankLin, WenderDevelopment of a Non-parametric Risk Adjustment Model Based On Regression Tree AnalysisTaiwanWender Lin, Ray-E Chang, Chi-Jeng Hsieh  
WE0900-100040.0122 Van de Voorde, CarineIncentives for risk selection and omitted variables in the risk adjustment formulaBelgiumErik Schokkaert, Carine Van de Voorde  
WE0900-100040.0123 Vargas, VeronicaPreventing Risk Selection in the Chilean Health System: Sharing the Cost of High Risk PatientsChileVeronica Vargas, David Washburn  
WE0900-100040.0124 Mackay, BretEmpirical Risk Adjustment: Longitudinal data and disease severityUnited StatesBret Mackay  
WE0900-100040.0125 Garcia Goni, ManuelRisk Sharing and Risk Adjustment Strategies to Deal with Health Plan Selection and EfficiencySpainManuel Garcia Goni  
WE0900-100040.1441Economics of Health Care SafetyRobert WoodwardBaker, LaurenceHospital Financial Performance and Patient SafetyUnited StatesLaurence Baker, Geppert Jeffrey, Sara Singer, Kelly Dunham  
WE0900-100040.1442 Okunade, AlbertRestaurant Hygiene Inspection Scores: Implications of Public Safety for Industry Sales Performance United StatesAlbert Okunade, LaChelle Wilburn  
WE0900-100040.1443 Bernard, DidemAdverse Patient Safety Events: Costs of Readmissions and Patient Outcomes Following Discharge United StatesDidem Bernard, William Encinosa  
WE0900-100040.1444 Andersson, HenrikWTP for Road Safety in Sweden: A Comparison of a Hedonic and a Survey ApproachSwedenHenrik Andersson  
WE0900-100040.1445 Irina, CleemputLeukoreduction as paradigm of blood safety dilemmasBelgiumLuc Bonneux, Cleemput Irina, Dirk Ramaekers, Mark Leys   
WE0900-100040.1461Resource AllocationRoger FeldmanStreet, AndrewDo Targets Matter? A comparison of English and Welsh national health prioritiesUnited KingdomAndrew Street, Katharina Hauck  
WE0900-100040.1462 Cicchetti, AmericoLinking resource allocation formulas and distributional justice principles: evidence from the Italian National Health ServiceItalyAmerico Cicchetti, Filippo Leone, Anna Ceccarelli  
WE0900-100040.1463 Plans-Rubio, PedroStrategies to allocate resources between patient groups based on the social welfare functionSpainPedro Plans-Rubio  
WE0900-100040.1464 Gerard, KarenSelecting perspective for preference elicitation at resource allocation level: an empirical investigation using a choice experimentUnited KingdomKaren Gerard, Mandy Ryan  
WE0900-100040.1465 Zweifel, PeterThe Sisyphus Syndrome in Health RevisitedSwitzerlandPeter Zweifel, Lukas Steinmann, Patrick Eugster  
WE0900-100040.1481Economics of Screening IMarcelo DelajaraGoto, ReiCost effectiveness analysis of prostate cancer screening programmes in the era of individual baseline PSA valuesJapanRei Goto, Takashi Kobayashi, Kenji Mitsumori  
WE0900-100040.1482 Ekwueme, DonatusCost Analysis of Screening Diagnosing and Staging for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Literature United StatesDonatus Ekwueme, Yanjing Chen  
WE0900-100040.1483 Jowett, SueModelling the cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment decisions in atrial fibrillation: a comparison of alternative approachesUnited KingdomSue Jowett, Pelham Barton, Stirling Bryan, David Fitzmaurice, Jonathan Mant  
WE0900-100040.1484 Milne, RichardEconomic Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Screening and Lipid Lowering Treatment in a Clinical GuidelineNew ZealandRichard Milne, Gregory Gamble  
WE0900-100040.1485 Howard, KirstenMeasuring patient preferences for virtual and conventional colonoscopy as a diagnostic test in colorectal diseaseAustraliaKirsten Howard, Glenn Salkeld  
WE0900-100040.1501Economics of Health Systems IIRowena JacobsSsengooba, FreddiePerformance-based Contracting: a case study of non-profit hospitals in UgandaUgandaFreddie Ssengooba, Barbara McPake, Natasha Palmer  
WE0900-100040.1502 Yates, RobThe Ugandan Health Systems Reforms: Miracle or Mirage? United KingdomRob Yates, Barbara McPake, Valeria Oliveira Cruz, Christine Tashobya  
WE0900-100040.1503 Waters, HughThe Costs of Rehabilitating Health Systems in Post-Conflict SituationsUnited StatesHugh Waters, Brinnon Garrett, Gilbert Burnham  
WE0900-100040.1504 Berman, PeterDifferences in National and International Estimates of National Health Spending in Developing Countries: Causes and ConsequencesUnited StatesPeter Berman  
WE0900-100040.1505 Durairaj, VaratharajanCoping with the success: An economic assessment of the Sri Lankan health systemIndiaVaratharajan Durairaj, Sarath M Samarage  
WE0900-100040.1521Economics of HIV/AIDS IISara BennettGalarraga, OmarThe Effect of HIV and HIV-related Depression on EmploymentUnited StatesOmar Galarraga  
WE0900-100040.1522 Gutierrez, Juan-PabloWhat type of goods are condoms? Implications for HIV preventionMexicoJuan-Pablo Gutierrez, Stefano Bertozzi  
WE0900-100040.1523 Seshamani, VenkateshThe impact of HIV/AIDS on the functional capacity of the Government of ZambiaZambiaVenkatesh Seshamani  
WE0900-100040.1524 Dmytraczenko, TaniaMonitoring the disbursement of HIV/AIDS funds: National Health Accounts findings from Rwanda Kenya and ZambiaUnited StatesTania Dmytraczenko, Tania Dmytraczenko, Susna De, Catherine Chanfreau, Marie Tien  
WE0900-100040.1525 Oliva, JuanDirect and Indirect Costs in Ambulatory Patients Living with HIV/AIDS in SpainSpainJulio Lopez-Bastida, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar, Juan Oliva, Lilisbeth Perestelo   
WE0900-100040.1541Economics of Managed CareBeatriz GonzalezSheu, JitianManaged Care Provider Networks and Enrollees' Provider ChoiceTaiwanJitian Sheu, Hsienming Lien  
WE0900-100040.1542 Domino, MarisaThe effect of Managed Care on the Diffusion of Psychotropic MedicationUnited StatesMarisa Domino  
WE0900-100040.1543 Jordan, NeilEffect of Managed Care on Treatment Costs for a Medicaid Population with Psychiatric DisabilitiesUnited StatesNeil Jordan, Kristine Jones, Huey Jen Chen, Roger A Boothroyd, Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi, David L Shern  
WE0900-100040.1544 Boncz, ImreChanges of the risk pooling structure of the Hungarian managed care programmeHungaryImre Boncz, Csaba Dozsa, Balazs Nagy, Andor Sebestyen, Laszlo Gulacsi  
WE0900-100040.1545 Volpe-Vartanian, JoannaGender Differences in the Effects of Managed Care on Mental Healthcare in Puerto Rico United StatesJoanna Volpe-Vartanian, Dominic Hodgkin, Margarita Alegria, Constance Horgan  
WE0900-100040.2501Income and Health IIIStefan FelderLink, CharlesWhy the Income Gradient Steepens for Older Children: Evidence from the Medical Expenditures Panel SurveyUnited StatesCharles Link, Simon Condliffe  
WE0900-100040.2502 Delfino, DorianaPublic Health Expenditure, Poverty and the Dynamics of TuberculosisUnited KingdomDoriana Delfino, Peter Simmons  
WE0900-100040.2503 Folland, ShermanExploring the Effect of Spouse, Children and Community on Individual Health and Behavior RisksUnited StatesSherman Folland  
WE0900-100040.2504 Zimmerman, FrederickLocal Economic Influences on Adult DepressionUnited StatesFrederick Zimmerman, Janice Bell  
WE0900-100040.2505 Lopez-Bastida, JulioSocio-economic costs of mental health in SpainSpainJuan Oliva Moreno, Julio López-Bastida, Angel Luis Montejo González, Rubén Osuna Guerrero, Beatriz Duque González  
WE0900-100040.2521Equity and Health IIIStephen MennemeyerOliveira Cruz, ValeriaShift in the approach to monitoring and evaluation in International Development Assistance for HealthUnited KingdomValeria Oliveira Cruz, Barbara McPake  
WE0900-100040.2522 Mahmood, QamarHealth disparities in Pakistan: how does the country fare in South Asia? What are the likely causes? What needs to be done?South AfricaQamar Mahmood  
WE0900-100040.2523 Xiaofei, PeiProvincial Income inequality and self-reported health status in China during 1989-1997United StatesPei Xiaofei, Eunice Rodriguez  
WE0900-100040.2524 Brandt, SylviaForecasting the Effects of the Clear Skies Initiative on Health DisparitiesUnited StatesSylvia Brandt, Michael Ash  
WE0900-100040.2525 Pande, BadriAttaining Millenium Development Goals (MDGs): Constraints faced in a low income countryNepalBadri Pande, Baburam Shrestha  
WE0900-100040.2541Technology AssessmentSteven HillMcGuire, AlistairTechnology diffusion: Substitution and treatment expansion of angioplasty in the UKUnited KingdomAlistair McGuire, Maria Raikou, Frank Windmeijer  
WE0900-100040.2542 Cooper, NicolaUse of evidence in economic decision models: an application of health technology assessments in the UK since 1997United KingdomNicola Cooper, Douglas Coyle, Keith Abrams, Miranda Mugford, Alexander Sutton  
WE0900-100040.2543 Eckermann, SimonHealth Technology Assessment in the Cost-Disutility PlaneAustraliaSimon Eckermann  
WE0900-100040.2544 Bravo, YolandaThe use of cluster analysis to identify factors that influence the establishment of Health Technology Assessment agenciesUnited KingdomYolanda Bravo Vergel, Brian Ferguson, Cynthia Iglesias  
WE0900-100040.2545 Wordsworth, SarahEconomic evaluation and decision making in cardiology: what can genetic technologies add?United KingdomSarah Wordsworth, Jose Leal, Rosa Legood  
WE1000-110040.0021Health Care ModelingMarcos Vera-HernandezSander, BeateCurrent Modeling Approaches of Influenza Epidemics: Convergence or Divergence?CanadaBeate Sander, Ava John-Baptiste, Andreas Maetzel, Murray Krahn  
WE1000-110040.0022 Oluboyede, OyeyemiTesting models of stochastic choice in health state valuation dataUnited KingdomOyeyemi Oluboyede  
WE1000-110040.0023 Taylor, RebeccaThe use of 'Indirect Comparisons' in Decision Analytic Modelling: A Case Study of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Leg and Back PainUnited KingdomRebecca Taylor, Rod Taylor  
WE1000-110040.0024 Treich, NicolasThe Effects of Health and Longevity on Risk-Aversion: An Empirical Test of the Predictions of a Life-Cycle Consumption ModelFranceNicolas Treich, James Hammitt, Kevin Haninger  
WE1000-110040.0025 Brisson, MarcImpact of model methodological and parameter uncertainty in the economic analysis of vaccination programsUnited KingdomMarc Brisson, John Edmunds  
WE1000-110040.0041Willingness-to-Pay IIJuan VargasMason, HelenEstimating a WTP based value of a QALY from existing studies of prevented fatalitiesUnited KingdomHelen Mason, Cam Donaldson, Michael Jones-Lee  
WE1000-110040.0042 Blomquist, GlennEliciting Willingness to Pay without Bias: Evidence from a Field ExperimentUnited StatesKaren Blumenschein, Magnus Johannesson, Nancy Horn, Patricia Freeman  
WE1000-110040.0043 Gold, LisaIs the irrelevant still relevant (and the relevant irrelevant) in willingness-to-pay?AustraliaLisa Gold, Alan Shiell  
WE1000-110040.0044 Ko, SukyoungWillingness to Pay (WTP) for Asthma Treatment in South KoreaSouth KoreaSukyoung Ko, Changyup Kim, Sangheon Cho  
WE1000-110040.0045 Pellegrini, SoniaExploring the thought process underlying the expression of a willingness-to-paySwitzerlandSonia Pellegrini, Claude Jeanrenaud, Florence Mori, MichËle Gennart, Marco Vannotti  
WE1000-110040.0061New Approaches in MethodologyStirling BryanLance, PeterRecent Advances in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation: A Helicopter TourUnited StatesPeter Lance, Gustavo Angeles  
WE1000-110040.0062 Pinilla-Palleja, RafaelLife Potential a New Way to Estimate Health CapitalSpainRafael Pinilla-Palleja, Francisco J. Goerlich, Mariano Matilla  
WE1000-110040.0063 Bernet, PatrickThe Value of Trust: A Proposed Methodology for EstimationUnited StatesPatrick Bernet  
WE1000-110040.0064 Klok, RogierDiscounting health: Combining current ideas into a new standard for the futureNetherlandsRogier Klok, Werner Brouwer, Lieven Annemans, Jasper Bos, Maarten Postma  
WE1000-110040.0065 Molinari, Noelle-AngeliqueAn ounce of prevention is worth how much? A hedonic approach to valuing health insurance coverageUnited StatesNoelle-Angelique Molinari, Mark Messonnier, Jeanne Santoli, Abigail Shefer, Fangjun Zhou  
WE1000-110040.0081Welfare EstimatesStuart PeacockTinelli, MichelaDeriving welfare estimates in Discrete Choice Experiments with multiple choice optionsUnited KingdomMichela Tinelli, Mandy Ryan, Maria Odejar  
WE1000-110040.0082 Lancsar, EmilyTaking account of the budget constraint when deriving welfare measures from stated preference techniquesUnited KingdomEmily Lancsar, Gillian Currie, Cam Donaldson  
WE1000-110040.0083 Farahati, FarahProductivity and Welfare Costs of insulin dependent and non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus CanadaFarah Farahati, Jeremiah Hurley  
WE1000-110040.0084 Lancsar, EmilyA method to derive welfare measures from discrete choice experiments with non constant marginal utility of incomeUnited KingdomEmily Lancsar, Cam Donaldson  
WE1000-110040.0085 Ferraz-Nunes, JosePrevention of Hip-fractures for people older then 64 year: Good business for Health Care and Community - Improvement in welfareSwedenJose Ferraz-Nunes  
WE1000-110040.0101Economic Evaluation IVAshoke Bhattacharjyade Bruijne, MartineEconomic evaluations in equivalence researchNetherlandsMartine de Bruijne  
WE1000-110040.0102 Mihaylova, BorislavaEconomic analysis of preventive interventions: impact of multivariate baseline risk and the timeframe of analysisUnited KingdomBorislava Mihaylova, Andrew Briggs, Alastair Gray  
WE1000-110040.0103 Toyokawa, SatoshiPhysicians' estimates of utility under conditions of chronic hepatitis C and side effect of interferon therapyJapanSatoshi Toyokawa, Yasuki Kobayashi, Masahiro Ohmori  
WE1000-110040.0104 Hawkins, NeilA Comparison of Patient Level Simulation Cohort Simulation and Closed-Form Analytic Rheumatoid Arthritis Cost-Effectiveness Models United KingdomNeil Hawkins, Karl Claxton, Mark Sculpher, Susan Griffin  
WE1000-110040.0105 Span, MarkNon-Inferiority Testing in Cost-Minimization StudiesNetherlandsMark Span, Christian van der Hilst, Elisabeth TenVergert  
WE1000-110040.0121Health and the EconomyTerkel ChristiansenO'Grady, KathrynEffect of neighbourhood economic characteristics on the health of individualsCanadaKathryn O'Grady, Douglas Coyle, George Wells  
WE1000-110040.0122 Etienne, Jean-MichelDo Economic Inequalities Harm Health? Evidence from EuropeFranceAli Skalli, Jean-Michel Etienne  
WE1000-110040.0123 Theodossiou, IoannisAre Recessions Harmful to Health After All? Evidence from the European UnionUnited KingdomIoannis Theodossiou, Agelike Nikolaou, Athina Economou  
WE1000-110040.0124 Lorgelly, PaulaAn Investigation into Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Uganda: The Case of HealthUnited KingdomDavid Lawson, Paula Lorgelly  
WE1000-110040.0125 Venkataramani, AtheendarThe Effect of Health on Technical Efficiency in Agricultural ProductionUnited StatesAtheendar Venkataramani, K.R. Shanmugam, Jennifer Ruger  
WE1000-110040.1441Health Care User Charges IIIThomas McGuireAguilar Rivera, AnaHealth service utilization and burden of out-of-pocket payments in Bolivia during the economic crisis 1999-2002SwitzerlandAna Mylena Aguilar Rivera, Ke Xu  
WE1000-110040.1442 Hsu, JohnCost-sharing for Emergency Department (ED) Care: Economic Implications of ED CopaymentsUnited StatesJohn Hsu, Mary Price, Richard Brand, Joseph Newhouse, Joseph Selby  
WE1000-110040.1443 Karan, AnupSocio-Economic Determinants of Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Expenditure in India: A Multivariate AnalysisIndiaAnup K. Karan, Charu C. Garg  
WE1000-110040.1444 Tashobya, ChristineHealth Sector Reforms and Poverty: the role of abolition of user fees in UgandaUgandaChristine Tashobya, Juliet Nabyonga, Barbara McPake, Rob Yates  
WE1000-110040.1445 Yu, Chai PingThe Impact of Private Health Payments on Malaysian HouseholdsUnited KingdomChai Ping Yu, David Whynes, Tracey Sach  
WE1000-110040.1461Economics and Information ITor IversenCoyle, DouglasValue of Information Analysis for the Treatment of OsteoporosisCanadaDouglas Coyle  
WE1000-110040.1462 Scott, GuyThe role of the internet in correcting for asymmetrical informationNew ZealandGuy Scott, Helen Scott, Terry Auld  
WE1000-110040.1463 Lin, Chun-MeiThe quality report cards approach to control the proportion of antibiotics prescribed by general practitionersTaiwanChun-Mei Lin, Chinho Lin, Sheng-Tun Li, Lu Tsai  
WE1000-110040.1464 Asim, OyaExploring local level use of economic evaluation: views of decision makers and health economistsUnited KingdomOya Asim, Joanna Coast  
WE1000-110040.1465 Williams, LestynThe use of CEA in local health decision-making: problems of both accessibility and acceptabilityUnited KingdomStirling Bryan, Lestyn Williams, Shirley McIver   
WE1000-110040.1481Health State Assessment IIUnto HakkinenTilford, MickHealth State Preference Scores of Children with Congenital Hearing Loss and Their CaregiversUnited StatesMick Tilford, Scott Grosse, Patti Martin, Laura Smith-Olinde  
WE1000-110040.1482 Sapin, ChristopheObtaining and Explaining EuroQoL utility values in Alzheimer's disease: the LASER-AD study perspectiveFranceChristophe Sapin  
WE1000-110040.1483 Robberstad, BjarneEstimation of private and social time preferences for health in northern TanzaniaNorwayBjarne Robberstad  
WE1000-110040.1484 Robinson, AngelaValuing health states: A fate worse than death?United KingdomAngela Robinson, Anne Spencer  
WE1000-110040.1485 Akunne, AnayoExploring the Health State Valuations of Individuals and Groups from Communities in Burkina FasoGermanyAnayo Akunne, Mamadou Sanon, John Bridges, Rainer Sauerborn  
WE1000-110040.1501Assessing the EQ-5DRavindra Rannan-EliyaPetrou, StavrosAn investigation into the empirical validity of the EQ-5D and SF-6D in an English populationUnited KingdomStavros Petrou, Christine Hockley  
WE1000-110040.1502 Graf von der Schulenburg, J.-MatthiasEuropean versus national data sets to generate health status index for the EQ-5DGermanyJ.-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg  
WE1000-110040.1503 O'Hagan, AnthonyBayesian Nonparametric Estimation of HRQoL from Preference Data and a New SF-6D Utility MeasureUnited KingdomAnthony O'Hagan, Samer Kharroubi, John Brazier  
WE1000-110040.1504 Augustovski, FedericoEQ-5D social values in the Argentine populationArgentinaFederico Augustovski, Alberto Velazquez, Vilma Irazola  
WE1000-110040.1505 Salomon, JoshuaEstimating health-state valuation functions based on ordinal ranking data: findings from a U.S. EQ-5D studyUnited StatesJoshua Salomon, Benjamin Craig  
WE1000-110040.1521Assessing QALY/DALY'sMatilde Pinto MachadoBurstrom, KristinaDecreased health-related quality of life in Stockholm County 1998 to 2002SwedenKristina Burstrom, Magnus Johannesson, Clas Rehnberg  
WE1000-110040.1522 Vanness, DavidMy Own Benevolent Dictator: Using Rank Dependent QALYs to Characterize Individual Treatment DecisionsUnited StatesDavid Vanness, Maureen Smith  
WE1000-110040.1523 Hopewell, JemmaThe use of parametric methods in the estimation of life-years and life-years gainedUnited KingdomJemma Hopewell, Simon Thompson  
WE1000-110040.1524 Hansen, KristianCosts per Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost of selected curative and preventive health interventions in ZimbabweDenmarkKristian Hansen, Glyn Chapman  
WE1000-110040.1525 Fox, StevenDe Broglie Does DALYs - Better Decision Analysis Through ChemistryUnited StatesSteven Fox  
WE1000-110040.1541Health Care CostingPeter ZweifelChapko, MichaelEquivalence of Two Health Care Costing Methods: Micro-Costing and Cost FunctionsUnited StatesMichael Chapko  
WE1000-110040.1542 van baal, PieterAccounting for indirect medical costs and effects in cost-effectiveness analysis: a dynamic modelling approach NetherlandsPieter van Baal, Talitha Feenstra, G. Ardine de Wit, Rudolf Hoogenveen  
WE1000-110040.1543 Thompson, SimonAddressing the analytical issues that arise in multinational costing studiesUnited KingdomSimon Thompson, Richard Nixon, Richard Grieve  
WE1000-110040.1544 Kramer, GordEffect of Co-morbidities on Chronic Disease Management CostsCanadaHabib Fatoo, Dan Friesen, Carina Wang, Gord Kramer, Tapan Chowdhury, Kasia Kunikiewicz  
WE1000-110040.1545 Rathe, MagdalenaMethodology to estimate a time series of out-of-pocket expenditureDominican RepublicMagdalena Rathe, Dayana Lora, Leonel Perez Lainez  
WE1000-110040.2501Economic Evaluation VThomas RiceSchlander, MichaelEconomic evaluation of medical interventions: answering questions people are unwilling to ask?GermanyMichael Schlander  
WE1000-110040.2502 Brennan, AlanTransforming the efficiency of partial EVSI computationUnited KingdomSamer Kharroubi, Alan Brennan   
WE1000-110040.2503 Eckerlund, IngemarPitfalls in pharmacoeconomic evaluation studies - experience from Swedish HTA-projectsSwedenIngemar Eckerlund, Anders Norlund  
WE1000-110040.2504 Armstrong, NigelNegating the opportunity cost and maybe the QALY: economic evaluation of fertility controlUnited KingdomNigel Armstrong, Cam Donaldson  
WE1000-110040.2505 Iglesias, CynthiaAgeing Population and Economic Evaluation: Assessing the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions in elderly population - the case of the VenUS I TrialUnited KingdomCynthia Iglesias, Nicky Cullum, David Torgerson, Andrea Nelson  
WE1000-110040.2521Equity and Health IVTimothy McBrideCastelli, AdrianaEquity in the delivery of health care in Great Britain: the impact of decentralisationUnited KingdomAdriana Castelli  
WE1000-110040.2522 Wadee, HaroonPublic-Private Interactions in the South African Health Sector: the Equity challengeSouth AfricaHaroon Wadee, Lucy Gilson, Duane Blaauw, Ermin Erasmus  
WE1000-110040.2523 Lee, Miaw-chwenPrice Elasticity of Chinese Medicine in Different Socioeconomic StatusUnited KingdomMiaw-chwen Lee, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang, Hong-Jen Chang  
WE1000-110040.2524 Dominguez Uga, Maria AliciaAn Analysis of Equity of Brazilian Health FinancingBrazilMaria Alicia Dominguez Uga, Isabela Soares Santos  
WE1000-110040.2525 MacMinn, WilliamEquity in Health and Health-Care Utilization in Canada: 25 Years of Public Health InsuranceCanadaLori Curtis, William MacMinn  
WE1000-110040.2541Economics of Screening IIWillard ManningPalmer, StephenA probabilistic model to assess the cost-effectiveness and value of information of oral cancer screeningUnited KingdomStephen Palmer, Paul Speight, David Moles, Martin Downer, David Smith, Martin Henriksson, Federico Augustovski  
WE1000-110040.2542 Stoykova, BoykaThe long and winding road from trial cost-effectiveness to efficient policy implementation in cervical screening programmesUnited KingdomBoyka Stoykova, Robin Dowie  
WE1000-110040.2543 Wong, IreneIs mammography screening cost-effective in Chinese women? A decision analytic approachChinaIrene OL Wong, Karen M Kuntz, Gabriel M Leung  
WE1000-110040.2544 Breen, NancyChanges in Rates of Cancer Screening by Race and Ethnicity in the US: What are the Determinants?United StatesNancy Breen, E. Kathleen Adams  
WE1000-110040.2545 Lopez-Bastida, JulioThe cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus at different screening intervalsSpainJulio Lopez-Bastida, Franco Sassi, Francisco Cabrera, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar  
WE1100-1145Atrium Poster Viewing + Refreshments       
WE1145-130040.0021Econometric Methods for Correcting for Missing Cost and Utilization DataJames F. Burgess, Jr.Dismuke, ClaraCorrecting Under-Reporting of "Non-DRG" Procedures in Inpatient Claims DataUnited StatesClara Dismuke, Andrew Kleit, W. David Bradford, Joseph TerzaJames F. Burgess, Jr., Andrew BriggsJames Burgess
WE1145-130040.0022 Cooper, NicolaEstimating the cost-effectiveness of an intervention in a clinical trial when partial cost information is available: A Bayesian approachUnited KingdomNicola Cooper, Paul Lambert, Lucinda Billingham, Alex Sutton, Keith Abrams  
WE1145-130040.0023 Bradford, W. DavidSocio-Economic Determinants of Physician Prescribing and Individual Compliance in Inhaled Steroid Use Among Asthmatic Pediatric Medicaid Beneficiaries United StatesW. David Bradford, Clara Dismuke, J Zoller, T McIlwain, T Steyer  
WE1145-130040.0041Modelling of decision making criteria for public funding of health technologiesDavid ParkinHarris, AnthonyUncertainty, economics and the decision to fund drugs in AustraliaAustraliaAnthony Harris David Parkin
WE1145-130040.0042 Mariñoso, Begoña GarciaThe relationship of drug reimbursement with the price and the quality of pharmaceuticals innovationsUnited KingdomBegoña Garcia Mariñoso, Maria del Carmen Garcia Alonso  
WE1145-130040.0043 Shillcutt, SamuelWhich health services are 'essential' for developing countries? The influence of cost effectiveness, burden of disease and other factors on World Bank recommendations.United KingdomSamuel Shillcutt, David Parkin, Nancy Devlin  
WE1145-130040.0044 Devlin, NancyNICE decision making in the UK: new evidence on the influence of osteffectiveness, quality of evidence and uncertaintyUnited KingdomNancy Devlin, David Parkin, Helen Dakin  
WE1145-130040.0061International perspectives on priority setting in local health agenciesCam DonaldsonPeacock, StuartThe multi-attribute utility model of priority setting using marginal analysisAustraliaStuart Peacock Stuart Peacock
WE1145-130040.0062 Ryan, MandyInto the Margin: Using discrete choice experiments to develop the PBMA frameworkUnited KingdomMandy Ryan, Seija Kromm, Craig Mitton  
WE1145-130040.0063 Mitton, CraigPriority Setting in Health Care: it's all about the organizationCanadaCraig Mitton, Cam Donaldson, San Patten  
WE1145-130040.0064 Bate, AngelaPromoting Principles not Practice: turning economics into a management process in health care commissioningUnited KingdomAngela Bate, Cam Donaldson, Danny Ruta, Madeleine Murtagh, Craig Mitton  
WE1145-130040.0081Risk and uncertainty in the economic evaluation of health careAdam OliverGraff Zivin , JoshPanel SessionUnited States David Meltzer, Adam OliverJohn Bridges
WE1145-130040.0082 Bridges , JohnPanel SessionGermany   
WE1145-130040.0083 Birch , StephenPanel SessionCanada   
WE1145-130040.0084 Gafni , AmiramPanel SessionCanada   
WE1145-130040.0085 Molnar , RachaelPanel SessionUnited States   
WE1145-130040.0101Health insurance, health, and health care in ChinaAdam WagstaffYip, WinnieFrom Birth to Death: A Lifecourse Analysis of the Health and Care for the Elderly in ChinaUnited StatesWinnie Yip Adam Wagstaff
WE1145-130040.0102 Wang, JianDisparities, Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance in Urban China: Micro-evidence from Five CitiesAustraliaJian Wang, Mingshan Lu, Karen Eggleston, Jing Zhang  
WE1145-130040.0103 de Brauw, AlanImplementing the New Cooperative Medical System in ChinaUnited StatesAlan de Brauw, Phil Brown, Funing Zhong  
WE1145-130040.0104 Lindelow, MagnusHealth Insurance, Payment Risk, Utilization and Non-Health Outcomes: Matching-Based Evidence from Rural ChinaUnited StatesMagnus Lindelow, Adam Wagstaff  
WE1145-130040.0121Sectoral cost-effectiveness analysis for national-level priority-settingDavid EvansAdam, TaghreedCost-effectiveness of interventions to promote breastfeedingSwitzerlandTaghreed Adam, Jeremy Lauer Dan Chisholm
WE1145-130040.0122 Chisholm, DanDeveloping efficient packages of care for mental health and addiction in developing countriesSwitzerlandDan Chisholm  
WE1145-130040.0123 Lim, StephenSector-wide application of cost-effectiveness in ThailandThailandStephen Lim, Ben Johns, Melanie Bertram  
WE1145-130040.0124 Baltussen, RobMaking choices in health: cost-effectiveness and other criteria for public intervention in NepalNetherlandsRob Baltussen, Louis Niessen  
WE1145-130040.1441End of Life Care and SpendingJoseph LipscombFelder, StefanIncreased Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures: A New Calculation Using the Costs of DyingGermanyStefan Felder, Friedrich Breyer David Howard
WE1145-130040.1442 Ostermann, JanDoes Hospice Save Medicare Money or Not?United StatesDonald Taylor, Jan Ostermann, Courtney Harold Van Houtven  
WE1145-130040.1443 Howard, DavidMortality Risk and Costs among Survivors and DecedentsUnited StatesDavid Howard, Benjamin Druss, Steven Culler  
WE1145-130040.1444 Woodward, RebeccaLung Cancer Treatment Costs: What Benefit to the Elderly?United StatesRebecca Woodward, Martin Brown, Susan Stewart, David Cutler  
WE1145-130040.1461Cost Utility in Drug Abuse Treatment EvaluationWilliam S. CartwrightKraemer, KevinDirect Measurement of Patient and Societal Utilities for Drug ProblemsUnited StatesKevin Kraemer, Mark Roberts, Ihsan SalloumDonald ShepardWilliam Cartwright
WE1145-130040.1462 Pyne, JeffreyCost-Effectiveness Of Reducing Drug Treatment BarriersUnited StatesJeffrey Pyne, Brenda Booth, Michael French, Harvey Siegal  
WE1145-130040.1463 Booth, BrendaCost-Effectiveness Of Reducing Drug Treatment BarriersUnited StatesJeffrey Pyne, Brenda Booth, Michael French, Harvey Siegal  
WE1145-130040.1464 Polsky, DanielCost-effective treatment for opioid dependenceUnited StatesDaniel Polsky, Henry Glick  
WE1145-130040.1481Substance Abuse Policy and Neglected PopulationsKelly NoonanSaffer, HenryThe Demand for Alcohol by Older IndividualsUnited StatesHenry Saffer, Dhaval DaveMichael Grossman, Henry Saffer, Hope CormanHenry Saffer
WE1145-130040.1482 Corman, HopePrenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant HealthUnited StatesHope Corman, Nancy Reichman, Kelly Noonan, Dhaval Dave  
WE1145-130040.1483 Dave, DhavalIllicit Drug Use among Arrestees and Drug PricesUnited StatesDhaval Dave  
WE1145-130040.1501Healthcare Financing for the Elderly: Strategies for Nations with Regional Heterogeneity in Financing CapacityAlan GarberFang, PengqianPanel SessionChina  Wei Yu
WE1145-130040.1502 Wu, MingPanel SessionChina   
WE1145-130040.1503 Hu, ShanlianPanel SessionChina   
WE1145-130040.1521Perspectives on Racial Disparities in HealthKenneth ChayCutler, DavidExplaining Racial Differences in HealthUnited StatesDavid Cutler, Roland Fryer, Edward Glaeser Ken Chay
WE1145-130040.1522 Baker, LaurenceDiffusion of Neonatal Intensive Care and Black-White Newborn Outcomes DifferencesUnited StatesLaurence Baker, Christopher Afendulis, Amitabh Chandra, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Ciaran Phibbs  
WE1145-130040.1523 Greenstone, MichaelThe Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Program and Infant HealthUnited StatesMichael Greenstone, Douglas Almond, Kenneth Chay, Melissa Thomasson, Stacy Sneeringer  
WE1145-130040.1524 Almond, DouglasThe Long-Run and Intergenerational Impact of Poor Infant Health: Evidence from Cohorts Born During the Civil Rights EraUnited StatesDouglas Almond, Kenneth Chay  
WE1145-130040.1541Investing in Health through National Health InsuranceEddy Van DoorslaerPilote, LouiseImpact of Socioeconomic Status on Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Experience from CanadaCanadaLouise Pilote, Lawrence JosephVivian HoBill Hsiao
WE1145-130040.1542 Chou, Yiing-JenqEqual Access to Treatment and Health Outcome for Heart Attack Patients under Taiwan's National Health InsuranceUnited StatesWinnie Yip, Matthew Polisson, Ying-Chun Li, Yiing-Jenq Chou  
WE1145-130040.1543 Chen, LikwangThe effects of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on the level and distribution of health status among the elderlyTaiwanLikwang Chen, Winnie Yip, Ming-Cheng Chang, Hui-Sheng Lin, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Li Chuang, Ya-Ling Chiu, Shyh-Dye Lee  
WE1145-130040.2501Prices and Demand for Addictive SubstancesAndrew M. JonesManning, WillardThe Effects of Price on Alcohol Demand RevisitedUnited StatesWillard Manning, John MullahyAngel Lopez, Jody SindelarMichael French
WE1145-130040.2502 Pacula, RosalieThe Relationship between Marijuana Policy and Marijuana Markets in the United StatesUnited StatesRosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer  
WE1145-130040.2503 French, MichaelPrice Elasticity of Demand for Malt Liquor Beer: Implications for Public Health and PolicyUnited StatesMichael T. French, Ricky Bluthenthal, Didra Brown Taylor, Norma Guzmán-Becerra  
WE1145-130040.2521The U.S. Generic Market: Intellectual Property, Market Entry and Pharmaceutical CostsMaria del Val DiezSeoane Vazquez , EnriquePatents and Generic Entry of New Molecular Entities Approved by the FDA (1980-2001)United StatesEnrique Seoane VázquezStephen W. SchondelmeyerEnrique Seoane
WE1145-130040.2522 Agarwal, ShuchitaMarket Influences on Generic Drug Utilization in the U.S.: 1993 to 2001United StatesShuchita Agarwal, Stephen Schondelmeyer  
WE1145-130040.2523 Rodriguez-Monguio, RosaPotential Savings from Expanding Use of Generic Drugs in the Ohio Medicaid ProgramUnited StatesRosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Enrique Seoane Vázquez, Joe Crea  
WE1145-130040.2541Private health insurance incentivesRandall EllisWright, DonaldInsurance and Monopoly Power in the Provision of Private Hospital CareAustraliaDonald WrightRhema Vaithianathan, Karen Eggleston, Don WrightElizabeth Savage
WE1145-130040.2542 Savage, ElizabethThe impact on premium changes on the characteristics of the privately insuredAustraliaElizabeth Savage, Randall Ellis  
WE1145-130040.2543 Jack, WilliamOptimal risk adjustment in a model with adverse selection and spatial competitionUnited StatesWilliam Jack  
WE1300-141540.0021Covering the uninsured in the USAThomas McGuireBundorf, KateThe uninsured: risk, income, and the affordability of coverageUnited StatesKate Bundorf, Mark PaulyKatherine Swartz, Thomas Buchmueller, Glenn JonesRandall Ellis
WE1300-141540.0022 Ellis, RandallHealth insurance, expectations, and job turnoverUnited StatesRandall Ellis, Albert Ma  
WE1300-141540.0023 Herring, BradleyRisk segmentation in the individual health insurance marketUnited StatesBradley Herring, Mark Pauly, Niels Rosenquist  
WE1300-141540.0041Health Econometrics for Cost and Utilization DataWillard ManningBasu, AnirbanScale of interest versus scale of estimation: Comparing alternative estimators for the incremental costs of a comorbidityUnited StatesAnirban Basu, Bhakti Arondekar, Paul Rathouz Willard Manning
WE1300-141540.0042 Deb, ParthaBayesian Analysis of Finite Mixture Models for Health Care UseUnited StatesPartha Deb, Murat Munkin, Pravin Trivedi  
WE1300-141540.0043 Norton, EdwardA Semiparametric Derivative Estimator in Log Transformation ModelsUnited StatesEdward Norton, Chunrong Ai  
WE1300-141540.0061Impact evaluation of health programs and interventions in developing countriesAdam WagstaffVera-Hernández, MarcosIs It the Food? Evaluation of a Nutrition Programme in Rural ColombiaSpainMarcos Vera-Hernández, Orazio Attanasio Adam Wagstaff
WE1300-141540.0062 Frankenberg, ElizabethIron deficiency and the well-being of older adults: Results from a randomized nutrition interventionUnited StatesElizabeth Frankenberg, Jed Friedman, Duncan Thomas  
WE1300-141540.0063 Over, MeadModeling the impact of publicly financed AIDS treatment in ThailandUnited StatesMead Over, Ana Revenga, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Emiko Masaki, Wiwat Peerapatnapokin  
WE1300-141540.0064 Lindelow, MagnusHelping Poor Households With High Health Expenses: An Impact Evaluation of a Pioneering Program in ChinaUnited StatesMagnus Lindelow, Gao Jun, Adam Wagstaff  
WE1300-141540.0081Physician groups and the quality of careDana GoldmanSimon, CarolAre practice structure and market competition related to the quality of care delivered by office-based physicians?United StatesCarol Simon Michael Chernew
WE1300-141540.0082 Beaulieu, NancyWhy is Medical Care Quality so Low?United StatesNancy Beaulieu, David Cutler, Katherine Ho  
WE1300-141540.0083 Town, RobertMarket Power and Contract Form: Evidence from Physician Group PracticesUnited StatesRobert Town, Roger Feldman, John Kralewski  
WE1300-141540.0084 Chernew, MichaelOverlap in HMO Physician Networks and Convergence in HMO PerformanceUnited StatesMichael Chernew, Tim Gronniger, Walter Wodchis, Dennis Scanlon, Catherine McLaughlin   
WE1300-141540.0101Behavioral Economics and HealthMichael GrossmanKahvecioglu, DaverSmoking, Morbidity, and Mortality: Evidence from a Long PanelUnited StatesDonna Gilleskie, Daver Kahvecio?lu, Koleman StrumpfDonald Kenkel, Dean LillardTetsuji Yamada
WE1300-141540.0102 Sindelar, JodyDoes employment crowd out crime? Work, Crime, and Welfare as Sources of Income for Serious Drug UsersUnited StatesJody Sindelar  
WE1300-141540.0103 Yamada, TetsujiUtilization of Healthcare Services and Health Outcome of Children: pre- and post-State Children's Health Insurance Program ImplementationUnited StatesTetsuji Yamada, Chia-Ching Chen, Tadashi Yamada  
WE1300-141540.0104 Bishai, DavidFear Reversals: How Scare Tactics Can Lower the Demand for PreventionUnited StatesDavid Bishai, Roger Brice, Isabelle Girod, Aneta Saleh, Claudine Sapede, Jennifer Ehreth  
WE1300-141540.0105 Seplaki, ChristopherEmpirical Results on the Association between Elderly Living Environments and Physical FunctioningUnited StatesChristopher Seplaki  
WE1300-141540.0121The Determinants and Consequences of Health Insurance Offers and Take-upAlan C. MonheitRoyalty, AnneHealth Insurance and Labor Market Outcomes: Joint Decision-Making within HouseholdsUnited StatesAnne Beeson Royalty, Jean AbrahamHelen Levy, Erik Schut, Michel GrignonAnne Royalty
WE1300-141540.0122 Ohri, SabinaHealth Insurance Take-up by the Near-ElderlyUnited StatesThomas Buchmueller, Sabina Ohri  
WE1300-141540.0123 Bernard, DidemWhat Happens When Workers Fail to Take up Employment-Related Health Insurance? Evidence from 1996 and 2001United StatesDidem Bernard, Thomas Selden  
WE1300-141540.1441An Innovative Social Experiment in Community FinancingTim EvansWang, HongEffects of adverse selection in a voluntary insurance schemeUnited StatesHong Wang, William Hsiao, Licheng Zhang, Winnie YipPeter Berman, Paul Shaw, Shanlian HuBill Hsiao
WE1300-141540.1442 Zhang, LichengWillingness-to-pay for a Community-based Health Insurance in Poor Rural ChinaChinaLicheng Zhang, Wang Hong  
WE1300-141540.1443 Yip, WinnieImpact of Rural Mutual Health Care on Access and Health OutcomeUnited StatesWinnie Yip, William Hsiao, Hong Wang, Licheng Zhang  
WE1300-141540.1461Transition of Health Systems in Central and Eastern EuropeJosep FiguerasSchreyögg, JonasPanel SessionGermany Reinhard Busse, Martin McKeeChristian Gericke
WE1300-141540.1462 Riesberg, AnnettePanel SessionGermany   
WE1300-141540.1463 Kuszewski, KrzystofPanel SessionPoland   
WE1300-141540.1464 Gericke, ChristianPanel SessionGermany   
WE1300-141540.1465 Miskiewicz, PaulinaPanel SessionPoland   
WE1300-141540.1466 Hava, PetrPanel SessionCzech Republic   
WE1300-141540.1467 Hlavacka, SvätoplukPanel SessionSlovakia   
WE1300-141540.1481Contemporary issues in private health insurance in AustraliaDavid SalkeverButler, JamesA review of recent changes in public policy towards private health insurance in AustraliaAustraliaJames Butler Jim Butler
WE1300-141540.1482 Brown, SheltonLifetime Cover in Private Insurance MarketsAustraliaLuke Connelly, Shelton Brown  
WE1300-141540.1483 Moorin, RachaelThe Influence of Federal Health Care Policy Reforms on the use of Private Health Insurance in Disadvantaged Groups in Western AustraliaAustraliaRachael Moorin, D'Arcy Holman  
WE1300-141540.1484 Sidorenko, AlexandraOptions for insurer-provider risk-sharing payment schemes for hospital servicesAustraliaAlexandra Sidorenko, James Butler  
WE1300-141540.1501The economics of voluntary health insurance in developing countriesAlexander PrekerZweifel, PeterEconomics of Supply of Private Health Insurance in Developing CountriesSwitzerlandPeter ZweifelRichard SchefflerAlex Preker
WE1300-141540.1502 Pauly, MarkEconomics of Demand for Private Health Insurance in Developing CountriesUnited StatesMark Pauly  
WE1300-141540.1503 Zweifel, PeterMarket Equilibrium for Private Insurance in Developing CountriesSwitzerlandPeter Zweifel, Mark Pauly  
WE1300-141540.1504 Pauly, MarkMarket Equilibrium for Private Insurance in Developing CountriesUnited StatesPeter Zweifel, Mark Pauly  
WE1300-141540.1521Incentives for Public Service DeliverersLise RochaixPita Barros, PedroContractual design in public-private partnershipsPortugalPedro Pita Barros, Xavier Martinez-Giralt Oddvar Kaarboe
WE1300-141540.1522 Kaarboe, OddvarPerformance Based Incentives in Clinical TeamsNorwayOddvar Kaarboe, Burkhard Hehenkamp  
WE1300-141540.1523 Propper, CarolIncentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government AgencyUnited KingdomCarol Propper, Simon Burgess, Marisa Ratto, Emma Tominey  
WE1300-141540.1541Regulation and Public Provision in the Pharmaceutical Markets in ArgentinaTBARovira, JoanReview of the Effects of Law of Pharmaceuticals on the Patients Access to the MarketsArgentinaJoan Rovira, Carlkos Vasallo, Rodrigo FalboJuan CabasesArturo Schweiger
WE1300-141540.1542 Schweiger, ArturoREMEDIAR: A strategy of Public Supply of Essential MedicinesArgentinaArturo Schweiger, Ventura Graciela, Godoy Lucas, Montiel Leticia, Monsalvo Mauricio y Reale Armando  
WE1300-141540.1543 Machnicki, GerardoThe need of a Regulatory Agency for the Pharmaceutical marketArgentinaGerardo Machnicki, Arturo Schweiger, Julio y Laura Acosta Siede  
WE1300-141540.2501Using cost-effectiveness studies to inform technology coverage decision-making: some evidence, some opinions and some challengesMichael DrummondBryan, StirlingSeeing the NICE side of CEA: evidence from the UK on the use of cost-effectiveness in technology coverage decisionsUnited KingdomStirling Bryan, Iestyn Williams, Shirley McIver Stirling Bryan
WE1300-141540.2502 Garber, AlanCost-effectiveness and evidence evaluation as criteria for coverage policyUnited StatesAlan Garber  
WE1300-141540.2503 Gold, MartheCoverage and cost-effectiveness: asking Americans what they think and whyUnited StatesMarthe Gold, Shoshanna Sofaer  
WE1300-141540.2504 Sculpher, MarkThe use of economic evaluation for decision making: methodological opportunities and challengesUnited KingdomMark Sculpher, Karl Claxton  
WE1300-141540.2521The importance of experimental design in discrete choice experiments in health careRosalie VineyStreet, DeborahConstructions for Optimal Stated Preference Discrete Choice ExperimentsAustraliaDeborah Street, Leonie BurgessJordan LouviereRosalie Viney
WE1300-141540.2522 Fiebig, DenzilWomen's choices and providers' recommendations about cervical screening technologies: designing for the choice contextAustraliaDenzil Fiebig, Rosalie Viney, Marion Haas, Deborah Street, Leonie Burgess, Jeanette Ward  
WE1300-141540.2523 Kanninen, BarbaraOptimal Design of Binary Choice Experiments with Quadratic or Interactive TermsUnited StatesBarbara Kanninen  
WE1415-1600  Lunch (on your own) + Travel Time       
WE1615-1730Palau de la Musica Closing Plenary - Daniel Kahneman       
WE1745-1845Palau de la Musica Closing Reception