5th Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists HEALTH & HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA: FROM ECONOMICS TO POLICY Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at The University of Southern California June 22-25, 2014 A B C D E F G H I J 0 30th Place J 0 McAlister Soccer Field G E F South Hoover Street Hoover South Orchard Avenue CARDINAL 1 GARDENS 1 APARTMENTS H West 30th Street Jefferson Boulevard McClintock AvenueD University Village B Food Court and Restaurants Royal Street Vermont Avenue Avenue Vermont Village Parking Gate Lot 1 C Theatre and Gallery University A WEBB Village Parking Shrine Place Structure B TOWER Jefferson Fire Building Station #15 Lyon Center Parking West 32nd Street 2 Lot Parking K 2 SSRI Lot V >> ARGUE PLAZA Peter Uytengsu Daland registration, meals, posters,Aquatics exhibitsPool Tennis Center Coffee Courts Bean & South University Avenue/University Walk >> BOVARD AUDITORIUM Tea Leaf plenary location Shrine Kaufman Parking South Royal Street USC School of Lot 23 Auditorium Cinematic Arts Dance >> CARDINAL GARDENS Center on-campus housingBrooks John McKay Pavilion Center 3 >> FOUNDERS PARK 3 Gavin Ahn Herbert Figueroa Street opening reception House University Plaza Gateway Apartments >> MUSICK LAw Building (LAW ) Ramo Robert Hall Social 33rd Street Wood Heritage Kaprielianconference sessions Loker Hall Booth Work Plaza Bing Center Hall Track Noble Hall Stadium Plaza Theatre Montgomery Schaeffer Irani WAITE Ross Fisher Center >> RALPH ANDHall GOLDY LEWIS HAll (RGL) Queens PHILLIPS Parking Courtyard West 34th Street Structure D HALL Jefferson Boulevard conference sessions Annenberg (WPH) Gabilan School for Taper Court Communication Hall >> RONAParkingLD TUTOR CAMPUs Center (RTCC) 4 Lot 6 Dornsife 4 Neuroscience Leavey plenary location Library Imaging Flower Street Center Denney Social Davidson Research>> VONKLEINSmid Center (VKC) Grace Ford Sciences Continuing Center FOUNDERS Salvatori Childs Way Education conference sessions PARK Center Hall Physical Parking Seeley G. 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With evidence. At the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Offering doctoral programs Health Policy & Economics, we enjoy critical through three USC Schools: discussions about health care- especially School of Pharmacy since we always back our arguments with Ph.D. in Health Economics data and rigorous research. Tracks in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and And we train our students and in Microeconomics scholars to do the same. We provide an Sol Price School of Public Policy interdisciplinary education and training Ph.D. in Public Policy and environment for undergraduate and Management graduate students as well as postdoctoral Tracks in Health Management and in Policy scholars. The cornerstone of our educational mission is each student’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences engagement in research projects under the Ph.D. in Economics NEW Health Economics Certificate in Fall 2014 guidance of a faculty mentor. Students interested in graduate study in Learn more at healthpolicy.usc.edu. health policy and economics can choose from multiple doctoral programs. Master’s programs are also available. When it comes SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 5th Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) to the health VENUE: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA DATES: June 22-25, 2014 SUNDAY, June 22 MONDAY, June 23 TUESDAY, June 24 WEDNESDAY, June 25 care debate, 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:15 am Registration Registration Registration 7:15 am 7 am–7 pm 7 am–7 pm 7 am–noon 7:30 am 7:30 am our students 7: 45 am 7:45 am 8:00 am 8:00 am 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:30 am 8:30 am are prepared to Concurrent Concurrent Concurrent 8:45 am Sessions Sessions Sessions 8:45 am 9:00 am 8:30–10 am 8:30–10 am 8:30–10 am 9:00 am 9:15 am 9:15 am 9:30 am 9:30 am Fight On. 9:45 am 9:45 am 10:00 am break break break 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:15 am Concurrent Concurrent Concurrent 10:30 am Sessions Sessions 10:30 am 10:45 am Sessions 10:45 am 10:15–11:45 am 10:15–11:45 am 10:15–11:45 am With evidence. 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:30 am 11:45 am break 11:45 am noon Lunch & Lunch Concurrent noon 12:15 pm Registration Pres Address Plenary Sessions 12:15 pm noon–7 pm 12:30 pm noon-12:30 pm noon–1 pm noon-1:30 pm 12:30 pm Offering doctoral programs 12:45 pm 12:45 pm At the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Poster Session through three USC Schools: 1:00 pm 12:30–2 pm break 1:00 pm Health Policy & Economics, we enjoy critical 1:15 pm Pre-Conf 1:15 pm Sessions 1:30 pm Concurrent 1:30 pm discussions about health care- especially School of Pharmacy 1–4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions Member 1:45 pm Sessions 1:15–2:45 pm Meeting 1:45 pm since we always back our arguments with Ph.D. in Health Economics 2:00 pm 1:15–2:45 pm 1:30-2:30 pm 2:00 pm data and rigorous research. Tracks in Pharmaceutical 2:15 pm 2:15 pm Economics and Policy and 2:30 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm break break 2:45 pm in Microeconomics And we train our students and 3:00 pm Concurrent Concurrent 3:00 pm scholars to do the same. We provide an 3:15 pm Sessions Sessions 3:15 pm Sol Price School of Public Policy 3:30 pm 3–4:30 pm 3–4:30 pm 3:30 pm interdisciplinary education and training Ph.D. in Public Policy and 3:45 pm 3:45 pm environment for undergraduate and 4:00 pm 4:00 pm Management 4:15 pm 4:15 pm graduate students as well as postdoctoral Tracks in Health Management and in Policy 4:30 pm break 4:30 pm break 4:45 pm 4:45 pm scholars. The cornerstone of our Concurrent 5:00 pm Opening Sessions 5:00 pm Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences 4:45–6:15 pm Plenary educational mission is each student’s 5:15 pm Plenary 5–6:30 pm 5:15 pm Ph.D. in Economics 5–6:30 pm engagement in research projects under the 5:30 pm 5:30 pm NEW Health Economics Certificate in Fall 2014 5:45 pm 5:45 pm guidance of a faculty mentor. 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:15 pm 6:15 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm Students interested in graduate study in 6:45 pm Reception Dinner 6:45 pm Learn more at healthpolicy.usc.edu. 6:30–8 pm at Natural health policy and economics can choose 7:00 pm History 7:00 pm 7:15 pm Museum 7:15 pm from multiple doctoral programs. Master’s 7:30 pm 6:30–8 pm 7:30 pm programs are also available. 7:45 pm 7:45 pm SPONSORS diamond platinum gold 4 silver 5 SPONSORS silver 6 valued supporters 7 Host Committee Members: Laurence Baker Mireille Jacobson Will Dow Tony LoSasso Liran Einav Mindy Marks Susan Ettner Rosalie Pacula Paul Feldstein Ciaran Phibbs Ted Frech Tom Rice Debbie Freund Manisha Shah Todd Gilmer Neeraj Sood Dana Goldman Joanne Spetz Joel Hay I would like to welcome each of you to the Fifth Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon), hosted by the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the University of Southern California! The mission of ASHEcon continues to be to promote excellence in health economics research and to provide a forum for emerging ideas and both empirical and theoretical results of health economics research. Historically the biennial conferences are the primary activity through which we achieve this mission, though you will be hearing much more this year about our new journal, which will launch in print early in 2015, the American Journal of Health Economics.