Posted 9/10/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE POLICY
March 22-23, 2010
The Institute of Government and Public Affairs of the
University of Illinois and the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago are hosting a conference, "New Perspectives on
Health and Health Care Policy," to be held March 22-23,
2010 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2009
TOPICS:
We invite scholars who are engaged in all areas of health and
health policy research to submit their work, though we are
especially interested in topics that are under-researched
or that present new ways to think about a particular
problem. A few examples of priority research areas are:
- Cost shifting: What are the mechanisms by which hospitals
shift costs between payers and what evidence is there to
support claims that the uninsured impose significant
costs on private payers?
- Prevention and primary care: What procedures and
treatments are truly preventive and cost-effective, and
does primary care deliver such treatment? Is primary care
a substitute or complement with specialty and tertiary
care?
- Insurance markets and competition: Is the health
insurance market competitive? What effects would a so-
called "public option" have on the private market? What
effects would insurance market reform have on the long-
term trajectory of health insurance costs and coverage?
- Early determinants of adult health: What is the relative
importance of cognitive factors, non-cognitive factors
and early health to adult health?
- Medical technology and research: What effect will
comparative effectiveness research and electronic medical
records have on the quality and cost of health care, and
health?
CONFERENCE PANEL:
The conference will include a panel discussion on the
current state of health care policy that features David
Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the
Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government;
and Mark Pauly, Bendheim Professor and Professor of Health
Care Systems, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and
Risk Management, and Economics at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Approximately 8-10 papers will be selected. The organizing
committee will give priority to original research with
direct public policy application. Participants will be
selected on the basis of papers or extended abstracts of
approximately 500 words. The conference will take place at
the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and will run from
roughly 1pm on March 22 to 2pm on March 23. The conference
will pay travel and lodging expenses for one author of each
paper.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2009
Notification: November 15, 2009
Please email your submissions to:
Email: MAILTO:lubotsky@illinois.edu
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois
- Darren Lubotsky, University of Illinois
- Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago