Session Chairs:

Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University

Papers:

"Do Managed Care Physicians Exhibit Greater Price Sensitivity in Their Choice of Prescription Drugs?"
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)

"Are We as a Nation Getting Our Money's Worth From Increased Spending on Health Care?"
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)

"A Full Cost of Disease Accounting Using the MEPS"
Brett Wendling, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Measuring Health Stocks and Health Flows Using the Health and Retirement Study"
Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook (Contact Author)

"The Utilization of Healthcare Services: An Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Health Behaviors, and Race and Gender on Healthcare Expenditures Using PSID Data"
Ralph C. Allen, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Jack H. Stone, Spelman College

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University
Ralph C. Allen, Valdosta State University
Heng Wei, University of Maryland

Session Chairs:

Brett Wendling, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"Controlling for Selection Into Maternity Care Coordination Programs When Comparing Birth Outcome Measures Under Alternate Medicaid Prenatal Services Plans"
Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University (Contact Author)

"Postpartum Hospital Stay and the Outcomes of Mothers and Their Newborns"
William N. Evans, University of Maryland
Heng Wei, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Malpractice Risk on the Use of Obstetrics Procedures"
BeomSoo Kim, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"The Forgotten Beneficiary of the Medicaid Expansions"
Andrea Kutinova, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire

Discussants:

Lan Liang, University of Illinois - Chicago
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University