Session Chairs:

Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan

Papers:

"Initiation and Addiction: An Analysis of Adolescent Smoking Behavior"
Mir M. Ali, State University of New York - Stony Brook (Contact Author)

"Reading, Writing, and Sex: Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Academic Achievement"
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Emergency Contraception and Risky Behavior"
Christine A. Piette, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Impacts of Institutional Structure on Smoking Prevention Policies"
Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan (Contact Author)

"Adolescent Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Educational Attainment"
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University

Session Chairs:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University

Papers:

"A Comparison of Birth Outcomes Among North Carolina African American Women Participating in Alternate Medicaid Prenatal Care Programs"
Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University (Contact Author)

"Medicaid Funding and Health Outcomes"
Swati Mukerjee, Bentley College
Michael A. Quinn, Bentley College (Contact Author)

"Persistence of High Health Care Expenditures Among Children in Medicaid"
Caprice Knapp, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida
David Sappington, University of Florida
W. Bruce Vogel, University of Florida
Desmond Schatz, University of Florida

"Differences in the Cost of Antidepressants Across State Medicaid Programs"
Christina M.L. Kelton, University of Cincinnati (Contact Author)
Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College
Pamela C. Heaton, University of Cincinnati
Yann Ferrand, University of Cincinnati
Jeff J. Guo, University of Cincinnati

Discussants:

Naoko Akashi, California State University - Fullerton
Susan Chen, Purdue University

Session Chairs:

Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"Does Extending Health Insurance Coverage to the Uninsured Improve Population Health Outcomes?"
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University

"Death and Taxes: The Impact of Progressive Taxation on Health"
Anca Maria Cotet, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Medical Expenditure Puzzles"
Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Health Care Expenditures Among Children With Life-Limiting Illnesses"
Caprice Knapp, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Donna Wegener, University of Florida
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama - Birmingham