Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Do Health Care Consumers Look at Their Provider's Report Cards? An Investigation of the Impact of Cardiac Report Cards in Pennsylvania"
Justin Tsung-Yi Wang, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"Diabetes Patients and Their Choices"
Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"Health & Wealth: A Dynamic Demand for Medical Care"
Jennifer Kohn, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Cost Burden of the ‘Presenteeism’ Health Outcome In a Diverse Nursing and Pharmacy Workforce: Implications for Practice Models and Health Policies"
Carol Warren-Blakemore, Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc. (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Gifted Education Programs on Student Achievement"
Patrick Ryan Murphy, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Equal Treatment as a Means of Evaluating Public School Assignment Mechanisms"
Umut Ozek, University of Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University
Colin Knapp, University of Florida
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Matthew Fehnel, West Chester University
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Session Chairs:

Rachel Wilson, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Do Decreasing Prices in the Pharmaceutical Industry Provide Evidence of Price Convergence in the European Union?"
Aysegul Timur, Hodges University (Contact Author)
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

"Financial Performance and Patient Safety in Hospitals"
Nakcheon Choi, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Who Pays for Drug Quality?"
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York (Contact Author)
John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University

"Health Care Cost in the Age of Google: An Empirical Analysis of the Internet's Impact on Health Care Costs"
Rachel Wilson, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nayoung Lee, University of Southern California
Don P. Clark, The University of Tennessee
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York
Aysegul Timur, Hodges University