Session Chairs:

Yaa Akosa Antwi, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Papers:

"The Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform - The Case of Hospitalizations"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Brandon C. Koford, Weber State University

"Better to Be Safe than Sorry? Impacts of a Health Insurance Mandate on Hospital Inputs"
Melanie Cozad, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Does Physician Reimbursement Affect Treatment? Evidence from Restricting Balance Billing in California"
Yaa Akosa Antwi, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Contact Author)
Jaesoo Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Asako Moriya, Carnegie Mellon University

"Does Health Insurance Change Your Health Behavior?"
Xiaoxu Li, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Xiaoxu Li, University of Kentucky
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University
Melanie Cozad, The University of Tennessee

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Session Chairs:

Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University

Papers:

"Does High Health Industry Profitability Predict Higher Health Care Cost?"
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University
Zijun Wang, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Factors Associated with Adherence to Chemotherapy Guidelines in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
Ramzi G. Salloum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)
Thomas Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University
Gail A. Jensen, Wayne State University
Jennifer Elston-Lafata, Virginia Commonwealth University

"Medicare Part B Price Floors and Physician Upcoding"
Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Zijun Wang, Texas A&M University
Ramzi G. Salloum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Satis Chandra Devkota, Wayne State University

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Session Chairs:

Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"Estimating Multi-Product Hospital Cost Efficiencies by Payer Types with Quality and Other Controls"
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Albert A. Okunade, The University of Memphis

"Health State Dependence of Marginal Utility of Consumption: Are There Gender Differences?"
Meenakshi Beri, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Jennifer Ward-Batts, Wayne State University

"Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral Response? A Field Experiment in South Africa"
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University (Contact Author)

"Distributional Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Adult Smoking Behavior"
Erik Nesson, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Addressing Endogeneity and Nonlinearity in the Education/Smoking Relationship"
James H. Cunningham, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

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