Session Chairs:

Subhasree Basu Roy, Missouri State University

Papers:

"Effect of the Great Recession on Health and Health Behavior of Older Americans"
Subhasree Basu Roy, Missouri State University (Contact Author)

"The Evolution of Health and Older Age"
Drew Barker, University of West Georgia
William J. Smith, University of West Georgia (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Interviews on Memory Ability Among Older Americans"
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"Health Insurance Premiums and the Medical Care Utilization of the Elderly"
Yuping Tsai, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yuping Tsai, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University
Svetlana N. Beilfuss, Eastern Michigan University
Urbain Thierry Yogo, CERDI-Université d'Auvergne-France
Fafanyo Asiseh, North Carolina A&T State University

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Session Chairs:

Suhui Li, The George Washington University

Papers:

"New Evidence from State-Level Panel Data on Factors Affecting the Level and Growth of Healthcare Spending in the U.S."
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)
Svetlana N. Beilfuss, Eastern Michigan University

"The Effect of Housing and Financial Wealth on Healthcare Spending"
Nayan K. Joshi, Wayne State University (Contact Author)

"Measuring Labor Productivity in Health Care: A Test of Baumol's Cost Disease"
Christopher Mann, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Are List Prices Irrelevant? A Study of Pennsylvania Hospital Charges Reports"
Suhui Li, The George Washington University (Contact Author)
Mengcen Qian, Lehigh University
Mary E. Deily, Lehigh University

Discussants:

Christopher Mann, The University of Alabama
Alice Crisp, Florida State University
Nayan K. Joshi, Wayne State University
Vladimir Fleurimond, Georgia State University

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