This four-day event features panel discussions and contributed sessions on the latest developments in health economics research.
Cornerstone Research staff and affiliated experts will attend the Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) in Nashville to speak in plenary sessions, present original research, and share insights on the economics of health care.
Laurence Baker, Stanford University
23 June
- (Presenting Author) Abstract: “Effects of Integrating Primary Care and Specialist Physician Practices”
24 June
- (Presenter) Session: “Being a Health Economist: Working in Different Types of Departments and Schools,” 1:45 PM–3:15 PM
- (Presenting Author) Abstract: “Effects of the Part D Low Income Subsidy on Drug Utilization and Health”
M. Kate Bundorf, Duke University
23 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Effects of Integrating Primary Care and Specialist Physician Practices”
- (Chair) Emerging Scholars Session: “Effects of Health Insurance and Consumer Decision Making”
24 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Insurer-Primary Care Integration and Patient Steering in the Medicare Advantage Market”
- (Chair) Emerging Scholars Session: “Competition in Health Care Markets”
25 June
- (Chair) Session: “The Effect of Public Health Insurance Expansion: From Youth to the Golden Years”
- (Chair) Session: “The Economics of Medical Careers: Gender, Policy, and Pandemic Effects”
- (Author) Abstract: “Who Chooses a Career in Medicine? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical School Applications in China”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Health Womanpower: The Role of Federal Policy in Women’s Entry into Medicine”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Aging Out of Parental Insurance: Shifts in Insurance Status, Hospital Utilization, and the Role of Medicaid Expansion”
Caitlyn Fleming, Cornerstone Research
June 23
- (Presenter) Session: “Being a Health Economist: Working in Government, Health Insurance and Health Plans, Pharmaceutical Companies, Consulting Firms and Think Tanks,” 8:30 AM–10:00 AM
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University
25 June
- (Author) Abstract: “The Anatomy of Hospital Quality in the Treatment of COVID-19”
Darius Lakdawalla, University of Southern California
24 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Implications of Prospect Theory for Consumers’ Valuation of Novel Health Technologies”
- (Author) Abstract: “Equity Consequences of Semaglutide Access Disparities”
Sean Nicholson, Cornell University
23 June
- (Chair) Session: “Healthcare Provider Behaviour”
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University
23 June
- (Discussant) Abstract: “In Defense of the Middleman: Quality Failures in the Generic Pharmaceutical Market”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Costs of Technological Frictions: Evidence from EHR (Non-)Interoperability”
24 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Effects of the Part D Low Income Subsidy on Drug Utilization and Health”
25 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Jobs”
Michael Richards, Cornell University
23 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Managing Margins: PE Effects on Financial, Physical, and Human Capital”
24 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Owning the Agent: Hospital Influence on Physician Behaviors”
- (Author) Abstract: “High-Skill Trainees: Evidence from Residency Debuts”
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University
23 June
- (Presenting Author) Abstract: “Painful Bargaining: Evidence from Anesthesia Rollups”
- (Discussant) Abstract: “Price and Non-Price Effects of Physician Mergers and PE Acquisitions”
- (Chair) Session: “Private Equity Rollups and Antitrust Implications”
- (Chair) Session: “Pharmaceutical Procurement and Regulation”
Erin Trish, University of Southern California
23 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Equity in Insulin Access and Health Outcomes after the Inflation Reduction Act’s Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps”
24 June
- (Author) Abstract: “Hospital Prices Paid by Vertically Integrated Medicare Advantage Plans”
Cornerstone Research is a sponsor of this event, hosted by the American Society of Health Economists. For more information, please visit the event website.
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