SCHEDULE: MONDAY

Tuesday Sessions

Tuesday Morning
Room	8:30 am	10:00 am	11:15 am
No.2 Hall A	Competition, Organizational Structure, and Patient Health Chair: Randall Ellis Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Addressing uncertainty in (very) early economic evaluations of health care technologies: The application of scenario drafting and real options analysis Chair: JL Severens Starts at 10 a.m.	Treatment Chair: David Smith Starts at 11:15 a.m.
No.2 Hall B	What are the appropriate models for global health systems strengthening? Chair: Uwe Reinhardt Starts at 8:30 a.m.	The Socio-Economic Value of Medical Devices: Preliminary Evidence and Assessment Challenges Chair: Rosanna Tarricone Starts at 10 a.m.	Costs Chair: Anne Levin Starts at 11:15 a.m.
No.2 Hall C	International Resources for Improving Health in Developing Countries and their Effects on Government Health Expenditure Chair: Julian Schweitzer Starts at 8:30 a.m.	The Economics of Maternal Mortality Reduction Chair: David Bishai Starts at 10 a.m.	Public Health Issues Chair: Jalila Jbilou Starts at 11:15 a.m.
201A	Is prevention really better than cure? Methods and results of a national study evaluating the cost-effectiveness of preventive interventions (ACE-Prevention) Chair: Rob Carter Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Payment methods for medical care and efficiency of resource use Chair: Wei Yu Starts at 10 a.m.	What Affects Health Chair: Doug May Starts at 11:15 a.m.
201B	Transparency of transferability Chair: Hans Severens Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Demand, Social Costs and Accessibility, for Medical Care and Long-Term Care in Aging Society Chair: Haruko Noguchi Starts at 10 a.m.	Health Care Workers Chair: Preethi John Starts at 11:15 a.m.
201C	Community health system for chronic health management Chair: Shinya Matsuda Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Obesity and economics in Australia Chair: Bruce Hollingsworth Starts at 10 a.m.	Health Status Chair: Paul Grootendorst Starts at 11:15 a.m.
310	Regulation of Primary Care Physicians Chair: Tor Iverson Starts at 8:30 a.m.	QALYs for Youth: utility measurement in children and adolescents Chair: Michael Foster Starts at 10 a.m.	Hospitals 1 Chair: Art King Starts at 11:15 a.m.
303	Hospital Quality Chair: Yoon Kim Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Health Care Reform Chair: Jui-fen Rachel Lu Starts at 10 a.m.	Health Insurance Chair: Åke Blomqvist Starts at 11:15 a.m.
305A	Impact of Insurance on Access to Therapy Chair: Sushil Ranjan Howlader Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Prioritizing Access to Drugs Chair: Rosalie Viney Starts at 10 a.m.	Prescription Drugs Chair: James Zhang Starts at 11:15 a.m.
305B	Paying Doctors Chair: Konrad Obermann Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Primary Care Chair: Keerti Pradhan Starts at 10 a.m.	Smoking Chair: Andrew Sfekas Starts at 11:15 a.m.
305C	Extending Insurance Chair: Louis Niessen Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Health Care Spending and Aging Chair: Francesco Paolucci Starts at 10 a.m.	Maternal & Child Issues Chair: Shruti Kapoor Starts at 11:15 a.m.
307	Decisions in Long-Term Care Chair: Seiritsu Ogura Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Health Plan Design Chair: Pere Ibern Starts at 10 a.m.	Vaccination and Prevention Chair: Hindrik Vondeling Starts at 11:15 a.m.
308	Social Capital 2 Chair: Sherman Folland Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Education & Health Chair: Sailabala Debi Starts at 10 a.m.	Disparities Chair: Adam Zhou Starts at 11:15 a.m.
311A	Health System Financing Chair: Aparnaa Somanathan Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Chronic Disease Chair: Ping Zhang Starts at 10 a.m.	User Fees Chair: Robert Yates Starts at 11:15 a.m.
311B	Nutritional Programs Chair: Yang Hui Starts at 8:30 a.m.	Risk Adjustment and Costs Chair: Stephen Birch Starts at 10 a.m.	Expenditure Chair: Nishant Jain Starts at 11:15 a.m.

Tuesday Afternoon
Room	2:00 pm	3:15 pm	4:30 pm
No.2 Hall A	Financing Primary Health Care in L. A.: Three experiences Chair: Juan Vargas Starts at 2 p.m.	Ageing and long term care financing: an international comparison Chair: Luke Connelly Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Scaling Up Health Insurance in Developing Countries - from the Implementation Perspective Chair: Jack Langenbrunner Starts at 4:30 p.m.
No.2 Hall B	The role and use of cost-effectiveness analysis for HPV vaccine introduction decisions in low and middle income countries Chair: Raymond Hutubessy Starts at 2 p.m.	Health Expenditure, Financial Catastrophe and Impoverishment: Lessons from Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru Chair: Juan Rafael Vargas Starts at 3:15 p.m.	The influence of exit and voice in health reform in three small economies Chair: Sophia Schlette Starts at 4:30 p.m.
No.2 Hall C	Economics of Health Care Reform in China Chair: John Langenbrunner Starts at 2 p.m.	Improving financial protection in transition economies Chair: Melitta Jakab Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Methodological challenges and solutions in evaluation of public health policy interventions: a case study of alcohol pricing and promotion policies in England and its international generalisability Chair: Rob Anderson Starts at 4:30 p.m.
201A	Alcohol Starts at 2 p.m.	Health Related Marginalization in the Labor Market Chair: Bent Christensen Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Social welfare regimes and health system financing: experiences from Finland, France and Republic of Korea Chair: Hyoung-Sun Jeong Starts at 4:30 p.m.
201B	Reducing financial barriers to obstetric care in low-income countries Chair: Sophie Witter Starts at 2 p.m.	Explaining disparities in child health: the role of parental health and social characteristics Chair: Florence Jusot Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Causal effects of schooling on health? Chair: Owen O'Donnell Starts at 4:30 p.m.
201C	Preference Measurement: New Applications Chair: Peter Zweifel Starts at 2 p.m.	Health Care Market Failures in Low Income Countries Chair: David Bishai Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Reforming China’s health system—Lessons from health economics Chair: Adam Wagstaff Starts at 4:30 p.m.
310	Tobacco Tax Reform and Challenges in China, Indonesia, and Russia Chair: Zhengzhong Mao Starts at 2 p.m.	Political economy of health reform: experience from three continents Chair: Uwe Reinhardt Starts at 3:15 p.m.	New and Improved? How East/West Health Systems Evaluate New Technologies Chair: Kathryn Phillips Starts at 4:30 p.m.
303	Hospital Utilization Chair: Charles Matsiko Starts at 2 p.m.	Private Insurance Chair: Kathryn Antioch Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Selection in Health Insurance Chair: Qiao Nan Starts at 4:30 p.m.
305A	Drug Research Chair: John Hsu Starts at 2 p.m.	Diet Chair: Frank Windmeijer Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Children's Health Outcomes Chair: Sonia Aziz Starts at 4:30 p.m.
305B	Access to Primary Care Chair: Thomas Czypionka Starts at 2 p.m.	Child Survival Chair: Richard Milne Starts at 3:15 p.m.	What Affects Health Chair: Art King Starts at 4:30 p.m.
305C	Pay-for-Performance Chair: Kisalaya Basu Starts at 2 p.m.	Work Force Chair: Enrique Seoane-Vazquez Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Demand for Mental Health Care Starts at 4:30 p.m.
307	Health Shocks Starts at 2 p.m.	Addictions Chair: Walter Ried Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Health System Reform Chair: Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda Starts at 4:30 p.m.
308	Long-Term Care Chair: Raquel Fonseca Starts at 2 p.m.	Catastrophic Expenditures Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Financing Innovations Chair: Dov Chernichovsky Starts at 4:30 p.m.
311A	Insuring Children Starts at 2 p.m.	Risk Adjustment Methods Chair: Yongming Zhao Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Global Health Investments Chair: Naoki Ikegami Starts at 4:30 p.m.
311B	Insurance Reform Chair: Mursaleena Islam Starts at 2 p.m.	Effect of Health Chair: Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio Starts at 3:15 p.m.	Disease Prevention Chair: Alan Shiell Starts at 4:30 p.m.