2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 2007 - January 12, 2007 Dr. Rich Lindrooth, Department of Health Administration & Policy, MUSC, presented: "The Changing Relationship Between Hospital Patient Mix and Profitability."
February 9, 2007 Dr. Matthew Neidell, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City presented: "The Economic Value of Teeth".
March 2, 2007 Jayani Jayawardhana, Department of Health Administration & Policy, MUSC, presented: "Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Welfare".
March 9, 2007 Dr. Gautom Gowistrakarain, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, presented: "Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly".
April 20, 2007 Dr. Darius Lakdawalla, the RAND Corportation, presented: "Medical Malpractice and Medical Costs".
May 11, 2007 Dr. Bruce Landon, Harvard Medical School, presented: "Improving the Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Centers".
- 9/14/2007 (Policy Seminar ) Dr. B. Christopher Frueh, University of Hawaii at Hilo, presented “U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Policies for PTSD: Administrative Trends and Implications for Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Research”.
- 10/5/2007 (Technical Economic Theory Seminar) Dr. W. David Bradford, Medical University of South Carolina, presented "A Model of Adaptive Global Utility Maximization".
- 10/12/2007 (Policy Seminar) Dr. Richard C. Lindrooth, Medical University of South Carolina, presented “The Effect of Entry of Specialty Hospitals and Units on Treatment Intensity: The Case of Cardiac Care”.
- 11/9/2007 (Policy Seminar) Dr. John C. Welton, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, presented “Testing an Inpatient Nursing Intensity Billing Model”.
- 11/30/2007 (Technical Econometric Theory Seminar) Dr. Partha Deb, Hunter College, New York, NY, presented "Weak Identification in Models with Binary Endogenous Regressors".
2006 January 27, 2006 Dr. Dan Polsky, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania presented: "Does Medicare at 65 Improve the Health of the Uninsured?".
February 24, 2006 Dr. Mark Duggan, Department of Economics, University of Maryland presented: "The Short and Long Run Impacts of HIV Antiretroviral Treatments: Evidence for California's Medicaid Population".
March 10, 2006 Dr. Dennis Scanlon, Penn State University and on sabbatical at MUSC presented: "The Effect of a Tiered-Hospital Benefit and Patient Safety Incentive on Commercially Insured Beneficiaries at Boeing".
- April 21, 2006 Dr. Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago presented: "Effect of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls Physical Activity and Weight".
- May 26, 2006 Dr. Robert Town, University of Minnesota presented: "The Welfare Consequences of Hospital Mergers".
October 13, 2006 Dr. David Bradford, Department of Health Administration & Policy, MUSC presented: "Estimating the Effect of Individual Time Preferences on the Use of Disease Screening.
October 27, 2006 Dr. Julie Sochalski, College of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania presented: "Will Increasing Nurse Staffing Lead to Better Patient Outcomes in Hospital? A Policy Analysis."
November 3, 2006 Dr. Gary Harrison, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston presented: "Modelling Variability in Hospital Bed Occupancy."
November 17, 2006 Dr. Abby Kazley, Department of Health Administration & Policy, MUSC presented: "Electronic Medical Records and Hospital Performance."
December 1, 2006 Dr. Melayne McInnes, Department of Economics, University of South Carolina presented: "Do People Underinsure Disaster-type Risks? Experimental Evidence."
2005 - January 14, 2005 Dr. Richard Lindrooth, Department of Health Administration & Policy, MUSC presented: "Hospital Closure and Efficiency".
- January 28, 2005 Dr. Jeff McCullough, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "A Model of Hospital Information Systems Adoption".
February 04, 2005 Dr. Sarah Duffy, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presented: "A Hybrid Cost Function for Outpatient Nonmethadone Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities".
- March 11, 2005 William Cartwright, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health presented: "Financing and Cost-effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment".
- April 22, 2005 Dr. Melayne McInnes, University of South Carolina presented: "Does The Paradox of Too Much Choice Explain the Low Participation Rates in the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program?"
April 29, 2005 Dr. Paul Dolan, Princeton University and the University of Sheffield in England presented: "Interpretations of Utility and Their Implications for the Valuation of Health".
May 6, 2005 Dr. Don Kenkel , Cornell University presented: "The Impact of Smoking-Related Advertisements on Smoking Cessation".
May 27, 2005 Dr. Libby Dismuke, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "Correcting Under-reporting of CT and MRI Procedure Codes in Inpatient Data".
June 3, 2005 Dr. David Bradford, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "The Effect of Direct to Consumer Television Advertising on the Timing of Treatment".
- June 10, 2005 Dr. Richard Lindrooth, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "Hospital Reimbursement and Treatment Intensity".
June 17, 2005 Dr. Jeff McCullough, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "Physician-Hospital Integration and Information Technology Adoption".
September 16, 2005 Dr. Paul Nietert, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, MUSC presented: "Determinants of Healthcare Costs among At-risk Drinkers".
October 28, 2005 Dr. Gabriel Picone, Department of Economics, University of South Florida presented: "GMM Estimators, Instruments, and the Economics of Addiction".
November 4, 2005 Dr. Paulo Guimaraes, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, MUSC presented: "Dirichlet-Multinomial Regression".
November 18, 2005 Dr. John Chen, College of Medicine, MUSC presented: "Quality of Care and Efficiency: A Case Study of AMI Care using HCUP Data".
December 2, 2005 Dr. Libby Dismuke, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC presented: "How Successful is Detection Control Estimation in Correcting Under-reporting of CT and MRI Procedure Codes in Inpatient Data?"
2004 - January 9, 2004 Dr. Sean Nicholson, the Wharton School of Management - University of Pennsylvania presented: "Physician Learning and Best Practice Adoption: An Application to Cesarean Sections".
- January 23, 2004 Dr. Kit Simpson, MUSC School of Pharmacy presented: "Charges for Hospital Admissions Attributable to Health Disparities for African American Patients in South Carolina During 1998-2002".
- February 6, 2004 Dr. John Rizzo, Ohio State University presented: "Pushing Income to Reference Points: Why Male Doctors Earn More".
- February 20, 2004 Dr. Kevin Volpp, Department of Internal Medicine and Wharton School of Management - University of Pennsylvania presented: "The Effect of Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement on Hospital Quality".
- March 5, 2004 Dr. Chris Ruhm, University of North Carolina - Greensboro presented: "Healthy Living in Hard Times".
- April 16, 2004 Dr. Joseph Terza, MUSC Department of Health Administration and Policy presented: "Policy Analysis with Non-experimental Data: Endogenous Regressors in Parametric Nonlinear Models".
- April 30, 2004 Dr. Will Dow, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill presented: "The Value of Medicare".
- May 14, 2004 Dr. Jody Sidelar, Yale University Department of Biometrics and Epidemiology presented: "Does the Impact of Managed Care on Substance Abuse Treatment Vary by Profit Status?"
- September 10, 2004 Dr. David Bradford, MUSC Department of Health Administration and Policy presented: "Estimating the Effect of Individual Time Preferences on the Demand for Preventive Health Care".
- October 8, 2004 Dr. Mike Morrisey, University of Alabama, Birmingham presented: "Graduated Drivers’ Licenses and Teenage Motor Vehicle Fatalities".
- October 22, 2004 Dr. Dennis Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University presented: "HMO Competition and Quality: Longitudinal Evidence".
- November 12, 2004 Dr. Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University presented: "Impact of the Uninsured and Medicaid Residents on the Availability of Hospital Services".
- December 03, 2004 Dr. Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University presented: "A Cure for Crime: Can Mental Health Treatment Diversion Reduce Crime for Youth?"
2003 - September 12, 2003 Dr. Vivian Ho, University of Alabama at Birmingham presented: "Does Certificate of Need Affect Cardiac Outcomes and Costs?"
- September 26, 2003 Dr. Clara E. "Libby" Dismuke, MUSC Department of Health Administration and Policy presented: "Disentangling the Effect of Education on Emergency Room Utilization."
- October 10, 2003 Dr. Melayne McInnes, University of South Carolina presented "Do Malpractice Claims Drive C-Sections?"
- October 24, 2003 Dr. Richard Lindrooth, MUSC Department of Health Administration and Policy presented: "Do Non-profit and For-profit Hospices Really Differ? An Analysis of the Hospice Industry."
- November 21, 2003 Dr. Elinore Chumney, MUSC College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice presented: "Cost-Effective Ratios: Coding Sensitivity and Policy Significance."
- December 5, 2003 Dr. Edward Norton, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill presented "Intervivos Transfers and Exchange."
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