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08:00–09:00
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REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
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09:00–09:05
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WELCOME ADDRESS
Professor Bryce Hool, Dean, School of Economics, Singapore Management University
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09:05–09:10
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INTRODUCTION BY SINGAPORE HEALTH ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
Senior Research Fellow Rhema Vaithianathan, Singapore Management University
Assistant Professor Joanne Yoong, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor Tilak Abeysinghe, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
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09:10–09:30
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GUEST OF HONOUR ADDRESS
Professor Ivy Ng, CEO, Singhealth Group
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09:30–10:30
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KEYNOTE I: Professor Winnie Yip, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Title of paper TBA.
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10:30–10:45
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COFFEE BREAK
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10:45–12:00
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PARALLEL SESSION I
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RISK AND INSURANCE
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HEALTH SYSTEMS I – PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND LIFESTYLE CHANGE I – AGING AND CHRONIC DISEASE
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The Insurance Value of Medical Innovation
Darius Lakdawalla, Anup Malani, and Julian Reif
USC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Running Some Tests: Doctor-Patient Demographic Concordance and Diagnostic Test Orders
Sophie Joyce
Singapore Management University
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Reduction of Working Time: Does it Lead to a Healthy Lifestyle?
Taehyun Anh
Sogang University
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Labor Supply and Welfare Effects of Access to Medicare via SSDI
Seonghoon Kim
Singapore Management University
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Public, Private or Both? – Analysing factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists
Terence Cheng
University of Melbourne
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The Current and Future Economic Burden of Diabetes in Singapore 2010–2030
Joanne Yoong
SSHSPH/USC
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Impact Evaluation of Voluntary Student Health Insurance in Vietnam
Mai Valera
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
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Dissatisfied Patients in China: What Matters?
Jay Pan, Dan Liu, Shehzad Ali
Sichuan University
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Psychological Well-being in Old Age: The Role of Living Arrangements in Vietnam
Ken Yamada and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
Singapore Management University
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Patient Cost-Sharing and Health Care Utilization in Early childhood: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design
Hsing-Wen Han, Hsien-Ming Lien, Tzu-Ting Yang
Tamkang University, National Chengchi, The University of British Columbia
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Economic Hardship Related Stress and Health of Chinese Elderly
Dhiman Das
National University of Singapore
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12:00–13:00
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LUNCHEON
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13:00–14:00
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KEYNOTE II: Professor Li Ling, China Centre for Economic Research, Peking University
“China’s Healthcare Reform”
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14:00–15:15
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PARALLEL SESSION II
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HEALTH SYSTEMS II – HOSPITALS
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND LIFESTYLE CHANGE II – MALNUTRITION AND OBESITY
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HEALTH AND HUMAN CAPITAL
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The Impact of Agglomeration Economies on Hospital Input Prices
Li Jing
Singapore Management University
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Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality in Obesity: Looking Beyond the Obesity Threshold
Marcel Bilger, Eliza Kruger, Eric A Finkelstein
Duke-NUS
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Effects of Height on Cognitive Ability in Adolescence and Wage in Labour Market: Evidence from Taiwan
Ming-Jen Lin and Hsin-Lan Ting
National Taiwan University
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Modeling and Predicting the Risk of Extreme Hospital Bills: The Case of Singapore
Tilak Abeysinghe
National University of Singapore
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Is the BMI a Relic of the Past?
David Johnston and Wang‐Sheng Lee
Monash University, Deakin University
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Pollution, Test Scores and Distribution of Academic Achievement: Evidence from California Schools 2002–2008
John Ham
National University of Singapore
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The Collateral Health Impact of SARS in Taiwan
Daniel Bennett, Chun-Fang Chiang and David Melzer
University of Chicago, National Taiwan University
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Economic Burden of Disease-Associated Malnutrition in China
Rhema Vaithianathan
Singapore Management University
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Long-Term Impacts of Early-life Exposure to Malaria: Evidence from Taiwan's 1950 Eradication Campaign
Ming-Jen Lin, Shiu-Han Shih
National Taiwan University
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Spillover Effects of Local Human Capital Stock on Adult Obesity: Evidence from German Neighbourhoods
Rui Dang
Ruhr Graduate School in Economics
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Rusticated Youth: The Send-down Movement and Health
Lu Yi
National University Singapore
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15:15–15:30
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COFFEE BREAK
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15:30–16:30
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ROUNDTABLE
“Priorities for healthcare financing reforms in Singapore and lessons from abroad”
Professor Rachel Lu, Department of Health Care Management, Chang Gung University
Associate Prof Marcel Bilger, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Dr Leow Yung Khee, Medical Director, Head, Group Insurance and Claims Division, Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd
Chair by
Associate Professor Tilak Abeysinghe, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
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16:30–17:30
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KEYNOTE III: Professor Amitabh Chandra, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“Technology Growth in Healthcare”
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17:30–17:35
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CLOSING REMARKS
Senior Research Fellow Rhema Vaithianathan, Singapore Management University
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18:00 onwards
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CONFERENCE DINNER
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