Dr. Lori Curtis’ Homepage

Office: Hagey Hall 240

Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 33162

Email: ljcurtis@uwaterloo.ca

 

Research

A complete list of publications and research funding is available in my CV

 

Teaching

Economics 456, Health Economics Winter 2011

Course Outline

Referencing Example

Research Paper Instructions

Term paper proposal outline

Class Email List

 

Announcements

Date Posted                Announcement

Jan. 4, 2011                First Class.

Jan. 6, 2011                Library introduction for research paper –

                                      class is mandatory and attendance will be graded– included in project proposal mark

 

Jan. 13, 2011              Assignment –      Instructions

                                                                   First Presenters - Topics

                                                                   Second Presenters - Topics

                                      Please note – Arrow (1963) – has two groups – see me about splitting paper

                                                                   Pauly (1974) has 4 students in group

                                                                   If you have not been assigned a group – see me as soon as possible

 

Jan. 18, 2011              Slides introduction of HC in Canada

                                      Slides introduction of Health Economics

                                      Slides Health care systems

                                      (from Curtis, LJ (2009) Improving Health Care Efficiency: Policies and Practices,  Health Canada)

                                      Slides introduction of Health

 

Jan. 20, 2011              Presentations on Topics III and IV will be done on Tuesday, January 25, 2011

                                      Presentations on Topic V will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011

                                     

Presentations from tonight’s class

Curtis, Lori J and William J MacMinn (2008) “Health Care Utilization in Canada: Twenty-five Years of Evidence”

Canadian Public Policy, 34(1):65-87

                                      Presentation 1

                                      Presentation 2

 

Mustard, Cameron et al., (1998) “Sex Differences in the Use of Health Care Services” The New England Journal of Medicine, (Special Article), June 4:1678-1683. & Haas, Jennifer (1998) “The Cost of Being A Women” The New England Journal of Medicine, , June 4:1694-1695.

Presentation 1   Summary

Presentation 2

 

Jan. 27, 2011               Presentations from Jan. 25, 2011 class

Evans, Robert and Gregory L. Stoddart (1990) “Producing Health, Consuming Health Care”

Social Science and Medicine, 31(12):1347-1362

                                      Presentation 1

                                      Presentation 2

                                     

                                      Arrow, Kenneth J. (1963) ‘Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care”

                                      The American Economic Review, 53(5):941-73.

                                      Part 1 _ Presentation 1

                                      Part 1 _ Presentation 2

                                      Part 2 _ Presentation 1

                                      Part 2 _ Presentation 2

 

                                      Review Questions Test 1 – February 10, 2011 class

                                     

                                      Please note I do not have office hours the day of a test so there will be no office hours on Feb. 10, 2011.

I am away on February 9, 2011.

I will have extra office hours on Thursday Feb. 3 and Tuesday Feb.8, 2011 from 1545h to 1745h.

 

Topic V presentations will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011

 

Presentations completed to date will be marked and returned on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011

 

Project Proposals are due Tuesday March 1st at beginning of class (1800h).

The course outline says Feb. 22, 2011 but that is during reading week so the deadline has been extended.

 

Feb. 3, 2011                I am being inundated with email questions regarding information that is clearly stated in the outline or

has been answered in class several times. I will no longer respond to these type of emails.

 

Pauly, Mark V. (1974) “Overinsurance and Public Provision of Insurance: The Roles of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection” The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 88(1): 44-62

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

Feb. 8, 2011                Reminder – test on Thursday.

 

Feb 15, 2011               Paper presentations for Topic VI - Demand for Health & Health Care:

 

Grossman, Michael “On the concept of health capital and the demand for health” Journal of Political Economy, 80(2):223-255 on Feb 18, 2011

 

Manning, Willard G., Joseph P. Newhouse, Naihua Duan, Emmett B. Keeler, Arleen Leibowitz, and M. Susan Marquis (1987) “Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment” The American Economic Review, 77(3):251-277 on March 1, 2011

 

Rosenzweig, Mark R., and T. Paul Schultz (1983) "Estimating a Household Production Function: Heterogeneity and the Demand for Health Inputs, and Their Effects on Birth weight," Journal of Political Economy, 91(5):723-746 on March 3, 2011.

 

Rice, T. (1983) “The Impact of Changing Medicare Reimbursement Rates on Physician-Induced Demand” Medical Care 21(8):803-815 on March 3, 2011.

 

March 1, 2011             Grossman, Michael “On the concept of health capital and the demand for health” Journal of Political Economy,

80(2):223-255

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

Manning, Willard G., Joseph P. Newhouse, Naihua Duan, Emmett B. Keeler, Arleen Leibowitz, and M. Susan Marquis (1987) “Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment” The American Economic Review, 77(3):251-277

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

March 3, 2011             Schedule for remainder of term

Paper Presentations for Topic VII – Supply of Health Care Services

 

Brown, D. and Lapan, H. (1979) “The supply of physician services”, Economic Inquiry, 17, 269-79.  March 10, 2011

 

Woodward, Robert and Warren-Boulton, Frederick (1984) “Considering the financial incentives and professional ethics on ‘appropriate’ medical care.” Journal of Health Economics 3(3):223-237.  March 15, 2011

 

Harris, Jeffrey E.  (1977) “The Internal Organization of Hospitals: Some Economic Implications” The Bell Journal of Economics, 8(2):467-82.  March 22, 2011

 

Make up test as discussed in March 1, 2011 class – test is on March 17, 2011 in usual class time

 

Paper Presentations for Topic VIII  - Economic Evaluation

 

Hoch, Jeffrey S and Carolyn S Dewa (2005) “An Introduction to Economic Evaluation: What's in a Name?” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 50(3):159-166. March 29, 2011

 

Drummond, Michael (2004) “Economic Evaluation in Health Care: Is It Really Useful or Are We Just Kidding Ourselves?” The Australian Economic Review 37(1):3-11. March 29, 2011

 

Term Test #2 - March 31, 2011

 

March 3, 2011             Rosenzweig, Mark R., and T. Paul Schultz (1983) "Estimating a Household Production Function: Heterogeneity and the Demand for Health Inputs, and Their Effects on Birth weight," Journal of Political Economy, 91(5):723-746

                                      Presentation 1

                                      Presentation 2

 

Rice, T. (1983) “The Impact of Changing Medicare Reimbursement Rates on Physician-Induced Demand”

Medical Care 21(8):803-815

                                      Presentation 1

                                      Presentation 2

 

March 15, 2011         CCHS Dictionary from http://odesi2.scholarsportal.info/documentation/CCHS2007-2008/2007-2008_dict_freq-eng.pdf

 

                                      Brown, D. and Lapan, H. (1979) “The supply of physician services”, Economic Inquiry, 17, 269-79.

                                      Presentation 1

                                      Presentation 2

 

Woodward, Robert and Warren-Boulton, Frederick (1984) “Considering the financial incentives and professional ethics on ‘appropriate’ medical care.” Journal of Health Economics 3(3):223-237.

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

March 24, 2011          Review Questions Test 2

 

                                      Jeffrey E. Harris (1977) “The Internal Organization of Hospitals: Some Economic Implications”

The Bell Journal of Economics, 8(2):467-82.

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

March 29, 2011           Extra Office Hours – 1530h to 1730h

 

March 30, 2011          Extra Office Hours – 1600h to 1800h (review session - Hagey Hall Rm 230)

 

April 1, 2011                Extra Office Hours – 1000h to 1200h

 

March 29, 2011          example of text file for stata code (must be saved as xxxx.do to run in stata)

 

Hoch, Jeffrey S and Carolyn S Dewa (2005) “An Introduction to Economic Evaluation: What's in a Name?” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 50(3):159-166.

Presentation 1

Presentation 2

 

Drummond, Michael (2004) “Economic Evaluation in Health Care: Is It Really Useful or Are We Just Kidding Ourselves?” The Australian Economic Review 37(1):3-11.

Presentation 1

Presentation 2