Venice Summer Institute Workshop on
Health Economics

Venice International University,

San Servolo, 22 - 23 July 2005

	Programme
	Friday, 22 July 2005
	Session 1 Chair: Achim Wambach
09:00 - 10:00	Keynote Lecture Quality Paul Gertler (University of California)
10:00 - 10:50	Prioritizing public health expenditures when there is a private alternative MICHAEL HOEL (University of Oslo) Discussant: Mathias Kifmann
10:50 - 11:10	Coffee Break
	Session 2 Chair: Pierre-Yves Geoffard
11:10 - 12:00	The evolution of income-related health inequalities in Switzerland over time Robert E. Leu (University of Bern) and MARTIN SCHELLHORN (GSF) Discussant: Arie Melnik
12:00 - 12:50	Being on Sick Leave – Possible Explanations for Inter-country Differences of Sick-leave Days RIGMAR OSTERKAMP (Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and Oliver Röhn (Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Discussant: Udo Schneider
12:50 - 14:20	Lunch
	Session 3 Chair: Arie Malnik
14:20 - 15:10	Medical associations, medical education and training on the job ASTRID SELDER (Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security, Germany) Discussant: Gur Ofer
15:10 - 16:00	Advertising and Generic Market Entry INGRID KÖNIGBAUER (University of Munich) Discussant: Michael Hoel
16:00 - 16:20	Coffee Break
	Session 4 Chair: Silke Uebelmesser
16.20 – 17.00	Selecting your Surgeon the Private – Public mix in Public Hospitals in Jerusalem Considerations of Efficiency and Equity GUR OFER (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Miriam Greenstein (JDC-Brookdale Institute) and Bruce Rosen (JDC-Brookdale Institute) Discussant: Martin Schellhorn
19:00	Conference Dinner
	Saturday, 23 July 2005
	Session 5 Chair: Paul Gertler
09:00 - 09:50	The Economics of ‘Balance Billing’ Revisited MATHIAS KIFMANN (University of Konstanz) and Florian Scheuer (University of Konstanz) Discussant: Astrid Selder
09:50 - 10:40	The Physician-Patient Relationship Revisited - the Patient’s View UDO SCHNEIDER (University of Bayreuth) and Volker Ulrich (University of Bayreuth) Discussant: Elisabeth Meyer
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Session 6 Chair: Efraim Sadka
11:00 - 11:50	Keynote Lecture Regulating competition on health insurance markets Pierre-Yves Geoffard (PSE-ENS)
11:50 - 13:10	Lunch

Venice Summer Institute Workshop on Health Economics

Venice International University, San Servolo, 22 - 23 July 2005

Programme

Venice Summer Institute Workshop on
Health Economics

Venice International University,

San Servolo, 22 - 23 July 2005