Saturday, April 3 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Beacon A

Session 152:
Health Care Policy and Access

Chair: Maureen A. Smith, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant: Jean M. Mitchell, Georgetown University

  1. The Effect of User Fees on the Use of Prescription Drugs: Variation in Magnitude and Distribution of Effects by Neighborhood Income and Level of Drug Use • George Kephart, Dalhousie University ; Chris Skedgel, Dalhousie University ; Ingrid Sketris, Dalhousie University ; John Hoar, Nova Scotia Department of Health ; Paul Grootendorst, University of Toronto

  2. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Access to Healthcare • James B. Kirby, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) ; Toshiko Kaneda, Population Council

  3. Welfare Reform and Health Insurance of Immigrants • Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University ; Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago

  4. Measuring Health Care Needs and Coverage on a Probabilistic Scale in Population Surveys • Ajay Tandon, Harvard University ; Christopher J.L. Murray, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Bakuti Shenghelia, World Health Organization (WHO)

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