Winter 2016
Friday, January 15: 8 AM – 4 PM
Title: Primary Care Reform Symposium: Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Ontario
*Replaces CCHE Seminar this week
Friday, January 22: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Gregory Marchildon, University of Toronto
Title: The Canada Health Transfer: Moving from a per-capita to a needs-based formula
Friday, January 29: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Michel Grignon, McMaster University
Title: State-dependent Utility and Long-term Care Insurance
Friday, February 5: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Reza Yousefi Nooraie, University of Toronto
Title: Social Network Analysis In Implementation Science: Making Sense of The Social Structure And Dynamics
Friday, February 12: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: David Ma, on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study, University of Guelph
Title: Guelph Family Health Study: Assessing the impact and cost-effectiveness of a family-based obesity prevention intervention
Friday, February 19: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Nadine Chami, McMaster University
Title: Primary Care Physicians’ Referral Rates in Ontario
Friday, February 26: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, University of Toronto
Title: One piece of a puzzle: How can economic evaluation help your research show “Value for Money”?
Friday, March 4: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Maripier Isabelle, University of Toronto
Title: The Rise in C-sections: From Incentives to Consequences
Friday, March 11: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Mo Hussain, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Title: Post-market outcome for pharmaceuticals – Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, March 18: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Jeffrey Hoch, University of California, Davis
Title: Advantages of the Net Benefit Regression Framework for Economic Evaluations of Interventions in the Workplace: A Case Study of the Cost-Effectiveness of a Collaborative Mental Health Care Program for People Receiving Short-Term Disability Benefits for Psychiatric Disorders
Friday, April 8: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Rinku Sutradhar, University of Toronto
Title: Analysis of Competing Risks Data Using Multistate Transitional Models
Friday, April 15: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Nicholas Mitsakakis, University of Toronto
Title: Issues in the Analysis of Healthcare Cost Data
Friday, May 6: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker:Tony Culyer, University of York & University of Toronto
Title: Efficiency, Equity and Equality
Fall 2015
Friday, September 18: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass, University of Toronto
Title: Introduction to STATA® – Part I
Friday, September 25: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass, University of Toronto
Title: Introduction to STATA® – Part II
Friday, October 2: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass, University of Toronto
Title: Introduction to R
Friday, October 9: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Susan Ettner, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Evaluation Study: Some Key Findings
Friday, October 23: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Phil DeCicca, McMaster University
Title: Does Education Reduce Teen Fertility? Evidence From Compulsory Schooling Laws
Wednesday, October 28: 9 – 11 AM
Title: Changing the Way We Think About Drug Prices: Insights From Economics
Friday, November 6: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Rinku Sutradhar, University of Toronto
Title: An Introduction To Recurrent Event Models For Examining Repeated Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer In Ontario
Friday, November 13: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Eric Nauenberg, University of Toronto
Title: Concept of Productive Efficiency In Health Revisited
Friday, November 20: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Donald Kenkel, Cornell University
Title: New Directions in Tobacco Regulation and the Contributions of Economics
Friday, November 27: 10 AM – 12 PM
Speaker: Sisira Sarma, Western University
Title: Family Physician Remuneration Schemes and Referrals to Specialists: Evidence from Ontario