The Workshop on Health Economics was the first in a series of appointments with the research, but not only, that is interested in this subject. The workshop has helped to open a debate among leading experts in health economics at the European level. In collaboration with the Department of Economics (Univ. degli Studi di Cagliari), the Visiting Professors Program and co-financed by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna.

Speakers:

Andrew M. Jones (University of York)
Health and retirement in Europe (joint work with R. Hagan and N. Rice)

Francesca Barigozzi (Università di Bologna)
Genetic Information: Comparing Alternative Regulatory Approaches when Prevention Matters (joint with D. Henriet)

Teresa Bago d’Uva (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Differential health reporting by education level and its impact on the measurement of health inequalities among older Europeans (joint with O.O’Donnell and E. Van Doorslaer)

Silvia Balia (Università di Cagliari e CRENoS)
Unravelling the influence of smoking initiation and cessation on premature mortality using a common latent factor model (joint with A. M. Jones)

Owen O’Donnell (University  of Macedonia)
Health and income across the life cycle and generations in Europe (joint with H. van Kippersluis, T. Van Ourti and E. van Doorslaer)

Marisa Miraldo (Centre for Health Economics University of York)
Price adjustment in the hospital sector (joint with L. Siciliani and A. Street)

Vincenzo Atella (Università Tor Vergata Roma)
Can better drug treatment improve long-run financial sustainability of NHS in Italy? The case of Statins (joint with F. Belotti and F. D’amico)