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RAND Conference Agenda
Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging
July 14-16, 2000
Santa Monica, California
Friday, July 14, 2000 |
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8:00AM-8:30 AM |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
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8:30AM-9:00AM |
OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS |
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SESSION I: PATHWAYS TO HEALTH Session Chair: Stan Panis, RAND |
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9:00AM-10:15 AM |
RESILIENCE AND PATHWAYS TO HEALTH: INTEGRATING NUMBERS, NARRATIVES, AND NEUROBIOLOGY Burt Singer, PhD. Princeton University |
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10:15AM-10:45AM |
BREAK |
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10:45AM-12:00PM |
HOW PRODUCTIVE IS HEALTH CARE? EVIDENCE FROM THE MEDICARE PROGRAM Jonathan Skinner, PhD. Dartmouth Paper |
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12:00-1:15PM |
LUNCH (Patio 6) |
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1:15PM-2:30PM |
SESSION II: BREAK-OUT GROUPS/PARTICIPANT PRESENTATIONS |
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2:30PM-2:45AM |
BREAK |
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SESSION III: DISABILITY, WORK, AND AGING Session Chair: Bob Reville, RAND |
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2:45PM-4:00PM |
HOW POLICY VARIABLES INFLUENCE THE TIMING OF SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE APPLICATIONS Richard Burkhauser, PhD. Cornell University Paper Tables and Appendices |
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4:00PM-4:15PM |
BREAK |
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4:15PM-5:30PM |
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND OLDER WORKERS John Burton, PhD. Rutgers University |
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6:15PM |
LEAVE FROM RAND FOR COCKTAILS AND DINNER AT MONSOON |
Saturday, July 15, 2000 |
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8:30AM-9:00 AM |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
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SESSION IV: GENETICS AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Session Chair: Steven Haider, RAND |
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9:00AM-10:15 AM |
THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF GENETIC INFORMATION FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Doug Ewbank, PhD. University of Pennsylvania Paper |
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10:15AM-10:45AM |
BREAK |
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10:45AM-12:00PM |
GENETICS, DISEASE AND AGING: IT'S A LONG AND WINDING ROAD Jennifer Harris, PhD. The National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway |
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12:00-1:00PM |
LUNCH (Patio 6) |
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SESSION V: INEQUALITIES IN MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY Session Chair: Megan Beckett, RAND |
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1:00PM-2:15PM |
RACE/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THE BURDEN OF CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS Mark Hayward, PhD. Pennsylvania State University |
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2:15PM-2:45PM |
BREAK |
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2:45PM-4:00PM |
SES AND MORTALITY Michael Hurd, PhD. RAND |
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5:00PM |
LEAVE FROM RAND FOR (OPTIONAL) AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES |
Sunday, July 16, 2000 |
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8:30AM-9:00 AM |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
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SESSION VI: LONG-TERM CARE Session Chair: Sue Hosek, RAND |
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9:00AM-10:15 AM |
ECONOMIC ISSUES IN LONG-TERM CARE Edward Norton, PhD. University of North Carolina |
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10:15AM-10:45AM |
BREAK |
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10:45AM-12:00PM |
FEATURES OF THE CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF LTC: DEMAND, AVAILABILITY, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION OF THE DIRECT CARE, LTC WORKFORCE Joel Leon, PhD. Philadelphia Geriatric Center's Polisher Research Institute |
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12:00-12:45PM |
CLOSING REMARKS AND LUNCH (Patio 6) |
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