Sixth Biennial Conference on Industrial Health Care

修订摘要：这是一个申请补助金举行第六届两年一度的会议上的工业组织的卫生保健。该系列会议始于1993年。在过去十年中，组织了五次会议。我们提议于2003年11月在波士顿地区组织下一次会议。 两年一次的卫生保健产业组织会议是研究人员就产业组织和卫生经济学的最新发展提出和交换意见的机会。35至40名研究人员将在两天内开会，并提交12篇论文。每次演讲后将由指定的讨论者进行评论。 将从提交的论文中挑选提交的论文。会议将在春末夏初公布。预计将有60多篇论文提交会议。一个委员会将选择通过公开提交收到的论文。 《经济学与管理战略杂志》将发行关于医疗保健产业组织的特刊，并邀请会议上的演讲者提交他们的论文发表在特刊上。特刊的投稿将经过严格的同行审查程序，特刊预计将在两年内出版。 卫生保健工业组织适合AHRQ会议支持小额赠款计划。它补充了AHRQ制定保健服务研究议程、传播信息和促进方法和技术研究的目标。

Revised Abstract: This is an application for a grant to hold the Sixth Biennial Conference on the Industrial Organization of Health Care. This conference series started in 1993. In the past ten years, five conferences have been organized. We propose to organize the next conference in November 2003 in the Boston area. The Biennial Conference on the Industrial Organization of Health Care is an occasion for researchers to present and exchange ideas on the latest developments in industrial organization and health economics. Thirty five to forty researchers will meet over two days, and twelve papers will be presented. Each presentation will be followed by a critique led by an assigned discussant. Papers to be presented will be selected among those submitted. There will be public announcements for the conference late spring and early summer. It is expected that more than sixty papers will be submitted for the conference. A committee will select the papers received through open submission. The Journal of Economics & Management Strategy will run a special issue on the Industrial Organization of Health Care, and presenters at the conference will be invited to submit their papers for publication in the special issue. Submissions to the special issue will undergo a rigorous peer-reviewed process, and the special issue is expected to be published within two years. The Industrial Organization of Health Care is suitable for the AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support. It complements AHRQ's goal for developing health services research agenda, disseminating information and promote methodological and technical research.