Sixth Biennial Conference on Industrial Health Care

内容提要：现申请第六届卫生保健产业组织双年度会议拨款。这一系列会议始于1993年。在过去的十年里，已经组织了五次会议。我们建议于2003年11月在波士顿地区组织下一次会议。 两年一度的卫生保健产业组织会议是研究人员介绍和交流产业组织和卫生经济学最新发展的机会。35至40名研究人员将在两天内会面，并将提交12篇论文。每次演讲之后都会有一个由指定的讨论者领导的评论。 提交的论文将从提交的论文中挑选出来。会议将在春末和夏初发布公告。预计将有60多篇论文提交给会议。一个委员会将选出通过公开提交收到的论文。 《经济与管理战略》杂志将出版一期关于卫生保健产业组织的特刊，大会的演讲者将被邀请提交他们的论文，以便在特刊上发表。对特刊的提交将经过严格的同行审查程序，预计特刊将在两年内出版。 卫生保健行业组织适合于AHRQ会议支持小额赠款计划。它补充了AHRQ制定卫生服务研究议程、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.