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NBER Working Paper No. 19320 ---- Acknowledgments ---- Comments by Amitabh Chandra, Elliott Fisher, Mike Geruso, Tom McGuire, Joshua Gottlieb, Nancy Morden, Matt Shapiro, Allison Rosen, Gregg Roth, Pascal St.-Amour, Victor Fuchs, 2 anonymous reviewers, and seminar participants were exceedingly helpful. We are grateful to F. Jack Fowler and Patricia Gallagher of the University of Massachusetts Boston for developing the patient and physician questionnaires. Funding from the National Institute on Aging (T32- AG000186-23 and P01-AG031098 to the National Bureau of Economic Research and P01- AG019783 and U01-AG046830 to Dartmouth) and LEAP at Harvard University (Skinner) is gratefully acknowledged. De-identified survey data are available at http://tdicauses.dartmouth.edu. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ---- Disclosure of Financial Relationships for David Cutler ---- Outside Activities This page provides information on outside activities of Professor Cutler over the past five years. Compensated Activities* 2013: American Health Lawyers Association American Medical Association Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" Parenteral Drug Association UBS VHA 2012: Aon Hewitt Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" Healthcare Financial Management Association International Monetary Fund The Lancet National Council and Community Behavioral Healthcare New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Northwestern Kellog School Susan Bies Lecture TNR.com Universitat Pompreu Fabra VHA 2011: Allergan Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" Connance Though Leadership Webinar Series InHealth Summit InHealth Summit Novartis Novartis Spain Partner's Healthcare Center for Connected Health Siemans Healthcare Wildavsky Forum UC Berkeley World Health Care Congress 2010: American College of Physician Executives America’s Health Insurance Plans Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" CareSource ChainDrugStore.net The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Forces for Change: America’s Health Insurance Plans Healthcare Financial Management Association IMS Consulting Kaiser Family Foundation Med Impact Healthcare Systems, Inc. Medtronic, Inc. National Association of Drug Stores National Bureau of Economic Research Senate Presidents Forum Society of Actuaries Thomson Reuters US Oncology 2009: Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" Brokers and Reinsurance Markets Association The Capital Group Companies Marcus Evans National Bureau of Economic Research National Pharmaceutical Council Real Colegi Computense University of Washington Warburg Pincus 2008: Book royalties “Your Money or Your Life" Cato Institute Healthways Kaiser Family Foundation (paper) McKinsey National Bureau of Economic Research Partners Healthcare Consulting (present): Fidelity Biosciences Advisory Board Third Way Consulting (past): Canadian Institute for Health Information Genentech Advisory Board Travel reimbursed by non-governmental and non-academic institutions 2013: Center for American Progress duPont Childrens Hospital Health Affairs National Bureau of Economic Research National Institute of Health Parenteral Drug Association UBS VHA 2012: Center for American Progress Intermountain Healthcare International Monetary Fund Journal of American Medical Association Kaiser Permanente National Bureau of Economic Research Spinemark International 2011: Aging Alliance Alpine Bank Center for American Progress DEMOS Ellison Foundation National Bureau of Economic Research Pharmacy Quality Alliance Vascular Medical Society World Bank 2010 American Heart Association Brookings Institute Center for American Progress CMS Health Affairs National Academy of Social Insurance National Association of Business Economics National Bureau of Economic Research National Institute of Health New Jersey Hospital Association New York Presbyterian Hospital 2009 Association of Academic Health Brookings Institute Center for American Progreass Institute of Medicine National Bureau of Economic Research National Institute on Aging National Press Club New England Healthcare Institute Peterson Foundation Point Judith Capital Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Significant Non-Compensated Activities Public Service (present): Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Member, Heath Policy Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Service (past): Massachusetts Health Leaders for Appropriate and Affordable Care Member, Group Insurance Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Professional Activities and Memberships: Co-editor, Journal of Health Economics (compensated) Member, Institute of Medicine Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Aging, Health Care, Public Economics, and Productivity programs Fellow, Employee Benefit Research Institute Member, National Academy of Social Insurance Member, Institute for Research on Poverty
*Excludes honoraria from non-profit institutions, government agencies, and academic journals of $3,000 or less in a given year, and payments from for-profit firms of $500 or less in a given year. ---- Disclosure of Financial Relationships for David Wennberg ---- Wennberg reports that he receives royalties from Health Dialog, a care management company that sells services to health plans, employers, and healthcare systems. He owns stock in in RxAnte, a drug compliance segmentation company. There are no other remotely relevant material or financial interests that relate to this paper. |

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