Reputation Effects in Patient-Hospital Matching
09:00-11:30
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2019-04-08
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Venue: Room 1102, Information and Library Center Building C, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Dr. Xiaohui Zhang, Senior Lecturer, University of ExeterXiaohui Zhang is now the Senior lecturer in the Business School, University of Exeter, UK. She received his PhD in Econometrics and Health Economics from Monash University, Australia in 2009. Before joining the University of Exeter, she had been working at Monash University and Murdoch University, Australia. His primary research interestsin applied micro-econometrics, including cross-sectional and panel data modelling, applied Bayesian econometrics, semi-parametric and non-parametric modelling and productivity and efficiency analysis. My research topics are across individual health status, health services utilization, private health insurance purchasing decision, chronic diseases, rare diseases, children obesity, hospital performance, health care expenditure, etc. He has published in leading academic journals including Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Annals of Applied Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Health Economics, Review of International Economics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Banking & Finance, and so on.Abstract:This paper studies the role of reputation effects in individual hospital choices. Our analysis focuses on birth episodes in the Melbourne metropolitan area from 2011/12. We examine the decision behaviour of women with private health insurance in selecting one of 18 local hospitals. First of all, we examine how observed hospital performance and unobserved hospital reputation influence a patient’s willingness to travel between her residential location and the chosen hospital. In addition, to investigate the probability of an individual hospital being selected from all given hospitals by a patient, we adopt a multinomial probit (MNP) model estimated by a Bayesian method. In this study, we allow for correlations across hospitals, due to the similarities across hospitals attributable to geographic locations and other hospital characteristics such as the hospital ownership. We find that there are significant hospital specific differences in the willingness to travel, which suggests that people travel further to visit more reputable institutions. This result is complemented by substantial differences in the probabilities of specific hospitals being chosen. A comprehensive simulation study is conducted by using the estimated results from the MNP model to examine how hospitals’ performance and locations impact the population’s hospital selection decision. By varying the geographic locations, the performance of the hospitals and other hospital characteristics, we examine the differences in its overall impacts on the population’s hospital selection decision. This exercise provides valuable evidence and guidance to policy and government decision makers.
This paper studies the role of reputation effects in individual hospital choices.
Xiaohui Zhang
2019-04-10 09:24:50
Zijingang Campus
What is the role of primary active transport in polarized growth?
13:30-14:30
Talk & Lecture
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2019-04-03
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Venue: Room 245, College of Life Science, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Michael Broberg Palmgren, Professor in Plant Physiology at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Michael Broberg Palmgren, Professor in Plant Physiology at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Michael Broberg Palmgren
2019-04-04 10:48:10
Zijingang Campus
Predicting future dynamics and quantifying criticality in complex systems
15:00
Talk & Lecture
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1084195
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2019-03-30
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Venue: Room 1417, Library & Information Center Buliding C, Zijingang Campus
CHEN Luonan, Professor and executive director at Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CHEN Luonan
2019-04-02 17:34:31
Zijingang Campus
Microphysiological systems for emulating human tissues and diseases
15:00
Talk & Lecture
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1113716
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2019-03-27
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Venue: Room 705, Administrative Building, School of Medicine, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Yu Shrike Zhang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Yu. Shrike Zhang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Yu Shrike Zhang
2019-04-01 08:59:14
School of Medicine
Single-index thresholding in quantile regression
16:00
Talk & Lecture
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1113737
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2019-03-20
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Venue: Room 1417, Library & Information Center Building C, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Prof. ZHU Zhongyi, Department of Statistics, Fudan University
Prof. ZHU Zhongyi, Department of Statistics, Fudan University
ZHU Zhongyi
2019-03-29 10:18:12
Zijingang Campus
Publishing in Nature Journals: From an editor's perspective
10:30
Talk & Lecture
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1084210
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2019-03-19
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Venue: Lecture Hall, 1st floor, Run Run Shaw Science Building, Yuquan CampusSpeaker:Wei Fan joined Nature Communications in September 2015. He obtained his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the Chinese Academy of Science, collaborating with the University of Bremen, City University of Hong Kong and Duke University. He then moved to RIKEN in Japan for postdoctoral research. His research background is in electronic and magnetic properties of semiconductors, multiferroic oxides and phase transitions of strongly correlated materials. Wei handles manuscripts on topological matter and superconductivity. He is based in the Shanghai office.Abstract: In this talk, I would like to introduce the Nature family journals and describe the key differences between different journals. I will briefly talk about the scope, content type, and editorial requirements for Nature, Nature Research Journals, Nature Reviews Journals and Nature Communications. Following a brief introduction of my colleagues, I would like to talk about details of editorial processes and how editors make decisions at various stages from pre-submission to post-peer review. Lastly, I would like to talk about open access journals and recent policies trialed in Nature Communications.
Wei Fan, editor, Nature Communications
Wei Fan
2019-03-27 20:57:41
Yuquan Campus
The effects of legalizing open market share repurchases: International evidence
13:30-15:30
Talk & Lecture
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1084212
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2019-03-17
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Venue: Room 236, No. 14 Teaching Building, Yuquan CampusSpeaker: Dr. Zigan Wang, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics. The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Zigan Wang, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics. The University of Hong Kong
Zigan Wang
2019-03-25 21:16:42
Yuquan Campus
Bias-corrected Kullback-Leibler distance criterion based model selection with covariables missing at random
15:00
Talk & Lecture
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1084165
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2019-03-12
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Venue: Room 1417, Library & Information Center Building C, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Prof. WANG Qihua, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. WANG Qihua, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
WANG Qihua
2019-03-22 17:11:24
Zijingang Campus
Opportunities for progress and career offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
13:30
Talk & Lecture
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1077841
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2019-03-12
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Venue: Room 228, Polymer Science and Engineerng Building, Yuquan CampusSpeaker: Dr. Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Dr. Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Enno Aufderheide
2019-03-22 14:24:56
Yuquan Campus