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The Sixteenth Annual NIHCM Foundation Health Care Research Award

***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 3***

To encourage outstanding work from researchers furthering innovation in health care policy and management, the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Research and Educational Foundation recognizes excellence in published original and creative research with a $10,000 award.

Definition: 

Award and Prize:

Selection criteria:

1. Originality and creativity of the research
2. Impact that the research may have in advancing the public policy debate or improving health care delivery and management
3. Relevance to one or more of the subject areas (health care financing, delivery and organization and/or the implementation of health care policy)

Eligibility:

1. Articles must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal or similar quality publication during calendar year 2009.
   
2. Applications are encouraged from authors in diverse fields, including economics, health policy, political science, public health, etc. and from individuals in non-academic settings, such as research firms and policy organizations.
3. All research articles must address some aspect of health care financing, delivery, organization or the implementation of health care policy.

Application process and rules:

1. Entries must be postmarked by February 26, 2010.  ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3***
   
2. Entries must include TWO copies EACH of:
   1. Completed ENTRY FORM 
   2. Clear copy (8.5 x 11 inches) of the published research
   3. A brief biography of the author(s).  Please include contact information for each author.
   4. A written description of how the article is relevant to the subject areas and its impact; length not to exceed 100 words.
      
3. Limit of two (2) entries per author
4. Entries can also be submitted electronically to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

The winning entry will be selected by an independent panel of health care researchers:

Entries should be submitted by mail/delivery or email to:

Nancy Chockley, President and CEO
NIHCM Foundation
1225 19th Street, NW, Suite 710
Washington, DC 20036

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Contact NIHCM:

Main number: 202-296-4426
Fax: 202-296-4319
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Congratulations to the winner of NIHCM Foundation's 15th Annual Health Care Research Award

Michael Chernew, Mayur Shah, Arnold Wegh, Stephen Rosenberg, Iver Juster, Allison Rosen, Michael Sokol, Kristina Yu-Isenberg, A. Mark Fendrick. "Impact of Decreasing Copayments on Medication Adherence Within a Disease Management Environment." Health Affairs 27(1):103-112.

The finalists are:

Daron Acemoglu, Amy Finkelstein.  "Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care Sector."  Journal of Political Economy 116(5).

Hanming Fang, Michael Keane, Dan Silverman.  "Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market." Journal of Political Economy 116(2).

Janet Currie, W. Bentley MacLeod. "First Do No Harm?: Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(2):795-830.

Zhou Yang, Allyson Hall.  "The Financial Burden of Overweight and Obesity Among Elderly Americans: The Dynamics of Weight, Longevity and Health Care Cost."  Health Services Research 43(3):849-868.