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France Weaver
March 2010
France M. Weaver
SSPH+ assistant professor, University of Geneva, Department of Econometrics
Uni Mail – Bd du Pont d‟Arve 40, 1211 Geneva 4
Office number: +41 22 379 82 30
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Demand for health care services, policy evaluation, long-term care, and disparities in health care
EDUCATION
PhD, Health Policy and Administration, concentration in Health Economics
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, US, 2005
Dissertation Committee: Sally Stearns, Edward Norton, Frank Sloan, William Spector,
Peggy Dilworth-Anderson
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1996
Master of Science in Economics, HEC, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995
Bachelor of Science in Economics, cum laude, University of Neuchâtel, 1991
RESEARCH POSITIONS
SSPH+ assistant professor in health economics, University of Geneva, Department of Econometrics,
Geneva, Switzerland, Since 2010
Chief of competency areas „Cost, financing and competition‟ and „Monitoring and health national
reports‟, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2009
Scientific project leader in health economics and long-term care, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel,
2007-2009
Post-doctoral scholar in health economics, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, US, 2005-2007
Research fellow in health economics, Center for Health Care and Policy Research,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 2004-2005
Visiting scholar and summer intern in long-term care, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), Rockville MD, US, 2002-2005
Research assistant in health economics, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of
Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2003-2004
Research assistant in intervention evaluation, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, NC Cancer
Hospital, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2000-2003
Research fellow in health economics, Institute for Economic and Regional Research, University of
Neuchâtel, 1996-2000
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TEACHING AND MENTORING
Supervisor of a PhD student in some of her research, Department of Health Policy and Administration,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Since 2006
Teaching fellow in „Health Economics‟ for 45 MPH and MS students, Department of Health Policy
and Administration, School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2002
Teaching assistant in „Microeconomics‟, Department of Economics, University of Neuchâtel, 1992-95
GRANTS
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, “Concept study for the evaluation of the impact of changes in
hospital financing in Switzerland,” Sonia Pellegrini, Thomas Widmer, and France Weaver,
CHF 80‟000, 2009-2010
Swiss Science Foundation, Dissertation Completion Grant, “The effect of proximity to death on longterm care use,” France Weaver, $35,000 plus tuitions, 2004-2005
NIH, Demography and Economics of Aging Research Group, UNC at Chapel Hill, “The effect of
increasing longevity on long-term care use,” Sally Stearns and France Weaver,
$12,000 plus tuitions, 2003-2004
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Weaver F, Stearns SC, Norton EC, and Spector W (2009), “Proximity to death and participation in the
long-term care market,” Health Economics 18(8): 867-883.
Weaver F et Jaccard Ruedin H (2009), “Steigende Kosten der Langzeipflege in der Schweiz bis
2030”, Kapitel 5.4 in Handbuch Gesundheitwesen Schweiz im Umbruch, Willy Oggier et al. Eds.,
Trend Care AG, Sursee.
Jaccard Ruedin H, Weaver F, et al. (2009), “Ageing workforce in an ageing society. How many health
professionals will be needed in Switzerland by 2030?”, Careum Working papers 1, Zürich.
Jaccard Ruedin H, Weaver F, et al. (2009), Personnel de santé en Suisse: Etat des lieux et évolution
possible, Document de travail No 35, Observatoire Suisse de la santé, Neuchâtel.
Farley Short P, and Weaver F (2008), “Transitioning to Medicare before age 65,” Health Affairs
27(3): w175-w184.
Kemper P, Weaver F, et al. (2008), “Meeting the need for personal care among the elderly: does
Medicaid spending matter?” Health Services Research 43(1): 344-362.
Weaver F, Cerboni S et al. (2008), Modèle de projections du recours aux soins comme outil d’aide à
la planification hospitalière, Document de travail No 32, Observatoire Suisse de la santé,
Neuchâtel.
Weaver F, Jaccard Ruedin H, et al. (2008), Les coûts des soins de longue durée à l’horizon 2030 en
Suisse, Document de travail No 34, Observatoire Suisse de la santé, Neuchâtel.
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EXPERIENCE AS REVIEWER
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Health Policy
MEMBER OF COMMITTEES
Scientific Advisory Board of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health on “Economic Evaluation of
Prevention and Health Promotion Measures in Switzerland”, 2007-2010
Dissertation committee of a PhD candidate, Department of Health Policy and Administration,
Pennsylvania State University, Since 2006
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Symposium on Costs-Benefits of Prevention, Berne (March 2010), “Economic evaluation of
prevention: research context and need for data in Switzerland”
PhD Seminar in Health Economics and Policy, Crans-Montana (Feb. 2010), “Effect of home care
programs on access to care in Switzerland”
11ème Journée de travail de la Politique nationale de santé, Berne (November 2009), “Etat des lieux
des soins stationnaires et ambulatoires en Suisse”
Conférence CPS Suisse, Olten (November 2008), “Projections et perspectives pour les soins de longue
durée jusqu‟en 2030”.
10ème Journée de travail de la Politique nationale de santé, Berne (November 2008), “Personnel de
santé en Suisse. Etat des lieux et évolution possible”.
Workshop de l‟Observatoire suisse de la santé pour les cantons, Neuchâtel (June 2008), “Les coûts des
soins de longue durée à l‟horizon 2030 en Suisse”.
Dialogue, réunion du Chef du Département fédéral de l‟intérieur et des Conseillers d‟Etat et Directeurs
cantonaux de la santé, Berne (April 2008), “Coûts des soins de longue durée d‟ici 2030 en Suisse”
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Meeting, Lausanne (March 2008), “Effect of
income on long term care insurance coverage”.
International Health Economics Association, Copenhagen Denmark (July 2007), “The Effect of
income on long term care insurance coverage”, Oral presentation.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AcademyHealth, American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), International Health Economics
Association (iHEA), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES)
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