CREST and the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) are pleased to hold their joint Health Economics Workshop on 4 November 2026 at CREST – ENSAE Paris. The day will feature presentations of ongoing research on the organisation and performance of healthcare systems, with a strong focus on evidence from France: diagnostic tests and innovation, post-discharge care, gatekeeping and general practitioners, access to specialists, provider networks and decision-making in a two-tier system.

Preliminary programme

8:30 – Welcome coffee

9:00 – 9:45 – Thierry Magnac, Causal Effects of Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Antibiotic Consumption: Evidence from France (with Pierre Dubois and Frédérique Fève)
9:45 – 10:15 – Maïwenn Meyer, The Effects of Post-Discharge Follow-up Care on Heart Failure Outcomes (with Philippe Choné and Guillaume Lecué)

Coffee break

10:30 – 11:15 – Philippe Choné, Beyond Accessibility Indicators: A Structural Model of Physician Supply and Patient Demand (with Lionel Wilner)
11:15 – 11:35 – Elena Marinescu, Effect of Waiting Time for Specialist Appointment on Life Duration and Healthcare Spending: Evidence from France
11:35 – 12:00 – Titouan Le Calvé, The Causal Effect of Gatekeeping General Practitioners: Evidence from the French Médecin Traitant System

Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 – Angie Acquatella, The Effects of Diagnostic Innovation on Patient Outcomes: Evidence from French Hospitals (with Pierre Dubois)
14:15 – 14:25 – Maïwenn Meyer, Who Treats Matters: Provider Networks and Treatment Choices for Uterine Fibroids
14:25 – 14:45 – Pierre Dubois, TBA

Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30 – Meilame Tayebjee, Policy Evaluation on Healthcare Pathways Reveals the Protective Effect of Primary Care (to be confirmed)
15:30 – 16:10 – Anoosheh Mirkhushal, Provider Decision Making in a Two-Tier Healthcare System: Evidence from France
16:10 – 16:30 – Titouan Le Calvé, How Do Gatekeeping Practitioners Shape Patients’ Care Pathways?

16:30 – End of workshop

Place: CREST, ENSAE Paris, 5 avenue Henry Le Châtelier, 91120 Palaiseau, France | Room 2002