1.   That was the warning to the conference from Peter West, health economist with Touche Ross management consultants.

2.   The cost of each study was calculated with the advice of a health economist and a hospital finance officer.

3.   Amid the doom and gloom about the future of Medicare, a health economist on Tuesday said reports of its impending demise are either premature or greatly exaggerated.

4.   Aggressive anti-smoking campaigns could sharply cut mortality, as they have done in western countries, says Guy Ellena, a health economist at the World Bank.

5.   But many of the views of health economists, grounded in solid research, proved to be well-guarded secrets.

6.   But most health economists say the opposite is true.

7.   Defined contribution will become a reality in the next few years as health insurance premiums escalate again, adds Uwe Reinhardt, a Princeton University health economist.

8.   Donald Shepard, a Brandeis University health economist, buttresses the point with a different sort of analysis.

9.   Health economists say that missing a paycheck reflects a dire cash shortage and is often a steppingstone to bankruptcy.