Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Scope & Guideline
Empowering decision-makers with applied health economics.
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Health Economic Evaluations:
The journal publishes research involving cost-effectiveness analyses, cost-utility analyses, and budget impact analyses aimed at assessing the economic value of various health interventions. - Policy Impact Studies:
Research that examines the implications of health policies on economic outcomes, healthcare access, and population health metrics is a core focus, addressing how policies can be optimized based on economic evaluations. - Healthcare Systems Analysis:
Evaluations of healthcare systems, including comparisons across countries and regions, to understand efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and the impact of different financing models. - Patient Preferences and Outcomes:
Studies that explore patient-reported outcomes and preferences, integrating these perspectives into economic evaluations to ensure that health interventions align with patient values. - Emerging Health Technologies:
Research on the economic impact of new health technologies, including pharmaceuticals, digital health solutions, and innovative medical devices, assessing their value in real-world settings. - Public Health Interventions:
Economic evaluations of public health initiatives and preventive measures, focusing on their cost-effectiveness and overall impact on population health.
Trending and Emerging
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA):
The journal increasingly focuses on studies related to health technology assessments, emphasizing their role in informing policy decisions and optimizing resource allocation in healthcare. - Value-Based Healthcare:
An emerging trend is the analysis of value-based healthcare models, which prioritize patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, reflecting a shift towards integrating patient-centered approaches in economic evaluations. - Public Health Economics:
Research focusing on the economic implications of public health interventions, particularly in the context of global health challenges such as pandemics, is gaining traction, highlighting the importance of investing in preventive measures. - Environmental Impact in Health Economics:
There is a growing interest in incorporating environmental considerations into economic evaluations, with studies examining the cost-effectiveness of interventions that also address sustainability and ecological health. - Machine Learning and Big Data in Economic Evaluations:
The application of machine learning techniques and big data analytics in health economics is emerging as a new frontier, offering innovative methods for modeling and analyzing healthcare costs and outcomes. - Equity and Health Disparities:
Research addressing health equity and disparities is increasingly prominent, focusing on how economic evaluations can inform policies aimed at reducing inequalities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Pharmaceutical Cost-Effectiveness Analyses:
There has been a noticeable reduction in studies solely focused on traditional cost-effectiveness analyses for pharmaceuticals, as the field shifts towards more comprehensive evaluations that include broader societal impacts and patient-reported outcomes. - Single-Country Case Studies:
Research that exclusively examines health economic evaluations within a single country is waning, as there is an increasing emphasis on cross-country comparisons and global health perspectives. - Basic Economic Modelling Approaches:
The use of simplistic economic modelling techniques appears to be declining, with a trend towards more sophisticated and multi-dimensional modelling approaches that incorporate a variety of factors affecting health economics. - General Health Service Utilization Studies:
Studies that focus merely on health service utilization without economic evaluations are becoming less frequent, as the journal prioritizes research that connects utilization with economic outcomes and policy implications. - Historical Economic Analyses:
There seems to be a decrease in the publication of historical analyses of health economics, as contemporary issues, particularly those related to current health crises like COVID-19, take precedence.
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