Health Economics Review

Health Economics Review has moved to BMC

We are delighted to announce that Health Economics Review is now part of the BMC family of journals. The BMC website already receives over 100 million views per year and has expanded beyond biomedicine into a broader range of inquiry on a single platform for authors considering open access publishing. Bookmark our new URL and make sure to sign up to our article alerts so you can keep up with all of the latest research and articles and read more about BMC’s pioneering spirit.

Content type: Research
| 17 January 2019

Analysis of processes and costs of alternative packaging options of sterile goods in hospitals – a case study in two German hospitals

Authors: Markus Krohn, Josefine Fengler, Thomas Mickley and Steffen Flessa
Content type: Research
| 21 December 2018

Does happiness matter to health system efficiency? A performance analysis

Authors: Kok Fong See and Siew Hwa Yen
Content type: Review
| 5 December 2018

Cost-effectiveness of continuity of midwifery care for women with complex pregnancy: a structured review of the literature

Authors: Roslyn E. Donnellan-Fernandez, Debra K. Creedy and Emily J. Callander
Content type: Research
| 4 December 2018

Understanding the adoption of new drugs decided by several stakeholders in the South Korean market: a nonparametric event history analysis

Authors: Kyung-Bok Son
Content type: Research
| 23 November 2018

Hospitalization rates and resource utilization of schizophrenic patients switched from oral antipsychotics to aripiprazole-depot in Germany

Authors: Christoph Potempa and Reinhard Rychlik

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Content type: Review
| 19 September 2013

Do health economic evaluations using observational data provide reliable assessment of treatment effects?

Authors: Dimitrios Rovithis
Content type: Research
| 23 July 2012

The national health insurance scheme: perceptions and experiences of health care providers and clients in two districts of Ghana

Authors: Philip Ayizem Dalinjong and Alexander Suuk Laar
Content type: Research
| 6 May 2012

Health and vulnerability to poverty in Ghana: evidence from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 5

Authors: Jacob Novignon, Justice Nonvignon, Richard Mussa and Levison S Chiwaula
Content type: Research
| 4 April 2012

Community-based health insurance and social capital: a review

Authors: Hermann Pierre Pythagore Donfouet and Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu
Content type: Review
| 3 September 2012

Estimating cost-effectiveness in public health: a summary of modelling and valuation methods

Authors: Kevin Marsh, Ceri J Phillips, Richard Fordham, Evelina Bertranou and Janine Hale

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Aims and scope

Health Economics Review is an international high-quality journal covering all fields of Health Economics. A broad range of theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy with a health economic focus will be considered for publication. Its scope includes macro- and microeconomics of health care financing, health insurance and reimbursement as well as health economic evaluation, health services research and health policy analysis. Further research topics are the individual and institutional aspects of health care management and the growing importance of health care in developing countries.

Discount for Health Systems Global members

New Content Item All Health Systems Global members receive a 20% discount on Health Economics Review Article Processing Charges (APCs). To claim the discount, please contact the Secretariat at info@healthsystemsglobal.org to obtain the BMC journals' discount code.

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Decision modelling of non-pharmacological interventions for individuals with dementia: a systematic review of methodologies

Elizaveta Sopina and Jan Sørensen

Health Economics Review is the first open access journal covering all fields of health economics. The published research is immediately and permanently available online free of charge. We as the editorial team believe in the scientific value of this electronic publication model and its future success. The high-ranked international editorial board and the double-blind peer review process guarantee high-quality publications and will lead to a soon listing in the most relevant scientific databases.

Sebastian Braun, Managing Editor Leibniz University Hannover

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