Health Economics
Journal of Development Studies
One of the best known international journals in the area of development studies. Since its foundation in 1964, it has published many seminal articles on development and opened up new areas of debate.
Priority is given to papers which are:
- relevant to important current research in development policy, theory and analysis
- make a novel and significant contribution to the field
- provide critical tests, based on empirical work, of alternative theories, perspectives or chools of thought
The journal invites articles that are interdisciplinary or focused on particular disciplines (e.g. economics, politics, geography, sociology or anthropology), with an expectation that all work is accessible to readers across the social sciences.
Publishing frequency: Monthly
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Provides a timely publication of cutting-edge research and expert opinion from this increasingly important field, making it a vital resource for payers, providers and researchers alike. The journal includes high quality economic research and reviews of all aspects of healthcare from various perspectives and countries, designed to communicate the latest applied information in health economics and health policy. While emphasis is placed on information with practical applications, a strong basis of underlying scientific rigor is maintained.
Areas of interest include:
- Economic analysis of all aspects of healthcare interventions
- Economic analysis of health policy initiatives
- Cost of illness studies
- Evaluation of methodologies
- Analysis of pricing and reimbursement systems
Publishing frequency: Bi-monthly
Journal of Health Economics
This journal seeks articles related to the economics of health and medical care. Its scope will include the following topics:
- Production and supply of health services;
- Demand and utilization of health services;
- Financing of health services;
- Determinants of health, including investments in health and risky health behaviors;
- Economic consequences of ill-health;
- Behavioral models of demanders, suppliers and other health care agencies;
- Evaluation of policy interventions that yield economic insights;
- Efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy
Publishing frequency: 6 issues a year
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Focuses on health care systems and on the behavior of consumers, patients, and providers of such services. The links among management, public policy, payment, and performance are core topics of the relaunched journal.
The primary audience for this journal will be health economists and researchers in health management, along with the larger group of health services researchers. In addition, research and policy analysis reported in the journal should be of interest to health care providers, managers and policymakers, who need to know about the pressures facing insurers and governments, with consequences for regulation and mandates.
Publishing frequency: Quarterly
Health Economics
Publishes articles on all aspects of health economics: theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy from the economic perspective. Its scope includes the determinants of health and its definition and valuation, as well as the demand for and supply of health care; planning and market mechanisms; micro-economic evaluation of individual procedures and treatments; and evaluation of the performance of health care systems.
Contributions should typically be original and innovative. As a rule, the Journal does not include routine applications of cost-effectiveness analysis, discrete choice experiments and costing analyses.
Publishing frequency: Monthly
