HealthEconomics.Com:
A world-wide list of resources on health economics,
pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, managed care, value in
medicine, health-related quality of life, performance assessment,
and quality of care.
http://www.healtheconomics.com/
Citizen Action of New York:
Citizen Action of New York is a grassroots organization fighting for
economic, social and environmental justice. This site argues that in
the USA Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) and insurance
companies are driving up costs and driving down quality!
http://www.citizenactionny.org
The Rand Organisation:
Seminal information about health care in the USA and its financing.
The Rand organisation is concerned with a wide range of Health
Economics Research.
http://www.rand.org
Office of Health Economics:
The Office of Health Economics aims to commission and undertake
research on the economics of health, collect and analyse health and
health care data from the United Kingdom and other countries and
disseminate the results.
http://www.ohe.org
International Health Economics Association:
iHEA has been formed to increase communication among health
economists, foster a higher standard of debate in the application of
economics to health and health care systems.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/
Health Reform Online Home:
The World Bank's comprehensive online resource center on health
sector reform efforts around the world.
http://www.worldbank.org/healthreform/
Economics of Addiction/Preventive Health Research Programmes:
University of York public policy research on economics of addiction.
This Site by a well respected research organisation has details on
research and issues relevant to smoking, alcohol and drug addiction.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/addictio.htm
Heccon Services Kenya:
Health Economics Consultancy based in Kenya and offering services to
Developing Countries, especially African.
http://www.tcfb.com/hecconserve
EconomicsResearch Resources for Economists:
Health Economics Resources for students, academics and researchers.
Contains lecture notes and references for a health economics course
in the UK.
http://www.economicsresearch.net
NHS Centre For Reviews and Dissemination:
A wealth of information on how to undertake systematic reviews,
together with databases of review appraisals.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/welcome.htm
European Clearing House on Health Systems Reforms:
Europe-wide network of researchers and policy analysts, providing a
forum for exchanging information on health systems reform. A
database of literature on European health systems reform, together
with details of ongoing research projects.
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/info1.htm#clear
NHS CRD Database of Reviews of Effectiveness:
Databases of Reviews of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness.
Authoritative reviews of Journal Articles in Health Care and Health
Economics
http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/welcome.html
Bulletin of the World Health Organisation:
On-Line content of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation.
Good Health Economics Content.
http://www.who.int/bulletin/
Health Affairs:
Health policy journal publishing original, peer-reviewed research
and commentary.
http://www.healthaffairs.org/
The Commission for Health Improvement[for England and Wales]:
The Commission for Health Improvement's aim is to improve the
quality of patient care in the NHS. CHI will raise standards by
assessing every NHS organisation and making its findings public ,
investigating when there is serious failure , checking that the NHS
is following national guidelines and advising the NHS on best
practice
http://www.chi.nhs.uk/
Health Economics (Journal):
Publishers page which offers access to abstracts of the journal
'Health Economics'. Online full text for subscribers only.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=5749
USA Office of Technology Assessment:
Lists of U.S.A. OTA publications, arranged alphabetically,
chronologically, and topically. All the official OTA assessments
from 1974-1995 are archived at this site, along with many background
papers and other documents.
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/ns20/pubs_f.html
Health Technology Board for Scotland:
Provides advice to the NHS Scotland on the clinical and
cost-effectiveness of new and existing health technologies; such as
medicines, devices, clinical procedures and healthcare settings
HEED Home Page:
HEED is the Health Economic Evaluations Database designed by health
economists for use by health economists
http://www.ohe-heed.com
Journal of Health Economics:
Full text now available of this very influential health economics
journal.
http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/5/6/0/
Diabetes Health Economics Group:
The DHESG seeks to enhance communication about economic issues in
diabetes care, and establish collaborative efforts in the reporting
and dissemination of diabetes economics research.
http://www.pitt.edu/~tjs/diabecon.html
Millbank Quarterly:
A uniquely in-depth assessment of the social, legal, and ethical
dimensions of health care policy.
http://www.milbank.org/quarterly.html
National Institute of Clinical Evidence:
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is developing a
series of national clinical guidelines to secure consistent, high
quality, evidence based care for patients using the National Health
Service in England and Wales.
http://www.nice.org.uk
HTA programme home page:
Excellent resources for health economics in the publications
section, especially recommended is the article about uncertainty in
economic evaluation. State of the Art!
StatNotes: Online Textbook in Statistics:
Good information for Health Economists on different methods of
qualitative regression techniques, including multinomial dependent
variable methods.
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm
IFS: Health Issues:
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is an independent research
organisation aiming to provide high quality economic analysis of
public policy with a section on UK Healthcare Provision and wide
ranging economic analysis, including econometrics and international
issues.
http://www.ifs.org.uk/healthindex.shtml
Das Soziale Gesundheitswesen (German):
If your German is good enough here is an fascinating book. Die
steigenden Anforderungen an die soziale Krankenversorgung werden
dargestellt und gefragt, ob diese Anforderungen mit Staatsbetrieben,
Monopolen oder unter Wettbewerb bewأ¤ltigt werden sollen. Die drei
Systeme - USA, Deutschland, USA - werden analysiert und die Folgen
fأ¼r die أ¶sterreichische Gesundheitspolitik daraus gezogen.
http://www.flooid.com/gesundheitssystem
Canadian Co-ordinating Office For Health Technology Assessment:
CCOHTA's mission is to encourage the appropriate use of health
technology by influencing decision makers through the collection,
analysis, creation and dissemination of information concerning the
effectiveness and cost of technology and its impact on health.
http://www.ccohta.ca/
Australian Prescriber:
An independent review of therapeutics produced for health
professionals. It aims to provide short direct and didactic reviews
on a range of topics which will assist readers.
http://www.australianprescriber.com/
Nordic Cochrane Centre:
The Nordic Cochrane Centre is part of The Cochrane Collaboration, an
international network of individuals and institutions committed to
preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the
effects of health care.
http://www.cochrane.dk/
Strained Mercy:
Textbook on health economics, written within the Canadian context.
http://frisch.ecn.ulaval.ca/guy/11160/Manuel/Strained_Mercy/
