Journal of Health Economics and Development seeks articles related to the economics of health and development. 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;
and such other topics as the Editors may deem appropriate. Applications to problems in both developed and less-developed countries are welcomed. Articles need to make a significant contribution to the theoretical and /or methodological literature on the subject and contain a strong economics component. Standard impact evaluations, costing studies and economic evaluation of clinical trials are not suitable for this journal.