Health Economics and Health Policy
Data Tools and Statistics
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The Economics of Health Care
- Developed by the United Kingdom's Office of Health Economics (OHE), this is an interactive "e-source" on the basic principles of health care economics. The course is split into five units, which show how economists approach the problem of health care.
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Health Economics Resource Center
- (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))
- Provides aggregate data and findings about veterans. This site includes socio-economic data, the demographic characteristics of veterans, the geographical distribution of the veteran population, and other statistical data and information by veteran program.
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Health Services & Economics Survey Instruments
- (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))
- Provides access to several survey instruments for studies related to health services and economics, as well as links to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
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Key Resources in Health Economics
- (National Library of Medicine, NICHSR)
- Links to a PDF core list of materials (books, journals, websites and bibliographic databases) and a desired list of books and journals in the field of health economics. The lists are primarily geared to individuals who are new to the field or unfamiliar with the various resources on health economics and need to acquire and/or access publications, databases, and websites in the health economics domain.
Key Organizations
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Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, & Economic Research (CHQOER)
- (Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Administration (HSR&D))
- The Center's three research priority areas are: patient-centered care, medication effectiveness, and patient safety. Across these domains, researchers develop innovative methodologies and models of care to provide the most effective, efficient and appropriate care to our nation's veterans.
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Health Services & Economics Branch Areas of Research
- (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))
- Examines the dissemination of effective cancer-related health services into community practice. Monitors demographic, social, economic, and health system factors that influence preventive, screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for cancer.
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International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
- Formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a high standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist young researchers at the start of their careers.
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National Academy of Social Insurance
- Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to promote understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security and a vibrant economy.
Literature and Guidelines
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Handbook of Health Economics
- The 35 chapters of The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. Published by Elsevier.
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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.
Programs (Non-Academic)
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Health Economics Program (HEP)
- (Minnesota Department of Health (MDH))
- The Health Economics Program conducts research and applied policy analysis to monitor changes in the health care marketplace; to understand factors influencing health care cost, quality and access; and to provide technical assistance in the development of state health care policy.
Data Tools and Statistics
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Duke Health Policy Gateway
- (Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University)
- A categorized list of Web links in health policy.
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Health Policy Resources
- (Health Sciences and Human Services Library, U. of MD (HS/HSL))
- Web links to information on health policy issues.
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RAND COMPARE
- COMPARE is a transparent, evidence-based approach to providing information and tools to help policymakers, the media, and other interested parties understand, design, and evaluate health policies.
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Risk Adjustment Impact Study (RAIS)
- (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))
- This study seeks to answer two questions: How is health-based risk adjustment implemented? and What is the impact of health-based risk adjustment on purchasers and on managed care organizations (MCOs)?
Key Organizations
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Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
- (World Health Organization (WHO))
- The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is an international collaboration based in the WHO Geneva. It has its origins in the recommendations of the 1996 report of WHO's Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research which identified lack of health policy and systems research as a key problem impeding the improvement of health outcomes in low and middle income countries.
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The American Health Quality Association (AHQA)
- Represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America. QIOs share information about best practices with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and others.
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CalHealthReform
- (California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF))
- One-stop site to learn about the 2007 reform proposals on the table, compare and analyze features of the proposals, and weigh in on the policy debate.
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Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Health is a growing area of analysis for CBO, with work done across the agency. CBO's health work is divided into two categories: (1) estimating the budgetary impact of federal health programs and (2) preparing studies on health policy issues.
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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
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Families USA
- A national nonprofit working for the consumer in national and state health policy debates.
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Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, UAB
- (University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) USA)
- Located in the School of Public Health of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This endowed Center has a university wide mission to facilitate the conduct of health policy research and to disseminate the findings of that research beyond the usual academic channels.
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
- Established in 1997 by the merger of the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC). Created by congressional mandate (Public Law 105-33), the 15-member nonpartisan Commission advises the Congress on Medicare Payment policies.
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National Health Policy Forum (NHPF)
- (George Washington University)
- The National Health Policy Forum is a participant-driven, nonpartisan information exchange program that works to foster more informed government decision making.
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NCSL's Health Policy Issues
- (National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL))
- The NCSL health programs and staff collect information related to many state and federal health issues. The programs track legislative action in the states, identify new and important research and the effects on public policy and disseminates information about state innovations.
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New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)
- (New York Academy of Medicine)
- NYAM has been advancing the health of people in cities since 1847. An independent organization, NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world's urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to innovative research, education, community engagement and policy leadership. Drawing on the expertise of diverse partners worldwide and more than 2,000 elected Fellows from across the professions, our current priorities are to create environments in cities that support healthy aging; to strengthen systems that prevent disease and promote the public's health; and to implement interventions that eliminate health disparities.
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Public Policy Institute
- (AARP)
- PPI conducts objective research on public policy issues of concern to the aging.
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RAND Health Research Division
- RAND Health is a research division within the RAND Corporation. For 60 years, RAND has been working to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND Health continues that tradition, advancing understanding of health and health behaviors, and examining how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access.
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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA)
- Its mission is to improves the public's health by advancing health policy through research, public service, community partnership, and education.
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Urban Institute's Health Policy Center
- (Urban Institute (UI))
- Analyzes trends and underlying causes of changes in health insurance coverage, access to care, and use of health care services by the entire US population.
Literature and Guidelines
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Health Policy and Planning Online
- Health Policy and Planning's aim is to improve the design and implementation of health policies in low- and middle-income countries through providing a forum for publishing high quality research and original ideas, for an audience of policy and public health researchers and practitioners. HPP is published six times a year (bimonthly) by Oxford University Press.
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Health Policy Monitor
- (International Network Health Policy and Reform Germany)
- A 20-country-project initiated and sponsored by the Bertelsmann Stiftung since 2002, associated with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Every six months, the experts report and comment on five or more health policy trends and developments from their countries.
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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
- (Duke University Press)
- Focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health—past, present, and future.
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Key Resources in Health Policy
- (National Library of Medicine, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)
- Links to a PDF of selected list of essential materials in health policy. The resulting report is intended as a selection guide rather than as standard, provides recommendations for books, journals, Internet sites, and organizations and publishers to monitor for reports. The recommendations are primarily geared to academic and health sciences librarians who are not familiar with the literature of health policy and who need to acquire publications or assist in locating Internet sites in the domain.
Programs (Non-Academic)
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Evidence-Based Health Policy Project
- (University of Wisconsin)
- This Wisconsin project includes four methods by which to provide public and private sector policy makers with timely, non-partisan, high quality information for evidence-based decision-making.
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National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
- A national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.
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Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)
- A national coalition committed to raising awareness of the policies and practices that save lives and reduce health costs through more effective prevention and management of chronic disease.
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