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;

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 in answering an interesting and important question in health economics. We welcome theoretical and empirical papers which contain a strong economics component. Standard impact evaluations, costing studies and economic evaluation of clinical trials are not suitable for this journal.