| Title |
Health Economics and Health Policy: Experiences from New Zealand
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40258-014-0149-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jacqueline Cumming |
| Abstract |
Health economics has had a significant impact on the New Zealand health system over the past 30 years. In this paper, I set out a framework for thinking about health economics, give some historical background to New Zealand and the New Zealand health system, and discuss examples of how health economics has influenced thinking about the organisation of the health sector and priority setting. I conclude the paper with overall observations about the role of health economics in health policy in New Zealand, also identifying where health economics has not made the contribution it could and where further influence might be beneficial. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 | 19% |
| Australia | 4 | 19% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| Colombia | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 62% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 14% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 15 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 17% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 12% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |
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