Description

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Health Economics is a large and vibrant area of economics that has expanded rapidly over the past fifty years. This three-volume encyclopedia brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on health economics ever produced. In 85 peer-reviewed entries, readers of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics will find authoritative overviews of all aspects of modern health economics research, organized around four broad themes: population health, global health, health systems, and evaluation.

Students, scholars, researchers, and professionals seeking in-depth, foundational essays on both core and emerging topics will find comprehensive examinations of the vast and growing literature in health economics.

About the Author

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Andrew M. Jones is Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Health, Econometrics, and Data Group (HEDG) at the University of York, UK, as well as a visiting professor at Monash University. He was a joint editor of Health Economics for more than twenty-five years. Additionally, he was an elected member of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Executive Board from 2011 to 2014, and chaired the organization's Arrow Award committee from 2014 to 2016. He was President of the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) from 2016 to 2018. His work is primarily in microeconometrics and health economics with particular interests in the determinants of health, the economics of addiction, and socioeconomic inequalities in health and healthcare.