Health Economics Review

Article	Citations
Contracting with sequential care providers	89
The cost of implementing measles campaign in Nigeria: comparing the stand-alone and the integrated strategy	77
Governance and public health expenditure in Côte d'Ivoire: examination of the dynamic relationship	69
The healthcare costs of increased body mass index–evidence from The Trøndelag Health Study	47
A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing single-inhaler extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol/glycopyrronium bromide against other SITTs in adult patients with uncontrolled asthma in England	36
End-of-life expenditure on health care for the older population: a scoping review	29
Building an integrated healthcare system of China: an assessment of coupling coordination between disease prevention, medical services, and healthcare financing from 2012 to 2021	29
Valuation of informal care for the old-aged with disabilities in China—a discrete choice experiment approach	27
Evaluating the costs of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a systematic review	26
Health insurance coverage in Ethiopia: financial protection in the Era of sustainable development goals (SDGs)	25
Utilization of maternal health facilities and rural women’s well-being: towards the attainment of sustainable development goals	25
Understanding women’s preferences for long-acting reversible contraceptives in Gondar, Ethiopia: a discrete choice experiment	25
Which factor reduces pharmaceutical expenditure, number of entrants or price variance? Updated generic drug markets in South Korea	25
Impact of diabetes diagnosis on dental care utilization: evidence from Finland	23
Correction: Health state utility values for metastatic pancreatic cancer using a composite time trade-off based on the vignette-based approach in Japan	22
The economic impact of anastomotic leak after colorectal cancer surgery	21
Estimating the budget impact of a Tuberculosis strategic purchasing pilot study in Medan, Indonesia (2018–2019)	21
Behavioral responses of healthcare providers to prospective payment systems: a systematic review using the WHO framework (2000–2024)	21
Support by telestroke networks is associated with increased intravenous thrombolysis and reduced hospital transfers: A german claims data analysis	20
Policies and cost analyses of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws – a mapping review & analysis	20
Cost-utility analysis of valsartan, enalapril, and candesartan in patients with heart failure in Iran	19
Cost-effectiveness analysis of combination therapies involving novel agents for first/second-relapse patients with multiple myeloma: a Markov model approach with calibration techniques	18
Kidney transplant cases in US: study of determinants of variance in hospital charges and inpatient care	17
Cost effectiveness of imaging strategies in the emergency department for the diagnostic workup of community-acquired pneumonia: a real-life retrospective study	17
Estimating the direct medical cost of illness of COVID-19 hospitalisations in Kuwait: efficiency trade-offs from real-world data analysis	17

Sustaining medical research – the role of trust and control	17
Impacts and lessons learned from coronavirus-19 pandemic in the United States: preparing for future public health emergencies	16
Health insurance coverages and demand for modern contraceptive choices among reproductive-age women in Thailand	15
Catastrophic health expenditures: a disproportionate risk in uninsured ethnic minorities with diabetes	14
Robot-assisted approach versus open surgery and conventional laparoscopy for radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a micro-costing study	14
The cost of readmissions in hospitals: the case of the Spanish public hospitals	14
Subnational life expectancy disparities in low and middle-income countries: measurement and determinants	13
Historical origins of corruption in the Romanian public health system - path dependency and contagion effect	13
A framework for ex-ante evaluation of the potential effects of risk equalization and risk sharing in health insurance markets with regulated competition	13
Societal cost-of-illness analysis of self-injection of biologics for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan using claims, surveys, and national statistics	13
Health economic evaluation of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention (eMBI) to improve maternal mental health during pregnancy – a randomized controlled trial (RCT)	13
An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania	13
Cost-minimization analysis of postoperative antibiotic use in high horseshoe anal fistula: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in China	13
The economic costs of orthopaedic services: a health system cost analysis of tertiary hospitals in a low-income country	13
The economic burden of diabetes-related visual impairment and blindness in Saudi Arabia	12
Key indicators for evaluating Iran’s health insurance performance	12
NHS reference costs: a history and cautionary note	12
Cost–benefit analysis of pre-entry tuberculosis screening for incoming migrants to Japan: a focus on Nepalese migrants	12
Cost-effectiveness of expanding the target population of biennial screening for breast cancer from ages 50–69 to 45 and/or 74: A cohort modelling study in the Finnish setting	11
A scoping review of COVID-19 economic response policies in the MENA countries: lessons learned for Iran for future pandemics	11
Does targeted information impact consumers’ preferences for value-based health insurance? Evidence from a survey experiment	11
Lorenz curves of urban and rural health care expenditure in Colombia: analysis of a cohort of 4.6 million patients	11
Persistent inconsistencies in patient cost variability within the French DRG classification system over the 2012–2019 period	11
Research trends in contemporary health economics: a scientometric analysis on collective content of specialty journals	10
The impact of hospital price and quality transparency tools on healthcare spending: a systematic review	10
The temporal and spatial interpretation of China’s health financing: what do Chinese’ government ‘do’ in new healthcare reform?	10
Health economic analysis of organizational models for breast cancer surgery: a bottom-up micro-costing and cost-minimization approach	10
Rehabilitation in the long-term care insurance domain: a scoping review	10
The long-term cost-effectiveness of once-weekly semaglutide versus sitagliptin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in China	9
Correction: Direct and indirect savings from parallel imports in Sweden	9
A methodological analysis of systematic reviews of cost-effectiveness in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer	9
Cost-effectiveness analysis of parenteral iron therapy compared to oral iron supplements in managing iron deficiency anemia among pregnant women	9
Understanding recent dynamics: prosperity and longevity in Ghana	9
Difference in time and risk preferences: physicians and general population across genders	9
Fragmentation of payment systems: an in-depth qualitative study of stakeholders’ experiences with the neonatal intensive care payment system in Iran	9
Measuring productivity in the healthcare sector: a bibliometric and content analysis	9
Impact of Tobacco Use and Prevention Laws on Regional Cigarette Sales: An Analysis of Provincial Disparities and Convergence Patterns in Spain	9
Health and economic gains from bariatric surgery in Portugal: an in-depth analysis using a Markov model	8
Cost of peer mystery shopping to increase cultural competency in community clinics offering HIV/STI testing to young men who have sex with men: results from the get connected trial	8
The economic effect of financial compensation in China’s healthcare system: comprehensive insights regarding supply and demand factors	8
Effects of housing demolition on health and medical utilization: evidence from China	8
Diabetes diagnosis based on glucose control levels and time until diagnosis: a regression discontinuity approach to assess the effect on direct healthcare costs	8
Protecting healthcare workers? Effects of a multilevel intervention targeting emotional demands	8
Systematic review of health economic evaluation of robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty	8
Medical care cost dynamics during COVID-19 pandemic: financial implications for Japanese health insurance system	8
A comparison of measurement properties between EORTC QLU-C10D and FACT-8D in patients with hematological malignances	8
A decade of liver transplantation in Mongolia: Economic insights and cost analysis	8
Cost-utility analysis of Palbociclib + letrozole and ribociclib + letrozole versus Letrozole monotherapy in the first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer in Iran using partitioned survival mode	8
The heterogeneous association between education and the adoption of safe food handling practices in Ethiopia	8
Impact of reimbursement systems on patient care – a systematic review of systematic reviews	7

Correction: Cost-effectiveness analysis of sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum versus chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment in metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer in China	7
Supply-side factors influencing demand for facility-based delivery in Tanzania: a multilevel analysis	7
What can we learn about the impact of cancelled planned operations on waiting times? A case study using the 2017/18 winter flu postponement policy in England	7
Health economic evaluations of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: a narrative review	7
Correction: A comparative study of bibliometric analysis on old adults’ cognitive impairment based on web of science and CNKI via CiteSpace	7
The level of countries’ preparedness to health risks during Covid-19 and pre-pandemic: the differential response to health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators	7
Should we adjust health expenditure for age structure on health systems efficiency? A worldwide analysis	7
Health state utility values for metastatic pancreatic cancer using a composite time trade-off based on the vignette-based approach in Japan	7
A Hierarchical Bayesian approach to small area estimation of health insurance coverage in Ethiopian administrative zones for better policies and programs	7
The role of Iran's context for the development of health technology assessment: challenges and solutions	7
Forecasting emergency department arrivals using INGARCH models	7
Physician agency in China: evidence from physicians’ responses to financial pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Productivity costs of type 2 diabetes with or without co-occurring substance use disorder and depression	6
An econometric examination of vaccine hesitancy among residents and their dependents in urban Ghana	6
Cost-utility analysis of eptinezumab for migraine prevention in Taiwan	6
Health shocks and households’ vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria: a quasi-experimental analysis	6
Estimating the cost for obstetric fistula repair in hospitals of Mozambique: a low-income country	6
Systematic review of the economic evaluation model of assisted reproductive technology	6
Efficiency in COVID-19 inpatient care: findings from public hospitals in Iran	6
Knowledge domain and emerging trends in multimorbidity and frailty research from 2003 to 2023: a scientometric study using citespace and VOSviewer	6
Does poverty increase COVID-19 in Africa? A cross-country analysis	6
Impact of outpatient palliative care on healthcare costs in Germany – an analysis of cancer and non-cancer patients based on health insurance data	6
Wealth, health expenditure and cancer: an econometric analysis for European countries	6
How much do government and households spend on an episode of hospitalisation in India? A comparison for public and private hospitals in Chhattisgarh state	6
AI integration in energy management: enhancing efficiency in Italian hospitals	6
An analysis of the trend towards universal health coverage and access to healthcare in Morocco	5
Negotiating pricing and payment terms for insurance covered mHealth apps: a qualitative content analysis and taxonomy development based on a German experience	5
The impact of multidimensional poverty on antenatal care service utilisation in Malawi	5
Matters arising: cost-utility and cost-effectiveness analysis of disease-modifying drugs of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: a systematic review	5
Cost-effectiveness analysis of penpulimab plus carboplatin-paclitaxel as first-line treatment for metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer in China	5
Does public indebtedness matter in the effect of public health expenditure on human longevity in Sub-Saharan Africa countries? Evidence from dynamic panel threshold regression	5
Upcoding in medicare: where does it matter most?	5
Framing financial incentives to promote hypertension care among rural primary doctors in Shandong Province, China: study protocol of a randomized field trial	5
Global burden and cross-country inequalities in head and neck cancer from 1992 to 2021: results from the global burden of disease study	5
Cost-effectiveness in unstable economies: the case of sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Argentina	5
Exploring patient and provider perspectives on health insurance effectiveness in cameroon: a qualitative study	5
Cost-utility and cost-effectiveness analysis of disease-modifying drugs of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: a systematic review	5
Long-term cost-effectiveness of quality of diabetes care; experiences from private and public diabetes centers in Iran	5
Effect of retirement on medical reimbursement expenses—evidence from China	5
Comparative policy analysis of national rare disease funding policies in Australia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States: a scoping review	5
Public funding and young children vaccination coverage: Evidence from Socialist-Oriented Market Economy	5
‘The national health insurance policy provides little to no benefit to young persons living with type 1 diabetes (T1D)’: a qualitative study of T1D management cost-burden in Southern Ghana	5
Does less working time improve life satisfaction? Evidence from European Social Survey	4
Correction: Inequalities in unmet health care needs under universal health insurance coverage in China	4
The complex price setting and reimbursement of non-industrial advanced therapy medicinal products	4
Cost of chemotherapy-related care for breast cancer care: evidence and implications from a provider perspective at a public tertiary hospital in South Africa	4
Pancreatic stone protein point-of-care testing can reduce healthcare expenditure in sepsis	4
Health outcome convergence in Africa: the roles of immunization and public health spending	4
The cost-effectiveness of telestroke in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in China	4
Structural changes in the Russian health care system: do they match European trends?	4
Beyond seed funding: why Nigerian digital health startups struggle to grow	4
Health economic evaluations of fecal microbiota transplantation for non-clostridioides difficile related diseases: a systematic review	4
Cost-effectiveness analysis of sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum versus chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment in metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer in China	4
Economics of diagnosis of disabilities among adults and children: evidence from Russia	4
Patients’ health care resources utilization and costs estimation across cardiovascular risk categories: insights from the LATINO study	4
Economic evaluation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for venous thromboembolism with different etiologies: a systematic review	4
Vaccination for adults and their children: insights from survey and experimental data	4
Examining confidential wholesale margin estimates in European countries for the price negotiation of patented drugs in Germany: a statistical model	4
An (un)healthy social dilemma: a normative messaging field experiment with flu vaccinations	4
What does it drive the relationship between cardiovascular disease mortality and economic development? New evidence from Spain	4
Heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient quality: an analysis of five common diseases in China	4
Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies: a review of methodological recommendations	4
Payment compliance of informal sector workers in Indonesia National Health Insurance: a study on ability and willingness to pay	3
Relationship between economic recessions and health inequity: analysis of the gap in life expectancy at birth between Mexican States	3
The global economic burden of schizophrenia: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses with reconstructed primary-study cost data	3
A systematic review on indirect costs related to loss of productivity after stroke	3
Value for solidarity: a proxy for community understanding and acceptance of the basic principles of community-based health insurance in rural Ethiopia	3
Analysis on the equity differential on household healthcare financing in developing countries: empirical evidence from Tanzania, East Africa	3
Medicare Advantage penetration and the financial distress of rural hospitals	3
Safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness evaluation of systemic treatments for refractory colorectal cancer: a systematic review and modeling study	3
One for all? Assessing the quality of Italian hospital care with the “benefit of the doubt” composite indicator methods	3
Correction: Cost of peer mystery shopping to increase cultural competency in community clinics offering HIV/STI testing to young men who have sex with men: results from the get connected trial	3
Impact of China Guidelines for Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations on study quality: a systematic review of economic evaluations in China	3
UHC in Morocco: a bottom-up estimation of public hospitals' financing size based on a costing database	3
Cost-effectiveness analysis of duodenal–jejunal bypass sleeve device for people with obesity	3
Incentivizing COVID-19 vaccination among racial/ethnic minority adults in the United States: $209 per dose could convince the hesitant	3
Regulation of mark-up on medicine prices in Zimbabwe: a pilot survey from 92 community pharmacies in the metropolitan area of Harare	3
Increasing patient access to faecal microbiota transplantation with remote delivery: a cost analysis of outpatient versus home-based treatment	3
Cost-benefit potential of sperm function testing to the treatment pathway for unexplained infertility: a modelling study from the UK NHS perspective	3
Impact of post-COVID-19 changes in outpatient chronic patients’ healthcare-seeking behaviors on medical utilization and health outcomes	3

How was published evidence used in model-based cost-utility analysis for lung cancer?	2
Measurement of catastrophic health expenditures in households with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in cold regions of China	2
Inequalities in unmet health care needs under universal health insurance coverage in China	2
The impact of health insurance enrollment on health outcomes in Kenya	2
Cost of illness of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	2
Burden or benefit? Unveiling the impact of out-of-pocket health expenditures in Somalia’s healthcare system	2
Determinants of the perceived financial threat of COVID-19 and implications for household economic stability: an application of the partial proportional odds model	2
Correction: The effect of basic public health service equalization on settlement intention of migrant workers in China: the mediating effect model based on subjective feelings	2
Correction: Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: catastrophic health expenditure and unmet need for healthcare	2
The impact of medical insurance on family financial support: evidence from CHARLS in China	2
Sustainable AI in medicine: navigating innovation, challenges, and environmental impact	2
Cost of hemophilia A in Brazil: a microcosting study	2
Factors influencing medical expenditures in patients with unresolved facial palsy and pharmacoeconomic analysis of upper eyelid lid loading with gold and platinum weights compared to tarsorrhaphy	2
Efficiency evaluation of 28 health systems by MCDA and DEA	2
Robotic-assisted surgery for prostatectomy – does the diffusion of robotic systems contribute to treatment centralization and influence patients’ hospital choice?	2
How can a joint European health technology assessment provide an ‘additional benefit’ over the current standard of national assessments?	2
Smokers’ willingness to pay for smoking cessation services and its determinants: evidence from China	2
Cost-effectiveness analysis of dupilumab among patients with uncontrolled severe asthma using LIBERTY ASTHMA QUEST Korean data	2
Differential costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia	2
A microcosting approach for planning and implementing community-based mental health prevention programs: what does it cost?	2
Feasibility properties of the EQ-5D-3L and 5L in the general population: evidence from the GP Patient Survey on the impact of age	2
The effect of altruism on COVID-19 vaccination rates	2
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation against conventional aortic valve replacement surgery in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis; a cost-effectiveness analysis	2
Direct cost of cochlear implants in Germany – a strategic simulation	2
An economic analysis of the impact of education on health behaviours and health outcomes in South Africa: a case of Amathole District Municipality and Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	2
Economic burden and cost of non-adherence in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of middle- and high-income countries	2
Exploration of health care utilization, social care utilization and costs for individuals discharged from inpatient geriatric care in Sweden - a registry data study	2
Approximating the influence of external factors on the technical efficiency score of hospital care: evidence from the federal states of Germany	2
Sustainability of national health insurance scheme in Ghana: what is the effect of enrolment on retention and what are the constraints?	2
Out-of-pocket expenditure on community healthcare services at end-of-life among decedents from cardiovascular disease in six European countries and Israel	2
Correction: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation against conventional aortic valve replacement surgery in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis; a cost-effectiveness analysis	2
The healthcare inequality among middle-aged and older adults in China: a comparative analysis between the full samples and the homogeneous population	2
Competition and quality of care under regulated fees: evidence from Ghana	2
Assessing the impact of government healthcare expenditure and life expectancy on economic growth in Saudi Arabia: an econometric time-series study (2000–2023)	1
Health economics evaluation of artificial intelligence in the field of oncology: a scoping review	1
Overview of the Japanese Rapid Introduction Premium as a drug pricing framework to enhance patient access to innovative drugs	1
An assessment of economy- and transport-oriented health performance	1
Work accident effect on the use of psychotropic drugs: the case of benzodiazepines	1
Economic burden of blindness and moderate to severe vision impairment in Slovenia	1
Exploring unmet healthcare needs and associated inequalities among middle-aged and older adults in Eastern China during the progression toward universal health coverage	1
Which indicator should be used? A comparison between the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure: using difference-in-difference analysis	1
Estimating the causal effect of cardiometabolic conditions on socioeconomic and healthcare outcomes: a scoping review of Mendelian randomization studies	1
Cost-benefit analysis of haemodialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease in Abuja, Nigeria	1
A retrospective study “myo-inositol is a cost-saving strategy for controlled ovarian stimulation in non-polycystic ovary syndrome art patients.”	1
Cost-effectiveness of zanubrutinib versus ibrutinib in the first-line treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) in China	1
Technical efficiency of sub-district level hospitals in Bangladesh: a comparative frontier analysis	1
Does privatization decrease the structural efficiency in the Chinese hospital sector?	1
Determinants of households’ willingness to pay for health insurance in Burkina Faso	1
Overuse of medical imaging and effects of payer-provider integration: quasi-experimental evidence from Finland	1
Cost-effectiveness of edaravone dexborneol versus human urinary kallidinogenase for acute ischemic stroke in China	1
Assessing the economic burden of vision loss and irreversible legal blindness in Spain (2021–2030): a societal perspective	1
Efficiency of health systems in developing countries: the case of West African countries	1
The clinical value and cost-effectiveness of treatments for patients with coronary artery disease	1
Does hospital competition improve the quality of outpatient care? - empirical evidence from a quasi-experiment in a Chinese city	1
Correction: Economic burden of chronic migraine in OECD countries: a systematic review	1
Socioeconomic-related inequities in child immunization: horizontal and vertical dimensions for policy insights	1
Determinants of the economic burden of ART on the Italian NHS: insights from the Lombardy region	1
Impacts of the diagnosis-intervention packet reform on costs and healthcare resource utilization: evidence from Guangzhou, China	1
The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy	1
Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of different treatment strategies for distal radius fracture	1
Cost-effectiveness of AI-enhanced breast cancer screening in Iran: a microsimulation study	1
Insured-non-insured disparity of catastrophic health expenditure in Northwest Ethiopia: a multivariate decomposition analysis	1
Community-based care services and outpatient utilization among older adults: evidence from urban China	1
The economic impact of retinal diseases for which gene therapy is emerging: a systematic literature review	1
Health shock, medical insurance and financial asset allocation: evidence from CHFS in China	1
The fragile healthcare system in Lebanon: sounding the alarm about its possible collapse	1
Economic evaluation of strategies against coronavirus: a systematic review	1
The costs associated with stroke care continuum: a systematic review	1
Providing a model for financing the treatment costs during biological crises using the fiscal space development approach	1
Analysis of the role of medical insurance in the “Health shocks-consumption upgrading” model: evidence from China	1
Economic burden of end stage renal disease: a case study in southern Iran	1
Socio-economic inequalities in the use of flu vaccination in Europe: a multilevel approach	1
Does birthweight matter to quality of life? A comparison between Japan, the U.S., and India	1
Harmonization issues in unit costing of service use for multi-country, multi-sectoral health economic evaluations: a scoping review	1
Health diplomacy to promote multisectoral participation in fighting against fragmentation and increasing budget for internalization of the health financing progress matrix in Burundi	1
Economic evaluation of automated scalp cooling systems for breast cancer patients in Spain	1
A comparative study of bibliometric analysis on old adults’ cognitive impairment based on Web of Science and CNKI via CiteSpace	1
Impact of pilot public hospital reform on efficiencies: a DEA analysis of county hospitals in East China, 2009–2015	1
An evaluation of the impacts of health insurance coverage on wealth stratification in some selected sub-Saharan countries	1
Does the introduction of an infliximab biosimilar always result in savings for hospitals? A descriptive study using real-world data	1
Cost of a lymphedema treatment mandate - 16 years of experience in the Commonwealth of Virginia	1
Social costs associated with fibromyalgia in Spain	1
Effect of health shocks on the absenteeism magnitude at work in Togo: is health insurance a mitigating factor?	1
Modeling in R: a practical application using a cost-effectiveness analysis	1
Economic effects of healthy ageing: functional limitation, forgone wages, and medical and long-term care costs	1
Effects of emergency department length of stay on inpatient utilization and mortality	1
Shaping a research agenda to ensure a successful European health technology assessment: insights generated during the inaugural convention of the European Access Academy	1
Assessing real-world effectiveness of therapies: what is the impact of incretin-based treatments on hospital use for patients with type 2 diabetes?	1
Timing of preventive behavior in the case of a new and evolving health risk: the case of COVID-19 vaccination	1
Environmental regulation and industrial restructuring: choices of health industry enterprises in China	1
Forecasting health financing sustainability under the unified pool reform: evidence from China’s Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance	1
Effect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending on maternal and neonatal mortality in low resource setting of South Asia	1
Confidence in China’s healthcare system: a focus on lower-middle class	1
An assessment of out of pocket payments in public sector health facilities under the free maternal healthcare policy in Ghana	1
Can public hospital reform reduce medical resource mismatches? Evidence from China	1