Health

Health economics (JEL I1) covers the economics of health and health care.

Scope

It includes the demand for health, health-care markets and insurance, health-system organization, and health outcomes and policy.

Sub-topics

• General
• Analysis of Health Care Markets
• Health Behavior
• Health Insurance, Public and Private
• Health and Inequality
• Health and Economic Development
• Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
• Other

Core questions

• What determines health and the demand for health care?
• How do health-care markets and insurance work?
• How should health systems be organized?

Key concepts

• Demand for health
• Health insurance
• Moral hazard
• Health-care markets
• Health policy

Frequently asked questions

Why are health-care markets special?

Pervasive uncertainty and asymmetric information create insurance and market-failure problems not found in ordinary markets.