Health economics in the UK: Capacity, constraints and comparisons to US health economists

Billingsley Kaambwa and Emma Frew ()

International Review of Economics Education, 2013, vol. 12, issue C, 1-11

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a survey of the demographics, appropriate training and professional perceptions of UK health economists. In addition, information on what motivates health economists to enter the discipline and views on how to motivate individuals to study health economics were obtained. This was done with the intention of contributing to the debate on ways of increasing capacity for health economics across the UK. Information on appropriate training, the working environment and working activities was revealed by this survey. Where possible, the results are compared to a similar survey (Morrisey and Cawley, 2008) of US health economists.

Keywords: Economists’ career decision; Motivation; Training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 A20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2013.04.004

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