TY - JOUR
T1 - Health economics
T2 - A report on the field
AU - Feldman, R.
AU - Morrisey, M. A.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - This study documents who health economists are, what they do, and what they think about professional and policy issues. Using primary data obtained through a mail survey of 518 health economists, we found that health economists are well trained by the standards of their profession. Most are employed in noneconomics departments in universities, where they spend their time very differently from their cousins in economics departments. There is a clear dichotomy in policy views among health economists. The characterization of the field as composed of ''narrow'' neoclassicists and ''broad'' eclecticists is supported by our data.
AB - This study documents who health economists are, what they do, and what they think about professional and policy issues. Using primary data obtained through a mail survey of 518 health economists, we found that health economists are well trained by the standards of their profession. Most are employed in noneconomics departments in universities, where they spend their time very differently from their cousins in economics departments. There is a clear dichotomy in policy views among health economists. The characterization of the field as composed of ''narrow'' neoclassicists and ''broad'' eclecticists is supported by our data.
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U2 - 10.1215/03616878-15-3-627
DO - 10.1215/03616878-15-3-627
M3 - Article
C2 - 2273220
AN - SCOPUS:0025242184
SN - 0361-6878
VL - 15
SP - 627
EP - 646
JO - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
JF - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
IS - 3
ER -
