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Economic Methodologies for Health Systems Research

This workshop explores the diverse economic methodologies necessary to understand the extent and nature of marketization in health systems, as well as the dynamics of change within these systems. Topics include exploratory methodologies, business and financial economics, and evolutionary methodologies.

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Economic Methodologies for Health Systems Research

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  1. Diverse economic methodologies and health system research UK funders’ workshop on health policy and systems research in low and middle income countries DFID/ ESRC/ Wellcome Trust 13.12.11 Maureen Mackintosh Open University, UK Professor Maureen Mackintosh, 14 Dec 2011

  2. Two issues/ questions • We know many health systems are highly marketised and/or private sector dominated – what methodologies are needed to diagnose its extent and nature? • Health systems are major economic sectors producing goods and services – what methodologies are needed to understand their direction of change (dynamics)? Professor Maureen Mackintosh, 14 Dec 2011

  3. Diverse economic methodologies relevant to marketised health systems 1. Exploratory methodologies drawn from development economics, investigating economic systems through fieldwork. 2. Business and financial economics applied to industrial and service sectors, e.g. contracting, business strategy. 3. Evolutionary methodologies used in industrial economics to identify the drivers of changing market structure in industrial and service sectors. Professor Maureen Mackintosh, 14 Dec 2011

  4. Evolutionary methodology Professor Maureen Mackintosh, 14 Dec 2011

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