The Current Situation and Challenges in health economics research

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  • Ishikawa Shizukiyo
    Medical Education Center, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
  • Kimura Tetsuya
    The National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nakamura Yosikazu
    Division of Public Health, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
  • Kondo Katsunori
    Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu City, Aichi, Japan
  • Ojima Toshiyuki
    Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
  • Sugawara Takuma
    Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

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  • 医療経済学系研究人材を取り巻く環境と課題
  • イリョウ ケイザイガクケイ ケンキュウ ジンザイ オ トリマク カンキョウ ト カダイ

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Abstract

<p>【Background】</p><p>In recent years, health economics has had to cope with various medical problems, especially in terms of efficacy, equity, and sustainability in health. We examined two types of studies focusing on the development of human resources in health economics.</p><p>【Methods】</p><p>First, we counted the number of presentations in each annual meeting of two major scientific societies, the Japanese Economic Association (JEA) and Japanese Medical Economic Association (JMEA), in the last ten years. Second, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight health economics researchers and qualitatively summarized the results.</p><p>【Results】</p><p>In the JEA, the proportion of presentations on medical economics rose from 2–6% in the 2000s to 8–10% after 2012. In the JMEA, this figure rose from 40–70% in the 2000s to 70% and over in 2015 and 2016 (particularly increasing after 2013). Collaborative studies by economics and medical researchers increased after 2013. Based on the interviews, we extracted four categories: inadequate education for researchers on health economics, inadequate research posts, inadequate data use, and infrequent collaboration on economics and medical research.</p><p>【Conclusion】</p><p>Education on health economics has not been well established despite the increasing number of health problems. We recognize the importance of 1) continuous education on health economics, 2) creating jobs for researchers, 3) improvement of the data-use environment, and 4) collaboration between medical and economics research.</p>

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