Teaching health economics in medical schools: A suitable case for treatment?

Abstract

Doctors are important allocators of resources in the National Health Service, through the treatment decisions they make on behalf of their patients. However, they receive relatively little training in health economics at any time in their career and virtually none at medical school. This paper outlines the health economics concepts that might be taught in medical schools and discusses how this might be achieved given the pressures on the curriculum and the shortage of specialist teachers.

Citation

Drummond, M.F. (1988), "Teaching health economics in medical schools: A suitable case for treatment?", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060511