The American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) is a newly formed professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in health economics research in the United States. ASHE provides a forum for emerging ideas and empirical results of health economics research. Browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Centre for Health Economics (CHE) is located at the University of York. The research at CHE encompasses health policy, economic evaluations, health technology assessments, the development and testing of economic methodologies, resource allocation, and health outcomes. Links are provided to publications; information on books authored by CHE staff; seminars; other health economics resources and organizations. Search using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links at the top of the page.

The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) is located at McMaster University in Canada. Its mission is to promote an interdisciplinary environment that fosters excellence in acquiring, producing and communicating socially-relevant knowledge in the fields of health economics and health policy analysis. Working papers, reports, health policy commentaries, as well as information on seminars, workshops and conferences, are included on the site. Also included are links to other research centres and Canadian provincial health departments. Browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) is located at the University of Sydney. CHERE’s areas of expertise include: economic evaluation, technology assessment, health program evaluation, the evaluation of complex interventions, quality of life assessment, health policy analysis and economic forecasting. The Web site includes access to research reports and discussion papers produced at CHERE. Links to other centres of health economic research, health services research and health related sites are also available. Browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Cochrane Library is available by subscription. It includes the three databases produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: the NHS Economic Evaluation Database, the HTA Database, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE). Due to the increasing inclusion of an economic component in systematic reviews, relevant information on economic outcomes may also be found in the Cochrane Library's Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Note that the Cochrane Systematic Reviews are now indexed by the National Library of Medicine for PubMed and MEDLINE. Search via a simple or an advanced search interface, or browse through titles in some of the databases. You can search databases individually or in combination.

This Web site for the French Health Economists Association provides links to the CODECS and EURONHEED databases as well as to seminars, conferences and to the document: The French Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of the Health Care Technologies. Search using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

CODECS is a free, analytical French database on health economics evaluation studies developed by the Collège des Economistes de la Santé. The CODECS is a value-added service that lists and analyzes published studies in the field of economic evaluations of health care technologies in the French context. Its structure is very close to that of NHS EED, although it only includes French or English-language papers that apply in the French context. An additional feature of CODECS is the inclusion of a commentary on the implications of the analysis, its possible relevance and potential role for decision making. Search using the advanced search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page. Both French and English interfaces are available.

The Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry is part of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. The Registry provides public access to a comprehensive database of cost-effectiveness ratios in the published literature. The goal of the CEA Registry is to provide a convenient single one-stop shop for locating “benchmark” data on cost effectiveness in health and medicine. Browse using the navigation links on the left of the page

EBIC On-line is an economic surveillance tool and the Economic Burden of Illness in Canada’s complementary interactive web-based application. Designed to enhance dissemination of and access to cost-of-illness data in Canada, the application contains cost-of-illness data for 1998 by diagnostic category, cost component, province, age, and sex. New data will be incorporated as it becomes available. Data can be extracted and downloaded, or it can be displayed in graphical format first and then downloaded. Search the database by selecting from the 'Charting application' navigation buttons on the left. English and French interfaces are available.

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC) is an international listing of economics departments, institutes and research centres, as well as finance ministries, statistical offices, central banks, think tanks, and other non-profit institutions. Search using the search facility provided, or browse the listings by country.

EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software. Search via the search interface or browse titles within categories: working paper series, journal articles, books and chapters, and software series.

Chapter 11 of the Etext on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Information Resources is a comprehensive summary on health economics. It includes a brief description of the concept, bibliographic databases to search, searching tips, links to bibliographies, other Internet sources, and suggestions for further reading. Browse the document or use the navigation links to move to specific chapters.

The EUROpean Network of Health Economics Evaluation Databases (EURONHEED) project is a database of the published literature on the economic evaluation of health care interventions in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and associated countries. The project is coordinated by the College des Economistes de la Sante (CES) in Paris, France. EURONHEED database is built on the foundations of two established databases: the UK’s NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) and France’s Connaissances et Décision en Économie de la Santé (CODECS) database. Search via an advanced or simple search interface or browse records by author, title, etc.

The Health Economic Evaluations Databse (HEED) contains information on studies of cost-effectiveness and other forms of economic evaluation of medicines, other treatments and medical interventions. HEED currently contains 27,000 references, is updated monthly (approximately 300 references are added each month) and is available as an annual subscription service on CD-ROM or via the Internet. More than half the records include a review by a health economist; other records are bibliographic only. Search using the form-filling, compound search interface or try the expert search interface.

The Programme for Health Economics in Bergen (HEB) is a centre for economic research into health and health care. Fields of research include economic analyses of resource use in health care institutions, and economic evaluation. The research areas fall into three main categories: incentives and organisation of the health sector; evaluation of medial treatment programmes; and examining the gap between the public demand for health services and the availability of resources.

The Web site contains links to full-text publications, other health economic organizations in both English and Norwegian. Browse this Web site using the navigation links on the left of the page.

Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) performs applied and methodological research in health economics. The Web site contains links to workshops, seminars, conferences, publications, and other organizations. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

Located at Brunel University, the focus of Health Economics Research Group (HERG) is on the economic evaluation of a broad range of clinical and health service technologies. Follow links to publications, seminars, upcoming courses, and other organizations. You can search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

Health Economics Research Programme (HERO) is a research programme concentrating on research in health economics at the University of Oslo. The programme has three research units: The Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, The Frisch Centre, and The Department of Economics at the University of Oslo. Through the Web site one can gain access to HERO’s working papers (in English and Norwegian) and find links to data resources for health economics (in Norwegian). Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

Located at the University of Aberdeen, the objectives of the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) are to: conduct research into economic approaches to health & health care; to develop economic techniques to be readily applied by economists and/or health care personnel; to demonstrate and test the approaches and techniques: and to accumulate and make available to the health service a body of expertise in health economics. HERU’s Web site provides links to discussion papers, briefing papers, and reports. Browse the Web site using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Health Economics Resource Centre groups sites by geographical location, government agencies, evidence-based medicine, academic institutions, and online journals. A glossary of sites provides description and comment on content and usefulness. Click to link to Web sites listed.

The UK-based Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC) database is available by subscription from OVID. The data covered targets health service and hospital administration, management and policy; medical equipment and supplies; personal social services; nursing, primary care and public health. It amalgamates the library catalogues of the UK Department of Health and two leading UK health policy research institutions: the King's Fund and the Nuffield Institute for Health. Search via the advanced search interface.

HealthEconomics.com is a set of links to health economic, medical, biotech and pharmaceutical resources. Organized by category (e.g. associations, government resources, databases), it includes lists of sites on health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, managed care, value in medicine, health-related quality of life, performance assessment, and quality of care. Browse the lists using the navigation links to categories.

The Information Resources in Health Economics is a list of resources available on economics, costs of care, and statistical resources, research centres and organisations, databases, health economics bibliographies and e-mail discussion lists. Download a Word version or browse using the navigation links to chapters.

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) delivers health economics, health outcomes and health policy research and related services. The Web site provides access to the research results of IHE’s Fellows and links to other organizations dealing with health economics and health technology assessment. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the top of the page.

The International Health Economics Association (iHEA) was formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a higher standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and to assist young researchers at the start of their careers. Search the Web site using the search facility provided at the bottom of the homepage, or browse using the navigation links on the left.

INAHTA is comprised of the main publicly funded HTA agencies worldwide. The site includes links to the 45 member agencies and the Web sites of individual HTA agencies. INAHTA’s aim is to promote and provide access to information exchange and information sharing, and collaboration among health technology agencies. Search by keyword via a single search box or browse publications by type (briefs, newsletter, joint products, and synthesis reports).

International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) promotes the practice and science of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes assessment. It provides information on publications, conferences, and health economics issues and good research practice in health sciences research including health economics research. The Web site includes a comprehensive list of links to other pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research sites.

Located at the University of Pennsylvania, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) conducts a research program in health care evaluation, delivery, economics, management, and policy that focuses in three primary areas:

• Evaluation of health care interventions;
• Financing, organization, delivery, and management of care;
• Changing provider and patient behavior

Links are provided to issue briefs and reports, as well as to several research and policy groups, foundations and associations, and US government organizations. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has a large repository of health economics working papers. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the top of the page.

Located in London, UK, the Office of Health Economics (OHE) developed the HEED database. Links to publications are available on the Web site. Browse the Web site using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Pediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE) project is part of a unique research program in pediatric health economic methods that recognizes the unique challenges in applying standard health economic methods to children. Search via the advanced search interface.

RePEC is an archive of economic working papers, journal articles and software components dealing with the study of economics. Browse the archives using the navigation links in the centre of the page, or search/browse via the Web sites listed.

The Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) brings together a wide range of health-related skills including: health economics, operational research, management sciences, epidemiology, medical statistics, and information science. Links are provided to publications and other resources. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The Swedish Institute of Health Economics (IHE) conducts health economic evaluations and analyses in the evaluation of pharmaceuticals and medical technologies; the organization and financing of health care; the pharmaceutical market; health care in developing countries; and traffic safety and health. Follow links to publications and other organizations. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or browse using the navigation links on the left of the page.

The World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) provides a comprehensive listing of links to national health-related statistical Web sites. It also provides links relevant to epidemiology and the burden of disease, cost-effectiveness of health care interventions, health systems performance assessment and reform, including financing and resource allocation. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or click on individual links.

World Health Organization – CHOosing Interventions That Are Cost Effective (WHO-CHOICE) project reports the costs and effects of a wide range of health interventions in the 14 epidemiological sub-regions (world divisions made based on geographical location and epidemiological profiles). The results of these cost-effectiveness analyses are assembled in regional databases, which policy makers can adapt to their specific country setting.

The Web site contains tables of regional data, the prices of goods and services, demographic and epidemiologic information. A tool kit is available to aid in conducting generalized cost effectiveness analysis studies. Follow links to background papers and related Web sites. Search the Web site using the search facility provided, or click on individual links. Multiple language interfaces (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, English, French, Spanish) are available.

The WWW Virtual Library: Economics combines two resources: WWW Resources in Economics (WebEc) and Resources for Economists on the Internet. A directory of resources on economics is available through the Virtual Library. Search the two resources separately via the simple search interface.