BACKGROUND: Economic evaluation of health care has developed into a substantial body
of work, and its contribution to medical decision making is increasingly being recognized …

The use of health technology assessment research in emerging economies is becoming an
increasingly important tool to determine the uses of health spending. As low-and middle …

Background The economic benefits of healthcare research require study so that appropriate
resources can be allocated to this research, particularly in developing countries. As a first …

Background: The importance of pharmacoeconomics and health economics has been
augmented. It has the potential to provide evidence to aid in optimal decision-making in the …

Background Authorship and author order have been used as one measure to characterise
equity in research partnerships. First and last (senior) authorships often denote scientific …

countries and regions represented in the research published in volume 33 of HPI. But while
it looks somewhat better, when we combine all the high-income countries again (see Figure …

Background Global health research in resource-limited countries has been largely
sponsored and led by foreign institutions. Thus, these countries' training capacity and …

Background: Global health research partnerships, which promote the exchange of ideas,
knowledge and expertise across countries, are considered key to addressing complex …

Background Strong growth of interdisciplinary sciences might find exceptional example in
academic health economics. We decided to observe the quantitative output in this science …

Many countries in the African region do not have functional national health research systems
(NHRS) that generate, disseminate, uses, and archives health-related knowledge/ideas in …