Laia Maynou-Pujolràs, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Economics and Econometrics, Health Economics, Policy Evaluation, Regional Economics
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
September 2018- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK Health Policy LSE Fellow and Research Officer
December 2016- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK August 2018 Health Policy Research Officer. Health Foundation Grant: “Health Care Technology Diffusion in the NHS and workforce impact”. PI: Prof. Alistair McGuire and Dr. Victoria Serra-Sastre
October 2015- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dept. of Economics and Barcelona, Spain Business, Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES) Researcher
October 2015- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dept. of Economics and Barcelona, Spain June 2018 Business, Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES) Visiting Lecturer and Adjunct Lecturer
September 2013- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK September 2015 (LSHTM) Research Fellow, EU-funded project ADVANCE-HTA. Under WP1, PI: Prof. John Cairns
EDUCATION
2011-2013 Ph.D. in Law, Economics and Business (cum-laude), Girona, Spain Universitat de Girona (UdG) Thesis Title: “Health and economic convergence in the European Union (1990-2010): an econometric approach” Supervisors: Prof. Marc Saez (UdG) and Prof. Jordi Bacaria (UAB) Defended the 21st November 2013 at the University of Girona.
2012-2013 City, University of London, Department of Economics London, UK Visiting Ph.D. student sponsored by Prof. Mireia Jofre-Bonet (13 months)
2012-2013 Courses during the Ph.D.: Advance Economic Evaluation London, UK (City, University of London) and Advance Health Economics (LSE)
2010 - 2011 Free University Brussels (VUB), Advanced Master in Brussels, Belgium European Economic Integration and Development (with great distinction)
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Laia Maynou-Pujolràs, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
2005 - 2010 Universitat de Girona, Degree of Economics (with honours) Girona, Spain ERASMUS (2009-2010), University of Namur and University Namur, Belgium of Louvain-la-Neuve.
TEACHING
- April 2020 - Positively evaluated by AQU as “Professor Lector”, Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency.
- December 2019 - Positively evaluated by AQU as “Professor Agregat”, Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency.
- February 2015 - Positively evaluated by ANECA as “Profesor Contratado Doctor” and “Profesor Ayudante Doctor”, National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain.
2nd Term 2020/2021 Statistical Methods on Health Care Economic Evaluation, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 2nd Term 2020/2021 Applied Health Econometrics, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (lectures and seminars) 1st Term 2020/2021 Health Economics, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 2nd Term 2019/2020 Statistical Methods on Health Care Economic Evaluation, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (lectures) 2nd Term 2019/2020 Applied Health Econometrics, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (lectures and seminars) 1st Term 2019/2020 Health Economics, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 3rd Term 2018/2019 Research Design in evaluating health programmes, Executive MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 2nd Term 2018/2019 Statistical Methods on Health Care Economic Evaluation, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 1st Term 2018/2019 Health Economics, Executive MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 1st Term 2018/2019 Health Economics, MSc, LSE-Health Policy (seminars) 3rd Term 2017/2018 Econometrics I, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars) 2nd Term 2017/2018 Econometrics III, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars) 3rd Term 2016/2017 Applied Econometrics, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars and lectures). 1st Term 2016/2017 Econometrics II, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars) Course 2016/2017 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (leading tutor of the module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 3rd Term 2015/2016 Econometrics I and Applied Econometrics, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars and lectures). Supervision of Bachelor’s final degree projects, BSc Economics, UPF. 2nd Term 2015/2016 Econometrics III, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars) 1st Term 2015/2016 Econometrics II, undergraduates, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (seminars) Course 2015/2016 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (leading tutor of the module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 3rd Term 2014/2015 MSc Public Health Dissertations, LSHTM (Supervisor) Course 2014/2015 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (leading tutor of the module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 2nd Term 2013/2014 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (tutor of the module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 2nd Term 2013/2014 Bachelor’s final degree projects, BSc Economics Universitat de Girona (Supervisor) 2
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2nd Term 2013/2014 Econometrics, 3rd year BSc Economics, Universitat de Girona, (Adjunct Lecturer) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Econometrics for Business Economics, MSc Business Economics, City, University of London (seminars) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Applied Economics II, 3rd year BSc Economics, Universitat de Girona (Adjunct Lecturer) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Bachelor’s final degree projects, BSc Economics Universitat de Girona (Supervisor)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2019 Prize for the best paper (“The creep of the robots”) presented at the Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Albacete (2019) by a young researcher. Funded by “Cátedra CaixaBank-Fedea”. 2014 Ph.D. Extraordinary Award in Law, Economics and Business 2013, Universitat de Girona, Spain 2012 - 2013 FI-DGR, Full scholarship for doctoral studies, Catalan Government, Spain 2013 Awarded with the National Price of University Degree 2010, Ministry of Education, Spain 2012 - 2013 Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (CIBERESP), Ministry of Education, Spain 2010-2011 “Patronat Catalunya Mon”, Full scholarship for MSc studies, Catalan Government, Spain 2011 Prize for Highest Overall Mark in BSc Economics 2010, Universitat de Girona 2010 Prize for Highest Overall Mark in BSc Economics 2010, College of Economists of Catalonia 2010 Prize for the Best internship Project BSc Economics 2010, Universitat de Girona
INVITED SEMINARS
May 2020 Department of Applied Economics, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain May 2020 NHS Improvement, London, UK January 2020 Health Policy Seminars, LSE, London November 2019 IDESCAT, Barcelona, Spain November 2019 Department of Economics, University of Barcelona, Spain May 2019 Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain April 2019 NHS Improvement, London, UK March 2019 Department of Economics, University of York, UK June 2018 Department of Economics, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain June 2018 Health Policy Seminars, LSE, London December 2017 Department of Economics, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain November 2015 Center for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain October 2015 EU Mediterrani, Spain June 2015 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Granada, Spain January 2015 Health Economics Seminars, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK February 2014 Center for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain October 2012 Department of Economics, City, University of London, UK
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E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
CONFERENCES (oral communication/discussant)
3rd-5th July 2019 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of East Anglia, UK 23rd – 26th June 2019 8th Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Washington, DC, US 12th – 14th June 2019 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Albacete, Spain 3rd May 2019 VIII Taller EvaluAES, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain 7th-9th January 2019 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of York, UK 7th-8th November 2018 Spanish HTA Association Meeting, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain 11th – 14th July 2018 European Health Economics Association (EuHEA), University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. 28th-29th June 2018 Conference on International Economics, Universidad Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. 20th-22nd June 2018 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de La Palma de Gran Canarias, Spain 13th April 2018 VII Taller EvaluAES, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain 10th-12th January 2018 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, City, University of London 14th-16th December 42 Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish Economic 2017 Association (SAEe), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 6th-8th September Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 2017 28th-30th June 2017 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Aberdeen, UK 17th -21st June 2017 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), Rome, Italy 10th March 2017 VI Taller EvaluAES, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, Spain 13th-16th July 2016 European Health Economics Association (EuHEA), University of Hamburg, Germany 15th-17th June 2016 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Murcia, Spain 12th-15th July 2015 International Health Economics Association (iHEA), University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy 17th-19th June 2015 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Granada, Spain 14th-17th June 2015 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), Oslo, Norway 17th April 2015 IV Taller EvaluAES, Universidad de Bilbao, Spain 7th-9th January 2015 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Leeds, UK 3th-5th September 2014 Spanish Epidemiological Association Meeting, Universidad de Alicante, Spain 12th-16th July 2014 iHEA and ECHE Joint Congress, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 24th-27th May 2014 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 14th-15th May 2014 HERON conference, King´s College London, UK 21st March 2014 III Taller EvaluAES, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 16th-17th September Meeting for the Excellence in Health Public Research (CIBERESP), Health Public 2013 School, Menorca, Spain. 4th-6th September 2013 Spanish Epidemiological Association Meeting, Universidad de Granada, Spain 27th-31st August 2013 53rd European Regional Science Association Conference, Palermo, Italy 3rd-5th July 2013 OECD-Universities Joint Conference-Health Economics and Econometrics, Paris, France 26th-28th June 2013 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Warwick, UK 18th-21st June 2013 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, Universidad de Santander, Spain 30th-31st May 2013 XI International Economic Policy Conference, Universidad de Bilbao, Spain 9th-11th January 2013 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Exeter, UK
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E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
4th-8th July 2016 Economics of Health Inequality, Tinbergen Institute Summer School, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 18th March 2014 V Program for the Evaluation of Public Policies and Social Programs, IESE, Spain 23rd January 2014 Farmacoeconomía y Market Access, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 18th-19th September Selection Bias in Health Economic Evaluation, LSHTM, London, UK 2013 9th-11th October & Decision Analytic Modelling for Economic Evaluation, University of York and 18th-19th March 2013 University of Glasgow, UK 12th-14thMarch 2013 Analysing Patient Data using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), University of York, UK 25th-29th June 2012 Barcelona Macroeconomic Summer School 2012 (CREI) on Economic Growth and Development (Xavier Sala-i-Martin), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 30th May-1st June 2012 Bayesian Inference for Latent Gaussian Models with Applications, NTNU, Norway 17th-19th January 2012 Spatial Modelling with INLA, CREEM, University of St. Andrews, UK
RELEVANT SKILLS
Computer skills: STATA, SPSS, R (INLA). Languages: Catalan and Spanish (bilingual), English (Advance level, C1), French (Upper Intermediate level, B2).
PROJECTS
Current:
- NIHR project: “Identifying models of care to improve outcomes for older people with emergency and urgent care needs”. The PI: Prof. Simon Conroy (University of Leicester) (2018-2021). WP3- PI: Prof. Andrew Street (LSE).
- Health Foundation project: “Health care technology diffusion in the NHS and workforce impact”. PI: Prof. Alistair McGuire (LSE) and Dr. Victoria Serra-Sastre (City, University of London) (2016-2020).
- CRES (UPF) - Obra Social de la Caixa: "Physical Activity and Mental Health" with Helena Hernández- Pizarro
Previous:
- Generalitat Valenciana project AICO/2016/038. “Retos de la UE: crecimiento, competitividad, consolidación fiscal y desigualdad.” PI: Prof. Javier Ordóñez, UJI, (2016-2017).
- EU Commission contract: ‘Support on organizational issues for building health technology assessment (HTA) capacity in the Ministry of Health of Cyprus (2014)'. PI: Prof. John Cairns, LSHTM (2014).
- EU Project ADVANCE-HTA 506003 UE 7PM: Advancing and strengthening the methodological tools and policies relating to the application and implementation of Health Technology Assessment (HTA). PI: Prof. Panos Kanavos (LSE). LSHTM WP1 partner (PI: Prof. John Cairns, LSHTM). (2013-2015)
- EU Project DG-SANCO A/101156 VII Framework, Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) ‘Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: evidence and policies in cities of Europe (INEQ-CITIES)’. PI: Prof. Carme Borrell, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. PI GRECS (partner): Prof. Marc Saez, UdG (2009-2012). 5
Laia Maynou-Pujolràs, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
PUBLICATIONS
1) Street, A., Maynou, L., Gilbert, T., Stone, T., Mazon, S. and Conroy, S. (2021). Using linked routine data to optimise calculation of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score based on prior hospital admissions: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity (forthcoming) 2) Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2020). Disagreement on cancer drug decisions in Europe. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 36 (3): 232 - 238. 3) Nicod, E., Maynou, L., Visintin, E. and Cairns, J. (2020). Why are there differences in HTA recommendations across countries? A parallel convergent mixed methods study. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 15(3): 386-402. 4) Maynou, L., Coll de Tuero, G. and Saez, M. (2019). The effects of copayment in primary health care: evidence from a natural experiment. The European Journal of Health Economics, 20(8):1237-48.
5) Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2019). What is driving HTA decision-making? Evidence from cancer drug reimbursement decisions from 6 European countries. Health Policy, 123(2):130-139.
6) Maynou, L. and Saez, M. (2016). Economic crisis and health inequalities: evidence from the European Union. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(135). DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0425-6
7) Maynou, L., Saez, M., Bacaria, J. and Kyriacou, A. (2016). The impact of cohesion funds on convergence of the eurozone (1990-2010). Regional Studies, 50(7): 1127-1139.
8) Maynou-Pujolràs, L., López-Casasnovas, G. (2016). Comparativa de los sistemas de evaluación de medicamentos: evidencia Europea. ¿Es necesaria una unificación de los criterios de evaluación?. Revista Española de Economía de la Salud, 11(2):158-167.
9) Maynou, L., Saez, M. and Lopez-Casasnovas, G. (2016). Has the economic crisis widened the intra- urban socioeconomic inequalities in mortality? The case of Barcelona, Spain, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 70:114–124.
10) Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2015). Why do some countries approve a cancer drug and others don’t?, Journal of Cancer Policy, 4:21-25.
11) Maynou, L., Saez, M., Bacaria, J. and Lopez-Casasnovas, G. (2015). Health Inequalities in the European Union: an Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of Regional Differences, The European Journal of Health Economics, 16:543–559.
12) Lopez-Casasnovas, G., Maynou, L. and Saez, M. (2015). Another look at the comparisons of the health systems expenditure indicators. Social Indicators Research, 121:149–175.
13) Hoffmann, R., Borsboom, G., Saez, M., Mari-Dell’Olmo, M., Burström, B., Corman, D., Costa, C., Deboosere, P., Domínguez, F., Dzúrová, D., Gandarillas, A., Gotsens, M., Kovács, K., Mackenbach,
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Laia Maynou-Pujolràs, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
J., Martikainen, P., Maynou, L., Morrison, J., Palència, L., Pérez, G., Pikhart, H., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Santana, P., Saurina, C.,Tarkiainen, L., Borrell, C. (2014). Social differences in avoidable mortality between small areas of 15 European cities: an ecological study, International Journal of Health Geographics, 13:8.
14) Maynou, L., Saez, M. and Bacaria, J. (2013). Convergence Analysis of the Eurozone Regions (1990- 2010)” (in Spanish), Ekonomiaz, 82:201-217.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Maynou, L. (2019). El auge de los robots: eficiencia de la cirugía robótica en Inglaterra. Blog Economía y Salud, Asociación de Economía de la Salud.
Kanavos, P., Mills, M., Cheatley, J., Lopez-Casasnovas, G., Manganelli, A., Maynou, L. and Serra, M. (2017). Controlling expenditure within the Spanish pharmaceutical market: macro- and micro-level policy approaches.10.21953/LSE.RO.80113. LSE Health, London, UK.
López-Casasnovas, G. and Maynou, L. (2017). Inclusive economic growth for health equity: in search of the elusive evidence. In: Deeming, C. and Smyth, P. Reframing global social policy: social investment for sustainable and inclusive growth. Bristol: Policy Press.
Maynou, L. (2017). La investigación en eficiencia hospitalaria en España. In: López Casasnovas G, del Llano J.E., Gol Montserrat J., Pi Corrales G. Colaboración Público-Privada en Sanidad: El modelo Alzira. Ed. Fundación Gaspar Casal; Madrid.
Miners, A., Maynou, L. and Ruiz, F. (2014). The UK’s National Institute for health and care excellence (NICE) and the application of evidence-based policy making. Economía y Salud, Boletín Informativo, nº80, Asociación de Economía de la Salud.
Cairns, J., Maynou, L. and Miner, A. (2014). Organisational issues for building Health Technology Assessment (HTA) capacity in Cyprus. Ministry of Health of Cyprus, internal report.
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E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
WORKING PAPERS
Maynou, L., Morley, B., Montfort, M. and Ordóñez, J. (2020). House price convergence across Europe. Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) Working Papers 07/20 (R&R at Economic Modelling)
Maynou, L., Ordóñez, J. and Silva, J.I. (2020). NEET rates convergence in Europe: a regional analysis. Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) Working Papers 08/20. (submitted)
Maynou, L., Troutman, G., McGuire, A. and Serra-Sastre, V. (2020). How robots diffuse: a description of technology use in the English NHS. (submitted)
Friebel, R., Yo, K. and Maynou, L. (2020). Opioid Abuse and Austerity: Evidence on Health Service Use and Mortality in England. (submitted).
Maynou, L., McGuire, A., Serra-Sastre, V. (2020). Exploring the impact of new medical technology on workforce planning. Discussion Paper Series No. 19/07, UK: City, University of London.
Curull-Sentís, M. and Maynou, L. (2020). Gender gap in paid work and housework: the effects of the economic recession.
Hernández-Pizarro, H., Maynou, L., Herisson, M. and Saez, M. (2019). Physical activity and mental health: a systematic review. Health Policy Papers Collection 2019 - 09, CRES-UPF
Serra, L. and Maynou, L. (2019). How different socioeconomic conditions affect economic inequality in the Catalan regions.
Maynou, L. (2016). Restrictive vs Non-Restrictive drug reimbursement systems: evidence from the European countries. CRESWP#201612-95
Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2016). An Empirical Analysis of Drug Reimbursement Decisions in 10 European countries. Working Paper LSHTM-THETA nº2.
WORK IN PROGRESS
- "The creep of the robots" (joint with McGuire, A., LSE, Serra-Sastre, V., City, University London, Troutman, G., LSE)
- "The impact of frailty on hospital length of stay, mortality and re-admission" (joint with Andrew Street, LSE, Suzanne Mason, University of Sheffield and Simon Conroy, University of Leicester)
- "Research productivity: Has the Research Excellence Framework 2014 worked? In which way?" (joint with Albert Banal-Estanyol, UPF and City, University of London, Mireia Jofre-Bonet, OHE and City, University of London, and Giulia Iori, City, University of London, Michael Tumminello, and Pietro Vassallo, University of Palermo)
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Laia Maynou-Pujolràs, Ph.D.
E-mail: [email protected] // [email protected] www.laiamaynou.com
- "The Effect of Deaths of Despair on sequential catastrophes: Brexit Referendum and Covid-19 pandemic" (joint with Alistair McGuire, LSE)
- "The lower physical activity, the lower mental wellbeing: evidence from Catalonia" (joint with Hernández-Pizarro, H., CRES-UPF)
MEMBERSHIP
- Member of the Executive Board of the Spanish Health Economics Association, AES, from 2018 - Coordinator of EvaluAES (Interest Group of the Spanish Health Economics Association, AES), from 2018 - Member of Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES), UPF, from 2015 - Member of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES), from 2013. - Member of UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG), from 2013. - Member of the Research Group in Statistics, Econometrics, and Health (GRECS), from 2011. - Member of the CIBERESP, Group 51 at the Universitat de Girona, from 2011.
WORKSHOP ORGANISER - IX Taller EvaluAES – Universitat de Barcelona, 27th of March 2020 - moved to Online, July 2020 - VIII Taller EvaluAES – Universitat de les Illes Balears (Mallorca), 3rd of May 2019 - “Encuentro sobre Gestión de la Innovación Sanitaria “– CRES, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 27th June 2017
PANEL MEMBER - Research Grant of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. - Ph.D. viva at the Universitat de Girona (Spain) - Dr. Elena Arroyo Borrell (2016) and Dr. J. Maria Inoriza (2017) - Ph.D. viva at the Universidad de Castilla de Mancha (Spain) – María Pilar Sánchez González (2019)
JOURNAL REVIEWER
o Age & Ageing o Hacienda Pública Española o Health Economics o Gaceta Sanitaria o Plos One o Economics and Human Biology o International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health care o The B.E. Journal of Economics o Health Policy and Planning o Journal of Applied Economics o International Journal for Equity in Health o The Manchester School o BMC Health Services Research o Regional Studies o BMJ Open 9