Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Canberra Hospital, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Canberra Hospital, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2023 Oct;31(5):674-677. doi: 10.1177/10398562231190788. Epub 2023 Jul 21.
Contemporary medical education lacks a strong focus on health economics which guides major decisions in private and public health services. We briefly outline the rationale, guiding principles, main analytic methods, and a suggested framework for health economics education in psychiatry.
Health economics aims to improve the efficiency of healthcare. Some analytic methods can be harnessed by psychiatrists to better plan clinical care. Health economic methods will also assist psychiatrists in translating their expertise and clinical priorities more effectively to policy-makers, governments, and private insurers motivated by economic reasoning.
当代医学教育对健康经济学的重视不足，而健康经济学指导着私人和公共卫生服务中的重大决策。我们简要概述了精神病学中健康经济学教育的基本原理、指导原则、主要分析方法和建议框架。
健康经济学旨在提高医疗保健的效率。精神病学家可以利用一些分析方法来更好地规划临床护理。健康经济学方法还将帮助精神病学家更有效地将其专业知识和临床重点转化为决策者、政府和受经济推理驱动的私人保险公司的政策。
