Frontiers in Public Health | Health Economics

Original Research

Published on 19 Nov 2025

How to enhance primary healthcare capacity? Evidence from Chinese provinces through a configurational lens

in Health Economics

Fang Wang
Yi Wang
Jiayi Yang
Liqing Li

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1706057

200 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Nov 2025

Medical Expenses and Influencing Factors in Lung Cancer Patients: A Comparative Analysis Between Surgical and Non-surgical Cases from Xiamen, China

in Health Economics

Yanlin Chen
Wenting Luo
Juntong Liu
Minqiang Lin
Zhicheng Zhuang

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Nov 2025

The Long-Term Avoided Recurrences and Recurrence-Related Cost of Alectinib for Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy in Chinese Patients with Early-Stage ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

in Health Economics

Xuanxuan Yan
Sijuan Zhou
Xiaohua Ying
Yilong Wu
Jiahao Hu
Yan Xia
Haotian He
Nick Jovanoski
Melina Arnold
Jian Hu

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Nov 2025

Toripalimab as first-line treatment in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a health economic evaluation in China

in Health Economics

Jiaming Zhu
Zhengxiong Li
Liu Wen

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Published on 18 Nov 2025

Interrupted time series study on the service efficiency and cost structure of DRG payments in the GE1 group

in Health Economics

Xiaoyan Yu
Hong Zhang
Lili Shen
Juan Chen
Jian Shi
Jinhong Cai
Xinwei Chen
ChunLi Huang
Huiling Wang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1649042

300 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Nov 2025

Artificial intelligence, green innovation efficiency, and public health benefits: evidence from China’s pilot zones with a DID approach

in Health Economics

Zhihong Zhang
Ming Zhang
Xing Xu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1713295

340 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Nov 2025

The impact of the sports industry on the development of the health industry: an exploration of mediating and threshold effects

in Health Economics

Shutong Zhao
Haiyan Huang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1691241

280 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Nov 2025

Spatio-temporal Patterns and Determinants of Persistent Catastrophic Health Expenditure in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

in Health Economics

Manci Zhou
Zixuan Chen
Keming Fan
Jing Guo
Xiaohua Wang
Shuang Ma

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Nov 2025

Balancing Innovation and Affordability in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Budget Impact Analysis from Saudi Arabia

in Health Economics

Ahmed Al-Jedai
Hajer Almudaiheem
Faisal Al-Suweidan
Mohammed Al Jumah
Ahmed al-Thobaiti
Fahad Alzureiqan
Wejdan Abu Ras
Fahad M Al-Dosari
Yaser Al Malik
Pratik Dhopte

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Nov 2025

An Analysis of Cost-Savings Due to the Introduction of Epoetin alfa Biosimilars in Germany in the German Statutory Health System

in Health Economics

Ilka Raitner
Barbara Müller
Anjaly Vijayan
Peter Bramlage
Nils-Henning Ness
Markus Müller

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Published on 14 Nov 2025

Study on the relationship between buyer market power, spatial spillover effect, and profit in China's pharmaceutical industry

in Health Economics

Yu Guanyi
Wu Lei
Chen Heng
Ding Zhengliang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1683074

441 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Nov 2025

From security to spending: how China’s long-term care insurance pilot drives urban household consumption

in Health Economics

Tao Li
Linlin Wang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1667168

335 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Nov 2025

Divergent trends and regional disparities in PM2.5 and O3 health economic burdens in China, 2013–2023: an integrated assessment with policy implications

in Health Economics

Ziqi Tang
Xialing Sun
Shichao Zhu
Chongbao Ren
Xiaotong Qie
Jiaxi Wu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1683415

331 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Nov 2025

How does livelihood capital alleviate psychological anxiety among immigrants?

in Health Economics

Huishuang Jin
Hui Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1700964

378 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Nov 2025

Rising direct medical costs of osteoarthritis in Germany from 2002 to 2020: trends, demographic drivers, and public health considerations

in Health Economics

Hadrian Platzer
Simone Gantz
Berit Färber
Babak Moradi

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1627510

585 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Nov 2025

Balancing costs and care: a healthcare cost analysis for families of children with Down syndrome in Saudi Arabia

in Health Economics

Adel Saber Alanazi
Abdullah Salah Alanazi
Houcine Benlaria

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1651534

591 views