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jhe-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a question is a Journal of Health Economics (JHE) paper at all — is it a genuine health-economics contribution, not a public-finance or labor paper with health as a thin application. Frames the question and audience; it does not run the analysis or invent citations.
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# Topic Selection (jhe-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- A draft is being aimed at **JHE** and you are unsure it is a *health-economics* paper versus a public-finance/labor paper that happens to use health data
- A coauthor asks whether the question clears JHE's "value, production, or distribution of health or healthcare" bar
- The paper risks landing better at AJHE, Journal of Public Economics, Health Economics, or AEJ: Economic Policy
- The health-economics mechanism is not yet the center of gravity of the question
## The JHE fit test
JHE asks whether the paper advances understanding of the **value, production, or distribution of health or healthcare**, or directly informs **health policy** (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). The decisive question is not "is there health data?" but "is the economic mechanism a *health-system* mechanism?" A paper where the health setting is interchangeable with any other market belongs elsewhere. Run the question through these health-econ cores and confirm at least one is the engine, not the backdrop:
| Health-econ core | What makes it a JHE question (not a sibling's) |