title: [Advances and challenges in health economics].
abstract: Health economics is a specialized field of economic science that applies the economic perspective to the fields of health, the medical-industrial complex and health services. A brief review of the evolution of this speciality by subject, as well as the level achieved assessed in terms of generation, diffusion, reproduction and application of its specialized knowledge, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Economia de La Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica-Mexico.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics; D006295:Health Resources; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization
vernacular_title: Avances y retos de la economia de la salud.