Alistair McGuire

Professor Alistair McGuire [BA (Econ); MLitt (Econ); PhD (Econ)] is a Professor in Health Economics at LSE Health and Social Care. Professor McGuire has written numerous books, articles that have appeared in the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and Economic Journal among other. He has also acted as an Adviser to numerous UK government offices and research councils (including the ESRC and the MRC), as well as an Economic Consultant to a number of foreign governments, and domestic and foreign corporations. His current interests are in pharmaceutical economics, the economics of the hospital, technological diffusion, and health care insurance.