Members of the Editorial Board for Health Economics gathered in Bali during #IHEA2025 to enjoy social time, discuss ways to expand our journal reach, and soak in the tropical air. Summer conference season is the best!

I turned my rant (about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse) into an oped at Healthy Debate healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...

Let us remember: December 6, 1989 14 women were murdered at Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal just because they were women studying science and engineering. www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

Welcome Michael Smith Health Research BC! @healthresearchbc.bsky.social

I am pleased to introduce myself as the new Editor-in-Chief for Health Economics. I am succeeding Sally Stearns, who has provided outstanding leadership to the journal and is retiring this year. The Board and I wish Sally great happiness for the future as we take up the baton.

Health Economics (Early View): New study by David Johnston et al finds that lower education is a barrier to mental health care access. University graduates are 50% more likely to seek out and receive MH resources than those with high school education or less. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Health Economics (Early View): Isabel Musse finds opioid use declines while OTC pain med use increases during economic expansions. This association is stronger in high injury industries. This suggests separate pathways for physical vs. mental health Tx. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...