Exciting opportunity for health economists! If you have a compelling paper draft with global policy implications, consider submitting it to the 9th Annual Caribbean Health Economics Symposium (CHES) taking place from December 12-14, 2025, in the British Virgin Islands. Deadline for abstracts or papers: September 1, 2025. Submission email: CHES@terramedica.co.uk. Decisions will be communicated by September 15, 2025 For more information and the full invitation, click here: tinyurl.com/CHES2025-Invite or scan the provided QR code. @HealthEconomics @ASHEcon @HEALntwk

Exciting opportunity for health economists! If you have a compelling paper draft with global policy implications, consider submitting it to the 9th Annual Caribbean Health Economics Symposium (CHES) taking place from December 12-14, 2025, in the British Virgin Islands. Deadline for abstracts or papers: September 1, 2025. Submission email: CHES@terramedica.co.uk. Decisions will be communicated by September 15, 2025 For more information and the full invitation, click here: tinyurl.com/CHES2025-Invite or scan the provided QR code. @HealthEconomics @ASHEcon @HEALntwk

Exciting news for researchers and professionals in the field of health economics and public policy! The Washington Health Economics Symposium is back this Fall, scheduled from October 5-7, 2025. This event promises to showcase the latest advancements in public policy, financing, and technology innovation. If you're considering submitting your research, please note that the deadline is August 15, 2025. The organizing committee, comprising esteemed academics and former policymakers, will select up to seven papers for presentation and discussion on October 6 and 7. Authors of the selected papers will have the opportunity to receive a $4,000 honorarium. During the symposium, attendees can look forward to engaging panel discussions featuring experts from the medical and health industry, providing invaluable insights. Even if you're not presenting, I would encourage you to participate. This year, a new addition to the program includes visits to both public and private sector offices in DC during the afternoons. Don't miss out on this chance to be part of the dialogue surrounding health economics and policy. For more details and to stay updated, visit: tinyurl.com/WHES2025-Invite @HEALntwk @ashecon

@ashecon @HEALntwk Submit abstracts/papers to the Highland Health Economics Symposium June 9-12, 2025 in Oban, Scotland by March 1. Decisions by March 31. The invite link is here: tinyurl.com/HHES2025-Invite Organized by @stparente, @ProfFionasm, @bradfowd1, #BobTown

Video: HEAL’s Washington Health Economics Symposium on Capitol Hill. Advocating for sound, market-based ideas & research to improve healthcare policy. @HELPCmteDems @GOPHELP @HouseCommerce @EnergyCommerce @WaysandMeansGOP @WaysMeansCmte @HouseJudiciary @JudiciaryGOP @stparente

Our approach is simple and transparent. It is easy to know how identification is achieved, which treatment obs. are compared to which control obs., and how many parameters are estimated. We call it FLEX: it is a flexible linear model estimated by OLS with covariates (X).