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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · 10d

📈 Once niche, health economics is now central to the field.

A new study shows its share in top journals tripled since the 1990s—driven not by conformity, but by innovative, high-quality research.

Health is shaping the future of economics.

Early View

The Rise of Health Economics: Transforming the Landscape of Economic Research

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Shooshan Danagoulian @shooshan.bsky.social · 27d

It is with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of my friend, mentor, and co-author Dr. Allen Goodman. Allen was an exceptional mentor and was kind, thoughtful, and supportive. I am passing his legacy on, teach the next generation of health economists.

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Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today's date, 7/24/25, is a Pythagorean triple. The next one will be next century: on 2103/04/05.

Shooshan Danagoulian @shooshan.bsky.social · Jan 9

Hey health #econsky 📈📉! I have joined the Folland, Goodman, Stano's author team for the 9th edition of Economics of Health and Health Care! 📚Most substantive update and new chapters which I will previews in the next few weeks. Released January 31, 2024.
www.amazon.com/Economics-He...

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jan 13

It's absolute anarchy out there.

an ngram chart showing that coworker is vastly more popular than co-worker, but co-author is still more popular than coauthor

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Aug 26

For years, I've heard mutterings about odds ratios

This is the best explanation I've ever read about why to abandon Odds Ratios NOT for relative risks, but instead FOR marginal probabilities

"Requiem for odds ratios"🧪

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

4 MARGINAL EFFECTS CAN BE
COMPARED ACROSS DIFFERENT MODEL
SPECIFICATIONS AND STUDIES
In the readmission example above, a clearer option would be to report marginal effects in terms of a percentage point change in the probability of readmission, along with the base readmission rate for context.® In health services research, the most common way of reporting marginal effects is through average marginal effects-the average of the marginal effects computed for each person. These are interpreted as the mean percentage point difference-not the percent differ-ence-in outcome probabilities that accompany a change in the treatment variable's value. For binary treatments, an alternative is to present the predicted probabilities of the outcome when the treatment variable equals 0 and 1.
Marginal effects are much less sensitive to the unknown scaling factor and exhibit little change when independent covariates are added to the logistic regression model. When averaged, many of these...

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NBER @nber.org · Oct 11

Estimating treatment effects in difference-in-differences designs in which the treatment start is staggered over time and effects are heterogeneous by group, time, and covariates, and when the data are repeated cross-sections, from Deb, Norton, Wooldridge, and Z... https://www.nber.org/papers/w33026

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪʟʟɪᴍᴇᴛ ✡️☮️❤️ @dlmillimet.bsky.social · Dec 31

"I don't believe what I just saw!"

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Lecinedublanclapin @lecinedublanclapin.bsky.social · Feb 2

#UnParfaitInconnu #Acompleteunknown #TimotheeChalamet #ElleFanning @edwardnorton.bsky.social www.lecinedublanclapin.com/post/un-parf...

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Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · May 9

Q for applied econs: I want to use inverse propensity score reweighting (IPW) to check robustness to attrition. Should I trim the sample outside the range of overlapping support of the propensity score distributions? 1/2

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Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · May 9

Original paper by Hainmueller (2012) in Political Analysis. See also Hainmueller and Yu (2013) in J Statistical Software. Nick Huntinton-Klein has examples in book "The Effect". Stata has software: ebalance.

Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · May 9

thx -- any reference for beginners?

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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations to Martin Gaynor, this year's winner of the Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics. @martingaynor.bsky.social

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Int’l Health Econ Assn (IHEA) is searching for a health economics researcher to serve as its next Exec Director

healtheconomics.org/job-advertisem…

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Need something to distract you from the news?

Try my interactive map of @umich.edu medical history!

michmed.org/NYAyW

(Click the pins to see and read about each building)

Read more about how we went from one building on the Diag to today's Michigan Medicine: michmed.org/vQ5eZ #medhist #histmed

Michigan Medicine locations through history - Google My Maps

In honor of the 175th anniversary of the University of Michigan Medical School, this map traces the locations of medical education, clinical care and research facilities across U-M's history, from 185...

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David Bradford @bradfowd1.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you to IHEA for joining with the health economics journal editorial boards in defending academic freedom and editorial independence. The IHEA May Newsletter has both their endorsement and our original statement: healtheconomics.org/wp-content/u...

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · May 30

Last week 7 leading journals (including Health Economics) distributed a joint statement on editorial independence and academic freedom. Today, IHEA (the International Health Economics Association) joins our statement in solidarity. See their endorsement on the IHEA homepage:

healtheconomics.org

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · May 22

The Editorial Board of Health Economics is very pleased to congratulate one of our own, Prof. Bruce Hollingsworth, on being appointed a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. This is a high and well-deserved honour! Read all about it here:

www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/oyal-ec...

Royal Economic Society honour for Lancaster Professor Bruce Hollingsworth - Lancaster University

Professor of Health Economics Bruce Hollingsworth has been appointed a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · May 21

A direct link to this statement can be found below. Please distribute this widely so that all of our colleagues in the discipline can see that their work is valued and that we will not collaborate with, or tolerate, political coercion.

sites.google.com/view/joint-s...

Joint Statement of Principles

Statement of Principles from the Editorial Boards of Leading Health Economics Journals May 21, 2025 As academic independence and freedom of expression face increasing threats across many countries a...

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · May 21

The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.

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Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · May 9

Correction: Hainmueller and Yiqing Xu (2013) in JSS.

Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · May 9

Original paper by Hainmueller (2012) in Political Analysis. See also Hainmueller and Yu (2013) in J Statistical Software. Nick Huntinton-Klein has examples in book "The Effect". Stata has software: ebalance.

Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · May 9

thx -- any reference for beginners?

Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · May 9

Use entropy balancing.

Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · May 9

Q for applied econs: I want to use inverse propensity score reweighting (IPW) to check robustness to attrition. Should I trim the sample outside the range of overlapping support of the propensity score distributions? 1/2

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations @johnmullahy.bsky.social & @edwardnorton.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉!!! Very well deserved!

ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton, co-winners of the 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics.

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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Univ. of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation @um-ihpi.bsky.social · May 5

Does having #healthinsurance actually improve health and reduce mortality?

Two of our members have done an exhaustive review of the literature & published it in the @qjeharvard.bsky.social.

In a nutshell, their conclusion: Yes.

Read the full paper: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #econsky

The Impact of Health Insurance on Mortality | Annual Reviews

A 2008 review in the Annual Review of Public Health considered the question of whether health insurance improves health. The answer was a cautious yes because few studies provided convincing causal ev...

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Edward Norton @edwardnorton.bsky.social · May 1

Honored to share this award with John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social and to remember the great contributions of Will Manning to health econometrics.

ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton, co-winners of the 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics.

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton, co-winners of the 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics.

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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Univ. of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation @um-ihpi.bsky.social · Apr 28

Congratulations to our members who received awards and other honors recently! Here's a rundown - featuring @edwardnorton.bsky.social @kaopingchua.bsky.social @aprilzeoli.bsky.social, Lenette Jones, Cornelius James and Kate Bauer! ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

April 2025 Experts Highlights & Announcements

A monthly digest of expert news, highlights, achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the institute.

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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations to Joshua Gottlieb, this year's winner of the ASHEcon Medal.

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Apr 22

We should require license for regression users.

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Univ. of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation @um-ihpi.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congratulations to our member @edwardnorton.bsky.social and his colleague! #HealthPolicy

Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · Mar 27

Big congratulations to @johnmullahy.bsky.social and @edwardnorton.bsky.social for winning the American Society of Health Economists 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics! #EconSky @ashecon.bsky.social

The Willard G. Manning Memorial Award
for the Best Research in Health Econometrics
Winners: John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · Mar 27

Big congratulations to @johnmullahy.bsky.social and @edwardnorton.bsky.social for winning the American Society of Health Economists 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics! #EconSky @ashecon.bsky.social

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