• Measurement of health disparities across socioeconomic dimensions
• Equity in healthcare access, utilization, and outcomes
• Distributional analyses of health system benefits
• Policy approaches to reducing health inequalities
• Intersectionality in health disparity research

Methodological Innovations in Health Empirics

• Novel data collection approaches for health research
• Analytical advances in health metrics and measurement
• Integrated mixed-methods frameworks
• Big data applications in health systems research
• Methodological triangulation techniques

Prevalence Patterns of Key Health Outcomes

• Disease burden distribution and trends
• Healthcare utilization patterns
• Treatment adherence and health behavior analyses
• Comorbidity patterns and implications
• Longitudinal analyses of health trajectory shifts

Editorial Priorities

Health Empirics prioritizes submissions with :

• Strong Empirical Content : Research featuring original data analysis, robust methodological approaches, and clear empirical contributions
• Policy Relevance : Studies with explicit connections to health policy formulation, implementation, or evaluation
• Analytical Sophistication : Work that goes beyond descriptive reporting to provide insightful analysis and interpretation
• Interdisciplinary Perspectives : Research that integrates methods and insights from multiple disciplines
• International Significance : Studies addressing health challenges with implications beyond specific local contexts

While the journal's primary focus is empirical research, the editorial team may consider exceptional theoretical contributions, systematic reviews, or methodological papers that significantly advance the field and are of interest to the journal's readership.

Audience

Health Empirics addresses a diverse audience including :

• Academic researchers in health economics, public health, and related fields
• Health policy analysts and decision-makers
• Healthcare administrators and managers
• International development practitioners
• Health systems specialists
• Public health professionals
• Graduate students and early career researchers in health sciences

Submission Types

The journal welcomes various types of submissions, including :

• Original research articles
• Methodological papers
• Policy analyses
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Health Empirics particularly encourages submissions from doctoral researchers engaged in health economics and policy research, as well as from practitioners working at the intersection of research and policy implementation.

Review Process and Publication Timelines

All submissions undergo an initial desk review by the editorial team to assess their alignment with the journal's scope, methodological quality, and potential contribution to the field. Manuscripts that pass this initial screening advance to double-blind peer review by subject matter experts.

The journal maintains efficient publication timelines, with typical processing periods of:

• One week for desk review decisions
• Six weeks for peer review decisions from the time of submission

To maintain high standards, submissions that primarily report results directly from publicly available surveys or reports without substantial original analysis may not be prioritized for publication.

Through this comprehensive scope and rigorous review process, Health Empirics aims to establish itself as a leading journal at the forefront of empirical health economics and policy research.