European Health Economics Association Conference 2026

This month, colleagues from the LSE Department of Health Policy and LSE Health joined health economists from across Europe and beyond at the European Health Economics Association Conference 2026 in Rotterdam, hosted by the Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam (EsCHER).

The conference brought together researchers, policymakers and practitioners for a packed programme of health economics research and discussion, including hundreds of presentations, poster pitches and sessions on contemporary issues in the field. It was brilliant to see so many from the Department and LSE Health contributing across the conference.

A particular highlight was Professor Mylene Lagarde’s keynote, 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐰- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Drawing on more than a decade of work with collaborators and PhD students across six African and South Asian countries, Mylene explored a striking pattern in healthcare quality: patients can receive too little of the care they need, while also receiving too much of what they do not need.

The keynote highlighted how poor-quality care is not always about gaps in clinical knowledge. It can also be shaped by effort, incentives, and the wider systems in which providers work. She also examined the consequences of poor-quality care, from financial costs to its less visible effects on people’s trust in, and demand for, healthcare.

𝐀 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 👏

Left to right: Kay-Leigh Sussman and Daniele Sudsataya

Left to right: Sabrina Wimmer and Wanying Wang

Left to right: Jannis Stöckel and Nilesh Raut