Abstract
It has been a fantastic opportunity to be the editor for this journal over the last decade. I have very much enjoyed being exposed to the broad range of health services and policy research papers that have been submitted to the journal - more than 1,000 manuscripts that reflect a diverse set of questions, approaches, contributors and conclusions. The articles in this issue exemplify that diversity. Some themes continue to resonate strongly: health human resources, primary healthcare, and healthcare financing have been important topics since the journal was founded, for instance. But there have been changes too. Some topics - such as medical assistance in dying - have emerged as central questions in healthcare policy. We now see more research being undertaken with patients and communities. And the ratio of qualitative and mixed-methods research to quantitative analysis has risen.