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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Nina Titmus
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.
BMC Health Services Research (ISSN 1472-6963) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Cinahl, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :70
Numerous barriers hinder young physicians who wish to make the transition to academia; the key to success is to prioritise research ahead of clinical training and implement supportive mentoring programs at medical school.
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :60
Bootstrap techniques provide reliable measures of variation in healthcare utilization rates and, although systematic component of variation may perform well in detecting variability, the empirical Bayes statistic is a good alternative due to its robustness.
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :9
Although more sensitive than mammography, the benefits of using MRI to screen young women with a high risk of developing breast cancer do not appear to justify the higher cost when measured in quality-adjusted life-years.
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Research article
How much do health care providers value a community-based asthma care program? - a survey to collect their opinions on the utilities of and barriers to its uptake Teresa To, Susan McLimont, Chengning Wang, Lisa Cicutto BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :77 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Differences between immigrant and non-immigrant groups in the use of primary medical care; a systematic review
Ellen Uiters, Walter Deville, Marleen Foets, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Peter P. Groenewegen BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :76 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: Longitudinal case studies from South Africa
Jane Goudge, Lucy Gilson, Steve Russell, Tebogo Gumede, Anne Mills BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :75 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Systematic Guideline Review: Method, rationale, and test on chronic heart failure. Christiane Muth, Jochen Gensichen, Martin Beyer, Allen Hutchinson, Ferdinand M Gerlach BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :74 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Developing a model of recovery in mental health Sylvie Noiseux, Denise St-Cyr Tribble, Claude Leclerc, Nicole Ricard, Ellen Corin, Raymond Morisette, Roseline Lambert BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :73 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Performance evaluation of inpatient service in Beijing: a horizontal comparison with risk adjustment based on Diagnosis Related Groups Weiyan Jian, Yinmin Huang, Mu Hu, Xiumei Zhang BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :72 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Sharing clinical information across care settings: the birth of an integrated assessment system Leonard C Gray, Katherine Berg, Brant E Fries, Jean-Claude Henrard, John P Hirdes, Knight Steel, John N Morris BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :71 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Academic career in medicine - requirements and conditions for a successful advancement in Switzerland Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :70 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from Georgia and its policy implications George Gotsadze, Akaki Zoidze, Natia Rukhadze BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :69 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An analysis of trends and determinants of health insurance and healthcare utilisation in the Russian population between 2000 and 2004: the 'inverse care law' in action Francesca Perlman, Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :68 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Post-crash management of road traffic injury victims in Iran. Stakeholders' views on current barriers and potential facilitators Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Reza Mohammadi, Lucie Laflamme, Ali Bikmoraki, Bo J.A. Haglund BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :8 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
An assessment of the eye care workforce in Enugu State, south-eastern Nigeria Boniface IKENNA Eze, Ferdinand CHINEDU Maduka-Okafor Human Resources for Health 2009, 7 :38 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Costs and health effects of screening and delivery of hearing aids in Tamil Nadu, India: an observational study Rob Baltussen, Vinod J Abraham, Monica Priya, Achamma Balraj, Job Anand, Gift Norman, Joseph Abraham BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :135 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Research activity and capacity in primary healthcare: The REACH study: A survey
Liam G Glynn, Ciara O'Riordan, Anne MacFarlane, John Newell, Alberto A Iglesias, David Whitford, Peter Cantillon, Andrew W Murphy BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :33 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Increasing socioeconomic inequalities in first acute myocardial infarction in Scotland, 1990-92 and 2000-02 Carolyn A Davies, Ruth Dundas, Alastair H Leyland BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :134 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Empowerment of disability benefit claimants through an interactive website: design of a randomized controlled trial David Samoocha, David J Bruinvels, Johannes R Anema, Romy Steenbeek, Allard J van der Beek BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :23 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A retrospective population-based study of childhood hospital admissions with record linkage to a birth defects registry Lyn Colvin, Carol Bower BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9 :32 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Somatic diseases in patients with schizophrenia in general practice: their prevalence and health care Marian JT Oud, Betty Meyboom-de Jong BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :32 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services Nadine Schuurman, Nathaniel J Bell, Randy L'Heureux, Syed M Hameed BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9 :6 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
DreamTel; Diabetes risk evaluation and management tele-monitoring study Sheldon W Tobe, Joan Wentworth, Laurie Ironstand, Susan Hartman, Jacquie Hoppe, Judi Whiting, Janice Kennedy, Colin McAllister, Alex Kiss, Nancy Perkins, Lloyd Vincent, George Pylypchuk, Richard Z Lewanczuk BMC Endocrine Disorders 2009, 9 :13 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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