BMC Health Services Research

Section Editors

Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Anna Gagliardi, University of Toronto
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University
Kirsten Howard, University of Sydney
Stephen Jan, The George Institute
Jany Rademakers, NIVEL - Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
Hindrik Vondeling, Twente University

Executive Editor

Christopher Morrey, BioMed Central

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Performance management of health care workers in Uganda

A mixed methodology approach highlights the inadequacies in performance targets and management, unclear performance standards and a lack of adherence to scheduled performance assessments in the Ugandan health sector.

BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:355
Clinical practice guidelines for a multimorbid population

Epidemiologic approaches may represent a check list of disease combinations in the absence of specific recommendations for older, multimorbid patients and should be systematically considered during clinical practice guideline development.

BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:352
Predicting the use of research findings by nurses

Hospitals may positively influence nurses’ reported use of research by focusing attention on modifiable elements of unit context and this may extend to the adoption of best practices in general and other innovative or quality interventions.

BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:351
Caring for heart failure patients in the community

A population based study in South Australia highlights the significant burden placed on carers of patients with heart failure and the differences in their access to services compared to those dying from other conditions.

BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:342
Access to essential medicines in all sectors

Data on the procurement price and availability of essential medicines from three public healthcare providers in Delhi suggests that availability is poor in public sector facilities and better in private retail pharmacies, with affordability remaining a big challenge for a majority of the population.

BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:285
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on 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.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

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Section Editor's Profile

Marie-Pierre Gagnon, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at Laval University and researcher at the Quebec University Hospital Centre, Canada. She is also Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Technologies and Practices in Health. Her research program focuses on the use of scientific evidence to support the implementation of technological innovations, particularly Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the health care system. Her other research interests include patient and public involvement in Health Technology Assessment and other health care decisions, the study of individual, professional and organisational determinants of ICT adoption and integration in the health care system, and best practices in knowledge translation and application.

"Health services research needs to improve its knowledge base in order to better inform decisions, based on international knowledge sharing and the development of appropriate methods that account for the complexity of interventions for changing practices and policies. BMC Health Services Research is an open and transparent source for sharing this knowledge with the global health services research community."