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
Editorial Board | Editorial Team | Instructions for authors | FAQ
Articles
-
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:145Questionnaire for awareness and acceptance of diversity
The validation of a questionnaire that assesses healthcare workers' awareness and acceptance of diversity is a useful step in understanding the challenges arising from diversity and a lack of cultural awareness that may impact healthcare services.
-
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:117Self-management support in chronic care practice
A study of self-management support approaches in Europe suggests a need for better understanding of how to encourage patients and health care providers to engage in productive interactions in daily chronic care practice.
-
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:83Aboriginal patients receive sub-optimal care
Aboriginal cardiac patients face significant barriers to health care utilization (HCU), including communication issues, poor organisation and racism which result in sub-optimal quality of care, placing them at risk for subsequent cardiovascular events.
-
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:59Retaining therapists in rural communities
Evidence from the literature suggests that therapists' decision to locate, stay or leave rural communities is influenced more by the availability of practice supports, professional growth opportunities and understanding the context of rural practice, than by location.
-
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:27Altered FDA activity after administration change
The number of pharmaceutical-related regulatory letters released by the FDA has increased again during the Obama administration, suggesting a further assessment of the impact of federal administration changes on the enforcement policy of the FDA is required.
- View more articles
News from the web
Scope
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.
BMC series blog
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."
Email updates
Receive periodic news and updates relating to BioMed Central straight to your inbox.
Indexed by
- CAS
- Embase
- MEDLINE
- PubMed Central
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus


RSS
Comments
View more comments