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Welcome to our page dedicated to health services research, where we showcase news, highlights and recent campaigns.
All our research is available to access anytime, from anywhere. Below are just some of the benefits of reading and publishing open access research, along with featured research from our journals
Blogs on health services research
Bang for your buck
Jonathan Grant, Erin Montague, Martin Buxton and Matthew Glover discuss the return from the approximately $270 billion invested in biomedical and health research each year.
The return from public investments in biomedical and health research
Health systems and gender
How do health systems contribute to gender equity? ​​​​​​​New research published in Globalization and Health examines four post-conflict nations, finding the healthcare systems to be gender blind and in turn reinforcing cultural gender inequity. Here, lead author, Valerie Percival, talks about the findings and the myriad of questions that this complex research raises.
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Countries around the world are developing universal ​​​​​​​health cover (UHC) systems, with many nations seeking to learn from well-established systems like the NHS. In this blog post Jonty Roland discusses how partnerships with other countries, where both parties learn from each other, can give the UK a more active role as a global leader in UHC.
Is the UK NHS the best model for other countries to achieve universal health coverage?
Collections by International Journal for Equity in Health
Showcasing social science approaches to health systems and policy research
Presented by SHAPES, a thematic working group of Health Systems Global, this collection showcases how qualitative and theory-driven approaches can contribute to better promoting equity in health within the field of health policy and systems research.
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Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in LMIC health systems. They address governance through diverse health policy and system issues, consider actors located at multiple levels of the system and draw on multidisciplinary perspectives.
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Moving towards UHC: engaging non-state providers
Open access research - Read for free
BMC Medicine
Understanding Complexity in Health Systems: International Perspectives
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Globalization and Health
Are health systems interventions gender blind? examining health system reconstruction in conflict affected states
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From health for all to universal health coverage: Alma Ata is still relevant
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India’s NCD strategy in the SDG era: are there early signs of a paradigm shift?
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Does where you live matter to your health? Investigating factors that influence the self-rated health of urban and rural Chinese residents: evidence drawn from Chinese General Social Survey data
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Feeling good in old age: factors explaining health-related quality of life
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On measuring and decomposing inequality of opportunity in access to health services among Tunisian children: a new approach for public policy
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Health Research Policy and Systems
Building a bright, evidence-informed future: a conversation starter from the incoming editors
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Changing roles of universities in the era of SDGs: rising up to the global challenge through institutionalising partnerships with governments and communities
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Health policy and systems research: the future of the field
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Human Resources for Health
Forecasting imbalances in the global health labor market and devising policy responses
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Improving local health through community health workers in Cambodia: challenges and solutions
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Migration motives and integration of international human resources of health in the United Kingdom: systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies using framework analysis
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Implementation Science
Engaging policy-makers, health system managers, and policy analysts in the knowledge synthesis process: a scoping review
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Evaluation of Communities of Practice performance developing implementation research to enhance maternal health decision-making in Mexico and Nicaragua
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International Journal for Equity in Health
Barriers and facilitators to implementation, uptake and sustainability of community-based health insurance schemes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
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Examining equity in health insurance coverage: an analysis of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
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Performance management in times of change: experiences of implementing a performance assessment system in a district in South Africa
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Advancing health systems for all in the SDG era
Come and meet us at the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
in Liverpool, 8 – 12 October, at booth #37.​​​​​​​
How to write a good paper and get it published
Take our full day skills building session on Monday 8th October from 9am – 5pm in Conference Centre Room 19, hosted by Maria Zalm, Editor, BMC Health Services Research, Liz Hoffman, Journal Development Manager, BMC.