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Articles

  1. Authors: Katharina Tabea Jungo, Michael J. Deml, Fabian Schalbetter, Jeanne Moor, Martin Feller, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Johanna Alida Corlina Huibers, Bastiaan Theodoor Gerard Marie Sallevelt, Michiel C Meulendijk, Marco Spruit, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Nicolas Rodondi and Sven Streit

  1. Authors: Catarina Cardoso Tomás, Emanuel Oliveira, D. Sousa, M. Uba-Chupel, G. Furtado, C. Rocha, A. Teixeira, P. Ferreira, Celeste Alves, Stefan Gisin, Elisabete Catarino, Nelma Carvalho, Tiago Coucelo, Luís Bonfim, Carina Silva, Débora Franco…

Innovations for better health and social justice
Edited by: Dr. Magdalena Szaflarski
Collection published: 30th May 2022

Advancing Dementia Care
Edited by: Dr. Clarissa Giebel and Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 13 May 2020

Health Services Research for Opioid Use Disorders
Edited by: Dr. Kim Hoffman
Collection published: 31 March 2020

Management of Infectious Diseases in Health Systems and Services
Edited by: Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 19 March 2020

Aims and scope

BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research. The journal has a special focus on digital health, governance, health policy, health system quality and safety, healthcare delivery and access to healthcare, healthcare financing and economics, implementing reform, and the health workforce.
 

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Medicare © © Thanadon88 / stock.adobe.comEvaluating the accessibility and value of U.S. ambulatory care among Medicaid expansion states and non-expansion states, 2012–2015

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  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.8 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.5 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.347 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.964 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    63 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    198 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    11,190,375 downloads
    8,159 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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