BMC Health Services Research

Latest collections open to submissions

New: Digital health and the healthcare workforce

Guest Edited by Kerryn Butler-Henderson & Clair Sullivan

New: Researching and measuring inequalities in healthcare

Guest Edited by Magdalena Szaflarski & Zhonghua Wang

Sustainability in health services

Guest Edited by Virginia McKay & Judith Singleton

Rural health services research

Guest Edited by Birgit Abelsen and Selina Taylor

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Published collections

Advancing epidemic preparedness of health systems

Guest edited by Yibeltal Assefa Alemu, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio, Julie Balen & Megan Schmidt-Sane

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Health services for substance use disorders

Guest edited by Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Berkeley Franz, João Pedro Silva

Health workforce planning

Guest edited by Madhan Balasubramanian and
Sunny C. Okoroafor

Articles

Time is money: general practitioners’ reflections on the fee-for-service system

Authors: Kristian B. Kraft, Eivor H. Hoff, Magne Nylenna, Cathrine F. Moe, Arnstein Mykletun and Kristian Østby

Content type: Research 15 April 2024
Disadvantaged groups have greater spatial access to pharmacies in New York state

Authors: Abhinav Suri, James Quinn, Raymond R. Balise, Daniel J. Feaster, Nabila El-Bassel and Andrew G. Rundle

Content type: Research 15 April 2024
Health workforce strategies during COVID-19 response: insights from 15 countries in the WHO Africa Region

Authors: Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni and Kasonde Mwinga

Content type: Research 15 April 2024
Life expectancy, long-term care demand and dynamic financing mechanism simulation: an empirical study of Zhejiang Pilot, China

Authors: Xueying Xu, Yichao Li and Hong Mi

Content type: Research 15 April 2024
Changes in long-term care insurance revenue among service providers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Tomoko Ito, Xueying Jin, Makiko Tomita, Shu Kobayashi and Nanako Tamiya

Content type: Research 13 April 2024

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Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction

Authors: Yafang Tsai

Content type: Research article 14 May 2011
How nurses and their work environment affect patient experiences of the quality of care: a qualitative study

Authors: Renate AMM Kieft, Brigitte BJM de Brouwer, Anneke L Francke and Diana MJ Delnoij

Content type: Research article 13 June 2014
Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress

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…

Content type: Meeting Abstracts 6 July 2016
Characteristics of successful changes in health care organizations: an interview study with physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses

Authors: Per Nilsen, Ida Seing, Carin Ericsson, Sarah A. Birken and Kristina Schildmeijer

Content type: Research article 27 February 2020
PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews

Authors: Abigail M Methley, Stephen Campbell, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Rosalind McNally and Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi

Content type: Research article 21 November 2014

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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.