Health Services Management Research
http://hsmr.rsmjournals.com/

Health Services Management Research is an authoritative journal providing expert information on all aspects of healthcare management. It examines the real issues confronting health services management, analyses policy initiatives and healthcare systems worldwide and provides evidence-based research to guide management decision making. A special feature of the journal is an attempt to bridge the gap between research activity and the practical implementation of management decision making. Evidence-based management is as important as evidence-based medicine. Coverage includes:

* Policy issues and implications for health services
* Research in healthcare
* Strategic management
* Human resource aspects of healthcare provision
* Financial and resource implications of change in health services
* Organizational change and development
* Clinical/management interaction
* Quality and outcome in health provision.

Articles submitted to Health Services Management Research should be primarily empirical but analytical theoretical reviews are acceptable. The development and improvement in management practice resulting from the paper should be clear.