About Healthcare
Aims
Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free for readers), which publishes original theoretical and empirical work in the interdisciplinary area of all aspects of medicine and health care research. Healthcare publishes Original Research Articles, Reviews, Case Reports, Research Notes and Short Communications. We encourage researchers to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. For theoretical papers, full details of proofs must be provided so that the results can be checked; for experimental papers, full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Additionally, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculations, experimental procedure, etc., can be deposited along with the publication as “Supplementary Material”.
Scope
This journal covers all topics related to all aspects of medicine and health care research. Research fields of interest include but are not limited to:
Advanced inpatients care
- Advanced medical investigation and treatment
- Experimental medicine
- Uncommon diagnostic or surgical procedures
Chronic care
- Health assessment
- Laboratory and diagnostic procedures
- Medication management
- Disease prevention
- Early diagnosis
- Treatment and comprehensive strategies
- Morbidity and mortality
- Long term outcomes
- Scoring systems and outcome prediction
- Socio-economic burden of chronic care
Critical care*
- Emergency, perioperative and intensive care
- Pediatric/neonates care
- Medical imaging, monitoring, support
Cure
Diagnosis
Health care materials
Health informatics (electronic and online based clinical studies and medical research)
Health policy
Mental health
Nursing
Prevention
Sport
Treatment
* Treatment for a short period of time for a brief but serious illness, injury or other health condition.
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