Health Services Optimization, Improvement, and Management: Worldwide Experiences

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, health systems have encountered several challenges, and particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic, they have had to undertake a restructuring process to enhance cooperation across all levels of healthcare. This is a worldwide problem that impacts all nations, irrespective of the type of funding, whether it is public or private, which is committed to healthcare.

This topic aims to examine various international instances of care integration, improvement, optimization, and management, both horizontally (between healthcare units of similar care levels or different departments within a hospital) and vertically (between health units operating at different care levels), with a focus on outcomes related to access, efficiency, productivity, and quality of health outcomes, as well as user and/or professional satisfaction.

The Topic “Health Services Optimization, Improvement, and Management: Worldwide Experiences” provides a platform for publishing reviews and original research papers on all aspects of nursing, health services, and health policies. Please join us in creating a diverse collection of articles for a variety of topics. We look forward to receiving contributions.

Dr. Alexandre Morais Nunes
Dr. Diogo Filipe da Cunha Ferreira
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Hospitals hospitals	-	-	2024	15.0 days *	CHF 1000	Submit
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ijerph	-	8.5	2004	25.8 Days	CHF 2500	Submit
Nursing Reports nursrep	2.4	2.8	2011	37.1 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Healthcare healthcare	2.4	4.7	2013	20.3 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2024.

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