BMC Health Services Research

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. 

• Directly aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and particularly SDG3 (Global health and wellbeing) 
• Welcomes research emphasizing integrated approaches to health systems and cross-sector collaborations

Society affiliation information
BMC Health Services Research is affiliated with Health Systems Global. Health Systems Global is a unique organization driven by a diverse, global membership of researchers, decision-makers, and implementers who are dedicated to promoting health systems research and knowledge translation. 

The activities of Health Systems Global span three broad areas:

1. To foster the creation of new knowledge
2. To support knowledge translation focusing on bridging knowledge creation with practical application
3. To foster research on the application of new knowledge in real-world settings

Members of Health Systems Global can receive a 20% discount on the article-processing charges of submissions to journals published by BMC, including BMC Health Services Research and the BMC Series journals. In order to secure this discount, authors need to select their HSG affiliation in the relevant field during payment stage.