To supplement our coverage of the business of medicine, MANAGED CARE publishes scientific peer-reviewed studies relating to the cost and effectiveness of programs, products, and procedures in health care financing and delivery.
When MANAGED CARE published its inaugural issue in 1992, we made a commitment to our readers: We would help them understand what was, at the time, a still-mysterious system that was transforming not only the business end of medicine – but often its practice as well.
Since then, we have published more than 400 feature articles, plus thousands of charts, graphs, and news items, all intended to keep readers abreast of developments and trends, and to help them adapt to continually changing circumstances. While many of these articles have focused, in one way or another, on how payment systems can or do affect the delivery of care, few pieces have been of a strongly clinical nature.
Now that the concept of managed care has matured, mutated, and proliferated beyond the point of novelty, it has become possible to reach scientific conclusions about the relationships between its forms and clinical practice. In line with our goal of helping readers stay at the forefront of issues in managed care, we think it is important to report the results of studies dealing with the diverse elements of the evolving health care delivery system. These elements include, but are not limited to, clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of programs and products, and relative performance under various types of managed care organization.
To that end, MANAGED CARE has adopted a process that will help keep readers informed of scientific research into these issues. We publish impartial peer-reviewed studies examining clinical aspects of managed care. The editors are interested in reviewing manuscripts that report on original scientific research on a range of related topics that include processes, procedures, or programs; treatments; outcomes; disease management; pharmacy issues; cost-effectiveness, and policy implications.
Alan L. Hillman, M.D., senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, is chairman of MANAGED CARE's editorial advisory board. Hillman, an editorial consultant to MANAGED CARE since the magazine's inception, has enrolled a distinguished panel of advisers to review manuscripts under active consideration for publication. Those individuals' names appear below.
The inclusion of a special section devoted to peer-reviewed research makes this the only managed care publication to report on both clinical implications of managed care and health care business trends and issues. We will continue to publish timely, informative feature articles that physicians and executives can use to understand their options in this ever-changing industry. Our journalistic pieces will retain the depth of research and quality of writing our readers expect.
We are excited about this stage of MANAGED CARE's evolution, and we hope that you will benefit from it. As always, we welcome your thoughts.
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ALAN G. ADLER, MD JAN E. BERGER, MD, MJ THOMAS BODENHEIMER, MD PETER BOLAND, PHD J. LYLE BOOTMAN, PHD NEIL B. CAESAR, JD H. ERIC CANNON, PHARMD HELEN DARLING GARY SCOTT DAVIS, JD D.S. (PETE) FULLERTON, PHD, RPH ALICE G. GOSFIELD, ESQ ATTILIO V. GRANATA, MD, MBA PETER A. GROSS, MD MICHAEL T. HALPERN, MD, PHD JAN DURHAM HIRSCH, PHD LOUIS W. HUTCHISON JR. GEORGE J. ISHAM, MD LUCY JOHNS, MPH ROBERT C. JOHNSON, MS THOMAS KAYE, RPH, MBA PETER KONGSTVEDT, MD GREG L. KORNELUK JOHN LA PUMA, MD WALTER LANE, MD RENEE S. LEARY, MPH |
THOMAS H. LEE, MD, SM SHARAD MANSUKANI MD, MHS MICHAEL L. MILLENSON THOMAS MORROW, MD MATT NYE, PHARMD BURTON I. ORLAND, RPH DAVID PARISER, MD LES PAUL, MD, MS UWE E. REINHARDT, PHD JOHN ROGLIERI, MD, MBA TIM SAWYERS, RPH, MBA JAMES M. SCHIBANOFF, MD STEPHEN W. SCHONDELMEYER, PHARMD, JAAN SIDOROV, MD, MHSA THOMAS D. SNOOK RICHARD G. STEFANACCI, DO, MGH, LORETTA TAFURI, RN, MBA ROBERT J. TAFURI, MD MICHAEL S. VICTOROFF, MD JONATHAN P. WEINER, DRPH SCOTT WEINGARTEN, MD WILLIAM WINKENWERDER, MD, MBA RANDALL M. ZUSMAN, MD |
MANAGED CARE welcomes original manuscripts for consideration of publication. To streamline the process, we ask authors to adhere to these guidelines:
MANAGED CARE accepts only manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication by other print or electronic media. Authors are required to disclose any direct or indirect conflict of interest, or appearance of conflict of interest. Should MANAGED CARE agree to publish a submission, the author(s) agree to transfer copyright to MANAGED CARE. It is understood that articles written by U.S. government employees as part of their official duties are not copyrightable. Authors are required to include with their article submissions written permission from publishers to reproduce or adapt previously published illustrations and tables. Please download the MANAGED CARE conflict-of-interest form from the following link, and return the signed form to the editorial department with your article submission.
All references must be included in text within parentheses, using the first author’s last name and the year of publication, e.g., (Smith 2002). Additionally, at the end of the paper, include an alphabetical list of all citations mentioned in text, and format each reference in accordance with the American Medical Association Manual of Style (9th edition).
An electronic version of the manuscript should be sent via e-mail in a Microsoft Word (preferred) or a WordPerfect format to:
Additionally, one paper copy of the typed manuscript should be sent to:
John Marcille
Editor
MANAGED CARE
780 Township Line Road
Yardley, PA 19067
A self-addressed, stamped postcard should be included if acknowledgment of receipt of work is desired. Materials not accepted for publication will be returned only if a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage is included.
Unless otherwise specified, manuscripts should conform to the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. These requirements are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 1997;277:927-934) and are posted on the AMA's web site at http://www.icmje.org/
Article content must be clearly related to managed care, but within that limitation, may deal with processes, products, and other areas that relate to the financing and delivery of health care. MANAGED CARE's readers consist largely of health plan executives (most with medical or pharmacy degrees) and physicians.
Please include a cover letter with any submission. The cover letter should include:
Please review the Uniform Requirements before submitting work. Manuscripts should be double-spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, and should be no more than 4,000 words including the abstract, but not including tables, figures, illustrations, and references. Tables, figures, illustrations, and references should be prepared as specified in the Uniform Requirements. We may, however, newly render figures and illustrations. Each table and figure should be referenced in the text, but the information they convey should not duplicate text.
Include an abstract of 250 or fewer words, summarizing the key points of the work under these headings: Purpose, Design, Methodology, Principal Findings, and Conclusion.
The text of the manuscript should be organized under the following headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Spell out abbreviations and acronyms on first reference. Use generic drug names when pharmaceutical products are identified, unless brand names are important. When brand names are used, add a footnote to indicate manufacturer. Acknowledgments may be included after the body of the text. References should not appear at the bottom of text pages, but should be included at the end of the document. Authors are responsible for accuracy and completeness of references.
MANAGED CARE will review the manuscript for appropriateness. Articles being considered for publication will be sent to peer reviewers selected by the editor, while other submissions will be discharged promptly.
Manuscripts recommended by peer reviewers for publication may be edited in-house or returned to the author for revisions, if necessary. At this point, authors will be asked to submit work electronically, either on a disk or as an e-mail attachment. Most word-processing programs are acceptable, but do not prepare references using these programs' automatic-footnoting features.
MANAGED CARE reserves the right to edit text for clarity, style, and length. Final drafts will be sent to authors for review before publication. Published articles are the property of MediMedia USA and may not be reproduced without permission of the publisher.