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An assessment of the expanded seven-day NHS services shows that clinical outcomes are not necessarily improved and need to be examined in greater detail before further changes in policy are effected.

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This five-stage scoping review investigates the characteristics of online mental health interventions, and the potential implications of the increasing use of e-Health programmes during recovery.

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Admissions due to antidepressant-related adverse drug events increased 15% from 2001 to 2011, which was related to longer stays in hospital and an increase in hospital charges.

Publishing is an important part of sharing the outcomes of research, but the publication process and requirements may sometimes feel like a closed book. Health Systems Global (HSG) and BioMed Central, publisher of BMC Health Services Research which is affiliated with HSG, have partnered to deliver a series of five webinars to open up the peer review and publication processes. Aimed at researchers at a variety of career stages, the series covers how to prepare an article and choose the right journal, what happens during peer review, publishing models and open access, research and publication ethics and how to be a peer reviewer.

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BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.

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Hilary Logan, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Onyebuchi A Arah, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stefano Bonacina, Karolinska Institutet
Kostuv Dalal, Örebro University
Howard Degenholtz, University of Pittsburgh
Hengjin Dong, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Michael Donnelly, Queen's University Belfast
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University
David Hotchkiss, Tulane University
Holly Lanham, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Evelina Pappa, Hellenic Open University
Milena Pavlova, Maastricht University
Antoni Plasencia, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Fabrizio Tediosi, University of Basel
Kaspar Wyss, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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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 across three broad areas of work: 1) foster the creation of new knowledge; 2) support knowledge translation focusing on bridging knowledge creation with practical application; and 3) foster research on the application of new knowledge in real world settings. Members of Health Systems Global will receive a discount on BMC Health Systems Research's article-processing charge when they provide a discount code (which members can obtain by contacting the society) during the submission process.

David Hotchkiss

David Hotchkiss is Vice Chair and Professor in the Department of Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

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