Journal of Hospital Administration(ISSN 1927-6990 EISSN 1927-7008) is an international, open access, and peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Sciedu Press. It is devoted to publishing research papers in the fields of managing practice and research in all branches of hospital administration. JHA welcomes original articles reviews, hospital case studies and comments. It is published in both online and printed versions.
JHA is included in:
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To facilitate rapid publication and minimize administrative costs, JHA accepts Online submission and Email submission. All manuscripts and any supplementary material can be submitted via the journal’s Online Submission and peer-review system or email to jha@sciedu.ca. For online submission, please create a new account and then follow the instructions given.
JHA’s Section: JHA welcomes original articles, reviews, hospital case studies, and comments.
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Statistics
2013 Q1: Articles Received: 38; Accepted: 19; Rejected: 17; Published: 18; Retracted: 0
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What is e-Version FirstTM
e-Version First is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. We aim to publish accepted manuscripts in e-Version First in two week's time after the final draft completed.
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Paper Selection and Publication Process
a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.
b). Peer review. We use double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors' identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission. The review process may take 2-3 weeks.
c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.
d). The authors revise paper and pay publication fee (200.00 USD).
e). After publication, the corresponding author will receive the printed journal, free of charge.
f). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal’s webpage, free of charge for download.
NOTE:
The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).
All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.
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Announcements
JHA Indexed in DOAJ |
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| Journal of Hospital Administration (JHA) has been indexed in DOAJ, which will benefit both the readers and OA journals. | |
| Posted: 2013-04-06 | |
Acknowledgements to Reviewers 2012 |
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| We would like to express our gratitude to all of the reviewers of Editorial Review Board (ERB) of Journal of Hospital Administration (JHA) | |
| Posted: 2012-12-27 | More... |
[JHA] Establishment of ERB |
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| Journal of Hospital Administration has succeeded in its establishment work of Editorial Review Board. | |
| Posted: 2012-03-28 | More... |
JHA recruitment for Editorial Review Board |
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| Journal of Hospital Administration is in the process of orgnazing the international Editorial Review Board. | |
| Posted: 2011-12-27 | More... |
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Vol 2, No 4 (2013)
Table of Contents
Original Article
| Impact of a disinfecting technique on microbial contamination of computer keyboards and telephone handsets | |
| Gabriele Messina, Emma Ceriale, Sandra Burgassi, Carmela Russo, Chiara Defranceschi, Lorenzo Mariani, Lucilla Taddei, Daniele Lenzi, Pietro Manzi | p1 |
| Latent gender inequalities in the well-being of physicians according to payment method for practicing medicine: a cross-sectional study | |
| Juan Nicolás Peña-Sánchez, Rein Lepnurm, Silvia Bermedo-Carrasco | p7 |
| A predicted outbreak in an overcrowded, administratively neglected and run-down haemodialysis unit as an offer of “New Public Management” in Norwegian hospitals | |
| Bjørg Marit Andersen, Bente Seljordslia, Kjersti Hochlin, Mette Rasch, Gaute Syversen | p15 |
| Patients’, nurses’ and physicians’ perception of delays in emergency department care | |
| La Vonne A. Downey, Leslie S. Zun, Trena Burke | p25 |
| Addressing health workers’ exposure to violence at Lebanese emergency departments: What do the stakeholders think? | |
| Mohamad Alameddine, Nasser Yassin | p31 |
| General practitioners´ knowledge gaps regarding age related macular degeneration and effectiveness of their e-learning training | |
| Rosa Maria Coco-Martin, Maria Rosa Sanabria, Itziar Fernandez, Anna Sala, Carmen Valverde, Raixa Perez | p37 |
| Does deinstitutionalisation work? Relationships between psychiatric outpatient and inpatient care provision in a rural German catchment area | |
| Juan Valdes-Stauber, Michael von Cranach, Albert Putzhammer, Reinhold Kilian | p48 |
| Failure of a pharmacist-initiated antimicrobial step-down protocol to impact physician prescribing behavior or patient outcomes: A quasi-experimental, cross-over study | |
| Elizabeth D. Hermsen, Sara S. Shull, Lisa M. Richter, Fang Qiu, Mark E. Rupp | p62 |
| Regional variation in acute care length of stay after orthopaedic surgery total joint replacement surgery and hip fracture surgery | |
| John D. FitzGerald, Haoling Weng, Nelson F. Soohoo, Susan L. Ettner | p71 |
| The effectiveness of providing evidenced-based perinatal practice to low-income populations providing perinatal care: Does patient income influence the delivery of quality care? | |
| Amy L. Damon, Carmen D. Parrotta, Lindsey A. Wallace, William Riley | p82 |
| Usage of quality indicators in hospital nursing services in Brazil | |
| Carmen Silvia Gabriel, Daniele Ramos, Andrea Boldrini, Silvana Silveira Kempfer, Andrea Bernardes, Fernanda Ludmila Rossi Rocha | p91 |
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Journal of Hospital Administration
ISSN 1927-6990(Print) ISSN 1927-7008(Online)
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