MDM Policy & Practice
Published in Association with Society for Medical Decision Making
eISSN:
23814683 | ISSN:
23814683 | Current volume: 7 | Current issue: 2
Frequency: Continuous
MDM Policy & Practice (MDM P&P), a journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making, is an Open Access journal that offers rigorous and systematic applications of decision science that are designed to improve the health and clinical care of individuals and to assist with health-policy development. MDM P&P focuses on the application of current theories, methods, and approaches from a variety of disciplines to important problems facing clinical and health policy decision-makers, including patients, providers, producers, and payers. For more information, please visit the Journal website here: https://www.journals.smdm.org/about-mpp/. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The current article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently USD $2,500. As the APC is based on the date of original peer review submission, all articles submitted before 1 January 2019 will remain eligible for the lower APC of USD $1,675 regardless of the article's date of acceptance. SMDM members may be eligible for a discount. The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
The current article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently USD $2,500. As the APC is based on the date of original peer review submission, all articles submitted before 1 January 2019 will remain eligible for the lower APC of USD $1,675 regardless of the article's date of acceptance. SMDM members may be eligible for a discount. The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
MDM Policy & Practice (MDM P&P) is an Open Access journal that offers rigorous and systematic applications of decision science that are designed to improve the health and clinical care of individuals and to assist with health-policy development. MDM P&P focuses on the application of current theories, methods, and approaches from a variety of disciplines to important problems facing clinical and health policy decision-makers, including patients, providers, producers, and payers. For more information, please visit the Journal website here: https://www.journals.smdm.org/about-mpp/.
Editor-in-Chief
| Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States) |
Deputy Editor
| Lauren E. Cipriano, PhD | University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) |
Advisory Committee
| Neal V. Dawson, MD (Emeritus) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, United States) |
| Mark Helfand, MD, MPH, 2005-2012 | Oregon Health & Sciences University (Portland, United States) |
| Harold C. Sox, MD, MACP | Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States) |
Associate Editors
| Jessica S. Ancker, MPH, PhD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tennessee, United States) |
| Stefano Conti, MSc, PhD | NHS England (London, United Kingdom) |
| Neal V. Dawson, MD (Emeritus) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, United States) |
| Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD | Stanford University (California, United States) |
| Joanna L. Hart, MD, MSHP | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, United States) |
| Olga Kostopoulou, MSc, PhD | Imperial College London (United Kingdom) |
| Josephine A. Mauskopf, PhD, MHA | RTI International (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States) |
| Mary C. Politi, PhD | Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, United States) |
| Eleanor M. Pullenayegum, PhD | Hospital for Sick Children, Canada |
| Donald A. Redelmeier, MD | University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) |
| Louise B. Russell, PhD | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, United States) |
| Paul A. Scuffham, PhD | Griffith University(Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) |
| Victoria A. Shaffer, PhD | University of Missouri (Columbia, United States) |
| Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS | University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, MD, PhD, MPH | University of Oslo (Norway), University of Southern Denmark (Odense) |
| James E. Stahl, MD, CM, MPH | Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States) |
| Ewout W. Steyerberg, MSc, PhD | Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| Erika A. Waters, PhD, MPH | Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, United States) |
| Nicky J. Welton, PhD | University of Bristol (United Kingdom) |
| Torbjørn Wisløff, MSc, PhD | Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway |
| Feng Xie, BSc, MSc, PhD | McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) |
Editorial Board: Term Ending 2023
| Sarah E. Bates, MSc, PhD | University of Sheffield (South Yorkshire, England) |
| James V. Codella, MEng, PhD | Microsoft (Yorktown Heights, New York, United States) |
| Helen A. Colby, PhD | Indiana University Kelley School of Business (Indianapolis, United States) |
| Simon D. Eckermann, PhD | University of Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) |
| Tom Fahey, MSc, MD, DCH, DObs, MEd, MFPH | RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Dublin, Ireland) |
| Sarah L. Goff, MD, PhD | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (United States) |
| Negin Hajizadeh, MD, MPH | New York University School of Medicine (New York, United States) |
| Aubri S. Hoffman (Rose), PhD | The University of Texas at Austin (United States) |
| David W. Hutton, PhD | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Felicitas Kuehne, MSc | UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (Hall i.T., Tyrol, Austria) |
| Ellen A. Lipstein, MD, MPH | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Ohio, United States) |
| Michelle McDowell, PhD | Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin, Germany) |
| Mari Palta, PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States) |
| Ankur Pandya, MPH, PhD | Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) |
| Adam T. Perzynski, MA, PhD | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, United States) |
| Valerie F. Reyna, PhD | Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) |
| Beate Sander, RN, MBA, MEcDev, PhD | University Health Network (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
| Laura D. Scherer, PhD | University of Colorado School of Medicine(Aurora, United States) |
| Karen R. Sepucha, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Boston, United States) |
| Richard Tawiah, PhD | University of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) |
| Haitham W. Tuffaha, PhD | Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) |
| Ben van Calster, PhD | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) |
| Vera Vennedey, PhD | Admedicum (Cologne, Germany) |
| Reza Yaesoubi, PhD | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) |
Editorial Board: Term Ending 2024
| Fernando Alarid-Escudero, PhD | Stanford University (California, United States) |
| Wändi Bruine de Bruin, PhD, MSc | University of Southern California, Price School of Public Policy and Dornsife Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Boston, United States) |
| Barry D. Dewitt, PhD | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Manuel Gomes, MSc, PhD | University College London (United Kingdom) |
| Darryl T. Gray, MD, ScD, FACC, FAHA | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) |
| Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD | University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Felicity W.K. Harper, PhD | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan, United States) |
| Anna Heath, MMath, PhD | University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health and SickKids Research Institute (Ontario, Canada) |
| Ashley J. Housten, OTD, MSCI, MPA | Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, United States) |
| Benjamin Kearns | Lumanity (London, United Kingdom) |
| Robert L. Jayes, MD | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia, United States) |
| Jamie L. Studts, PhD | University of Colorado School of Medicine (Aurora, United States) |
| Donna Rowen, PhD, MSc | University of Sheffield (South Yorkshire, United Kingdom) |
| Gustav Tinghög, PhD Gustav | Linköping University (Sweden) |
| Thomas Valley, MD, MSc | University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Matthijs Versteegh, PhD | Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) |
| Joanne Wu, MS, MD | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, United States) |
Editorial Board: Term Ending 2025
| Jorie Butler, PhD | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, United States) |
| Kerri L. Cavanaugh, MD, MHS | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee, United States) |
| Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, SM | Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, United States) |
| Jarrod E. Dalton, PhD | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio, United States) |
| Koen Degeling, PhD | Lumen Value & Access (New York, United States) |
| Elamin H. Elbasha, PhD | Merck & Co. (West Point, Pennsylvania, United States) |
| Paul K. J. Han, MD, MA, MPH | National Cancer Institute (Rockville, Maryland, United States) |
| Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH | University of Illinois at Chicago (United States) |
| Quang A. Le, PhD | Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona, California, United States) |
| Nan Luo, PhD | National University of Singapore |
| Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH | University of Colorado Denver (Aurora, United States) |
| Eric S. Meadows, PhD | Target RWE (Durham, North Carolina, United States) |
| Wendy L. Nelson, PMH, PhD, RN | National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) |
| Semra Ozdemir, MS, PhD | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, United States) |
| Shijie (Kate) Ren, PhD | University of Sheffield (South Yorkshire, England) |
| Aaron M. Scherer, MA, PhD | University of Iowa (Iowa City, United States) |
| Kevin E. Tiede, PhD | Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin, Germany) |
| Andrew J. Vickers, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York, United States) |
| Todd H. Wagner, PhD | Stanford University (California, United States) |
Past Editor
| Alan J. Schwartz, PhD, 2013-2020 | University of Illinois at Chicago (United States) |
Editorial Office
| Katherine Grandinetti, BS | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States) |
| Stacy Wennstrom, MA | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States) |
MDM Policy & Practice is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authors are strongly encouraged to review the MDM Policy & Practice website for information on manuscript requirements, manuscript submission, and the peer review process (double blind) at MDM P&P before submitting your manuscript at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mdm-pp. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned. Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of MDM P&P will be reviewed.
If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that your article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license. This will be payable upon acceptance and subject to VAT where applicable.
The article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently $2,500 USD.
MDM P&P publishes manuscripts under the Creative Commons by Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC-BY NC), which allows others to re-use the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced and the use is non-commercial. Alternative license arrangements are available, for example, to meet particular funder mandates, made at the author's request. Visit SAGE's OA licenses page for more information.
Please contact the MDM Editorial Office with any questions.