MDM Policy & Practice
Published in Association with Society for Medical Decision Making
eISSN:
23814683 | ISSN:
23814683 | Current volume: 8 | Current issue: 2
Frequency: Bi-annually
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. SMDM members may be eligible for a discount of 20%. 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. SMDM members may be eligible for a discount of 20%. 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) |
| Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, United States |
| 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 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 (Sheffield, 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 | Huygens & Versteegh B.V. (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 | GlaxoSmithKline (Amersfoort, Netherlands) |
| 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 | University of Erfurt (Erfurt, 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) |
Editorial Board: Term Ending 2026
| Anton Avanceña, MS, PhD | The University of Texas at Austin (United States) |
| Sarah E. Bates, MSc, PhD | University of Sheffield (South Yorkshire, England) |
| Mark Clements, PhD | |
| Helen A. Colby, PhD | Indiana University Kelley School of Business (Indianapolis, United States) |
| Risha Gidwani, DrPH | |
| Sarah L. Goff, MD, PhD | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (United States) |
| Aubri S. Hoffman (Rose), PhD, MS | Axle Informatics/NCATS/NIH (Bethesda, Maryland, United States); The University of Texas at Austin (United States) |
| David W. Hutton, PhD | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Ellen A. Lipstein, MD, MPH | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Ohio, United States) |
| Andrew Lloyd, DPhil | |
| Michelle McDowell, PhD | University of Potsdam (Germany) |
| Brooke Nickel, PhD | |
| 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 | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York, United States) |
| Bram Roudijk, PhD | |
| 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) |
| Haitham W. Tuffaha, PhD | University of Queensland (Australia) |
| Kathrene Valentine, MS, PhD | |
| Vera Vennedey, MSc | University of Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) |
| Reza Yaesoubi, PhD | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) |
| Jinyi Zhu, MPH, PhD | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee, 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. SMDM members may be eligible for a discount of 20%.
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.
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