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Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics (IJPPHME)ISSN: 2155-6423; EISSN: 2155-6431Established 2011; Published Quarterly

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jari Vuori (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)

IJPPHME takes an interdisciplinary look at public and private healthcare organiza-tions, culminating knowledge about differences in service, management, delivery, and efficiency. This journal also addresses the challenges of organizing and managing healthcare services more efficiently and effectively in global settings. IJPPHME uses comparative methodology to examine these issues in healthcare service quality and processes and welcomes interdisciplinary research from the public and private sector.

• Comparative methodology• Costs differences in public-private management• Hybrid forms of organizing• Incentives for public and private service delivery• Privatization, out-sourcing, and contracting-out• Public and private health care management• Public and private information management• Public and private service management

Topics Covered:Individual Price:E-Journal: US $175.00Print: US $255.00Print + E-Journal: US $340.00

Institution Price:Print: US $715.00Online Access: US $715.00Print + Online Access: US $1,025.00Institution Online Access Backfile: US TBDPrices are subject to change without notification.

submission information Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Interested authors must consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions at www.igi-global.com/publish/resources prior to submission. All article submissions will be forwarded to the Editorial Review

Board for double-blind, peer review.

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of: Jari Vuori, jari.vuori@uef.fi

editor-in-chief bio Jari Vuori is a professor at University of Eastern Finland. He is currently Head of Health Management Sciences at the Department of Health Policy and Management, where he is responsible for research and the program of Phd students. He has been a visiting lecturer and scholar in Europe (University of Warwick), USA (Georgia Tech), and Japan (Nihon University). His research focuses mainly on the differences between public and private organizations and sectors at macro-and micro levels. His research group, PUBPRI, focuses on comparative issues concerning public, private, and non-profit service delivery, efficiency, and effectiveness. In addition Dr. Vuori is interested in compar-ative public policy issues and their methodological configuration in the global setting. His educational and scientific background stems from public management, business administration, and economics.

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