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MEDICAL CARE Catarina Kiefe, PhD, MD Dept of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Medical School June 2, 2019

Very brief history of Medical Care • Official journal of the Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association • Journal began January 1967, with 6 issues/year (Duncan Neuhauser, Editor) • Became monthly in 1974 • Explores issues at the interface of medical care and public health

Operations • 2 co-Editors-in-Chief (Allison /Kiefe), 14 Deputy Editors • Acceptance rate 15- 20% • Mean time from submission to 1 st decision: 32 days • Free peer review training at https://wkauthorservices.editage.com/peer-reviewer- training-course/

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Special Series in Medical Care • Annals of Health Services Research • Patient-Centered Care • Point-Counterpoint • Statistical Workshop

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