Show Notice to Authors Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be submitted to The Editor-in-Chief UtahHealth An Annual Review Editorial Office Govemor Scott Matheson Center for Health Care Studies 1901 East South Campus Drive Room 2120 Salt Lake City Utah 84112 UtahHealth invites original analyses on any aspect of health health care access and delivery or health politics and policy as it pertains to the state of Utah Articles and Special Topics Manuscripts may be submitted as Articles approximately 3500 words or less or as Special Topics approximately 600 words or less Atticles are definitive comprehensive accounts of significant studies whereas Special Topics are reports whose scope are more limited than that of articles and may include preliminary findings General Formatting Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word and be submitted onPC-formatted disk with four hard copies The manuscript should be saved in its entirety on one file whenever possible including tables and graphs The version on the disk must match exactly the version on the hard copies Label the disk with the name of the file and the authorlast name Font should be Arial at 10 characters per inch footnotescpi for all text including graphs and tables Text should be justified and no other page formatting should be included in the text The manuscript should be in the following order title authorname abstract text references tables and figures unless included in the text andshort biography about the author Authors should wite in clear concise English using grammar and standard nomencature that is unambiguous and consistent conforming to current American usage Responsibility for all aspects of manuscript preparation rests with the authors The editors will not undertake extensive changes or rewriting of the manuscript However the editorial board may make formatting or small content changes to an article before final publication Title The tile should be representative of the manuscriptpurposes and findings in order to provide maximum information in computerized title searches Nonfunctional words should be deleted from the tile The authors full first name middle initial last name should follow titles and degree eamed Provide the phone number address and e-mail of the primary author Abstract Abstracts must accompany all articles and should be about 100-150 words in length It should summarize the most important findings and conclusions of the article Text The rationale and objectives of the article should be stated in the introductory sentences of the manuscript Background material should be brief and relevant to the topic described Authors should state their conclusions or the significance of their article following the discussion of findings Conclusions should be summarized in order to place the authorobservations in perspective Tables and figures ie original drawings or graphs are encouraged when they lead tomore effective presentation of findings They should be numbered consecutively as Table Tille and Figure Title respectively Headings and descriptions should be included so that tables and figures are seff-explanatory References References should be in one consecutive series in alphabetical order and not numbered Accuracy of the references is the responsibility of the author complete list of references should be typed at the end of the manuscript in the following format For journals Blumenthal 1993 Total quality management and physicians clinical decisions Journal of American Medical Association 269 27758 For books Rothman Greenland 1998 Modern Epidemiology ed Philadelphia Raven Publishers Lippincott For clarification on other formatting issues please refer to an APA Style Manual For more information please call Rosalie Webb Executive Secretary for the Governor Scott Matheson Center for Health Care Studies at 801 581-4673 e-mail or write to this address The Editor-inChief UtahHealth An Annual Review Editorial Office Governor Scott Matheson Center for Health Care Studies 1901 East South Campus Drive Room 2120 Salt Lake City Utah 84112 174 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |