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MDM Policy & Practice

Published in Association with Society for Medical Decision Making

eISSN: 23814683 | ISSN: 23814683 | Current volume: 9 | Current issue: 1 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.

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)
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