Hospital Topics is a journal designed to effectively equip healthcare managers and professionals with practical information they can apply to improve all aspects of management, delivery, and overall quality of the healthcare system.

1. Manuscripts should be between 2,500 and 4,000 words, double-spaced in all parts (including references, tables, figures, and notes), and with one-inch margins. Because Hospital Topics practices blind review, the submitted paper should not contain any author names or affiliations. This information should be included in a separate cover letter, which states the authors' names, degrees, affiliations, telephone, e-mail addresses, fax numbers (including area codes), and complete addresses.

2. An abstract of 75–100 words should be provided on the first page along with 4–5 keywords.

3. Citation in the text should list author and date, as in (Smith 2003). Complete citations of each reference should be listed, alphabetically by author, at the end of the manuscript. The Author-Date Style described in chapter 16 of The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) should be the format for all references.

Example reference of a journal:
Bauerschmidt, A. D., and P. Jacobs. 1985. Pricing objectives in non-profit hospitals. Health Services Research 20 (2): 153–62.

Example reference of a book:
Maier, N. R. F. 1958. The appraisal interview: Objectives, methods, and skills. Pittsburgh, PA: Wiley Press.

Manuscripts should be written in the first person and use the active voice.

4. E-mail: We encourage submitting articles electronically as a double-spaced Word file with minimal formatting in Times New Roman font. Please do not use style sheets, forced section, or page breaks. Use endnotes, not automatic footnotes, and insert your endnotes manually in the text. Use a superscript for note numbers (on the Word menu, go to the toolbar for Format, click on Font, and then click on the Superscript character in the lower left-hand area).

E-mail tables in one file and figures in a separate file.

Enclose a submission letter, with a statement that the manuscript is not under concurrent consideration elsewhere. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two readers, a process ordinarily requiring 2 to 3 months.

Submit all manuscripts to stacey.bridgeman@taylorandfrancis.com.