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Health Administration at Webster University Library

Journals (e.g. peer-reviewed) versus. popular magazines

Health administration journals, trade publications and magazine examples

Types of periodicals

Scholarly/academic journals, e.g. Health Service Research, may be peer-reviewed and provide research findings in a discipline.

Trade publications, like Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) and Managed Care, inform or educate professionals in an industry or management function (e.g. administration).

Popular magazines, like Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, Harvard Business Review, and newspapers like The Wall Street Journal, inform or entertain the general public.

If in doubt about what kind of periodicals to use -- ask your instructor!

Health administration journals, trade publications & magazines list

Many health administration periodicals are available online in our databases or in the Library's print collection. 

Using the Journals and Magazines A-Z list you may search for a specific title to see if the full-text is available to you.

This list will also allow you to browse for periodicals by subject. Below are links to materials found in the category, Public Aspects of Medicine, which includes subcategories of Medical centers, hospitals, etc.; Medicine and the state; and Public health, hygiene, etc.