WE ARE DELIGHTED to welcome you to the new
look of the Journal. In recognition of the
importance of Australian Health Review to management
and policy decision makers in Australia,
the Australian Healthcare Association
has initiated some major changes to assist us to
better meet our readers? needs. The journal is
now being produced with the support of
AMPCo, the Australasian Medical Publishing
Company. The changes in print format and
presentation of papers will be accompanied by
a more interactive website, and authors and
reviewers will soon notice a more streamlined
editorial and production process.
It is also a pleasure to welcome Mr Gary Day,
of the Queensland University of Technology, to
the new role of book review editor for the
journal. Gary's appointment will enable the
journal to include more regular coverage of
significant books and reports.
The librarians and archivists among our
readers will note that we have started a new
volume (number 28) for the occasion. Volume
28 will have three issues, which, combined
with those in volume 27, will make 5 issues for
2004. The next volume (number 29) will start
in 2005.