Focus and Scope

Focus

Research of Service Administration Health and Sains Healthys (REHAT) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to advancing knowledge, research, and evidence-based practices in health service administration, public health, clinical medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, and related health sciences.

The journal provides an academic platform for researchers, healthcare professionals, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers to disseminate original scientific findings that contribute to the improvement of healthcare systems, clinical practice, population health, pharmaceutical innovation, and health-related policymaking.

REHAT aims to strengthen the integration of scientific evidence, healthcare management, biomedical knowledge, and public health interventions in addressing contemporary health challenges at local, national, and international levels.

The journal particularly welcomes studies that demonstrate methodological rigor, scientific originality, theoretical or practical contributions, and relevance to the development of healthcare services and health sciences.

REHAT encourages interdisciplinary and comparative research that examines the relationships between health systems, healthcare delivery, clinical outcomes, pharmaceutical developments, technological innovation, and individual or population health.

Scope

REHAT publishes original research and scholarly reviews covering, but not limited to, the following areas.

1. Health Service Administration and Management

  • Healthcare Administration and Management

  • Hospital Management and Governance

  • Healthcare Service Quality and Patient Satisfaction

  • Healthcare Human Resource Management

  • Healthcare Organizational Performance

  • Healthcare Financing and Resource Allocation

  • Health Insurance and Universal Health Coverage

  • Healthcare Accreditation and Quality Improvement

  • Patient Safety and Healthcare Risk Management

  • Healthcare Leadership and Organizational Innovation

2. Public Health and Health Policy

  • Public Health Policy and Governance

  • Epidemiology and Population Health

  • Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  • Community Health and Primary Healthcare

  • Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

  • Environmental and Occupational Health

  • Nutrition and Public Health Interventions

  • Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health

  • Health Economics and Economic Evaluation

  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • Health System Resilience and Sustainable Healthcare Development

3. Clinical Medicine and Healthcare Practice

  • Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine

  • Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management

  • Internal Medicine and Related Clinical Specialties

  • Maternal and Reproductive Health

  • Pediatric and Geriatric Healthcare

  • Mental Health and Clinical Psychology

  • Neurology and Neuroscience in Clinical Practice

  • Nursing and Allied Health Sciences

  • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Interventions

  • Clinical Outcomes and Patient-Centered Care

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Healthcare Effectiveness

4. Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

  • Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug Formulation

  • Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care

  • Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

  • Medicinal Plants and Natural Product Research

  • Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds

  • Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control

  • Toxicology and Drug-Related Health Risks

  • Biomedical Research and Disease Mechanisms

  • Translational Research with Healthcare Applications

5. Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation

  • Digital Health and Healthcare Transformation

  • Electronic Health Records and Health Information Systems

  • Telemedicine and Remote Healthcare

  • Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Healthcare

  • Digital Health Literacy and Technology Acceptance

  • Healthcare Information Management and Data Governance

  • Clinical Decision Support Systems

  • Innovation in Healthcare Delivery

  • Healthcare Technology Assessment

  • Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Digital Healthcare

6. Behavioral, Social, and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

  • Health Behavior and Behavioral Interventions

  • Health Psychology and Psychosocial Well-Being

  • Patient Experience and Health-Related Quality of Life

  • Family, Community, and Social Support in Healthcare

  • Health Communication and Health Education

  • Medical Ethics and Healthcare Law

  • Cultural and Social Dimensions of Health

  • Health Professional Education and Competency Development

  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Healthcare Improvement

  • Community Engagement and Participatory Health Research

Types of Manuscripts

REHAT welcomes scientifically rigorous manuscripts that provide significant contributions to health-related knowledge and practice, including:

  1. Original Research Articles: Empirical studies employing quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, experimental, observational, or other appropriate research designs.

  2. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Evidence syntheses employing transparent, reproducible search strategies, explicit eligibility criteria, and established methodological and reporting standards.

  3. Scholarly Review Articles: Critical, integrative, or narrative reviews that provide substantial analytical synthesis, identify important knowledge gaps, and develop meaningful conceptual or practical insights.

  4. Policy and Health Systems Research: Original studies evaluating healthcare governance, health policies, health financing, healthcare delivery, or the implementation and outcomes of health interventions.

  5. Methodological and Applied Health Research: Studies presenting validated methodological developments, healthcare technologies, diagnostic approaches, or applied scientific innovations relevant to the journal's scope.

All manuscripts must demonstrate scientific relevance, research integrity, methodological transparency, and a clear contribution to the existing literature.

Research Approaches

REHAT welcomes appropriate research methodologies, including experimental and observational studies, clinical and epidemiological research, survey research, qualitative inquiry, mixed-methods research, health economic evaluation, health technology assessment, and rigorous evidence synthesis.

The selection of a research methodology must be justified by the research objectives, and the study must comply with applicable ethical and scientific reporting requirements.

Editorial Scope and Manuscript Suitability

Manuscripts submitted to REHAT must demonstrate a direct and substantive connection to health services, public health, clinical medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, or related health sciences.

Studies addressing management, economics, law, education, information technology, or social sciences are considered when their research questions, findings, and implications make a meaningful contribution to healthcare knowledge, health outcomes, healthcare systems, or health-related professional practice.

Manuscripts outside the journal's scientific scope, lacking methodological rigor, or failing to demonstrate an identifiable contribution to health-related scholarship may be declined during the initial editorial assessment.

Language and International Readership

REHAT welcomes scholarly contributions from researchers and institutions worldwide and seeks to promote the international dissemination of health research.

Manuscripts may be submitted in English or Indonesian, subject to the journal's Author Guidelines. All manuscripts must provide an accurate English title, abstract, and keywords to support international discoverability and indexing.

The journal encourages clear scientific writing, internationally recognized research terminology, and references to relevant national and international scholarship.

Peer Review and Scientific Quality

All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment to evaluate relevance to the journal's scope, originality, scientific quality, methodological appropriateness, and compliance with publication ethics.

Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process involving at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

Final publication decisions are based on scholarly merit, methodological quality, ethical compliance, reviewer recommendations, and the contribution of the manuscript to the advancement of health sciences.

Publication Objectives

Through the publication of high-quality scholarly research, REHAT seeks to:

  • advance scientific understanding across health service administration and health sciences;

  • support evidence-based clinical practice, healthcare management, and public health policymaking;

  • encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and international scholarly communication;

  • promote innovation, quality improvement, and responsible healthcare development; and

  • contribute to better healthcare delivery, patient outcomes, and population health.

REHAT is committed to disseminating credible, original, and ethically conducted research that supports the continuous improvement of healthcare systems and health sciences.