Value in Health Regional Issues (ViHRI) is a new scientific journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) to encourage and enhance the science of pharmacoeconomic/health economic and health outcomes research and its use in health care decisions in Asia, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa.
Value in Health Regional Issues, a peer-reviewed publication, is an independent journal (unique ISSN), and is related to Value in Health only in cover design and contents. The scope and mission of Value in Health Regional Issues is consistent with the mission and scope of the Society.
Policies and Procedures
Focused Regions
Value in Health Regional Issues is published up to three times a year with one issue focusing on the Asian region, one issue focusing on the Latin American region, and one issue focusing on the Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia and African region.
Value in Health Regional Issues for Asia is published in May.
Countries eligible for this issue
Value in Health Regional Issues for Latin America is published in December.
Countries eligible for this issue
Value in Health Regional Issues for Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia and Africa is published in August.
Countries eligible for this issue
Publication Languages
Value in Health Regional Issues articles may be published in a language of the region (i.e. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, etc. for Asia; Spanish and Portuguese for Latin America; Russian, Polish, Arabic, etc. for Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia and African region).
Languages for a specific issue are decided by the Value in Health Regional Issues Editorial Board.
All research articles accepted for publication in Value in Health Regional Issues must have an abstract and keywords in English, as well as in the language of the article (if not English).
Subjects & Criteria
Value in Health Regional Issues includes articles on health care policy analysis, outcomes research (clinical, economic, and patient-reported) empirical studies, methodological studies, and articles on health care resources in the region.
Health care decision-maker commentaries that stimulate communication between health outcomes researchers and policymakers are welcome. Commentaries are expected to include discussion on how researchers can better respond to the needs of those making clinical and financial decisions in health care.
The criteria of an article to be considered are as follows:
- The first author of an article submitted to Value in Health Regional Issues must reside in the region to which a specific regional issue is dedicated; and
- The empirical study article submitted to Value in Health Regional Issues must include subjects from population(s) in the region to which a specific regional issue is dedicated.
Manuscript Submission Instructions
Submit Manuscript for:
Latin America 
Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa
