Population Medicine is an open access double-blind peer-reviewed online scientific journal that encompasses all aspects of population, preventive and public health research including health care systems and health care delivery. Its broader goal is to address major and diverse health issues, to provide evidence-based information to professionals at all levels of the health care system and to inform policymakers who are responsible for the formation of health policies so that evidence based actions are taken so as to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of medical care.

Editor in chief: Evridiki Patelarou, King's College, London