Health Services Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Health Services Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effects of the continuous Medicaid coverage provision of the family first coronavirus response act on postpartum Medicaid coverage, depression symptoms, and birth control use127
In Their Own Words: Children's Perceptions of Caregiver Stress during COVID‐1987
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department transfers to public hospitals62
The role of payment and financing in achieving health equity52
Issue Information44
Using Patient Experience Surveys to Assess Diagnostic Safety in Urgent Care44
Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness38
The association between care integration and care quality36
What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery34
Perceptions of workplace climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion within health services and policy research34
From the Editor's Desk: HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 202432
Relationships between work–environment characteristics and behavioral health provider burnout in the Veterans Health Administration30
Is frequent emergency department use a complement or substitute for other healthcare services? Evidence from South Carolina Medicaid enrollees29
Association between non‐profit hospital community benefit spending and health outcomes28
Insurance coverage and discontinuity during pregnancy: Frequency and associations documented in the PROMISE cohort28
Comparing the value of community benefit and Tax‐Exemption in non‐profit hospitals26
Addressing nutrition insecurity through food prescriptions: Lessons from a safety net health system24
Social care best practices: Learnings from a technology–enabled closed–loop referral network24
Following up on food insecurity: Pragmatic barriers to measuring primary care screening and referral outcomes24
The effect of rural hospital closures on maternal and infant health22
Impact of a statewide Emergency Department Information Exchange on health care use and expenditures22
Improving perinatal depression screening uptake: The impact of Medicaid reimbursement policy in Massachusetts22
Impact of the Oncology Care Model on End‐of‐Life Care21
Effects of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Early Implementation of a Nationwide Telehealth Program: A Qualitative Study21
A Learning Health Systems Approach to Frailty Prediction Using EHR Data20
Completeness and quality of comprehensive managed care data compared with fee‐for‐service data in national Medicaid claims from 2001 to 201920
“I got so much on my plate”: Understanding care discontinuity for HIV and HCV among formerly incarcerated persons19
Stacey McMorrow: Influential policy researcher, dedicated mentor, loyal friend19
Association of a State‐Wide Alternative Payment Model for Rural Hospitals With Bypass for Elective Surgeries19
Conceptual and methodological recommendations for assessing the empirical validity of process measures of health care quality19
Examining alignment of community health teams' preferences for health, equity, and spending with state all‐payer waiver priorities: A discrete choice experiment19
Segregation in hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries by race and ethnicity and dual‐eligible status from 2013 to 202119
Advancing equity research in the quality of and access to health care in a post‐affirmative action era18
The effects of early pregnancy loss on health outcomes and health care utilization and costs18
Weak correlations in health services research: Weak relationships or common error?18
A methodology for identifying high‐need, high‐cost patient personas for international comparisons18
Medicare beneficiaries with more comprehensive primary care physicians report better primary care17
Use of behavioral health care in Medicaid managed care carve‐out versus carve‐in arrangements17
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Context matters: Findings from a qualitative analysis of social care referral case resolution notes16
Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high‐income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona16
Utilization Patterns of a Clinic‐Based Food Referral Program: Findings from the Mid‐Ohio Farmacy16
Referrals and repeat screening for social determinants of health in pediatric primary care16
Nonlinear association of nurse staffing and readmissions uncovered in machine learning analysis16
International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients16
A structured approach to modifying an implementation package while scaling up a complex evidence‐based practice15
The Affordable Care Act's “community first choice” option: Effect on long‐term care expenditures15
Who gets to decide? Assessing contraceptive coercion in health care settings15
From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202315
Health system resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of disruptions in care from 32 countries15
Patient–Provider Race Concordance and Primary Care Suicide Risk Screening in the Veterans Health Administration15
Private Medicare plans' responses to benchmark changes and competition before and after the Affordable Care Act's payment cuts15
Improving Diagnostic Testing Decisions for Pediatric Minor Head Trauma in the Emergency Department: A Two‐Year Prospective Implementation Study14
Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use14
An international comparison of long‐term care trajectories and spending following hip fracture14
Issue Information14
Impact of Primary Care Usual Provider Type and Provider Interdependence on Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes14
Value‐based drug pricing in the Biden era: Opportunities and prospects14
Bridging Data Science Approaches to Improve the Health and Care of Children of Incarcerated Parents14
Data‐Led Policy Design Using Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Health Care Cost Trajectories14
Corrigendum14
A broader defense of the value of direct care in the Military Health System14
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Post‐Acute Care Discharge Patterns13
Connecting unstably housed veterans living in rural areas to health care: Perspectives from Health Care Navigators13
Lifetime abortion incidence when abortion care is covered by Medicaid: Maryland versus five comparison states13
Exploring the health impacts of climate change: Challenges and considerations for health services research13
Linking implementation science and policy: Process and tools for congressionally mandated implementation, evaluation, and reporting13
How price and quantity factors drive spending in nongroup and employer health plans13
Bringing Lived Expertise to Academic Publishing Through Community Reviewers13
Clinician and Patient Responses to US Health Insurers' Policies: A Qualitative Study of Higher Risk Patients12
Vertical Integration and Oncologists' Adoption of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer12
Simulating the role of knowledge brokers in policy making in state agencies: An agent‐based model12
Does a social care assistance intervention reduce unmet resource needs among dementia caregivers?12
Development and pilot test of a pregnancy decision making tool for women with physical disabilities12
Associations between rural hospital closures and acute and post‐acute care access and outcomes12
Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program and the rise in observation stays12
Addressing health care needs of Colorado immigrants using a community power building approach12
State‐Level Scope of Practice Regulations and Impact on Organizational‐Level Work Environments for Nurse Practitioners12
The COVID‐19 Pandemic and the Gender Mental Health Gap12
The impacts of the 340B Program on health care quality for low‐income patients11
COVID‐19‐Related Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States11
Insurance gaps at age‐19 and age‐26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood‐onset condition severity, Colorado 2014–201811
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From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202010
Risk Factors for COVID‐19 Mortality Among People Living with HIV10
The geography of Medicare's hospital value‐based purchasing in relation to market demographics10
Enrollee, Plan, and State Characteristics Associated With Experience of Care Among Adults in Medicaid Managed Care10
Medicaid long‐term care workforce training intervention and value‐based payment metrics10
Financial impacts of the Medicaid expansion on community health centers10
Implementation Fidelity of a Complex Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Diabetes Mellitus in Two Safety Net Patient‐Centered Medical Homes in New York City10
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Variation in tiered network health plan penetration and local provider market characteristics10
A mixed‐methods assessment of off‐duty police shootings in a media‐curated database10
Inequalities in cesarean births between American Indian & Alaska Native people and White people10
Medication abortion: A perfect solution?10
Payer shifting after expansions in access to private care among veterans9
Be kind. Use systems. Improve care9
Risk Adjusted Continuous Monitoring of Postoperative Mortality After Cardiac Surgery9
The association of strained ICU capacity with hospital patient racial and ethnic composition and federal relief during the COVID‐19 pandemic9
Unfulfilled and method‐specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive‐aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin9
Consequences of forgoing prescription drug subsidies among low‐income Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes9
The consequences of firm scope and scale on patient access to healthcare9
Does Low‐Value Care Explain Health Care Utilization Inequities Among Asian and Latino Populations?9
Growing a rural family physician workforce: The contributions of rural background and rural place of residency training9
Social Needs Screening Learning Collaborative in Washington State FQHCs9
Implementation, intervention, and downstream costs for implementation of a multidisciplinary complex pain clinic in the Veterans Health Administration9
Public trust is earned: Historical discrimination, carceral violence, and the COVID‐19 pandemic9
Sustainability of California's Whole Person Care pilots integrating medical and social services for Medicaid enrollees via newly developed Medicaid benefits9
Implementation outcomes from a multi‐site stepped wedge cluster randomized family caregiver skills training trial9
Accuracy of infection reporting in US nursing home ratings9
A hospital–wide approach to addressing unmet social needs among children with asthma9
Heterogeneity in Response to India's Initial COVID‐19 Nationwide‐Lockdown: A Quasi‐Experimental Study Using Aggregate Mobility Data9
Did prescribing laws disproportionately affect opioid dispensing to Black patients?8
Aligning care with the personal values of patients with complex care needs8
Association of Team Structure and Chronic Disease Outcomes: Biomarker Evidence from U.S. Primary Care Clinics8
Association between patient‐reported social and behavioral risks and health care costs in high‐risk Veterans health administration patients8
Issue Information8
Trends in hospital price transparency after implementation of the CMS Final Rule8
Factors associated with federally qualified health center financial performance8
Effects of Affordable Care Act on uninsured hospitalization: Evidence from Texas8
The impact of Medicaid funding structures on inequities in health care access for Latinos in New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico8
Hospitalizations reduce health care utilization of household members8
Unmet health care needs and inequality: A cross‐country comparison of the situation of people with spinal cord injury7
Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health among breast cancer patients and survivors in the United States7
Distinguishing neighborhood and individual social risk factors in health care7
International comparison of health spending and utilization among people with complex multimorbidity7
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a health–related social needs screening and referral intervention in the Bronx7
Bridging borders: Current trends and future directions in comparative health systems research7
Medicaid healthy behavior incentives and use of dental services7
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An exploration of ProduceRx experiences and impact among low–income individuals with uncontrolled diabetes in California7
Development and testing of a survey measure of organizational perinatal patient‐centered care culture7
Addressing Staffing Shortages in Nursing Homes: Does Relaxing Training and Licensing Requirements Increase Nurse Aide Staffing?7
Understanding, Assessing, and Improving Social Health Resource Referrals in Healthcare Organizations7
Patient‐Reported Outcomes from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Evaluation7
PMHNPs and social care: Implications for mental health system transformation7
A blueprint for a new model of sexual and reproductive health care in subspecialty medicine7
Outcomes of a randomized quality improvement trial for high‐risk Veterans in year two6
A qualitative needs assessment of WIC services and care at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital6
Formative evaluation on promoting social risk screening among cancer patients in Kaiser Permanente Southern California6
Engaging Veterans, caregivers, and system stakeholders to improve VA home and community‐based services6
Impacts of Patient‐Centered Inpatient Psychiatric Care on Trust and Post‐Discharge Engagement with Care6
Issue Information6
A systematic review of the qualitative literature on barriers to high‐quality prenatal and postpartum care among low‐income women6
Provider discussion of health goals and psychosocial needs: Comparing older to younger veteran experience6
Inter‐agency collaboration is associated with increased frequency of research use in children's mental health policy making6
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Pediatric implementation of a cell phone–based social care self–screening tool and social work intervention protocol6
Effects of affiliation network membership on hospital quality and financial performance6
Patient cognitive impairment associated with higher home health care delivery costs6
Examining the impact of Medicaid payments for immediate postpartum long‐acting reversible contraception on the mental health of low‐income mothers6
Drivers of infliximab biosimilar uptake: A comparative analysis of new biosimilar initiations versus switching in a national rheumatology registry6
Learning environments, reliability enhancing work practices, employee engagement, and safety climate in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories6
The impact of Medicaid expansion on emergency department wait times6
Food insecurity prevalence and perspectives among healthcare clinicians and staff in rural western Colorado6
Social care for everyone: Perceptions among parents of hospitalized children6
Outreach for equity: Learning from enrollees on California state–based exchange6
Algorithms identifying low‐acuity emergency department visits: A review and validation study6
Capturing the care of complex community‐based health center patients: A comparison of multimorbidity indices and clinical classification software6
Supporting reproductive health among birthing persons with chronic conditions in the United States: A qualitative multilevel study using systems thinking to inform action6
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Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes6
Disaggregating Latino nativity in equity research using electronic health records6
Validation and application of a needs‐based segmentation tool for cross‐country comparisons6
Issue Information5
Improving target price calculations in Medicare bundled payment programs5
Avoiding Medicaid enrollment after the reversal of the changes in the public charge rule among Latino and Asian immigrants5
Addressing immortal time bias in precision medicine: Practical guidance and methods development5
Restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage provider networks across physician specialties5
Preventing Infant Mortality Through Medicaid‐Administered Prenatal Care Coordination: Evidence From Wisconsin5
Financial burden of care greatest among rural beneficiaries in Medicare advantage5
Travel distance and outcomes after surgical aortic valve among veterans5
Understanding the Effect of Race on Medicare Advantage Enrollment5
Disparities in Provider Recommendations for Birth Plan Changes to Elective Deliveries during COVID‐195
Patient/Caregiver and Expert Stakeholder Perspectives on High‐Quality Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer5
Pharmacy switching in response to preferred pharmacy networks in Medicare Part D5
The association of hospital research publications and clinical quality5
An Examination of COVID‐19 Mortality in High‐Minority Nursing Homes5
Perinatal care among Hispanic birthing people: Differences by primary language and state policy environment5
Early Effects of Pathways to Success on Utilization in Traditional Medicare5
Effects of state opioid prescribing cap laws on opioid prescribing after surgery5
Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention5
A closer look at disparities in earnings between white and minoritized dentists5
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Methods for estimating the cost of treat‐and‐release emergency department visits5
Effects of Medicaid coverage on receipt of tobacco dependence treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorder5
Beyond service volume: Validating the trajectories of care metric for long–term veteran referral success5
State Medicaid and private telemedicine coverage requirements and telemedicine use, 2013–20195
Reimagining and reinvesting in rural hospital markets5
Issue Information5
The effects of the Veterans Health Administration's Referral Coordination Initiative on referral patterns and waiting times for specialty care5
From the Editors' Desk HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 20215
Patient Safety Culture or Embracing Low Intervention Evidence‐Based Care to Support Vaginal Birth: Where Should Hospitals Start?4
The reliability and validity of lung cancer and melanoma clinical quality survival measures4
Enrollment in Medicare is associated with fewer outpatient mental healthcare visits among those with mental health symptoms4
Coordination and Integration of Providers Across Sectors Improves Referrals to and Connections With Services for Clients Engaged in Home Visiting4
Behavioral health carve‐outs: Do they impede access or prioritize the neediest?4
Arts–based social prescribing for holistic health: Theory and practice integration4
Issue Information4
The business case for hospital mobility programs in the veterans health care system: Results from multi‐hospital implementation of the STRIDE program4
Prophylactic Neurokinin‐1 Receptor Antagonist Use Pre‐ and Post‐Choosing Wisely Initiative Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer4
Participation in a Medicare advanced primary care model and the delivery of high‐value services4
Reinhardt lecture 2021: Health care prices as signals4
Overcoming barriers to the recruitment of immigrant Hispanic people in perinatal research4
Should I stay or should I go again: Multiple switching between fee‐for‐service Medicare and Medicare advantage among older beneficiaries4
Advances in diagnostic codes to document sexual assault in health care service4
Safety‐net hospital performance under Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement4
Modeling underservedness: An evidence‐based approach to managing access to care4
Emergency unemployment benefits and health care spending during Covid4
Patient Race or Ethnicity, Health Care System Characteristics, and Community Factors Associated with Quality of Antidepressant Medication Management (AMM)4
Disparities in the Use of in‐Person and Telehealth Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries in an Accountable Care Organization during COVID‐194
Estimating health care delivery system value for each US state and testing key associations4
Maternal chronic hypertension in women veterans4
Perspectives of nursing home administrators across the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Evaluating hospital discharge meals on wheels program for patients with food insecurity/malnutrition risk4
Effects of state reinsurance programs on health insurance exchange premiums and insurer participation4
Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the “Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook”4
Highlights and Areas of Inquiry in the HSR Special Issue: Social Care and the US Health Care Sector4
Natural language processing to identify social determinants of health in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia from electronic health records4
Translation and localization: Broadening health equity for indigenous practitioners4
Medicaid coverage for gender‐affirming surgery: A state‐by‐state review4
Unmasking connections: Social network analysis of a statewide social care network during the COVID–19 pandemic4
Veteran Experiences with Telehealth4
Association of COVID‐19 Continuous Enrollment With Self‐Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities4
Engaging healthcare teams to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder4
Assessing Family Caregiver Readiness for Hospital Discharge of Patients With Serious or Life‐Limiting Illness Using Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Self‐Reported Data4
Finding your cat story: Perspectives from the founding director of the health policy research scholars program4
Collaboration strategies for bridging health, behavioral health, and social services in California's Medi‐Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program4
Unmet needs for food, medicine, and mental health services among vulnerable older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Issue Information4
Integrating adolescent patient perspective into clinical program development using a health and social needs assessment4
Comparison of measures of medication adherence from pharmacy dispensing and insurer claims data4
Postpartum long‐acting reversible contraceptive adoption after a statewide initiative4
To increase patient use of video telehealth, look to clinicians4
2022 Reinhardt lecture: The patient's voice as signal4
Compass rose for generating community–based referrals: Best practices and lessons learned4
Abortion patients' decision making about where to obtain out‐of‐state care following Texas' 2021 abortion ban4
Consumer selection and home health agency quality and patient experience stars4
A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multisite family caregiver skills training program4
Primary care physician continuity, survival, and end‐of‐life care intensity4
Racial inequities in cesarean use among high‐ and low‐risk deliveries: An analysis of childbirth hospitalizations in New Jersey from 2000 to 20154
Evaluation of a non‐pharmacological interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation and functional restoration program for chronic pain in veterans4
Expanded unemployment benefits and their implications for health during the COVID‐19 pandemic3
Improving reproductive care for people with chronic conditions: The urgency of now3
Retracted: Transactional and transformative diversity, equity, and inclusion activities in health services research departments3
Issue Information3
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Alliance3
Documentation dynamics: Note composition, burden, and physician efficiency3
The impact of neighborhoods and friendships on interracial anxiety among medical students and residents: A report from the medical student CHANGES study3
Trusted contraception information sources for individuals with opioid use disorder3
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