Health Services Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Services Research is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
In Their Own Words: Children's Perceptions of Caregiver Stress during COVID‐1982
Using Patient Experience Surveys to Assess Diagnostic Safety in Urgent Care63
Impact of a statewide Emergency Department Information Exchange on health care use and expenditures58
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department transfers to public hospitals52
From the Editor's Desk: HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 202448
Addressing nutrition insecurity through food prescriptions: Lessons from a safety net health system44
Issue Information43
The association between care integration and care quality41
Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness35
Following up on food insecurity: Pragmatic barriers to measuring primary care screening and referral outcomes34
The role of payment and financing in achieving health equity33
Social care best practices: Learnings from a technology–enabled closed–loop referral network33
The effect of rural hospital closures on maternal and infant health31
Is frequent emergency department use a complement or substitute for other healthcare services? Evidence from South Carolina Medicaid enrollees31
Relationships between work–environment characteristics and behavioral health provider burnout in the Veterans Health Administration28
Effects of the continuous Medicaid coverage provision of the family first coronavirus response act on postpartum Medicaid coverage, depression symptoms, and birth control use26
Insurance coverage and discontinuity during pregnancy: Frequency and associations documented in the PROMISE cohort26
What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery24
Association between non‐profit hospital community benefit spending and health outcomes24
Perceptions of workplace climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion within health services and policy research24
Impact of the Oncology Care Model on End‐of‐Life Care23
A Learning Health Systems Approach to Frailty Prediction Using EHR Data23
Effects of Continuous Medicaid Coverage in 2020–2023 on Children's Health Insurance Coverage, Access to Care, Health Services Use by Type, and Health Status23
Effects of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Early Implementation of a Nationwide Telehealth Program: A Qualitative Study23
A methodology for identifying high‐need, high‐cost patient personas for international comparisons22
Medicare beneficiaries with more comprehensive primary care physicians report better primary care21
The effects of early pregnancy loss on health outcomes and health care utilization and costs21
Utilization Patterns of a Clinic‐Based Food Referral Program: Findings from the Mid‐Ohio Farmacy20
Advancing equity research in the quality of and access to health care in a post‐affirmative action era20
Completeness and quality of comprehensive managed care data compared with fee‐for‐service data in national Medicaid claims from 2001 to 201920
Association of a State‐Wide Alternative Payment Model for Rural Hospitals With Bypass for Elective Surgeries20
The Affordable Care Act's “community first choice” option: Effect on long‐term care expenditures19
Patient–Provider Race Concordance and Primary Care Suicide Risk Screening in the Veterans Health Administration19
“I got so much on my plate”: Understanding care discontinuity for HIV and HCV among formerly incarcerated persons19
Segregation in hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries by race and ethnicity and dual‐eligible status from 2013 to 202119
International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients19
Weak correlations in health services research: Weak relationships or common error?19
From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202318
Context matters: Findings from a qualitative analysis of social care referral case resolution notes17
Price‐Shifting? Spillovers of Medicare Advantage Network Inclusion on Hospital Prices Paid by Commercial Insurers17
Examining alignment of community health teams' preferences for health, equity, and spending with state all‐payer waiver priorities: A discrete choice experiment16
Private Medicare plans' responses to benchmark changes and competition before and after the Affordable Care Act's payment cuts16
Improving Diagnostic Testing Decisions for Pediatric Minor Head Trauma in the Emergency Department: A Two‐Year Prospective Implementation Study16
Stacey McMorrow: Influential policy researcher, dedicated mentor, loyal friend16
A structured approach to modifying an implementation package while scaling up a complex evidence‐based practice16
Improving perinatal depression screening uptake: The impact of Medicaid reimbursement policy in Massachusetts16
Referrals and repeat screening for social determinants of health in pediatric primary care16
Health system resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of disruptions in care from 32 countries16
Conceptual and methodological recommendations for assessing the empirical validity of process measures of health care quality16
Who gets to decide? Assessing contraceptive coercion in health care settings16
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Post‐Acute Care Discharge Patterns15
Data‐Led Policy Design Using Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Health Care Cost Trajectories15
COVID‐19‐Related Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States15
State‐Level Scope of Practice Regulations and Impact on Organizational‐Level Work Environments for Nurse Practitioners15
Corrigendum15
Development and pilot test of a pregnancy decision making tool for women with physical disabilities15
An international comparison of long‐term care trajectories and spending following hip fracture15
Bridging Data Science Approaches to Improve the Health and Care of Children of Incarcerated Parents15
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Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use15
A broader defense of the value of direct care in the Military Health System14
How price and quantity factors drive spending in nongroup and employer health plans14
Impact of Primary Care Usual Provider Type and Provider Interdependence on Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes13
Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program and the rise in observation stays13
Practice‐Level Clustering of Industry Payments to Clinicians13
Simulating the role of knowledge brokers in policy making in state agencies: An agent‐based model13
Issue Information13
Exploring the health impacts of climate change: Challenges and considerations for health services research12
Linking implementation science and policy: Process and tools for congressionally mandated implementation, evaluation, and reporting12
Connecting unstably housed veterans living in rural areas to health care: Perspectives from Health Care Navigators12
Insurance gaps at age‐19 and age‐26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood‐onset condition severity, Colorado 2014–201812
The COVID‐19 Pandemic and the Gender Mental Health Gap11
Addressing health care needs of Colorado immigrants using a community power building approach11
Clinician and Patient Responses to US Health Insurers' Policies: A Qualitative Study of Higher Risk Patients11
Does a social care assistance intervention reduce unmet resource needs among dementia caregivers?11
Bringing Lived Expertise to Academic Publishing Through Community Reviewers11
Vertical Integration and Oncologists' Adoption of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer11
Inequalities in cesarean births between American Indian & Alaska Native people and White people10
Implementation, intervention, and downstream costs for implementation of a multidisciplinary complex pain clinic in the Veterans Health Administration10
A hospital–wide approach to addressing unmet social needs among children with asthma10
Evaluating the Affordable Care Act's Long‐Term Services and Supports Rebalancing Programs10
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Risk Factors for COVID‐19 Mortality Among People Living with HIV10
Medicaid long‐term care workforce training intervention and value‐based payment metrics10
Social Needs Screening Learning Collaborative in Washington State FQHCs10
Unfulfilled and method‐specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive‐aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin10
Issue Information10
Lifetime abortion incidence when abortion care is covered by Medicaid: Maryland versus five comparison states10
Implementation Fidelity of a Complex Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Diabetes Mellitus in Two Safety Net Patient‐Centered Medical Homes in New York City10
Public trust is earned: Historical discrimination, carceral violence, and the COVID‐19 pandemic10
Implementation outcomes from a multi‐site stepped wedge cluster randomized family caregiver skills training trial10
Does Low‐Value Care Explain Health Care Utilization Inequities Among Asian and Latino Populations?10
Associations between rural hospital closures and acute and post‐acute care access and outcomes10
From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202010
Risk Adjusted Continuous Monitoring of Postoperative Mortality After Cardiac Surgery9
Medication abortion: A perfect solution?9
Be kind. Use systems. Improve care9
Payer shifting after expansions in access to private care among veterans9
Consequences of forgoing prescription drug subsidies among low‐income Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes9
Accuracy of infection reporting in US nursing home ratings9
The geography of Medicare's hospital value‐based purchasing in relation to market demographics9
Enrollee, Plan, and State Characteristics Associated With Experience of Care Among Adults in Medicaid Managed Care9
The association of strained ICU capacity with hospital patient racial and ethnic composition and federal relief during the COVID‐19 pandemic9
A mixed‐methods assessment of off‐duty police shootings in a media‐curated database9
The impacts of the 340B Program on health care quality for low‐income patients9
Effects of Affordable Care Act on uninsured hospitalization: Evidence from Texas8
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Patient‐Reported Outcomes from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Evaluation8
Staff Experiences With Implementation of the Referral Coordination Initiative8
Financial impacts of the Medicaid expansion on community health centers8
Correction to “Co‐Creating a Theory of Change to Advance COVID‐19 Testing and Vaccine Uptake in Underserved Communities”8
Sustainability of California's Whole Person Care pilots integrating medical and social services for Medicaid enrollees via newly developed Medicaid benefits8
Trends in hospital price transparency after implementation of the CMS Final Rule8
An exploration of ProduceRx experiences and impact among low–income individuals with uncontrolled diabetes in California8
A blueprint for a new model of sexual and reproductive health care in subspecialty medicine8
Association between patient‐reported social and behavioral risks and health care costs in high‐risk Veterans health administration patients8
Association of Team Structure and Chronic Disease Outcomes: Biomarker Evidence from U.S. Primary Care Clinics8
Growing a rural family physician workforce: The contributions of rural background and rural place of residency training8
Variation in tiered network health plan penetration and local provider market characteristics8
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a health–related social needs screening and referral intervention in the Bronx8
PMHNPs and social care: Implications for mental health system transformation8
Bridging borders: Current trends and future directions in comparative health systems research8
Distinguishing neighborhood and individual social risk factors in health care8
Heterogeneity in Response to India's Initial COVID‐19 Nationwide‐Lockdown: A Quasi‐Experimental Study Using Aggregate Mobility Data8
The consequences of firm scope and scale on patient access to healthcare8
State Bans on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts and Youth Suicidality8
Issue Information8
Addressing Staffing Shortages in Nursing Homes: Does Relaxing Training and Licensing Requirements Increase Nurse Aide Staffing?7
Disaggregating Latino nativity in equity research using electronic health records7
Development and testing of a survey measure of organizational perinatal patient‐centered care culture7
A systematic review of the qualitative literature on barriers to high‐quality prenatal and postpartum care among low‐income women7
Impacts of Patient‐Centered Inpatient Psychiatric Care on Trust and Post‐Discharge Engagement with Care7
Validation and application of a needs‐based segmentation tool for cross‐country comparisons7
Understanding, Assessing, and Improving Social Health Resource Referrals in Healthcare Organizations7
Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health among breast cancer patients and survivors in the United States7
Hospitalizations reduce health care utilization of household members7
Did prescribing laws disproportionately affect opioid dispensing to Black patients?7
Issue Information7
Inter‐agency collaboration is associated with increased frequency of research use in children's mental health policy making7
Effects of affiliation network membership on hospital quality and financial performance7
Learning environments, reliability enhancing work practices, employee engagement, and safety climate in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories7
Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes7
Provider discussion of health goals and psychosocial needs: Comparing older to younger veteran experience7
Factors associated with federally qualified health center financial performance7
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Drivers of infliximab biosimilar uptake: A comparative analysis of new biosimilar initiations versus switching in a national rheumatology registry7
The impact of Medicaid funding structures on inequities in health care access for Latinos in New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico7
Social care for everyone: Perceptions among parents of hospitalized children6
Supporting reproductive health among birthing persons with chronic conditions in the United States: A qualitative multilevel study using systems thinking to inform action6
Algorithms identifying low‐acuity emergency department visits: A review and validation study6
The impact of Medicaid expansion on emergency department wait times6
Food insecurity prevalence and perspectives among healthcare clinicians and staff in rural western Colorado6
Effects of state opioid prescribing cap laws on opioid prescribing after surgery6
Patient/Caregiver and Expert Stakeholder Perspectives on High‐Quality Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer6
Perinatal care among Hispanic birthing people: Differences by primary language and state policy environment6
Capturing the care of complex community‐based health center patients: A comparison of multimorbidity indices and clinical classification software6
State Medicaid and private telemedicine coverage requirements and telemedicine use, 2013–20196
Issue Information6
Navigating New Waters: How Did MACRA 2015 Transform Practices Among Medicare Part B Physicians?6
Disparities in Provider Recommendations for Birth Plan Changes to Elective Deliveries during COVID‐196
Restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage provider networks across physician specialties6
Engaging Veterans, caregivers, and system stakeholders to improve VA home and community‐based services6
Examining the impact of Medicaid payments for immediate postpartum long‐acting reversible contraception on the mental health of low‐income mothers6
A qualitative needs assessment of WIC services and care at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital6
Pediatric implementation of a cell phone–based social care self–screening tool and social work intervention protocol6
Avoiding Medicaid enrollment after the reversal of the changes in the public charge rule among Latino and Asian immigrants6
Formative evaluation on promoting social risk screening among cancer patients in Kaiser Permanente Southern California6
The association of hospital research publications and clinical quality6
Patient cognitive impairment associated with higher home health care delivery costs6
The Effect of Ending the Pandemic‐Related Mandate of Continuous Medicaid Coverage on Health Insurance Coverage and Economic Well‐Being6
Outreach for equity: Learning from enrollees on California state–based exchange6
Issue Information6
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From the Editors' Desk HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 20215
Unmasking connections: Social network analysis of a statewide social care network during the COVID–19 pandemic5
Racial inequities in cesarean use among high‐ and low‐risk deliveries: An analysis of childbirth hospitalizations in New Jersey from 2000 to 20155
The business case for hospital mobility programs in the veterans health care system: Results from multi‐hospital implementation of the STRIDE program5
Translation and localization: Broadening health equity for indigenous practitioners5
Beyond service volume: Validating the trajectories of care metric for long–term veteran referral success5
A closer look at disparities in earnings between white and minoritized dentists5
Early Effects of Pathways to Success on Utilization in Traditional Medicare5
Preventing Infant Mortality Through Medicaid‐Administered Prenatal Care Coordination: Evidence From Wisconsin5
Participation in a Medicare advanced primary care model and the delivery of high‐value services5
An Examination of COVID‐19 Mortality in High‐Minority Nursing Homes5
The effects of the Veterans Health Administration's Referral Coordination Initiative on referral patterns and waiting times for specialty care5
Disparities in the Use of in‐Person and Telehealth Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries in an Accountable Care Organization during COVID‐195
Maternal chronic hypertension in women veterans5
A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multisite family caregiver skills training program5
Collaboration strategies for bridging health, behavioral health, and social services in California's Medi‐Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program5
Addressing immortal time bias in precision medicine: Practical guidance and methods development5
Effects of Medicaid coverage on receipt of tobacco dependence treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorder5
Evaluating Methods for Imputing Race and Ethnicity in Electronic Health Record Data5
Reimagining and reinvesting in rural hospital markets5
Association of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Project With Health Services Utilization and Health Outcomes Among Veterans With Elevated Psychiatric Risk5
Patient Safety Culture or Embracing Low Intervention Evidence‐Based Care to Support Vaginal Birth: Where Should Hospitals Start?5
Financial burden of care greatest among rural beneficiaries in Medicare advantage5
Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the “Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook”5
Compass rose for generating community–based referrals: Best practices and lessons learned5
Safety‐net hospital performance under Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement5
HIV Clinic Visit Attendance Among People With HIV Aged 50+ Years: Exploring the Role of Increasing Age, Comorbidity Burden, and the COVID‐19 Pandemic5
Travel distance and outcomes after surgical aortic valve among veterans5
Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention5
Understanding the Effect of Race on Medicare Advantage Enrollment5
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Rapid Response Teams: A learning health system approach to addressing emerging health system challenges4
Documentation dynamics: Note composition, burden, and physician efficiency4
Issue Information4
Changes in cross‐sector collaboration between nurse home visitors and community providers in the United States: A panel survey analysis4
Natural language processing to identify social determinants of health in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia from electronic health records4
Meeting the needs of the patient with non‐English language preference in the hospital setting4
Enhanced Service Capacity for Severe Mental Illness: A Comparative Analysis of Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers, Community Mental Health Centers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers4
Consumer selection and home health agency quality and patient experience stars4
Machine Learning Risk Stratification for Older Breast Cancer Survivors: Clinical Care Implications4
Food as medicine, community as medicine: Mental health effects of a social care intervention4
Unmet needs for food, medicine, and mental health services among vulnerable older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Advancing healthcare equity through dissemination and implementation science4
Abortion patients' decision making about where to obtain out‐of‐state care following Texas' 2021 abortion ban4
Effects of state reinsurance programs on health insurance exchange premiums and insurer participation4
It's the Healthcare Production Function Dummy… (And Still the Prices Stupid)!4
Participation of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in veteran‐centric community‐based service navigation networks: A mixed methods study4
Primary care mental health integration to improve early treatment engagement for veterans who screen positive for depression4
In defense of Direct Care: Limiting access to military hospitals could worsen quality and safety4
Veteran Experiences with Telehealth4
The Compounding Effect of Having HIV and a Disability on Child Mortality Among Mothers in South Africa4
Association of COVID‐19 Continuous Enrollment With Self‐Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities4
Advances in diagnostic codes to document sexual assault in health care service4
Enrollment in Medicare is associated with fewer outpatient mental healthcare visits among those with mental health symptoms4
Perspectives of nursing home administrators across the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
To increase patient use of video telehealth, look to clinicians4
Highlights and Areas of Inquiry in the HSR Special Issue: Social Care and the US Health Care Sector4
Pharmacy switching in response to preferred pharmacy networks in Medicare Part D4
Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on in‐Hospital Mortality, Access to Rehabilitation, and Readmission Rates Among Young Adult Trauma Patients4
Modeling underservedness: An evidence‐based approach to managing access to care4
Primary care physician continuity, survival, and end‐of‐life care intensity4
Combatting nutrition insecurity among rural perinatal patients through tailored food support4
Addressing inpatient food insecurity: Hospital level drivers for activation4
Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries4
Evaluating hospital discharge meals on wheels program for patients with food insecurity/malnutrition risk4
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Reinhardt lecture 2021: Health care prices as signals4
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's Qin‐Qio Targeted Response Intervention Associated with Reductions in COVID‐19 Incidence in Nursing Homes4
Coordination and Integration of Providers Across Sectors Improves Referrals to and Connections With Services for Clients Engaged in Home Visiting4
2022 Reinhardt lecture: The patient's voice as signal4
Should I stay or should I go again: Multiple switching between fee‐for‐service Medicare and Medicare advantage among older beneficiaries4
Overcoming barriers to the recruitment of immigrant Hispanic people in perinatal research4
Emergency unemployment benefits and health care spending during Covid4
Medicaid coverage for gender‐affirming surgery: A state‐by‐state review4
Assessing Family Caregiver Readiness for Hospital Discharge of Patients With Serious or Life‐Limiting Illness Using Electronic Health Record and Self‐Reported Data4
The reliability and validity of lung cancer and melanoma clinical quality survival measures4
Promising practices and pockets of excellence: Community pharmacists supporting wellness for reproductive‐age women4
Association between physician–hospital integration and inpatient care delivery in accountable care organizations: An instrumental variable analysis4
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