OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Policy is 29. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 vaccine challenges: What have we learned so far and what remains to be done?	195
United but divided: Policy responses and people’s perceptions in the EU during the COVID-19 outbreak	134
12 Lessons learned from the management of the coronavirus pandemic	134
Achieving the SDGs: Evaluating indicators to be used to benchmark and monitor progress towards creating healthy and sustainable cities	80
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America	65
Quality improvement in healthcare: Six Sigma systematic review	59
Strengthening vaccination programmes and health systems in the European Union: A framework for action	53
European countries' responses in ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity during the first COVID-19 wave	52
A decade of public long-term care insurance in South Korea: Policy lessons for aging countries	49
Lean thinking in healthcare – Findings from a systematic literature network and bibliometric analysis	48
Practicing Corona – Towards a research agenda of health policies	43
Interventions promoting employee “speaking-up” within healthcare workplaces: A systematic narrative review of the international literature	41
Overview and transparency of non-research payments to healthcare organizations and healthcare professionals from pharmaceutical companies in Japan: Analysis of payment data in 2016	40
When fear backfires: Emergency department accesses during the Covid-19 pandemic	39
The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare	39
A country-level analysis comparing hospital capacity and utilisation during the first COVID-19 wave across Europe	37
Providing health services effectively during the first wave of COVID-19: A cross-country comparison on planning services, managing cases, and maintaining essential services	37
New integrated care models in England associated with small reduction in hospital admissions in longer-term: A difference-in-differences analysis	37
Population density index and its use for distribution of Covid-19: A case study using Turkish data	37
The impact of price transparency on consumers and providers: A scoping review	37
Nordic responses to Covid-19: Governance and policy measures in the early phases of the pandemic	36
School openings and the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A provincial-level analysis using the synthetic control method	34
Hospital staff shortages: Environmental and organizational determinants and implications for patient satisfaction	33
Transformations in the landscape of primary health care during COVID-19: Themes from the European region	32
The impact of patient and public involvement in health research versus healthcare: A scoping review of reviews	32

Integration of health services for the elderly in Asia: A scoping review of Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia	31
Early health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean countries: A tale of successes and challenges	30
Impact of interprofessional collaboration on chronic disease management: Findings from a systematic review of clinical trial and meta-analysis	30
Systematic assessment of South Korea’s capabilities to control COVID-19	30
Centralizing and decentralizing governance in the COVID-19 pandemic: The politics of credit and blame	29
Do health systems cover the mouth? Comparing dental care coverage for older adults in eight jurisdictions	29
The effects of DRGs-based payment compared with cost-based payment on inpatient healthcare utilization: A systematic review and meta-analysis	29