Health Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Policy is 7. 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
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The analogue substitution model: Introducing competition in the absence of generic substitution in Danish hospitals94
Was priority setting included in the Canadian COVID-19 pandemic planning and preparedness? A comparative analysis of COVID-19 pandemic plans from eight provinces and three territories86
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Exploring the reasons behind low COVID-19 vaccination coverage in ethnic minorities–A qualitative study among Arabic-speaking public in Denmark60
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Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary55
Sources of specialist physician fee variation: Evidence from Australian health insurance claims data50
Progressivity of out-of-pocket costs under Australia's universal health care system: A national linked data study47
Does default organ donation registration compromise autonomous choice? Public responses to a new donor registration system46
Stakeholder point of view on prescription drug affordability - a systematic literature review and content analysis45
Which factors influence the decision of hospitals to provide procedures on an outpatient basis? –Mixed-methods evidence from Germany43
Evaluation of a national e-booking system for medical consultation in primary care in a universal health system40
Immigrants’ self-perceived barriers to healthcare: A systematic review of quantitative evidence in European countries40
Should we screen for lung cancer? A 10-country analysis identifying key decision-making factors36
Follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees: A comparison of nine north-western European countries35
Incremental net benefit of whole genome sequencing for newborns and children with suspected genetic disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-effectiveness evidence35
Strategic workforce planning in health and social care – an international perspective: A scoping review35
Integrating planetary health into healthcare: A document analysis35
Commentary on “The learning rehabilitation system: Strengthening an intersectoral strategy to improve functioning of an ageing population” by Bickenbach et al.35
Physicians’ responses to time pressure: Experimental evidence on treatment quality and documentation behaviour35
The effect of a nighttime curfew on the spread of COVID-1934
Assessing patients’ acceptable and realised distances to determine accessibility standards for the size of catchment areas in outpatient care33
The launch of the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Improving global pandemic preparedness?31
Associations of health services utilization by prescription drug coverage and immigration category in Ontario, Canada30
Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a large national survey30
Impact of implementation timing on the effectiveness of stay-at-home requirement under the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from the Italian Case30
Regarding caregivers’ willingness to pay for digital support services: Comparative survey28
Tensions and opportunities in the roles of senior public health officials in Canada: A qualitative study28
The resistance toward COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A study of psychological reactance among young adults in Italy28
Promoting innovation while controlling cost: The UK's approach to health technology assessment27
Impact of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse outcomes among older delayed discharge patients: Implications for healthcare policy27
Achieving higher performing primary care through patient registration: A review of twelve high-income countries27
Freedom of choice and health services’ performance: Evidence from a national health system26
Societal cost of cancer in Norway –Results of taking a broader cost perspective25
Effectiveness of pay for performance to non-physician health care providers: A systematic review25
Decision making under deep uncertainty for pandemic policy planning24
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The impact of changing the reference countries on the list prices for patented medicines in Canada: A policy analysis24
Do international medical graduates’ recruitment policies help to overcome healthcare shortage areas in developed countries? A systematic review24
Towards population-based payment models in a multiple-payer system: the case of the Netherlands24
Do health insurers use target marketing as a tool for risk selection? Evidence from the Netherlands24
The case for individualised public health interventions: Smoking prevalence and inequalities in Northern Ireland 1985-201523
Improved coordination of care after acute myocardial infarction in Poland since 2017: Promising early results23
Could hospitals operating through a value-based healthcare policy overcome potential management drawbacks in European healthcare?23
Identifying common enablers and barriers in European health information systems23
Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries: A quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile23
Europeanization of health policy in post-communist European societies: Comparison of six Western Balkan countries21
Service-, needs-, and quality-based hospital capacity planning – The evolution of a revolution in Switzerland21
Patients as EU citizens? The implementation and corporatist stakeholders’ perceptions of the EU cross-border health care directive in Austria20
Erratum Regarding Previously Published Articles20
Improving health and sustainability: Patterns of red and processed meat consumption across generations20
COVID-19 vaccinations: An overview of the Italian national health system's online communication from a citizen perspective20
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RSV prevention options for infants and older adults: A specific expanding competitive arena19
‘Accident and emergency’? Exploring the reasons for increased privatisation in England's NHS19
Advancing international comparison of pharmaceutical industry funding of patient advocacy: Focus on Denmark19
The end of an era? Activity-based funding based on diagnosis-related groups: A review of payment reforms in the inpatient sector in 10 high-income countries18
Understanding women's provider choice for induced abortion in Turkey18
The role of health and health systems in promoting social capital, political participation and peace: A narrative review18
Centralizing and decentralizing governance in the COVID-19 pandemic: The politics of credit and blame18
Strategic cost-shifting in long-term care. Evidence from the Netherlands18
Won't you stay just a little bit longer? A discrete choice experiment of UK doctors’ preferences for delaying retirement18
A critical review of methodologies used in pharmaceutical pricing policy analyses18
Systematic assessment of South Korea’s capabilities to control COVID-1918
Green zoning: An effective policy tool to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic17
Taking a local government perspective for economic evaluation of a population-level programme to promote exercise17
Preferences of patients regarding community pharmacy services: A discrete choice experiment17
Inferring a cause-effect relationship between lockdown restrictions and COVID-19 pandemic trend during the first wave17
Making recommendations to subsidize new health technologies in Australia: A qualitative study of decision-makers’ perspectives on committee processes17
Satisfaction with primary health care in Ukraine in 2016–2020: A difference-in-differences analysis on repeated cross-sectional data16
Is there a bias in patient choices for hospital care? Evidence from three Italian regional health systems16
Italian national policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and Umbria Regions16
Market diffusion of biosimilars in off-patent biologic drug markets across Europe15
The contested authority of international institutions in global health15
Women's choices of hospital for breast cancer surgery in Italy: Quality and equity implications15
Cross-border healthcare collaborations in Europe (2007–2017): Moving towards a European Health Union?14
Would universal general practitioner care impact Irish adolescents’ utilisation?14
A global comparative analysis of the the inclusion of priority setting in national COVID-19 pandemic plans: A reflection on the methods and the accessibility of the plans14
Mental health between present issues and future expectations14
Evaluations of public health interventions produced by health technology assessment agencies: A mapping review and analysis by type and evidence content14
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Lessons learned from the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative for future risk-sharing and managed access agreements for pharmaceutical and advanced therapies in Canada14
The development of a discrete choice experiment: Investigating pharmacy selection in New Zealand14
Effects of cost sharing on long-term care service utilization among home-dwelling older adults in Japan14
How does nudging the COVID-19 vaccine play out in people who are in doubt about vaccination?14
Scaling up integrated care: Can community hospitals be an answer? A multiple-case study from the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy14
Community pharmacists as vaccinators in the Italian SARS-CoV-2 immunization campaign: implications beyond the pandemic14
Should the governance of individual treatment attempts (“Individuelle Heilversuche”) include praxis evaluation? Results from qualitative stakeholder interviews.14
Hospital payment schemes and high-priced drugs: Evidence from the French Add-on List13
Australian federal, state and territory policy on the health and wellbeing of young people: A scoping review13
Effects of giving psychologists prescriptive authority: Evidence from a natural experiment in the United States13
Pharmaceutical net price transparency across european markets: Insights from a multi-agent simulation model13
Healthcare utilization patterns for knee and hip osteoarthritis before and after changes in national health insurance coverage: a data linkage study from the Netherlands13
Variations and inequities in access to cardiac diagnostic services in Ontario Canada13
Development of a practical framework and indicators for monitoring integrated long-term health and care needs and service use13
Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe13
Risky restrictions? Mobility restriction effects on risk awareness and anxiety13
Does financial incentive for diabetes management in the primary care setting reduce avoidable hospitalizations and mortality in high-income countries? A systematic review13
Policies and strategies to control antimicrobial resistance in livestock production: A comparative analysis of national action plans in European Union Member States12
Priority setting in times of crises: an analysis of priority setting for the COVID-19 response in the Western Pacific Region12
General Practitioners activity patterns: the medium-term impacts of Primary Care Teams in France12
Patient expectations do matter - Experimental evidence on antibiotic prescribing decisions among hospital-based physicians12
Loneliness in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic12
Multiple job holding and its influencing factors among Belgian nurses: A cross-sectional study12
Income-related inequality in smoking habits: A comparative assessment in the European Union12
Promoting outpatient medication safety in Finland: A mid-term review of a national medication safety programme for community pharmacies (2021–2026)12
How COVID-19 illness perceptions and individual shocks are associated with trust during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa11
Methodological approaches to measuring mental health in a cost-of-living crisis: A rapid review11
Factors influencing the experience of empowerment in Flemish (proxy) budget holders: A regression analysis11
HTA criteria adopted in different models of public healthcare systems for orphan drugs: A scoping review11
Perspectives from gambling expert stakeholders in relation to electronic gaming machines in New Zealand11
Early access programs for medical devices in France: Overview of recent reforms and outcomes (2015-2022)11
Payments reported by the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland from 2015 to 2019: An observational study11
A good start for all children: Integrating early-life course medical and social care through Solid Start, the Netherlands’ nationwide action programme11
Interpreting forty-three-year trends of expenditures on public health in Canada: Long-run trends, temporal periods, and data differences11
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“My problems aren't severe enough to seek help”: Stress levels and use of mental health supports by Canadian hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Long-term public healthcare burden associated with intimate partner violence among Canadian women: A cohort study11
How do HTA agencies perceive conditional approval of medicines? Evidence from England, Scotland, France and Canada11
A systematic review of policies regulating or removing mark-ups in the pharmaceutical supply and distribution chain10
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Passing on the hot potato. Dutch municipalities under financial pressure have incentives to shift the costs of social care for older people to the central government10
Facilitators and barriers for implementing patient-reported outcome measures in clinical care: An academic center's initial experience10
Theories, models and frameworks for health systems integration. A scoping review10
A comparative study of public health and social measures of COVID-19 advocated in different countries10
Measuring the importance of different barriers to opioid agonist treatment using best-worst scaling in an Australian setting10
Variation in attendance at emergency departments in England across local areas: A system under unequal pressure10
‘Uncharted territory’: The experiences of health and social care practitioners in a multi-agency collaboration to support integrated service provision for children and young people in a disadvantaged 10
How do busy hospital circumstances affect mortality and readmission within 60 days: A cohort study of 680 000 acute admissions in Norway10
30 years of primary health care reforms in Estonia: The role of financial incentives to achieve a multidisciplinary primary health care system10
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Social innovation management to support integrated care: Insights from an Italian revelatory case study10
The beginnings of health system transformation: How Ontario Health Teams are implementing change in the context of uncertainty10
Strengthening diagnostic services in Latin America requires regional leadership, sustainable funding, and enhanced data sharing10
Availability of primary care and avoidable attendance at English emergency departments: A regression analysis9
Developing the 2020-2030 mental health strategy for Malta: Addressing the needs of a small island state undergoing rapid socioeconomic transition9
Urban–rural disparities in hospital admissions for depression in Austria9
Individual performance-based incentives for health care workers in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries: a systematic literature review9
Variation in market access decisions for cell and gene therapies across the United States, Canada, and Europe9
“Top-Three” health reforms in 31 high-income countries in 2018 and 2019: an expert informed overview9
COVID-19 and healthcare worker mental well-being: Comparative case studies on interventions in six countries9
An impact evaluation of the strategy for normal birth care on caesarean section rates and perinatal mortality in Spain9
The impact of benefits coverage expansion of social health insurance: Evidence from Korea9
Drug company methodologies used for reporting in the UK pharmaceutical industry payment transparency database between 2015 and 2019: A content analysis9
Alignment and authority: Federalism, social policy, and COVID-19 response9
New Zealand's world-first smokefree legislation 'goes up in smoke': A setback in ending the tobacco epidemic9
The Impact of reference pricing on prescribing patterns, costs, and health services utilization of proton pump inhibitors: A quasi-experimental study in British Columbia, Canada9
The impact of physician exits in primary care: A study of practice handovers9
Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later9
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression in older adults: A panel data analysis9
The introduction of maximum reimbursement prices for digital health applications in Germany in 2022: Current developments9
European countries' responses in ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity during the first COVID-19 wave8
Using outcome measures in sub-national level performance management: When and under what circumstances?8
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A historical overview of policy perspectives towards informal care in Taiwan (1996-2023)8
Regarding the Swedish model for prioritizing research on the use of antibiotics: Aligning public funding with research gaps8
Promoting early-intervention for suicide prevention: The role of mental health literacy and attitudes towards suicide: A quantitative study in Ireland.8
Mitigating health policy fragmentation through interlocks. The networks between American and Swiss public-private partnerships8
The 2017 reform to medical specialty training in Czechia: Exploring student career preferences8
Lessons learned from a pay-for-performance scheme for appropriate prescribing using electronic health records from general practices in the Netherlands8
Amortization of gene replacement therapies: A health policy analysis exploring a mechanism for mitigating budget impact of high-cost treatments8
The impact of COVID-19 on abortion access: Insights from the European Union and the United Kingdom8
The transition towards community-based mental health care in the European Union: Current realities and prospects8
The use intention of hospital report cards among patients in the presence or absence of patient-reported outcomes7
The impact of premium subsidies on health plan choices in Switzerland: Who responds to the incentives set by in-kind as opposed to cash transfers?7
The use of patient-reported outcome and experience measures for health policy purposes: A scoping review in oncology7
Regulatory approaches towards AI Medical Devices: A comparative study of the United States, the European Union and China7
Utilization and uptake of clinical genetics services in high-income countries: A scoping review7
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America7
Corrigendum to ’ Same Day Discharge Strategy by Default in a Tertiary Catheterization Laboratory. Value Based Healthcare-Change in Practice.’ [Health Policy, Volume 132, June 2023, 104826, ISSN 0168-87
Evaluating engagement with equity in Canadian provincial and territorial primary care policies: Results of a jurisdictional scan7
Has public support for solidarity in healthcare financing in the Netherlands changed over time? A repeated cross-sectional study7
Virtual clinics versus face-to-face review: Is the benefit the same for new orthopaedic patients?7
The modernisation of newborn screening as a pan-European challenge – An international delphi study7
Twenty years evaluating the health impact of urban policies in the city of Barcelona7
The 2020 reform of the employment status of Hungarian health workers: Will it eliminate informal payments and separate the public and private sectors from each other?7
Preferences of older adults for healthcare models designed to improve care coordination: Evidence from Western Switzerland7
A review of the sustainability of vaccine funding across Europe and implications for post-COVID policymaking7
Don't stand so close to me: Perceptions of others’ compliance with COVID-19 recommendations and support for strict policy measures in Norway7
The impact of health on labour market outcomes: A rapid systematic review7
The establishment of the Korean medical device safety information monitoring center: Reviewing ten years of experience7
A comparative assessment of action plans on antimicrobial resistance from OECD and G20 countries using natural language processing7
Evaluating whole system reforms: A structured approach for selecting multiple outcomes7
Understanding the impact of minimum staff level policies on the ward nursing team: Insights from a qualitative research study conducted in Germany7
How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region7
The future of hospital quality of care policy: A multi-stakeholder discrete choice experiment in Flanders, Belgium7
Assessment of the introduction of DRG-based reimbursement in Switzerland: Evidence on the short-term effects on length of stay compliance in university hospitals7
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Stability over time of the “hospital effect” on 30-day unplanned readmissions: Evidence from administrative data7
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