OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Policy and Planning 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Job preferences and trade-offs in rural health workforce retention: a discrete choice experiment from western China	10
Economic burden of depressive disorders and HIV for people living with HIV in Uganda	6
Power, interests, and maternal health care: a political economy analysis of service delivery redesign in Kenya	5
Adolescent mental, sexual, and reproductive health in Ghana: a stakeholder analysis of actors’ influence over policy formulation and implementation	4
The effect of an educational campaign on contraception seeking in Northern Nigeria: an interrupted time series analysis using routine health information system data	4
Governing health through security in the Philippines: a realist analysis	3
One size does not fit all: income-sensitive thresholds for catastrophic health expenditure	3
Catastrophic Costs and Impoverishment Among Tuberculosis-Affected Households in Nepal: Results from a National Patient Cost Survey	3
Privatization of maternal care and women’s access to quality healthcare: a case study on middlemen in Bangladesh	3
Trends and patterns of inequality in modern contraceptive use in urban and rural India: are family planning programmes increasingly reaching the marginalized?	3
Correction to: Governing health through security in the Philippines: a realist analysis	3
Integrating systems and implementation science in modeling and evaluating complex health interventions: methodological reflections from service delivery redesign in Kakamega, Kenya	2
The effect of performance-based financing interventions on health worker motivation and job satisfaction: experimental evidence from six national pilots	2
Obituary: Prof. J. Patrick Vaughan, CBE, founding editor of “Health Policy and Planning”	2
Evaluating the impact of conditional micro-incentives on linkage to HIV care in rural South Africa: Results from the Home-Based Intervention to Test and Start (HITS) trial	2
An unintended complementarity: how the outpatient pooling policy increases inpatient services in China	2
How are health capital and income inequality linked? Analysis of the 2012–2018 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey	2
Willingness to pay for assisted reproductive technologies among individuals with infertility in China	2
Gender-based violence policies and practices in humanitarian settings: a qualitative policy analysis, North Ethiopia	2
How effective are community health workers in managing and preventing perinatal depression in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of quantitative evidence	2
Approximating vaccine delivery costs to reach zero-dose children: a Bayesian meta-regression analysis	2
‘Honouring the storyteller’: the potential of Playback Theatre in health policy and systems research	2
The impact of official development assistance for health on health outcomes: a rapid systematic review	2
How to do (or not to do) realist evaluations to advance theory, practice, and justice in health systems research	2
New health taxes in Ghana: a qualitative study exploring potential public support	2

Out of focus: limited representation of men’s health needs in regional and global sexual and reproductive health policy	2
Does increasing overall health expenditure reduce inequality in under 5 mortality rates between provinces in Indonesia?	2
Building sustainable public health data science and informatics capacity: possibilities for Eastern Europe and Central Asia	2
Crises and complexity: how can we make health interventions succeed?	1
A narrative review on cost considerations in early intervention for deaf and/or hard-of-hearing children in Africa	1
Enhancing the well-being of the elderly: evidence from China on the role of health investment	1
Developments in the field of Health Policy Analysis in low- and middle-income countries: A review of published literature 2008-2023	1
Macroeconomic fluctuations and the prioritization of healthcare funding by local governments: longitudinal evidence from 5461 Brazilian municipalities	1
Understanding determinants of parental HPV vaccine hesitancy under a municipal free vaccination program in Guangzhou, China	1
The Indian Medical Association’s role in federal and state policy processes in India: a scoping review	1
An integrated rehabilitation workforce within secondary healthcare in Pakistan: a qualitative study with physiotherapists	1
Understanding disruption in the social contract between the medical profession and society in India: a tale of mismatched expectations?	1
Assessment of community health workforce governance in federal Nepal	1
Health professionals’ knowledge and understanding of inclusion health: a systematic literature review	1
Balancing policy ambition and systems reality in expanding access to non-communicable diseases medicines: lessons from Ghana and Georgia	1
Enrollment or dropout: dynamics of social health insurance participation among Chinese children and their impact on health service utilization and medical expenses	1
Tailoring implementation strategies for acute coronary syndrome quality improvement program at primary care level in east, west, and central China	1
Hybrid Governance: Negotiating justice for health services in informal urban settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh	1
WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep for children under 5: a qualitative study of Mongolian stakeholder perceptions	1
Public policies addressing unhealthy diets in the South-East Asia region: identifying and countering the arguments that undermine policy implementation	1
The political economy of adolescent mental health in Kenya	1
Justice at the interface: advancing community and health system resilience through intersectionality theory	1
Does health insurance increase health care utilization? Evidence of ex-post moral hazard from the Social Security Scheme in Thailand	1
Strengthening Data-Driven Primary Health Care Delivery in Rajasthan, India	1
Assessing the costs of antenatal care in Eastern Ethiopia: implications for improving the free maternity services policy	1
Can co-designing interventions with affected communities help prevent violence against women? Findings from a process evaluation of the E le Saua le Alofa	1
Financial protection in flux: longitudinal evidence on out-of-pocket spending among middle-aged and older Mexicans during the ‘Seguro Popular’–INSABI transition	1
Untangling the complex web of alcohol policy needs and potential solutions in Brazil: evidence from civil society and political stakeholders	1
Health impact of alcohol regulatory interventions: a systematic review of policies in low- and middle-income countries	1
Responsibility without autonomy: exploring the emergence of distributed leadership in a district hospital of the Western Cape province, South Africa	1
Impact of integrated care models on inpatient costs and health services efficiency: evidence from a difference-in-differences analysis in China	1
Health facilities as a lever for birth registration in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review	1
A digital adaptation of the WHO’s Self-Help Plus psychological intervention to alleviate stress among community health workers: a mixed-methods evaluation of the SAMBHAV program in rural India	1
Prospective policy analysis of healthcare workforce policies for effective non-communicable disease prevention and management in Meghalaya, India	1
Effect of continuity of care on medical expenditures for hypertensive patients in high-altitude areas of China	1
How to do (or not to do)… asset mapping in community health	1
Bridging care hierarchies through regional global budget payment: evidence from county medical communities in Zhejiang Province, China	1
Towards a coherent global health architecture: perspectives on integrating global health security and universal health coverage through diplomacy and governance reforms	1
Primary health care–oriented reforms: the political economy dynamics underlying health-system shifts across nine countries	1
Government-led scale-up of task-shifted mental health services in Lagos State, Nigeria: a mixed-methods descriptive–explanatory case study	1
Strengthening health research capacity for postgraduate trainees: an indigenous realist evaluation of the ‘African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence’ programme	1
Correction to: Assessing the costs of antenatal care in Eastern Ethiopia: implications for improving the free maternity services policy	1