OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Affairs is 46. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States	393
Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update	350
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling	350
Variation In Telemedicine Use And Outpatient Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States	311
Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care	269
Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy	190
Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy	187
Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Rates In Massachusetts	178
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record	157
Disparities In Telehealth Use Among California Patients With Limited English Proficiency	150
Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults	140
Clinical Outcomes Of A COVID-19 Vaccine: Implementation Over Efficacy	140
High Nursing Staff Turnover In Nursing Homes Offers Important Quality Information	134
National Health Care Spending In 2019: Steady Growth For The Fourth Consecutive Year	121
Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy	118
Racial/Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Exposure Risk, Testing, And Cases At The Subcounty Level In California	107
Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences	96
Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008–17	92
Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States	90
‘I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians’ Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities	78
COVID-19 Vaccine To Vaccination: Why Leaders Must Invest In Delivery Strategies Now	78
Growth In Medicare Advantage Greatest Among Black And Hispanic Enrollees	71
Addressing Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The Use Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder	69
Fewer Pharmacies In Black And Hispanic/Latino Neighborhoods Compared With White Or Diverse Neighborhoods, 2007–15	69
COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve In The United States	68

National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic	66
Racial Disparities In Excess All-Cause Mortality During The Early COVID-19 Pandemic Varied Substantially Across States	63
Comparing Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare: A Systematic Review	63
The COVID-19 Innovation System	60
Nurse Employment During The First Fifteen Months Of The COVID-19 Pandemic	59
US Physicians’ Knowledge About The Americans With Disabilities Act And Accommodation Of Patients With Disability	56
Racism Runs Through It: Examining The Sexual And Reproductive Health Experience Of Black Women In The South	56
Female Physicians Earn An Estimated $2 Million Less Than Male Physicians Over A Simulated 40-Year Career	51
Transforming Mental Health And Addiction Services	51
Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes	51
Unmet Social Needs And Worse Mental Health After Expiration Of COVID-19 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation	51
Infectious Disease Threats: A Rebound To Resilience	50
Estimated Mortality Increases During The COVID-19 Pandemic By Socioeconomic Status, Race, And Ethnicity	49
Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid Intake, And Postpartum Contraception	49
The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health	49
Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults’ Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study	49
Reflections On Governance, Communication, And Equity: Challenges And Opportunities In COVID-19 Vaccination	48
The ACA Medicaid Expansion And Perinatal Insurance, Health Care Use, And Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review	47
Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care: Insights From Black Women Stakeholders	47
Use Of Area-Based Socioeconomic Deprivation Indices: A Scoping Review And Qualitative Analysis	47
The Exodus Of State And Local Public Health Employees: Separations Started Before And Continued Throughout COVID-19	46