OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Health Services Research is 53. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Health care providers’ perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi	378
The impact of direct health facility financing on MNCH service provision: results from a comparative, before-after study in Pwani Region, Tanzania	369
Investigating the quality of hemovigilance process using the first two steps of Six Sigma model: a cross-sectional study	321
“Syndemic moral distress”: sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics	298
Enhancing the value of the oncology thoracic surgery care pathway: a TDABC and ABC analysis	230
How are fast tracks organized in adult and pediatric emergency departments in Switzerland? A cross-sectional survey	230
Pilot implementation study of a web-based men’s health screening app in primary care during COVID-19: a mixed-methods approach	138
BLS competency of doctors and nurses serving during the war in Gaza: insights from a cross-sectional study	133
Structural validation of two person-centred practice inventories PCPI-S and PCPI-C - French version	130
Supporting menstrual health in homeless services: provider-informed strategies for multilevel change	118
Reablement – relevant factors for implementation: an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study design	112
Development and initial evaluation of a digital service package for community-dwelling older females with pelvic floor dysfunction	104
Barriers and facilitators to accessing and providing palliative care to people with cancer in the Bathinda district in Punjab: a qualitative study	97
Completeness of medication information in admission notes from emergency departments	94
Effect of an educational intervention for telephone triage nurses on out-of-hours attendance: a pragmatic randomized controlled study	91
Diagnostic safety in the policy landscape - a comparative policy document analysis of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand vs US health care and research policy	91
Drivers of primary care appointment volumes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	91
Accessibility and difficulties of COVID-19-related healthcare services for Vietnamese migrants in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey	89
Healthcare workers’ perceptions of how eHealth applications can support self-care for patients undergoing planned major surgery	88
Determinants of respectful maternity care among women who gave childbirth in Southern Ethiopia	87
How do staff work in NHS hospital operations management meetings to support resilience in everyday service delivery? A qualitative study	86
Electronic discharge summary design: a step towards electronic health record ophthalmology patients	81
COVID-19-related sickness absence among 4,721 NHS staff in England and its relation with long COVID symptoms: findings from NHS CHECK	78
“Where will we find them?” They are just like droppings	77
Does power distance in healthcare teams linked to patient satisfaction? A multilevel study of interprofessional care teams in a referral hospital in Indonesia	77

Solid health care waste management practice in Ethiopia, a convergent mixed method study	75
Barriers and enablers of elderly care specialists towards deprescribing practices in the nursing homes: a focus group study	74
Comparative feasibility of reasoning and non-reasoning large language models for gynecologic cancer emergency care	69
Framework for effective collaboration in telemedicine-based healthcare consortium in the 5G era: a case study in China	67
Health commodity management information system (Dagu-2 Software) implementation status in public health facilities of South-western Oromia, Ethiopia: a mixed method study	67
Looking into opportunities for maternity continuum of care improvement within the primary health care system in Northwest Ethiopia: primary health care-oriented research	66
Feasibility and potential value of a local governmental frail check-up program for the risk assessment of long-term care in apparently healthy older citizens: a prospective study	65
Understanding moral injury and its predictors among Chinese physicians	65
Education of medical caregivers in Poland: areas requiring improvement – mixed-method research	65
Estimating the societal costs and benefits of de-implementation of low-value care: developing a modelling approach through case assessment	65
Determining the influence of the primary and specialist network of care on patient and system outcomes among patients with a new diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	63
Decision-makers’ experiences with rapid evidence summaries to support real-time evidence informed decision-making in crises: a mixed methods study	63
“We should be able to make our own decision”: transparency, dialogue, and equity as key values of Ontario based Personal Support Workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	62
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on non-communicable diseases care and service deliveries in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review	61
The effect of cooling vest along with hospital full-body protection equipment on physiological and cognitive indicators among hospital nurses: an interventional study	61
Burnout trajectories among healthcare workers during a pandemic, and predictors of change	61
Social prescribing practices and learning across the North West Coast region: essential elements and key challenges to implementing effective and sustainable social prescribing services	60
Factors associated with health CEO turnover - a scoping review	59
Associations between patient safety culture and workplace safety culture in hospital settings	58
"We need time, a great know-how and security for patients to always be there in time”: a qualitative study on factors distinguishing General from Specialized Palliative Home Care	58
“After all, we are all sick”: multi-stakeholder understanding of stigma associated with integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension at selected government clinics in Uganda	58
Speaking up about patient safety concerns: view of nursing students	57
An eConsultant versus a hospital-based outpatient consultation for general (internal) medicine: a costing analysis	56
Prediction of COVID-19 patients’ participation in financing informal care using machine learning methods: willingness to pay and willingness to accept approaches	55
Exploring the use of body worn cameras in acute mental health wards: a mixed-method evaluation of a pilot intervention	55
Correction: The complexity of leadership in coproduction practices: a guiding framework based on a systematic literature review	55
Acute home-based management initiatives for COVID-19 patients needing oxygen: observational study reporting mortality and hospital admission outcomes	55
Correction: Do health professionals’ attitudes towards alcohol use matter for alcohol prevention efforts? Results from the WIRUS-OHS study	53
Disparities in modern health service utilization across socio-demographic and economic inequalities among households in Gida Ayana district, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-se	53
Correction: Organizational resilience in healthcare: a review and descriptive narrative synthesis of approaches to resilience measurement and assessment in empirical studies	53