OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Israel Journal of Health Policy Research is 5. 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
Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19	182
A study of ethnic, gender and educational differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Israel – implications for vaccination implementation policies	104
Addressing vaccine hesitancy and access barriers to achieve persistent progress in Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination program	97
Patient-centered care: achieving higher quality by designing care through the patient’s eyes	55
Who should be vaccinated first? Comparing vaccine prioritization strategies in Israel and European countries using the Covid-19 Health System Response Monitor	42
What can we learn from Israel’s rapid roll out of COVID 19 vaccination?	34
Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic	33
WhatsApp Tele-Medicine – usage patterns and physicians views on the platform	27
Strategic management as adaptation to changes in the ecosystems of public hospitals in Israel	27
Ethnic and minority group differences in engagement with COVID-19 vaccination programmes – at Pandemic Pace; when vaccine confidence in mass rollout meets local vaccine hesitancy	26
Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, March–November 2020: when, where, and for whom?	24
Actionable lessons for the US COVID vaccine program	21
Emergency department impaired adherence to personal protective equipment donning and doffing protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Multinational dietary changes and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic-findings from Israel	19
Physical activity, resilience, emotions, moods, and weight control, during the COVID-19 global crisis	18
Fear of panoptic surveillance: using digital technology to control the COVID-19 epidemic	17
Substances use between early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel	17
A rapid assessment of migrant careworkers’ psychosocial status during Israel’s COVID-19 lockdown	17
Prediction of vaccine hesitancy based on social media traffic among Israeli parents using machine learning strategies	17
Training medical educators to teach: bridging the gap between perception and reality	16
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination: what can Canada learn from Israel?	15
National initiatives to promote quality of care and patient safety: achievements to date and challenges ahead	14
Age, ageing, ageism and “age-itation” in the Age of COVID-19: rights and obligations relating to older persons in Israel as observed through the lens of medical ethics	14
Lessons from Israel's COVID-19 Green Pass program	13
Strategy drives implementation: COVID vaccination in Israel	12

Early Covid-19 vaccination rollout: a commentary from England	12
How, when, and for whom: decisions regarding remote neuropsychological assessment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic	11
Academic activism on behalf of children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel; beyond public health advocacy	11
Did the events following the COVID-19 outbreak influence the incidents of violence against hospital staff?	11
Adapting the Israeli national health insurance law to the 21st century– a report from the 19th Dead Sea Conference	10
Health behaviors of medical students decline towards residency: how could we maintain and enhance these behaviors throughout their training	10
Falls and fear of falling among Israeli community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional national survey	9
Trust in COVID-19 policy among public health professionals in Israel during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study	9
A COVID-19 call center for healthcare providers: dealing with rapidly evolving health policy guidelines	9
The impact of Israel’s Front-of-Package labeling reform on consumers' behavior and intentions to change dietary habits	9
Trends and correlated outcomes in population-level prescription opioid and transdermal fentanyl use in Israel	9
Involvement and skepticism towards the JCI Accreditation process among hospital’s four sectors employees: suggestions for cultural change	9
Robotic vs. open surgery in obese women with low-grade endometrial cancer: comparison of costs and quality of life measures	8
The effect of community water fluoridation cessation on children's dental health: a national experience	8
Similarities and differences between two well-performing healthcare systems: a comparison between the Israeli and the Danish healthcare systems	8
Emergency medicine physician burnout before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Correlates of psychological distress and self-rated health among Palestinian citizens of Israel: findings from the health and environment survey (HESPI)	8
Antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals: towards implementing a one health based national action plan in Israel	8
Quality of care indicator performance was minimally changed in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Barriers to completing colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test	7
The landscape of medical care consumption in Israel: a nationwide population cross-sectional study	7
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care physicians in Israel, with comparison to an international cohort: a cross-sectional study	7
Mortality during the first four waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: March 2020–October 2021	7
The role of statisticians in the response to COVID-19 in Israel: a holistic point of view	6
Addressing the important error of missing surgical items in an operated patient	6
Use and barriers to the use of telehealth services in the Arab population in Israel: a cross sectional survey	6
Adapting to change: Clalit's response to the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Breastfeeding challenges and support in a high initiation population	6
Determinants of Israeli consumers’ decision to use food label information more frequently: a national survey study	6
Experiences of weight stigmatization in the Israeli healthcare system among overweight and obese individuals	6
Survey of faculty development in four Israeli medical schools: clinical faculty development is inadequate and clinical teaching is undervalued in Israeli faculties of medicine	5
Sustaining primary care teams in the midst of a pandemic	5
Knowledge of and willingness to take pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Israel	5
Child food insecurity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for policy evaluation and reform in Israel’s school feeding programs	5
The surfacing portion of the Iceberg of the Domestic Violence Phenomenon—data from the Israeli National Trauma Registry	5
Game-related injuries in schools: a retrospective nationwide 6-year evaluation and implications for prevention policy	5
Obstetric anesthesia services in Israel snapshot (OASIS) study: a 72 hour cross-sectional observational study of workforce supply and demand	5
The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on patient visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations in medical wards in an Israeli medical center	5
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence among women at childbearing age, maternal and congenital CMV infection: policy implications of a descriptive, retrospective, community-based study	5
Advancing child health and educational equity during the COVID-19 pandemic through science and advocacy	5
The importance of having good quality indicators for care of patients with COPD: a look at hospital readmission rates	5
Motorcycle-related head and neck injuries: increased risk among ethnic minorities	5
National and regional trends in MRI utilization in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic	5