OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Israel Journal of Health Policy Research is 4. 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.)

Article	Citations
Vaccine injury compensation: the Israeli case	109
Enablers to high vaccination uptake among a disadvantaged minority population: a qualitative study of the Arab population of Israel	34
Perceptions of home hospitalization among the public and physicians in Israel: findings from surveys conducted for the Dead Sea Health Policy Conference of 2022	28
Medical student lifestyle counselling for non-communicable disease: impact on students’ competence and patients’ health behaviors	27
Crisis management for Patient Safety Officers: lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic	21
Augmented reality- virtual reality wartime training of reserve prehospital teams: a pilot study	21
Pediatricians at the forefront of child mental health? A Delphi method exploration	18
Risks for re-hospitalization of persons with severe mental illness living in rehabilitation care settings	18
Quality of care indicator performance was minimally changed in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Public conformism with health regulation is crumbling as COVID-19 becomes a chronic threat: Repeated Cross-sectional Studies	17
Keeping our children safe: piloting a hospital-based home-visitation program in Israel	14
The median age of a city’s residents and population density influence COVID 19 mortality growth rates: policy implications	13
Similarities and differences between two well-performing healthcare systems: a comparison between the Israeli and the Danish healthcare systems	13
A call to readjust the Israeli school feeding program	12
The COVID-19 pandemic posed many dilemmas for policymakers, which sometimes resulted in unprecedented decision-making	12
School health services in the Southern District of Israel—between privatization and nationalization	12
Using the Elixhauser risk adjustment model to predict outcomes among patients hospitalized in internal medicine at a large, tertiary-care hospital in Israel	11
The involvement of community pediatricians in the treatment of developmental-behavioral difficulties as perceived by directors of child development centers	11
Association between parental smoking and child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Israel	10
Pediatric rehabilitation delivery: discussion is an antidote to disconnection and discontent	9
Emotional resilience and sense of danger among doctors in hospitals during periods of heightened tensions and warfare in Israel	9
Improving contraceptive care for minors in Israel: practice, policy, and training gaps among OBGYNs	9
Exploring client violence during home visits: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of Israeli nurses	8
High out‑of‑pocket spending and financial hardship at the end of life among cancer survivors and their families	8
Oral health of the 65+ age group in Israel-2020	8

Opportunities to improve the quality of inpatient consultation: one hospital’s investigation but an age old struggle	8
Increased rates of unattained developmental milestones among Israeli children between 2016 and 2020: a national report	8
A management model for admission and treatment of pediatric trauma cases	7
Timely care for age-related macular degeneration: a qualitative study among retina specialists in Israel	7
Timing, extent and outcomes of public health measures in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel and a comparative analysis by socioeconomic indices	7
Healthcare policy changes in an era of health workforce shortage	7
Attracting medical school graduates to residency programs in remotely located hospitals: the challenge lies beyond financial incentives	7
The role of biostatistics in the response to COVID-19: a Belgian and international perspective	7
The role of models in the covid-19 pandemic	6
Trust in COVID-19 policy among public health professionals in Israel during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study	6
Clinical pharmacy in Israel versus the US, can we "compare apples to apples"?—commentary	6
Admission characteristics of patients with short term hospitalization	6
Wake-up call for recovery: a paradigm shift to address the deep crisis in Israel’s public mental health services in the shadow of October 7, 2023	6
Reduction in self-reported influenza-like-illness in school children and household members following influenza vaccine administration – a cohort study, Israel, 2016–7	6
National and regional trends in MRI utilization in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic	6
The effect of legal representation on clinical measures in involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients: a retrospective study	6
Training medical educators to teach: bridging the gap between perception and reality	6
People with serious mental illness are at higher risk for acute care hospitalization in Israel, 2000–2019	5
Frailty and its association with long-term mortality among community-dwelling older adults aged 75 years and over	5
Intersecting dimensions: advanced analytical approach to school climate and injury prevention in health policy	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
The impact of Israel’s Front-of-Package labeling reform on consumers' behavior and intentions to change dietary habits	5
Expert opinion survey on Israel’s food system: implications for food and health policies	5
Mortality during the first four waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: March 2020–October 2021	5
Factors associated with medical complications after body art among Israeli adults: a retrospective study	5
Party keepers: a significant community-based intervention for harm reduction	5
Factors affecting decisions of an HMO Drug Exemptions Committee on individual patient requests for coverage of non-formulary drugs	5
Dental health of preschool children after two-years of a supervised tooth brushing program in Southern Israel	5
Physician referrals of patients with neck and low back pain for physical therapy in outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study	4
Exploring pre-MRI imaging tests: patient survey reveals potential implications for healthcare efficiency in Israel	4
The child dental care reform in Israel – service uptake from 2011 to 2022	4
An individual’s trust in government is a major determinant in the decision to voluntarily join a public health initiative	4
The outcomes of treatment for homebound adults with complex medical conditions in a hospital-at-home unit in the southern district of Israel	4
Knowledge of and willingness to take pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Israel	4
How, when, and for whom: decisions regarding remote neuropsychological assessment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic	4
The surfacing portion of the Iceberg of the Domestic Violence Phenomenon—data from the Israeli National Trauma Registry	4
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence among women at childbearing age, maternal and congenital CMV infection: policy implications of a descriptive, retrospective, community-based study	4
Meeting the challenges of the 21st century: the fundamental importance of trust for transformation	4
A prediction model of PTSD in the Israeli population in the aftermath of october 7th, 2023, terrorist attack and the Israel–Hamas war	4
Israeli dentists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding smoking cessation care	4
Game-related injuries in schools: a retrospective nationwide 6-year evaluation and implications for prevention policy	4
Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Effect of implementation of mental health services within primary care on GP detection and treatment of mental disorders in Israel	4