OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Economics Review is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Contracting with sequential care providers	112
Evaluating a capacity development intervention in health economics among producers and users of evidence in Nigeria: a case study in Getting Research Into Policy and Practice (GRIPP) in Anambra State	72
Utilization of maternal health facilities and rural women’s well-being: towards the attainment of sustainable development goals	62
Governance and public health expenditure in Côte d'Ivoire: examination of the dynamic relationship	58
A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing single-inhaler extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol/glycopyrronium bromide against other SITTs in adult patients with uncontrolled asthma in England	34
End-of-life expenditure on health care for the older population: a scoping review	34
The healthcare costs of increased body mass index–evidence from The Trøndelag Health Study	33
Which factor reduces pharmaceutical expenditure, number of entrants or price variance? Updated generic drug markets in South Korea	28
The cost of implementing measles campaign in Nigeria: comparing the stand-alone and the integrated strategy	26
Valuation of informal care for the old-aged with disabilities in China—a discrete choice experiment approach	26
Building an integrated healthcare system of China: an assessment of coupling coordination between disease prevention, medical services, and healthcare financing from 2012 to 2021	25
Evaluating the costs of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a systematic review	23
Policies and cost analyses of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws – a mapping review & analysis	22
Estimating the budget impact of a Tuberculosis strategic purchasing pilot study in Medan, Indonesia (2018–2019)	22
The economic impact of anastomotic leak after colorectal cancer surgery	21
Adjuvant treatment of high-risk melanoma – cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment options for BRAF 600 mutated tumors	20
Health insurance coverage in Ethiopia: financial protection in the Era of sustainable development goals (SDGs)	20
Correction: Health state utility values for metastatic pancreatic cancer using a composite time trade-off based on the vignette-based approach in Japan	20
Impact of diabetes diagnosis on dental care utilization: evidence from Finland	19
Understanding women’s preferences for long-acting reversible contraceptives in Gondar, Ethiopia: a discrete choice experiment	19
Cost-utility analysis of valsartan, enalapril, and candesartan in patients with heart failure in Iran	18
Kidney transplant cases in US: study of determinants of variance in hospital charges and inpatient care	18
Support by telestroke networks is associated with increased intravenous thrombolysis and reduced hospital transfers: A german claims data analysis	18
Estimating the direct medical cost of illness of COVID-19 hospitalisations in Kuwait: efficiency trade-offs from real-world data analysis	17
Cost-effectiveness analysis of combination therapies involving novel agents for first/second-relapse patients with multiple myeloma: a Markov model approach with calibration techniques	17

Sustaining medical research – the role of trust and control	16
Cost effectiveness of imaging strategies in the emergency department for the diagnostic workup of community-acquired pneumonia: a real-life retrospective study	16
Robot-assisted approach versus open surgery and conventional laparoscopy for radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a micro-costing study	16
Impacts and lessons learned from coronavirus-19 pandemic in the United States: preparing for future public health emergencies	15
The economic costs of orthopaedic services: a health system cost analysis of tertiary hospitals in a low-income country	14
Catastrophic health expenditures: a disproportionate risk in uninsured ethnic minorities with diabetes	14
The cost of readmissions in hospitals: the case of the Spanish public hospitals	14
Endogenous health risks, poverty traps, and the roles of health insurance in poverty alleviation	14
An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania	13
Subnational life expectancy disparities in low and middle-income countries: measurement and determinants	13
Cost-minimization analysis of postoperative antibiotic use in high horseshoe anal fistula: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in China	13
A framework for ex-ante evaluation of the potential effects of risk equalization and risk sharing in health insurance markets with regulated competition	13
Health economic evaluation of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention (eMBI) to improve maternal mental health during pregnancy – a randomized controlled trial (RCT)	12
The temporal and spatial interpretation of China’s health financing: what do Chinese’ government ‘do’ in new healthcare reform?	12
Societal cost-of-illness analysis of self-injection of biologics for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan using claims, surveys, and national statistics	12
A scoping review of COVID-19 economic response policies in the MENA countries: lessons learned for Iran for future pandemics	11
The impact of hospital price and quality transparency tools on healthcare spending: a systematic review	11
Research trends in contemporary health economics: a scientometric analysis on collective content of specialty journals	11
Key indicators for evaluating Iran’s health insurance performance	11
Historical origins of corruption in the Romanian public health system - path dependency and contagion effect	11
Does targeted information impact consumers’ preferences for value-based health insurance? Evidence from a survey experiment	10
Persistent inconsistencies in patient cost variability within the French DRG classification system over the 2012–2019 period	10
Lorenz curves of urban and rural health care expenditure in Colombia: analysis of a cohort of 4.6 million patients	10
Cost-effectiveness of expanding the target population of biennial screening for breast cancer from ages 50–69 to 45 and/or 74: A cohort modelling study in the Finnish setting	10
Rehabilitation in the long-term care insurance domain: a scoping review	10
Cost–benefit analysis of pre-entry tuberculosis screening for incoming migrants to Japan: a focus on Nepalese migrants	10
The long-term cost-effectiveness of once-weekly semaglutide versus sitagliptin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in China	9
Cost-effectiveness analysis of parenteral iron therapy compared to oral iron supplements in managing iron deficiency anemia among pregnant women	9
Correction: Direct and indirect savings from parallel imports in Sweden	9
Fragmentation of payment systems: an in-depth qualitative study of stakeholders’ experiences with the neonatal intensive care payment system in Iran	9
NHS reference costs: a history and cautionary note	9
Difference in time and risk preferences: physicians and general population across genders	8
A decade of liver transplantation in Mongolia: Economic insights and cost analysis	8
The heterogeneous association between education and the adoption of safe food handling practices in Ethiopia	8
Diabetes diagnosis based on glucose control levels and time until diagnosis: a regression discontinuity approach to assess the effect on direct healthcare costs	8
Impact of Tobacco Use and Prevention Laws on Regional Cigarette Sales: An Analysis of Provincial Disparities and Convergence Patterns in Spain	8
Cost-utility analysis of Palbociclib + letrozole and ribociclib + letrozole versus Letrozole monotherapy in the first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer in Iran using partitioned survival mode	8
A comparison of measurement properties between EORTC QLU-C10D and FACT-8D in patients with hematological malignances	8
The economic effect of financial compensation in China’s healthcare system: comprehensive insights regarding supply and demand factors	8
Measuring productivity in the healthcare sector: a bibliometric and content analysis	8
Cost of peer mystery shopping to increase cultural competency in community clinics offering HIV/STI testing to young men who have sex with men: results from the get connected trial	8
Systematic review of health economic evaluation of robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty	8
Health economic evaluations of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: a narrative review	7
Correction: Cost-effectiveness analysis of sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum versus chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment in metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer in China	7
Forecasting emergency department arrivals using INGARCH models	7
Impact of reimbursement systems on patient care – a systematic review of systematic reviews	7
Correction: A comparative study of bibliometric analysis on old adults’ cognitive impairment based on web of science and CNKI via CiteSpace	7
Supply-side factors influencing demand for facility-based delivery in Tanzania: a multilevel analysis	7
Health and economic gains from bariatric surgery in Portugal: an in-depth analysis using a Markov model	7
Should we adjust health expenditure for age structure on health systems efficiency? A worldwide analysis	7

A Hierarchical Bayesian approach to small area estimation of health insurance coverage in Ethiopian administrative zones for better policies and programs	7
Health state utility values for metastatic pancreatic cancer using a composite time trade-off based on the vignette-based approach in Japan	7
The role of Iran's context for the development of health technology assessment: challenges and solutions	7
How much do government and households spend on an episode of hospitalisation in India? A comparison for public and private hospitals in Chhattisgarh state	6
What can we learn about the impact of cancelled planned operations on waiting times? A case study using the 2017/18 winter flu postponement policy in England	6
Wealth, health expenditure and cancer: an econometric analysis for European countries	6
How innovation can be defined, evaluated and rewarded in health technology assessment	6
An econometric examination of vaccine hesitancy among residents and their dependents in urban Ghana	6
Knowledge domain and emerging trends in multimorbidity and frailty research from 2003 to 2023: a scientometric study using citespace and VOSviewer	6
Does poverty increase COVID-19 in Africa? A cross-country analysis	6
Economic impact of powered stapler in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung Cancer in a Chinese tertiary hospital: a cost-minimization analysis	6
AI integration in energy management: enhancing efficiency in Italian hospitals	6
The level of countries’ preparedness to health risks during Covid-19 and pre-pandemic: the differential response to health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators	6
Cost-utility analysis of eptinezumab for migraine prevention in Taiwan	6
Efficiency in COVID-19 inpatient care: findings from public hospitals in Iran	6
Health shocks and households’ vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria: a quasi-experimental analysis	6
Estimating the cost for obstetric fistula repair in hospitals of Mozambique: a low-income country	6