OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Health Systems & Reform is 3. 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
Understanding Impacts of Online Dual Practice on Health System Performance: A Qualitative Study in China	35
Framing Overtreatment as Consumer Fraud: Analysis and Implications of China’s First Civil Public Interest Litigation in Healthcare	20
Introduction to the Special Issue on Global Health History and Japan	17
Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Indonesia: Supply Landscape, Implementation, and Future Directions	16
A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar	15
Does Provider Autonomy Work Well in Tanzania? Perspectives of Primary Care Facilities on Budget Execution under Direct Facility Financing and Factors Affecting Provider Autonomy in Singida Region	14
Transforming the Patient-Provider Relationship Through Digitalized Peer Support in Japan	14
COVID-19 Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities in the US: An Urgent Call for Equitable and Integrated Health Systems and an All-Hazards Approach to the Next Crisis	14
Preparedness, Challenges, and Opportunities for Digital Intervention for Chronic Disease Management: A Qualitative Study in Rural Areas of South Korea	13
Rwanda’s Single Project Implementation Unit: An Effective Donor Coordination Platform in the Journey to Achieving Universal Health Coverage	13
Overview of International Health in Postwar Japan	13
Improving Care for Preschool Children with Disabilities During Disasters in Japan	12
Improving Access to and Coverage of Rehabilitation Services through the Implementation of Rehabilitation in Primary Health Care: A Case Study from Chile	12
Rethinking Japan’s Health System Sustainability Under the Planetary Health Framework	12
Responses to Hospital Restrictions on Family Visits during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Mali and France	11
Health Reforms in Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from Kenyan Bureaucrats	10
Leveraging Digital Health Data to Transform the United Nations Systems for Palestine Refugees for the Post Pandemic Time	10
Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage	10
A Health System Approach to Address Diabetes	10
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment in South Africa—An Opportunity in National Health Insurance	9
Correcting Market and Government Failures in Tackling the Global Growth of Type 2 Diabetes: Application of WHO’s Common Goods for Health Approach	9
Ethical Principles for Planetary Health: A Preliminary Inquiry	9
Efficient and Effective Diabetes Care in the Era of Digitalization and Hypercompetitive Research Culture: A Focused Review in the Western Pacific Region with Malaysia as a Case Study	9
Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes: Global Trends and a Better Future?	9
Do Pro-Competition Healthcare Reforms Always Bring Health Benefits? Evidence from China	9

Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment and Priority Setting in South Korea’s Universal Health Coverage Journey	8
Politics and Policies of Health Systems: Reflections on 50 Years of Observing Protests, Leaders, and Political Analysis	8
Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach	8
Ryoichi Sasakawa: Personal Reflections on His Life and Legacy	7
Qatar’s Progress in Curbing Diabetes: A Comprehensive and Proactive Approach	7
The Development of Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Perspectives and Analysis	7
Introduction to the Special Issue on “Building Institutions for Priority Setting in Health”	7
Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023)	7
Applying Mobile Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in Rural Nigeria: Experiences and Perceptions of Users and Stakeholders	7
Resilience of Primary Health Care in Ukraine: Challenges of the Pandemic and War	7
How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics	7
Adapting Hospital Work During COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada)	7
Introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Health	7
Policies, Progress, and Prospects for Internet Telemedicine in China	6
Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review	6
Financing and Resource Constraints Hindering the Optimal Implementation of the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines	6
Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Reflections of the Last Twenty Years	6
The Impact of Centralized Procurement on Treatment Patterns for Myocardial Infarction and More Principled Utilization of Coronary Stents	6
Does Public Financial Management Save Life? Evidence from a Quantitative Review of PFM and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan African Countries	6
Development Assistance for Health and the Challenge of NCDs Through the Lens of Type 2 Diabetes	5
How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan	5
The Role of HTA for Essential Health Benefit Package Design in Low or Middle-Income Countries	5
Public Policy and Health System Responses to Diabetes Mellitus in Nigeria: A Call for Reform	5
Communication and Information Strategies Implemented by Four Hospitals in Brazil, Canada, and France to Deal with COVID-19 Healthcare-Associated Infections	5
Battle to Survive: The Association Between Accountability and Chinese Local Government Response to COVID-19	5
Quantifying the Intangible: Evidence from Nigeria on the Impact of Supervision, Autonomy, and Management Practices on PHC Performance in the Context of Direct Facility Financing	5
Hospital Resilience in Three COVID-19 Referral Hospitals in Brazil	4
Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study	4
Global Mega-Challenges and International Collaboration in Science, Education, and Health	4
Rethinking Trust and Public Health Compliance: Introducing a Trust Continuum for Policy and Practice	4
Effects of the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme (PM-JAY) on Hospitalizations, Out-of-pocket Expenditures and Catastrophic Expenditures	4
Health Technology Assessment in China’s Health Care Sector: Development and Applications	4
Is it the Right Topic? An Overlooked Stage in the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment	4
The Consolidation of Risk Pools in the National Health Insurance Program of the Republic of Korea: Analysis of the Political Processes	3
Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya	3
Indigenous Leadership and Advocacy in Pro-Equity Eligibility Criteria for New Diabetes Medicines in Aotearoa New Zealand [ Policy Report ]	3
The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under Seguro Popular , 2006-2016	3
Roles and Dynamics within Community Mental Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography	3
Preface to the Special Issue by Keizo Takemi, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan	3
Preface to the Special Issue by Kichiro Matsumoto, President, Japan Medical Association	3
The Evolution of Health Benefits Packages in Colombia: Thirty Years of Successes and Failures	3