OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Health Systems & Reform is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding Impacts of Online Dual Practice on Health System Performance: A Qualitative Study in China	25
Has Strategic Purchasing Led to Improvements in Health Systems? A Narrative Review of Literature on Strategic Purchasing	18
Introduction to the Special Issue on Global Health History and Japan	17
A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar	16
Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Indonesia: Supply Landscape, Implementation, and Future Directions	16
Applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: Lessons from Nine African Countries	16
A Tale of Two Social Insurance Systems in South Korea and Taiwan: A Financial Risk Protection Perspective	14
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	13
The Landscape of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: Insights from Five Major Health Financing Schemes	13
Strategies for Optimising Uptake of Assisted Partner Notification Services Among Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Adults at Ndirande Health Centre, Malawi	12
Commercial and Social Value of Pharmaceutical Industry-led Access Programs: Conceptual Framework and Descriptive Analysis	12
Preparedness, Challenges, and Opportunities for Digital Intervention for Chronic Disease Management: A Qualitative Study in Rural Areas of South Korea	12
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	11
The Effects of Health Purchasing Reforms on Equity, Access, Quality of Care, and Financial Protection in Kenya: A Narrative Review	10
Equitable Distribution of Poor Quality of Care? Equity in Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia	10
Overview of International Health in Postwar Japan	10
Transforming the Patient-Provider Relationship Through Digitalized Peer Support in Japan	10
Rwanda’s Single Project Implementation Unit: An Effective Donor Coordination Platform in the Journey to Achieving Universal Health Coverage	10
Improving Care for Preschool Children with Disabilities During Disasters in Japan	9
Integrating Venezuelan Migrants into the Colombian Health System during COVID-19	9
Amending the Law for Licensing Medical Practitioners of China in 2021: A Commentary	9
The Political Economy of the Design of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis for Prospective Action	9
Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage	8
Rethinking Japan’s Health System Sustainability Under the Planetary Health Framework	8
Responses to Hospital Restrictions on Family Visits during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Mali and France	8

Improving Access to and Coverage of Rehabilitation Services through the Implementation of Rehabilitation in Primary Health Care: A Case Study from Chile	8
Rural–Urban Differences: Using Finer Geographic Classifications to Reevaluate Distance and Choice of Health Services in Malawi	8
Leveraging Digital Health Data to Transform the United Nations Systems for Palestine Refugees for the Post Pandemic Time	7
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment and Priority Setting in South Korea’s Universal Health Coverage Journey	7
Health Reforms in Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from Kenyan Bureaucrats	7
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment in South Africa—An Opportunity in National Health Insurance	7
Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach	6
Politics and Policies of Health Systems: Reflections on 50 Years of Observing Protests, Leaders, and Political Analysis	6
Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes: Global Trends and a Better Future?	6
Why Is Strategic Purchasing Critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?	6
Do Pro-Competition Healthcare Reforms Always Bring Health Benefits? Evidence from China	6
Inclusion of Essential Universal Health Coverage Services in Essential Packages of Health Services: A Review of 45 Low- and Lower- Middle Income Countries	5
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)	5
Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria: Exploring the Evidence on Health System and Service Delivery Improvements	5
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	5
Challenges of Guaranteeing Access to Medicines in Mexico: Lessons from Recent Changes in Pharmaceuticals Procurement	5
Qatar’s Progress in Curbing Diabetes: A Comprehensive and Proactive Approach	5
Introduction to the Special Issue on Making Progress on Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa	5
How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics	5
Ryoichi Sasakawa: Personal Reflections on His Life and Legacy	5
Applying Mobile Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in Rural Nigeria: Experiences and Perceptions of Users and Stakeholders	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on “Building Institutions for Priority Setting in Health”	4
International Remittances and Women’s Reproductive Health Care: Evidence from Pakistan	4
Is Performance-Based Financing A Pathway to Strategic Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Synthesis of the Evidence	4
Adapting Hospital Work During COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada)	4
Resilience of Primary Health Care in Ukraine: Challenges of the Pandemic and War	4
Does Public Financial Management Save Life? Evidence from a Quantitative Review of PFM and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan African Countries	4
Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Health	4
The Development of Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Perspectives and Analysis	4
SPARC the Change: What the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center Has Learned about Improving Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa	4
The Impact of Centralized Procurement on Treatment Patterns for Myocardial Infarction and More Principled Utilization of Coronary Stents	4
Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Reflections of the Last Twenty Years	4
Policies, Progress, and Prospects for Internet Telemedicine in China	3
The Associations between Member of Parliament Characteristics and Child Malnutrition and Mortality in India	3
Public Policy and Health System Responses to Diabetes Mellitus in Nigeria: A Call for Reform	3
Communication and Information Strategies Implemented by Four Hospitals in Brazil, Canada, and France to Deal with COVID-19 Healthcare-Associated Infections	3
Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Crisis on Migrants on the Move in Southern Africa: Implications for Policy and Practice	3
Battle to Survive: The Association Between Accountability and Chinese Local Government Response to COVID-19	3
Development Assistance for Health and the Challenge of NCDs Through the Lens of Type 2 Diabetes	3
The Role of HTA for Essential Health Benefit Package Design in Low or Middle-Income Countries	3
Rethinking Trust and Public Health Compliance: Introducing a Trust Continuum for Policy and Practice	3
Comprehensive Assessment of Health System Performance in Odisha, India	2
Role of User Benefit Awareness in Health Coverage Utilization among the Poor in Cambodia	2
Using a Small Lever to Achieve Big Outcomes in a Devolved Health System: 20 Years of Programa Sumar in Argentina	2
Global Health and Its Limitations: An Historical Perspective	2
The Evolution of Health Benefits Packages in Colombia: Thirty Years of Successes and Failures	2
Reduction in the Treatment Gap for Breast Cancer in Mexico under Seguro Popular, 2007 to 2016	2
How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan	2
Preface to the Special Issue by Keizo Takemi, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan	2

Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya	2
The Consolidation of Risk Pools in the National Health Insurance Program of the Republic of Korea: Analysis of the Political Processes	2
Examining the Implementation Experience of the Universal Health Coverage Pilot in Kenya	2
Preface to the Special Issue by Kichiro Matsumoto, President, Japan Medical Association	2
Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study	2
Is it the Right Topic? An Overlooked Stage in the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment	2
The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under Seguro Popular , 2006-2016	2
Hospital Resilience in Three COVID-19 Referral Hospitals in Brazil	2
Staying the Course: Reflections on the Progress and Challenges of the UHC Law in the Philippines	2
Roles and Dynamics within Community Mental Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography	2
Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform	2
Trust, Care Avoidance, and Care Experiences among Kenyan Women Who Delivered during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Effects of the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme (PM-JAY) on Hospitalizations, Out-of-pocket Expenditures and Catastrophic Expenditures	2
Health Technology Assessment in China’s Health Care Sector: Development and Applications	2