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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries	137
Mexico Adopts Food Warning Labels, Why Now?	58
Restructuring Health Reform, Mexican Style	32
Developing a Common Understanding of Networks of Care through a Scoping Study	28
Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used	24
Patient Choice of Health Care Providers in China: Primary Care Facilities versus Hospitals	22
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Survival in Children Covered by Seguro Popular in Mexico: A National Comprehensive Analysis 2005–2017	20
The Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: A Practical Approach to Describing, Assessing, and Improving Strategic Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage	17
On the Measurement of Financial Protection: An Assessment of the Usefulness of the Catastrophic Health Expenditure Indicator to Monitor Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage	15
Can National Health Insurance Pave the Way to Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?	15
Implementing a Food Labeling and Marketing Law in Chile	14
Networks of Care in Rural Madagascar for Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Ifanadiana District	14
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh	12
Is Universal Health Coverage Affordable? Estimated Costs and Fiscal Space Analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package	11
Pandemic Governance in Japan and the United States: The Control-Tower Metaphor	10
Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Mapping in Cameroon: A Scoping Review	9
Child Health Outcome Inequalities in Low and Middle Income Countries	8
A Tale of Transition: Trends of Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Impoverishment in Urban China, 1986-2009	8
Why Is Strategic Purchasing Critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?	7
Financial Protection in Health among the Elderly – A Global Stocktake	7
Applying a Client-centered Approach to Maternal and Neonatal Networks of Care: Case Studies from Urban and Rural Nigeria	7
Is Performance-Based Financing A Pathway to Strategic Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Synthesis of the Evidence	7
Applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: Lessons from Nine African Countries	7
Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Crisis on Migrants on the Move in Southern Africa: Implications for Policy and Practice	7
Health Reform in the Midst of a Social and Political Crisis in Chile, 2019-2020	7

Making Health Insurance Pro-poor: Lessons from 20 Developing Countries	6
Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Mapping: A Spotlight on Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme	6
Averting Maternal Death and Disability in an Urban Network of Care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Descriptive Case Study	6
How Did an Integrated Health and Social Services Center in the Quebec Province Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Qualitative Case Study	6
Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria: Investigating Governance and Institutional Capacities within Federal Tax-Funded Health Schemes and the Formal Sector Social Health Insurance Programme	6
Generating Political Priority for Primary Health Care Reform in Romania	6
Strengths and Weaknesses of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Rwanda	6
Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS) during COVID-19 in Kenya: A Descriptive Commentary	6
The Logarithmic Spiral of Networks of Care for Expectant Families in Rural Nepal: A Descriptive Case Study	6
Performance-based Financing versus “Unconditional” Direct Facility Financing - False Dichotomy?	5
The Government Budget: An Overlooked Vehicle for Advancing Strategic Health Purchasing	5
Integrating Venezuelan Migrants into the Colombian Health System during COVID-19	5
Adaptation and Response of a Major Parisian Referral Hospital to the COVID-19 Surge: A Qualitative Study	5
Effect Heterogeneity in Responding to Performance-Based Incentives: A Quasi-Experimental Comparison of Impacts on Health Service Indicators Between Hospitals and Health Centers in Malawi	5
Hospital Governance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multiple-Country Case Study	5
Building Trust to Save Lives in a Metro Manila Public-Private Network of Care: A Descriptive Case Study of Quirino Recognized Partners in Quezon City, Philippines	4
Reducing Financial Barriers for Households Due to COVID-19: The Case in India	4
Economic Contraction from COVID-19 in the Pacific: Implications for Health Financing	4
Measuring Financial Protection in Health in Brazil: Catastrophic and Poverty Impacts of Health Care Payments Using the Latest National Household Consumption Survey	4
Challenges and Opportunities for Purchasing High-Quality Health Care: Lessons from Armenia	4
Strategic Purchasing Arrangements in Uganda and Their Implications for Universal Health Coverage	4
An Analysis of the Adoption and Implementation of A Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in South Africa: A Multiple Streams Approach	4
Harnessing the Power of Networks of Care for Universal Health Coverage	4
Inclusion of Essential Universal Health Coverage Services in Essential Packages of Health Services: A Review of 45 Low- and Lower- Middle Income Countries	3
The Landscape of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: Insights from Five Major Health Financing Schemes	3
Attributes and Organizational Factors that Enabled Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Case Studies from Brazil, Canada and Japan	3
Adapting Hospital Work During COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada)	3
Challenges of Guaranteeing Access to Medicines in Mexico: Lessons from Recent Changes in Pharmaceuticals Procurement	3
Filling Potholes on the Road to Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines	3
Rural–Urban Differences: Using Finer Geographic Classifications to Reevaluate Distance and Choice of Health Services in Malawi	3
The Political Economy of the Design of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis for Prospective Action	3
How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan	3
A Comparative Case Study: Does the Organization of Primary Health Care in Brazil and Turkey Contribute to Reducing Disparities in Access to Care?	3
Comprehensive Assessment of Health System Performance in Odisha, India	3
A Gender-Based and Quasi-Experimental Study of the Catastrophic and Impoverishing Health-Care Expenditures in Mexican Households with Elderly Members, 2000-2020	3
The Effects of Health Purchasing Reforms on Equity, Access, Quality of Care, and Financial Protection in Kenya: A Narrative Review	3