Health Services Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Services 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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In Their Own Words: Children's Perceptions of Caregiver Stress during COVID‐1978
Using Patient Experience Surveys to Assess Diagnostic Safety in Urgent Care60
Perceptions of workplace climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion within health services and policy research52
What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery48
Association between non‐profit hospital community benefit spending and health outcomes45
Impact of a statewide Emergency Department Information Exchange on health care use and expenditures44
The role of payment and financing in achieving health equity42
Relationships between work–environment characteristics and behavioral health provider burnout in the Veterans Health Administration40
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department transfers to public hospitals35
Addressing nutrition insecurity through food prescriptions: Lessons from a safety net health system33
Is frequent emergency department use a complement or substitute for other healthcare services? Evidence from South Carolina Medicaid enrollees33
Issue Information32
Effects of the continuous Medicaid coverage provision of the family first coronavirus response act on postpartum Medicaid coverage, depression symptoms, and birth control use31
The association between care integration and care quality31
The effect of rural hospital closures on maternal and infant health31
Social care best practices: Learnings from a technology–enabled closed–loop referral network31
Insurance coverage and discontinuity during pregnancy: Frequency and associations documented in the PROMISE cohort27
From the Editor's Desk: HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 202427
Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness26
Impact of the Oncology Care Model on End‐of‐Life Care24
Following up on food insecurity: Pragmatic barriers to measuring primary care screening and referral outcomes24
Effects of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Early Implementation of a Nationwide Telehealth Program: A Qualitative Study23
A methodology for identifying high‐need, high‐cost patient personas for international comparisons23
A Learning Health Systems Approach to Frailty Prediction Using EHR Data23
Medicare beneficiaries with more comprehensive primary care physicians report better primary care22
Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high‐income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona22
Utilization Patterns of a Clinic‐Based Food Referral Program: Findings from the Mid‐Ohio Farmacy21
The Affordable Care Act's “community first choice” option: Effect on long‐term care expenditures21
Weak correlations in health services research: Weak relationships or common error?21
International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients21
“I got so much on my plate”: Understanding care discontinuity for HIV and HCV among formerly incarcerated persons21
Who gets to decide? Assessing contraceptive coercion in health care settings20
Price‐Shifting? Spillovers of Medicare Advantage Network Inclusion on Hospital Prices Paid by Commercial Insurers19
Patient–Provider Race Concordance and Primary Care Suicide Risk Screening in the Veterans Health Administration19
Completeness and quality of comprehensive managed care data compared with fee‐for‐service data in national Medicaid claims from 2001 to 201919
From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202319
Stacey McMorrow: Influential policy researcher, dedicated mentor, loyal friend19
Context matters: Findings from a qualitative analysis of social care referral case resolution notes19
Improving perinatal depression screening uptake: The impact of Medicaid reimbursement policy in Massachusetts18
Association of a State‐Wide Alternative Payment Model for Rural Hospitals With Bypass for Elective Surgeries18
Segregation in hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries by race and ethnicity and dual‐eligible status from 2013 to 202118
Conceptual and methodological recommendations for assessing the empirical validity of process measures of health care quality17
Private Medicare plans' responses to benchmark changes and competition before and after the Affordable Care Act's payment cuts17
A structured approach to modifying an implementation package while scaling up a complex evidence‐based practice17
Examining alignment of community health teams' preferences for health, equity, and spending with state all‐payer waiver priorities: A discrete choice experiment17
Health system resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of disruptions in care from 32 countries17
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Post‐Acute Care Discharge Patterns16
Data‐Led Policy Design Using Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Health Care Cost Trajectories16
Advancing equity research in the quality of and access to health care in a post‐affirmative action era16
COVID‐19‐Related Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States16
Bridging Data Science Approaches to Improve the Health and Care of Children of Incarcerated Parents16
Improving Diagnostic Testing Decisions for Pediatric Minor Head Trauma in the Emergency Department: A Two‐Year Prospective Implementation Study16
Referrals and repeat screening for social determinants of health in pediatric primary care16
State‐Level Scope of Practice Regulations and Impact on Organizational‐Level Work Environments for Nurse Practitioners16
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The effects of early pregnancy loss on health outcomes and health care utilization and costs16
Impact of Primary Care Usual Provider Type and Provider Interdependence on Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes15
How price and quantity factors drive spending in nongroup and employer health plans15
Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use15
Simulating the role of knowledge brokers in policy making in state agencies: An agent‐based model15
A broader defense of the value of direct care in the Military Health System15
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An international comparison of long‐term care trajectories and spending following hip fracture15
Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program and the rise in observation stays15
Lifetime abortion incidence when abortion care is covered by Medicaid: Maryland versus five comparison states14
Development and pilot test of a pregnancy decision making tool for women with physical disabilities14
Insurance gaps at age‐19 and age‐26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood‐onset condition severity, Colorado 2014–201814
Associations between rural hospital closures and acute and post‐acute care access and outcomes14
Issue Information14
Linking implementation science and policy: Process and tools for congressionally mandated implementation, evaluation, and reporting14
Exploring the health impacts of climate change: Challenges and considerations for health services research14
Vertical Integration and Oncologists' Adoption of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer13
Does a social care assistance intervention reduce unmet resource needs among dementia caregivers?13
Addressing health care needs of Colorado immigrants using a community power building approach12
Clinician and Patient Responses to US Health Insurers' Policies: A Qualitative Study of Higher Risk Patients12
Issue Information12
The COVID‐19 Pandemic and the Gender Mental Health Gap12
Bringing Lived Expertise to Academic Publishing Through Community Reviewers12
Connecting unstably housed veterans living in rural areas to health care: Perspectives from Health Care Navigators12
Practice‐Level Clustering of Industry Payments to Clinicians12
Consequences of forgoing prescription drug subsidies among low‐income Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes11
Risk Factors for COVID‐19 Mortality Among People Living with HIV11
Inequalities in cesarean births between American Indian & Alaska Native people and White people11
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Medicaid long‐term care workforce training intervention and value‐based payment metrics11
Implementation Fidelity of a Complex Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Diabetes Mellitus in Two Safety Net Patient‐Centered Medical Homes in New York City11
From the Editor's Desk: Publishing in HSR in 202011
The geography of Medicare's hospital value‐based purchasing in relation to market demographics10
Accuracy of infection reporting in US nursing home ratings10
Financial impacts of the Medicaid expansion on community health centers10
State Bans on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts and Youth Suicidality10
Risk Adjusted Continuous Monitoring of Postoperative Mortality After Cardiac Surgery10
The association of strained ICU capacity with hospital patient racial and ethnic composition and federal relief during the COVID‐19 pandemic10
Public trust is earned: Historical discrimination, carceral violence, and the COVID‐19 pandemic10
A mixed‐methods assessment of off‐duty police shootings in a media‐curated database10
Growing a rural family physician workforce: The contributions of rural background and rural place of residency training10
The impacts of the 340B Program on health care quality for low‐income patients10
Medication abortion: A perfect solution?10
Be kind. Use systems. Improve care10
The consequences of firm scope and scale on patient access to healthcare10
Unfulfilled and method‐specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive‐aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin10
Enrollee, Plan, and State Characteristics Associated With Experience of Care Among Adults in Medicaid Managed Care9
Heterogeneity in Response to India's Initial COVID‐19 Nationwide‐Lockdown: A Quasi‐Experimental Study Using Aggregate Mobility Data9
Variation in tiered network health plan penetration and local provider market characteristics9
Implementation outcomes from a multi‐site stepped wedge cluster randomized family caregiver skills training trial9
Payer shifting after expansions in access to private care among veterans9
Association of Team Structure and Chronic Disease Outcomes: Biomarker Evidence from U.S. Primary Care Clinics9
Sustainability of California's Whole Person Care pilots integrating medical and social services for Medicaid enrollees via newly developed Medicaid benefits9
Social Needs Screening Learning Collaborative in Washington State FQHCs9
Implementation, intervention, and downstream costs for implementation of a multidisciplinary complex pain clinic in the Veterans Health Administration9
Correction to “Co‐Creating a Theory of Change to Advance COVID‐19 Testing and Vaccine Uptake in Underserved Communities”9
Does Low‐Value Care Explain Health Care Utilization Inequities Among Asian and Latino Populations?9
A hospital–wide approach to addressing unmet social needs among children with asthma9
Patient‐Reported Outcomes from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Evaluation8
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Did prescribing laws disproportionately affect opioid dispensing to Black patients?8
Factors associated with federally qualified health center financial performance8
Development and testing of a survey measure of organizational perinatal patient‐centered care culture8
Understanding, Assessing, and Improving Social Health Resource Referrals in Healthcare Organizations8
Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health among breast cancer patients and survivors in the United States8
The impact of Medicaid funding structures on inequities in health care access for Latinos in New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico8
Distinguishing neighborhood and individual social risk factors in health care8
A blueprint for a new model of sexual and reproductive health care in subspecialty medicine8
Hospitalizations reduce health care utilization of household members8
Trends in hospital price transparency after implementation of the CMS Final Rule8
An exploration of ProduceRx experiences and impact among low–income individuals with uncontrolled diabetes in California8
Disaggregating Latino nativity in equity research using electronic health records8
Learning environments, reliability enhancing work practices, employee engagement, and safety climate in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories8
International comparison of health spending and utilization among people with complex multimorbidity8
Aligning care with the personal values of patients with complex care needs8
Unmet health care needs and inequality: A cross‐country comparison of the situation of people with spinal cord injury8
Provider discussion of health goals and psychosocial needs: Comparing older to younger veteran experience8
Effects of Affordable Care Act on uninsured hospitalization: Evidence from Texas8
Bridging borders: Current trends and future directions in comparative health systems research8
The impact of Medicaid expansion on emergency department wait times7
Effects of state opioid prescribing cap laws on opioid prescribing after surgery7
Association between patient‐reported social and behavioral risks and health care costs in high‐risk Veterans health administration patients7
Association between mandatory bundled payments and changes in socioeconomic disparities for joint replacement outcomes7
A systematic review of the qualitative literature on barriers to high‐quality prenatal and postpartum care among low‐income women7
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The association of hospital research publications and clinical quality7
Algorithms identifying low‐acuity emergency department visits: A review and validation study7
Impacts of Patient‐Centered Inpatient Psychiatric Care on Trust and Post‐Discharge Engagement with Care7
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a health–related social needs screening and referral intervention in the Bronx7
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State Medicaid and private telemedicine coverage requirements and telemedicine use, 2013–20197
Inter‐agency collaboration is associated with increased frequency of research use in children's mental health policy making7
Supporting reproductive health among birthing persons with chronic conditions in the United States: A qualitative multilevel study using systems thinking to inform action7
Addressing Staffing Shortages in Nursing Homes: Does Relaxing Training and Licensing Requirements Increase Nurse Aide Staffing?7
Staff Experiences With Implementation of the Referral Coordination Initiative7
PMHNPs and social care: Implications for mental health system transformation7
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Validation and application of a needs‐based segmentation tool for cross‐country comparisons7
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Formative evaluation on promoting social risk screening among cancer patients in Kaiser Permanente Southern California6
Navigating New Waters: How Did MACRA 2015 Transform Practices Among Medicare Part B Physicians?6
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The Effect of Ending the Pandemic‐Related Mandate of Continuous Medicaid Coverage on Health Insurance Coverage and Economic Well‐Being6
Food insecurity prevalence and perspectives among healthcare clinicians and staff in rural western Colorado6
Examining the impact of Medicaid payments for immediate postpartum long‐acting reversible contraception on the mental health of low‐income mothers6
Effects of affiliation network membership on hospital quality and financial performance6
Avoiding Medicaid enrollment after the reversal of the changes in the public charge rule among Latino and Asian immigrants6
A qualitative needs assessment of WIC services and care at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital6
Restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage provider networks across physician specialties6
An Examination of COVID‐19 Mortality in High‐Minority Nursing Homes6
Patient/Caregiver and Expert Stakeholder Perspectives on High‐Quality Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer6
Outreach for equity: Learning from enrollees on California state–based exchange6
Disparities in Provider Recommendations for Birth Plan Changes to Elective Deliveries during COVID‐196
Capturing the care of complex community‐based health center patients: A comparison of multimorbidity indices and clinical classification software6
Engaging Veterans, caregivers, and system stakeholders to improve VA home and community‐based services6
Pediatric implementation of a cell phone–based social care self–screening tool and social work intervention protocol6
Social care for everyone: Perceptions among parents of hospitalized children6
Drivers of infliximab biosimilar uptake: A comparative analysis of new biosimilar initiations versus switching in a national rheumatology registry6
From the Editors' Desk HSR's Outstanding Reviewers in 20216
Methods for estimating the cost of treat‐and‐release emergency department visits6
Perinatal care among Hispanic birthing people: Differences by primary language and state policy environment6
Patient cognitive impairment associated with higher home health care delivery costs6
Association of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Project With Health Services Utilization and Health Outcomes Among Veterans With Elevated Psychiatric Risk5
The effects of the Veterans Health Administration's Referral Coordination Initiative on referral patterns and waiting times for specialty care5
Addressing immortal time bias in precision medicine: Practical guidance and methods development5
Effects of Medicaid coverage on receipt of tobacco dependence treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorder5
Disparities in the Use of in‐Person and Telehealth Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries in an Accountable Care Organization during COVID‐195
Patient Safety Culture or Embracing Low Intervention Evidence‐Based Care to Support Vaginal Birth: Where Should Hospitals Start?5
Collaboration strategies for bridging health, behavioral health, and social services in California's Medi‐Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program5
Enhanced Service Capacity for Severe Mental Illness: A Comparative Analysis of Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers, Community Mental Health Centers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers5
Safety‐net hospital performance under Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement5
To increase patient use of video telehealth, look to clinicians5
Understanding the Effect of Race on Medicare Advantage Enrollment5
Preventing Infant Mortality Through Medicaid‐Administered Prenatal Care Coordination: Evidence From Wisconsin5
Financial burden of care greatest among rural beneficiaries in Medicare advantage5
Travel distance and outcomes after surgical aortic valve among veterans5
Early Effects of Pathways to Success on Utilization in Traditional Medicare5
A closer look at disparities in earnings between white and minoritized dentists5
Translation and localization: Broadening health equity for indigenous practitioners5
Enrollment in Medicare is associated with fewer outpatient mental healthcare visits among those with mental health symptoms5
Association of COVID‐19 Continuous Enrollment With Self‐Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities5
Emergency unemployment benefits and health care spending during Covid5
Pharmacy switching in response to preferred pharmacy networks in Medicare Part D5
Beyond service volume: Validating the trajectories of care metric for long–term veteran referral success5
HIV Clinic Visit Attendance Among People With HIV Aged 50+ Years: Exploring the Role of Increasing Age, Comorbidity Burden, and the COVID‐19 Pandemic5
Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention5
Reimagining and reinvesting in rural hospital markets5
Evaluating Methods for Imputing Race and Ethnicity in Electronic Health Record Data5
Reinhardt lecture 2021: Health care prices as signals5
Unmasking connections: Social network analysis of a statewide social care network during the COVID–19 pandemic5
Natural language processing to identify social determinants of health in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia from electronic health records5
Participation in a Medicare advanced primary care model and the delivery of high‐value services5
Unmet needs for food, medicine, and mental health services among vulnerable older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on in‐Hospital Mortality, Access to Rehabilitation, and Readmission Rates Among Young Adult Trauma Patients4
The proverbial “What do you do?”: An evaluation of FQHC pediatrician perspective on DOH screening4
Arts–based social prescribing for holistic health: Theory and practice integration4
A comparison of patient‐reported mental health outcomes for the Department of Veterans Affairs' regional telehealth and Community Care Programs4
Variation in initial and continued use of primary, mental health, and specialty video care among Veterans4
Promising practices and pockets of excellence: Community pharmacists supporting wellness for reproductive‐age women4
From the Editors' Desk: HSR's Report on the Demographics, Education, Employment, and Publication Experiences of Our Authors, Reviewers, and Editors4
It's the Healthcare Production Function Dummy… (And Still the Prices Stupid)!4
Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries4
Postpartum long‐acting reversible contraceptive adoption after a statewide initiative4
Engaging healthcare teams to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder4
Coordination and Integration of Providers Across Sectors Improves Referrals to and Connections With Services for Clients Engaged in Home Visiting4
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A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multisite family caregiver skills training program4
Evaluation of a non‐pharmacological interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation and functional restoration program for chronic pain in veterans4
Medicaid coverage for gender‐affirming surgery: A state‐by‐state review4
Therapeutic relationships between Veterans and buprenorphine providers and effects on treatment retention4
Market dynamics of authorized generics in Medicaid from 2014 to 20204
Changes in cross‐sector collaboration between nurse home visitors and community providers in the United States: A panel survey analysis4
New evidence on the impacts of cross‐market hospital mergers on commercial prices and measures of quality4
To care for them, we need to take care of ourselves: A qualitative study on the health of home health aides4
Highlights and Areas of Inquiry in the HSR Special Issue: Social Care and the US Health Care Sector4
Prophylactic Neurokinin‐1 Receptor Antagonist Use Pre‐ and Post‐Choosing Wisely Initiative Among Women With Invasive Breast Cancer4
Maternal chronic hypertension in women veterans4
The Compounding Effect of Having HIV and a Disability on Child Mortality Among Mothers in South Africa4
Compass rose for generating community–based referrals: Best practices and lessons learned4
In defense of Direct Care: Limiting access to military hospitals could worsen quality and safety4
Abortion patients' decision making about where to obtain out‐of‐state care following Texas' 2021 abortion ban4
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Examining the extent of data available for policy planning and oversight of Medicaid managed care insurers4
A comparison of synthetic control approaches for the evaluation of policy interventions using observational data: Evaluating the impact of redesigning urgent and emergency care in Northumberland4
Addressing inpatient food insecurity: Hospital level drivers for activation4
Employment, Income, the ACA, and Health Insurance Coverage of Working‐Age Adults During the First Year of the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Reassessment4
A Bootstrap Method to Estimate Cost of Behavioral Intervention Implementation: A Proof of Concept4
Integrating adolescent patient perspective into clinical program development using a health and social needs assessment4
Evaluating hospital discharge meals on wheels program for patients with food insecurity/malnutrition risk4
Racial inequities in cesarean use among high‐ and low‐risk deliveries: An analysis of childbirth hospitalizations in New Jersey from 2000 to 20154
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's Qin‐Qio Targeted Response Intervention Associated with Reductions in COVID‐19 Incidence in Nursing Homes4
Should I stay or should I go again: Multiple switching between fee‐for‐service Medicare and Medicare advantage among older beneficiaries4
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