OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Policy is 30. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	242
Editorial Board	215
Physicians’ responses to time pressure: Experimental evidence on treatment quality and documentation behaviour	138
Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary	112
Romania’s 2025 guide for health workforce attraction and retention: Bridging global strategies and local realities	73
Was priority setting included in the Canadian COVID-19 pandemic planning and preparedness? A comparative analysis of COVID-19 pandemic plans from eight provinces and three territories	71
The effect of a nighttime curfew on the spread of COVID-19	70
Are gaps in the time of submissions and approvals of new drugs between Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration related to therapeutic value? A cross-sectional study	58
Exploring the reasons behind low COVID-19 vaccination coverage in ethnic minorities–A qualitative study among Arabic-speaking public in Denmark	54
Sources of specialist physician fee variation: Evidence from Australian health insurance claims data	52
Progressivity of out-of-pocket costs under Australia's universal health care system: A national linked data study	52
Which factors influence the decision of hospitals to provide procedures on an outpatient basis? –Mixed-methods evidence from Germany	50
The ethics of behaviour-based insurance models: Solidarity-based concerns in Germany's statutory health insurance	49
Does default organ donation registration compromise autonomous choice? Public responses to a new donor registration system	47
Private provision of health services in Ukraine: A qualitative exploration of current policy challenges, and considerations for reform	45
Strategic workforce planning in health and social care – an international perspective: A scoping review	43
Assessing patients’ acceptable and realised distances to determine accessibility standards for the size of catchment areas in outpatient care	43
Evaluation of a national e-booking system for medical consultation in primary care in a universal health system	41
The analogue substitution model: Introducing competition in the absence of generic substitution in Danish hospitals	40
The launch of the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Improving global pandemic preparedness?	40
Commentary on “The learning rehabilitation system: Strengthening an intersectoral strategy to improve functioning of an ageing population” by Bickenbach et al.	40
The impact of C-level positions on hospital performance: A scoping review of top management team outcomes	37
Immigrants’ self-perceived barriers to healthcare: A systematic review of quantitative evidence in European countries	36
Should we screen for lung cancer? A 10-country analysis identifying key decision-making factors	34
Editorial Board	33

The case for individualised public health interventions: Smoking prevalence and inequalities in Northern Ireland 1985-2015	32
Could hospitals operating through a value-based healthcare policy overcome potential management drawbacks in European healthcare?	32
Regarding caregivers’ willingness to pay for digital support services: Comparative survey	31
A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants?	31
Service-, needs-, and quality-based hospital capacity planning – The evolution of a revolution in Switzerland	30
Policy innovation in voluntary hospital private health insurance: Combining risk adjustment and risk sharing in Australia	30
Inter- and intranational variation of vaccine hesitancy: a survey in Denmark and Saudi Arabia	30