OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Policy and Planning is 0. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Job preferences and trade-offs in rural health workforce retention: a discrete choice experiment from western China	8
Power, interests, and maternal health care: a political economy analysis of service delivery redesign in Kenya	4
Economic burden of depressive disorders and HIV for people living with HIV in Uganda	4
The effect of an educational campaign on contraception seeking in Northern Nigeria: an interrupted time series analysis using routine health information system data	3
Governing health through security in the Philippines: a realist analysis	2
Privatization of maternal care and women’s access to quality healthcare: a case study on middlemen in Bangladesh	2
Trends and patterns of inequality in modern contraceptive use in urban and rural India: are family planning programmes increasingly reaching the marginalized?	2
Adolescent mental, sexual, and reproductive health in Ghana: a stakeholder analysis of actors’ influence over policy formulation and implementation	2
One size does not fit all: income-sensitive thresholds for catastrophic health expenditure	2
Correction to: Governing health through security in the Philippines: a realist analysis	2
The impact of official development assistance for health on health outcomes: a rapid systematic review	2
Integrating systems and implementation science in modeling and evaluating complex health interventions: methodological reflections from service delivery redesign in Kakamega, Kenya	1
New health taxes in Ghana: a qualitative study exploring potential public support	1
‘Honouring the storyteller’: the potential of Playback Theatre in health policy and systems research	1
Gender-based violence policies and practices in humanitarian settings: a qualitative policy analysis, North Ethiopia	1
Can co-designing interventions with affected communities help prevent violence against women? Findings from a process evaluation of the E le Saua le Alofa	1
Untangling the complex web of alcohol policy needs and potential solutions in Brazil: evidence from civil society and political stakeholders	1
How are health capital and income inequality linked? Analysis of the 2012–2018 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey	1
Willingness to pay for assisted reproductive technologies among individuals with infertility in China	1
Out of focus: limited representation of men’s health needs in regional and global sexual and reproductive health policy	1
A narrative review on cost considerations in early intervention for deaf and/or hard-of-hearing children in Africa	1
Towards a coherent global health architecture: perspectives on integrating global health security and universal health coverage through diplomacy and governance reforms	1
How effective are community health workers in managing and preventing perinatal depression in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of quantitative evidence	1
Obituary: Prof. J. Patrick Vaughan, CBE, founding editor of “Health Policy and Planning”	1
The effect of performance-based financing interventions on health worker motivation and job satisfaction: experimental evidence from six national pilots	1

Building sustainable public health data science and informatics capacity: possibilities for Eastern Europe and Central Asia	1
Crises and complexity: how can we make health interventions succeed?	1
Responsibility without autonomy: exploring the emergence of distributed leadership in a district hospital of the Western Cape province, South Africa	1
Enrollment or dropout: dynamics of social health insurance participation among Chinese children and their impact on health service utilization and medical expenses	1
Dynamic and heterogeneous impacts of granting and revoking elective c-section rights in São Paulo	0
Multi-actor collaborations in primary health care implementation: a Social Network Analysis of the primary health care strategy in Ghana	0
How to (or how not to)…Enhance equity in the conduct of global health research: dimensions and directions for organizations	0
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Health Policy and Planning	0
What affects the performance of hospital financing interventions in low and lower-middle income countries from the program design and implementation perspective? A scoping review	0
Measuring and assessing corruption in public health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of methods	0
Facilitators and barriers of public–private partnerships for universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	0
Conditional cash incentives, community health workers, and continuum of maternal and child healthcare: evidence from India	0
Understanding the financial hardships faced by TB and HIV patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Indonesia	0
Enhancing the well-being of the elderly: evidence from China on the role of health investment	0
The pervasiveness of racism in healthcare facilities in Latin America: A scoping review	0
Reducing extreme heat impacts on health in pregnant women and infants: a community based intervention in Kilifi, Kenya	0
An integrated rehabilitation workforce within secondary healthcare in Pakistan: a qualitative study with physiotherapists	0
Building climate resilient healthcare systems: lessons from Thailand	0
Aid cut, lives lost: estimating the impact of USAID’s withdrawal on maternal mortality in six African countries	0
Barriers to raising taxes on tobacco products in Uganda: a political economy analysis	0
How to do (or not to do)… asset mapping in community health	0
Tailored video-based lifestyle intervention for overweight or obese adults in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial	0
Determinants of distress financing for healthcare service utilization: a convergent mixed-method study at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia	0
Correction to: Can medical consortiums bridge the gap in health inequity in China? A propensity score matching analysis	0
Pain, policy, and the opioid dilemma in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of access, regulation, and health governance from 1990 to 2024	0
Assessing the costs of antenatal care in Eastern Ethiopia: implications for improving the free maternity services policy	0
Decolonizing global health in an age of fragmentation: reimagining equity for universal health coverage	0
Pathways of change for essential newborn care practices and health care seeking: a process evaluation of Mamás del Río, a community-based, maternal and neonatal health intervention in the Peruvian Ama	0
Understanding determinants of parental HPV vaccine hesitancy under a municipal free vaccination program in Guangzhou, China	0
Surgical indicators for obstetrics and family planning in routine health information systems: a landscape analysis	0
Cervical cancer prevention and control in Nigeria: mapping and review of policies	0
Health system response and recovery in Ukraine after 3 years of war: perspectives of front-line communities and internally displaced persons	0
Assessing the cost implications of integrating and scaling up HIV services for key populations in Kenya and Malawi	0
Remittances, political economy and public health expenditure: evidence from Africa	0
Local level health governance strengthening for universal health coverage: implementing the Bayang Malusog-Municipal Leadership Development Program in Aklan, Philippines	0
Operationalizing multisector partnerships: a Theory of Action and Reflection tool for zoonotic influenzas	0
Impact of the Family Doctor Contracting System on unmet healthcare needs in Shandong Province, China	0
Expert stakeholders on the role of qualitative research in World Health Organisation guidelines	0
State-church partnerships as an innovative strategy in healthcare delivery for universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	0
Beyond evidence: how actor dynamics and power shape knowledge translation for health policy in Kenya	0
Advancing health policy and systems research and analysis: new frontiers, renewed relevance	0
Cost-effectiveness analysis of vitamin A supplementation delivery modalities in the DRC, Togo, and Niger: informing sustainable program design	0
Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being—an integral part of the climate change agenda	0
Stakeholder perceptions of political and economic factors influencing vaccination in two States with a high burden of zero-dose children in Nigeria	0
Health policy and planning-thank you to reviewers	0
Managing public–private partnerships for health diagnostics: challenges and strategies	0
Community care policy at the intersection of HIV and unemployment crises in South Africa: paradoxes and paradigms	0
Government-led scale-up of task-shifted mental health services in Lagos State, Nigeria: a mixed-methods descriptive–explanatory case study	0
Older adults’ experiences of health seeking in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative studies	0
Integration of complementary and alternative medicine in the Indian health system: how the state inadvertently undermines policy implementation	0

Sustaining health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: public–private partnerships in a new era of reduced donor funding	0
Public policies addressing unhealthy diets in the South-East Asia region: identifying and countering the arguments that undermine policy implementation	0
Time to fully account for cost in monitoring financial protection and universal health coverage in low- and middle-income settings	0
Context and generalizability in health policy and systems research: a plea for an integrative praxis of theorizing	0
Assessing the progress in implementing population-based policies to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2010–2024	0
WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep for children under 5: a qualitative study of Mongolian stakeholder perceptions	0
Gavi's Zero-Dose Learning Hubs: enhanced approach for evidence generation and use from local to global	0
Enhancing health system efficiency in China: considering the interaction between use of primary care and the demand for secondary and tertiary care	0
Effect of continuity of care on medical expenditures for hypertensive patients in high-altitude areas of China	0
Bridging care hierarchies through regional global budget payment: evidence from county medical communities in Zhejiang Province, China	0
International price comparisons for national price-negotiated drugs in China: a cross-regional analysis	0
Primary health care–oriented reforms: the political economy dynamics underlying health-system shifts across nine countries	0
Improving medication availability through mobile wallets and pooled community funds: results from the MoPuleesa hypertension intervention in rural Uganda	0
Health systems resilience and private for-profit sector engagement: lessons from the second COVID-19 wave in Uttar Pradesh, India	0
The political economy of adolescent mental health in Kenya	0
The impacts of removing pharmaceutical co-payments for chronic conditions at primary care level: a pilot study in rural China	0
Newborn technology use in low-resource settings: the role of health professionals’ communication in implementation	0
Macroeconomic fluctuations and the prioritization of healthcare funding by local governments: longitudinal evidence from 5461 Brazilian municipalities	0
Condom use prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic among female sex workers in Dakar, Senegal: a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis	0
Intervention co-design to reduce the impact of heat exposure on pregnant and postpartum women and newborns in Burkina Faso	0
Overcoming barriers to pediatric intensive care in low-resource settings: an institutional experience from Northeast India	0
Applying a gender and equity matrix for a contextualized antimicrobial stewardship intervention in Pakistan	0
Examining supplier-induced demand under regulated fees: dynamic panel evidence from Iran	0
Identifying the ‘real cause of death’: the complexities of maternal death reviews in Tanzania	0
Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures in older Mexican people based on their social security status	0
Script Shift: South African pharmacists’ knowledge and perspectives of e-prescribing	0
Informal health care providers in Nigerian slums: perspectives on how to link them with the formal health system	0
Using mHealth to provide sexual and reproductive health services to young people in rural Ghana: health care providers’ perspectives	0
Self-reported job histories: potential value of the method in health policy and systems research	0
Toward a common lexicon in gender analysis for global health programs and policies	0
Health impact of alcohol regulatory interventions: a systematic review of policies in low- and middle-income countries	0
Nursing student training as a novel approach to increasing community-based access to contraception in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: evaluation of outcomes	0
Can medical consortiums bridge the gap in health inequity in China? A propensity score matching analysis	0
Strengthening Data-Driven Primary Health Care Delivery in Rajasthan, India	0
How much can healthier diets reduce future economic and human costs? Results from Ethiopia and the Philippines	0
Self-care and health seeking for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia	0
Integrating eye health into a child health policy in Tanzania: global and national influences	0
Impact of integrated care models on inpatient costs and health services efficiency: evidence from a difference-in-differences analysis in China	0
Psychological constructs and preferences for a complementary inclusive health insurance: a hybrid choice model	0
Partial pictures: what routine health data can and cannot tell us about the quality of maternal and neonatal health services in Tanzania	0
Strengthening health research capacity for postgraduate trainees: an indigenous realist evaluation of the ‘African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence’ programme	0
Protecting unaccompanied migrant youth in transit through Mexico: frontline perspectives on appropriate policy implementation	0
Justice at the interface: advancing community and health system resilience through intersectionality theory	0
Understanding disruption in the social contract between the medical profession and society in India: a tale of mismatched expectations?	0
Understanding the role of ‘software’ in health system capacity for non-communicable disease response: hypertension care in rural Coastal Kenya	0
Identifying community pharmacists’ preferences for attributes of public health interventions in Kenya: a discrete choice experiment	0
Survive and Thrive in Brazil: Estimating the Impact of the Boa Vista Early Childhood Program	0
Understanding the formulation of non-communicable disease policies in Nepal: a qualitative study	0
A digital adaptation of the WHO’s Self-Help Plus psychological intervention to alleviate stress among community health workers: a mixed-methods evaluation of the SAMBHAV program in rural India	0
Understanding what factors influence community health worker involvement in hypertension service delivery in Kenya: applying a community health system lens	0
Expanding budget space to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what role for tax expenditures?	0
Health professionals’ knowledge and understanding of inclusion health: a systematic literature review	0
How policy entrepreneurs solve local health problems in the global South: an exploratory study	0
Primary health care networks and impacts in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	0
The economic cost of outpatient primary care of adults with multimorbidity (HIV, diabetes, and hypertension) in rural South Africa	0