OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Affairs is 49. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate	591
Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US	541
Disparities In Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients In A Large Health Care System In California	462
The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States	362
COVID-19 And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Risk, Employment, And Household Composition	318
Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update	282
Variation In Telemedicine Use And Outpatient Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States	280
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling	268
The Potential Health Care Costs And Resource Use Associated With COVID-19 In The United States	264
Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care	213
Self-Isolation Compliance In The COVID-19 Era Influenced By Compensation: Findings From A Recent Survey In Israel	185
Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic	180
Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Rates In Massachusetts	163
Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy	153
Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy	148
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record	141
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Children’s Neighborhoods: Evidence From The New Child Opportunity Index 2.0	139
Clinical Outcomes Of A COVID-19 Vaccine: Implementation Over Efficacy	138
Incarceration And Its Disseminations: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons From Chicago’s Cook County Jail	134
Disparities In Telehealth Use Among California Patients With Limited English Proficiency	128
High Nursing Staff Turnover In Nursing Homes Offers Important Quality Information	123
National Health Care Spending In 2019: Steady Growth For The Fourth Consecutive Year	114
Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults	112
Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy	105
Staying Connected In The COVID-19 Pandemic: Telehealth At The Largest Safety-Net System In The United States	102

Racial/Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Exposure Risk, Testing, And Cases At The Subcounty Level In California	102
Estimating The Infection Fatality Rate Among Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases In The United States	88
Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States	83
Impact Of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act On Obesity Trends	82
Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences	76
Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008–17	75
COVID-19 Vaccine To Vaccination: Why Leaders Must Invest In Delivery Strategies Now	74
Critical Care And Emergency Department Response At The Epicenter Of The COVID-19 Pandemic	73
Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations	70
Spreading Fear: The Announcement Of The Public Charge Rule Reduced Enrollment In Child Safety-Net Programs	68
COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve In The United States	65
Primary Care Practice Finances In The United States Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic	62
Consolidation Of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016–18	61
National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic	61
Addressing Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The Use Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder	61
‘I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians’ Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities	60
Staffing Up For The Surge: Expanding The New York City Public Hospital Workforce During The COVID-19 Pandemic	59
Fewer Pharmacies In Black And Hispanic/Latino Neighborhoods Compared With White Or Diverse Neighborhoods, 2007–15	59
Neighborhood Racial And Economic Polarization, Hospital Of Delivery, And Severe Maternal Morbidity	59
The COVID-19 Innovation System	58
Return On Investment From Immunization Against 10 Pathogens In 94 Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011–30	58
Racial Disparities In Excess All-Cause Mortality During The Early COVID-19 Pandemic Varied Substantially Across States	57
Growth In Medicare Advantage Greatest Among Black And Hispanic Enrollees	55
Nurse Employment During The First Fifteen Months Of The COVID-19 Pandemic	51
US Physicians’ Knowledge About The Americans With Disabilities Act And Accommodation Of Patients With Disability	49
Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes	49