OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Health Services Research & Policy is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Rapid evidence assessment of student-assisted assessment and brief intervention clinics: Addressing the gaps in rural and remote health care	29
What can the era of big data and big data analytics mean for health services research?	20
Job preferences of Chinese primary health care workers: A discrete choice experiment	17
The social networks of hospital staff: A realist synthesis	16
How can specialist investigation agencies inform system-wide learning for patient safety? A qualitative study of perspectives on the early years of the English Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch	16
The adverse impacts of racism and whiteness on indigenous health	15
Comparison of inpatient spending and readmission rates for patients treated by male versus female physicians in China: An observational study	14
Using arts-based research in applied health care: An example from an evaluation of NHS dental contract reform in Wales	14
Challenges of using asthma admission rates as a measure of primary care quality in children: An international comparison	14
A narrative account of the key drivers in the development of the Learning from Deaths policy	13
Has the NHS national extended access scheme delivered its policy aims? A case study of two large scale extended access providers	13
‘It has to be their choice. We need to give them options’	12
Organizing to address overtreatment in cancer care near the end of life: Evidence from Denmark	12
Care homes and primary care in England working together: A multi-method qualitative study	12
What happens when private general practitioners receive incentivisation offers from pharmaceutical sales representatives? A qualitative study in Pakistan	11
Tools for the identification of victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery in remote services: A systematic review	11
Engagement of patient and family advisors in health system redesign in Canada	11
Interrupted time series evaluation of the impact of a dementia wellbeing service on avoidable hospital admissions for people with dementia in Bristol, England	9
Age-varying effects of repeated emergency department presentations for children in Canada	9
Optimising the prescribing of drugs that may cause dependency: An evidence and gap map of systematic reviews	9
CORRECTION NOTICE “Family physician services and blood pressure control in China: A population-based retrospective cohort study”	9
Engaging health care professionals in quality improvement: A qualitative study exploring the synergies between projects of professionalisation and institutionalisation in quality improvement collabora	9
Scale and spread of innovation in health and social care: Insights from the evaluation of the New Care Model/Vanguard programme in England	8
Public perspectives on the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening: A systematic review and mixed-method integrative synthesis	8
Alleviating gender dysphoria: A qualitative study of perspectives of trans and gender diverse people	8

A pilot study examining the impact of a pragmatic process for improving the cultural responsiveness of non-Aboriginal alcohol and other drug treatment services using routinely collected data in Austra	7
Demand and willingness to pay for human papilloma virus vaccine for their daughters among mothers in Haryana, India: A contingent valuation study	7
A new children’s hospital with a larger floor space, single rooms, and V-shaped ward design: A pre–post evaluation of nurse time providing patient care and nurse, patient, and family experiences	7
Reducing inequality in avoidable emergency admissions: Case studies of local health care systems in England using a realist approach	7
Locked down or locked out? Trends in psychiatric emergency services utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Indigenous identity identification in administrative health care data globally: A scoping review	6
A patienthood that transcends the patient: An analysis of patient research partners’ narratives of involvement in a Canadian arthritis patient advisory board	6
Barriers to early detection and management of oral cancer in the Asia Pacific region	6
Assessing progress in managing and improving quality in nascent integrated care systems in England	6
Implementing patient navigator programmes within a hospital setting in Toronto, Canada: A qualitative interview study	6
Loss associated with subtractive health service change: The case of specialist cancer centralization in England	6
The appropriateness of self-care policy for urinary tract infections among women from racialised minorities and low-income households in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study	6
The role of knowledge, primary care and community engagement to improve breast-screening access for Pakistani women in the United Kingdom: A secondary analysis of a qualitative study	5
Health care utilization and costs among coordinated care patients in Southeastern Ontario: A difference-in-differences study of a double propensity score-matched cohort	5
Health care delivery of kidney transplantation to indigenous Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative interview study with clinician stakeholders	5
Variations in policies for accessing elective musculoskeletal procedures in the English National Health Service: A documentary analysis	5
Pieces of the puzzle: The opportunities and challenges of integrative learning systems for patient safety	5
Inter-organisational collaboration enabling care delivery in a specialist cancer surgery provider network: A qualitative study	5
Collaborative and integrated working between general practice and community pharmacies: A realist review of what works, for whom, and in which contexts	4
Strategies to reduce waiting times in outpatient rehabilitation services for adults with physical disabilities: A systematic literature review	4
Challenges to the delivery of clinical diabetes services in Ghana created by the COVID-19 pandemic	4
The role of collaborative governance in translating national cancer programs into network-based practices: A longitudinal case study in Canada	4
Tackling disrespect in health care: The relevance of socio-relational equality	4
Engagement in child psychiatry department appointments: An analysis of electronic medical records in one safety-net hospital in New England, USA	4
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities and implications for health services research	4
‘I wasn’t on the front line per se, but I was part of health care’: Contributions and experiences of ancillary staff in care homes in England during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
General practice managers’ motivations for skill mix change in primary care: Results from a cross-sectional survey in England	3
Towards sustainability for medical devices and consumables: The radical and incremental challenges in the technology ecosystem	3
Family physician services and blood pressure control in China: A population-based retrospective cohort study	3
Integration and impact of pharmacists in general practice internationally: A rapid review	3
Examining organization and provider challenges with the adoption of virtual domestic violence and sexual assault interventions in Alberta, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Impact of COVID-19 in mental health trusts	2
Village health worker motivation for better performance in a maternal and child health programme in Nigeria: A realist evaluation	2
Navigating the micro-politics of major system change: The implementation of Sustainability Transformation Partnerships in the English health and care system	2
Think tanks and health policy in the United Kingdom: The role of the King’s Fund	2
The experience of informal caregivers in providing patient care in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative meta-synthesis	2
Learning from the past and building for the future: Who is Journal of Health Services Research & Policy for?	2
Audit of submissions: July 2020-June 2021	2
Voluntary self-disclosed Indigenous identity of patients in four Canadian health care settings: A multiple-site qualitative case study	2
State-level heterogeneity in associations between structural stigma and individual health care access: A multilevel analysis of transgender adults in the United States	2
Immigrants’ and refugees’ experiences of access to health and social services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada	2
Audit of submissions: July 2023–June 2024	2
Trauma and resilience informed research principles and practice: A framework to improve the inclusion and experience of disadvantaged populations in health and social care research	2
‘You never know when you will need an antibiotic’: A qualitative study of structural barriers and cultural assumptions in antibiotic misuse among immigrants in the United States	2
Health care providers’ perceptions of burnout and moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study from Saskatchewan, Canada	2
Does income matter for the policy effect of public long-term care insurance on informal care use in China? A quasi-experimental study	2