OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Health Services Research is 45. 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
Comparing reproductive intentions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	282
The roles of primary care doctors in the COVID-19 pandemic: consistency and influencing factors of doctor's perception and actions and nominal definitions	209
Stakeholder views of the development of a clinical quality registry for interventional radiology: a qualitative study	194
Barriers and enablers for implementation of digital-linked diagnostics models at point-of-care in South Africa: stakeholder engagement	162
Non-communicable disease prevention in Kosovo: quantitative and qualitative assessment of uptake and barriers of an intervention for healthier lifestyles in primary healthcare	147
‘It’s about time’: policymakers’ and health practitioners’ perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system	135
Real-time evaluation and adaptation to facilitate rapid recruitment in a large, prospective cohort study	121
The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia	108
Inventory management practices: implications on the pharmaceuticals expenditure of rabies vaccine in public health facilities, Namibia	105
Barriers and facilitators of access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services among people living with HIV in Kerman, Iran: a qualitative study	104
“After all, we are all sick”: multi-stakeholder understanding of stigma associated with integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension at selected government clinics in Uganda	91
Structured Counselling and Regular Telephonic follow up to improve Referral flow and compliance in Nepal for Diabetic Retinopathy(SCREEN-D Study): a randomised controlled trial	90
“Augmenting the referral pathway for retinal services among diabetic patients at Reiyukai Eiko Masunaga Eye Hospital, Nepal: a non-randomized, pre-post intervention study”	90
Effects of the cefazolin shortage on the sales, cost, and appropriate use of other antimicrobials	88
Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial	81
An eReferral Management & Triage System for minor Oral surgery referrals from primary care dentists: a cost-effectiveness evaluation	72
Moving toward precision in prenatal evidence-based home visiting to achieve good birth outcomes: assessing the alignment of local programs with their national models	72
Chlamydia-related knowledge, opinion to opportunistic testing, and practices of providers among different sexually transmitted infections related departments in hospitals in Shenzhen city, China	71
Co-payments and equity in care: enhancing hospitalisation policy for Palestine refugees in Lebanon	71
Factors influencing inequality in government health expenditures within African regional economic communities	67
Gap analysis of diabetes-related foot disease management systems in Pacific Islands Countries and Territories	65
Readiness to deliver quality curative care for under-five children at health posts in Ethiopia	63
Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country	62
South to south collaboration: advancing quality of abortion care through health care professionals exchange program	60
Machine learning-driven prediction of medical expenses in triple-vessel PCI patients using feature selection	58

How does digital literacy affect the health status of senior citizens? Micro-level evidence from the CFPS data	56
Patients’ loyalty to primary care institutions and associated factors in China: a cross-sectional study	55
Evaluation of mobile clinics by MSF in pastoralist community in Doolo Zone, Somali region, Ethiopia	53
Patient safety culture and associated factors among health care providers in government and private hospitals, Bahir Dar City Northwest, Ethiopia, 2022: a comparative cross-sectional study	51
Practice characteristics influencing variation in provision of depression care in general practice in Norway; a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study)	51
At the junctures of healthcare: a qualitative study of primary and specialist service use by Polish migrants in England	51
Is non-conveyance solo-ambulances a useful mean to meet the increasing demand for emergency medical services in Denmark?	50
Evaluation of BASE eConsult Manitoba: patient perspectives on the use of electronic consultation to improve access to specialty advice in Manitoba	50
Operational demonstration and process evaluation of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) introduction to the public health system of Northern Province, Zambia	49
Utilization of second medical opinions as a function of the payment method	49
Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of rivaroxaban with or without aspirin compared to aspirin alone in patients with coronary and peripheral artery diseases in Iran	49
Patient safety culture in a tertiary care hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, a cross-sectional study	48
The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) embedded in the new Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool (MSST): addressing inaccuracies	47
International guidelines to inform policy development to address client violence in South Africa: an ATA-document analysis	47
The sexuality experience of stoma patients: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research	46
Matrix Support: interface between Specialty Dental Centers and primary oral health care in Brazil	46
Personal responsibility for health in Bulgarian public health law and social legislation	46
A systematic review of economic analyses of psychological interventions and therapies in health-related settings	46
Pathways to social integration among homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness: a qualitative perspective	46
Healthcare resource utilization and costs among patients with heart failure with preserved, mildly reduced, and reduced ejection fraction in Spain	45
Epidemiological disease burden and annual, nationwide health insurance treatment cost of female infertility based on real-world health insurance claims data in Hungary	45