OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Health Services Research is 51. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Health care providers’ perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi	359
The impact of direct health facility financing on MNCH service provision: results from a comparative, before-after study in Pwani Region, Tanzania	320
A scoping review on implementation processes and outcomes of models of care for low back pain in primary healthcare	294
Impact of early death recording on international comparison of acute myocardial infarction mortality – administrative hospital data study using the example of Germany and the United States	232
Registered nurse case managers’ work experiences with a person-centered collaborative healthcare model: an interview study	228
Investigating the quality of hemovigilance process using the first two steps of Six Sigma model: a cross-sectional study	206
Health expenditure trajectory and gastric cancer incidence in the National Health Insurance Senior Cohort: a nested case-control study	184
Exploring the use of body worn cameras in acute mental health wards: a mixed-method evaluation of a pilot intervention	183
“Syndemic moral distress”: sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics	167
Completeness of medication information in admission notes from emergency departments	120
How are fast tracks organized in adult and pediatric emergency departments in Switzerland? A cross-sectional survey	103
The impact of clinical pharmacist-physician communication on reducing drug-related problems: a mixed study design in a tertiary teaching Hospital in Xinjiang, China	102
The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia	102
Correction: Organizational resilience in healthcare: a review and descriptive narrative synthesis of approaches to resilience measurement and assessment in empirical studies	96
Correction: Do health professionals’ attitudes towards alcohol use matter for alcohol prevention efforts? Results from the WIRUS-OHS study	87
Correction: Differences in medical costs among urban lung cancer patients with different health insurance schemes: a retrospective study	87
Variations in out-of-pocket spending and factors influencing catastrophic health expenditure of households with patients suffering from chronic conditions in four districts in Sri Lanka	87
Correction: The complexity of leadership in coproduction practices: a guiding framework based on a systematic literature review	85
Enhancing the value of the oncology thoracic surgery care pathway: a TDABC and ABC analysis	84
Collaborative approaches to health education: perspectives of parents and teachers on self-care and managing common health issues in UK primary schools	82
Health professionals’ preferences with the use of pegfilgrastim on-body injector at oncology centers in 8 cities in Colombia	82
Service availability and readiness of tuberculosis units’ clinics to manage diabetes mellitus in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo	77
Which questionnaires can be used to elicit patients’ preferences regarding patient-provider consultations? Results of a scoping review	76
Effect of an educational intervention for telephone triage nurses on out-of-hours attendance: a pragmatic randomized controlled study	75
Accessibility and difficulties of COVID-19-related healthcare services for Vietnamese migrants in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey	73

Effectiveness- and cost effectiveness of a structured method for systematic and integrated occupational safety and health and patient safety management systems (SIOHPS) – a study protocol for a pragma	71
Healthcare workers’ perceptions of how eHealth applications can support self-care for patients undergoing planned major surgery	70
Cost-effectiveness analysis of rituximab versus natalizumab in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis	69
Determinants of respectful maternity care among women who gave childbirth in Southern Ethiopia	67
Pathways to social integration among homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness: a qualitative perspective	66
Non-uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and reasons for non-uptake among healthcare workers in Uganda: a cross-sectional study	66
Development and validation of a patient experience assessment questionnaire for evaluating hospital care in Iran	65
COVID-19-related sickness absence among 4,721 NHS staff in England and its relation with long COVID symptoms: findings from NHS CHECK	64
Acceptability and feasibility of HIV recent infection surveillance by healthcare workers using a rapid test for recent infection at HIV testing sites — Malawi, 2019	64
Electronic discharge summary design: a step towards electronic health record ophthalmology patients	64
“Where will we find them?” They are just like droppings	64
How do staff work in NHS hospital operations management meetings to support resilience in everyday service delivery? A qualitative study	64
Consensus from an expert panel on how to identify and support food insecurity during pregnancy: A modified Delphi study	61
Values of welfare technologies: a qualitative study of how employees in Swedish care for older adults understand and justify the use of new technology	60
Assessing employee silence about patient safety and its association with environmental factors among nurses in Ardabil: a cross-sectional study	59
The direct cost incurred by patients and caregivers in diagnosing and managing prostate cancer in Ghana	58
Considerations, barriers and enablers of deprescribing among healthcare professionals in Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey	58
Pilot implementation study of a web-based men’s health screening app in primary care during COVID-19: a mixed-methods approach	57
Healthcare utilisation among people living with sickle cell disease in the Upper West Region of Ghana	57
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on non-communicable diseases care and service deliveries in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review	56
BLS competency of doctors and nurses serving during the war in Gaza: insights from a cross-sectional study	55
Exploring what works well and less well in a community-based drop-in hub providing health and wellbeing services for people experiencing homelessness: a participatory action evaluation of service coor	55
Feasibility, utility, usability and acceptance of a multimodal telemonitoring for COVID-19 patients in general practitioners practices in Germany: a mixed methods study with patients	54
Structural validation of two person-centred practice inventories PCPI-S and PCPI-C - French version	54
Supporting menstrual health in homeless services: provider-informed strategies for multilevel change	54
The managerial role of healthcare professionals in public hospitals: a time-driven analysis of their activities	52
Looking back to inform the future: a review of published paramedicine research	51
Development and initial evaluation of a digital service package for community-dwelling older females with pelvic floor dysfunction	51
Reablement – relevant factors for implementation: an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study design	51