OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Israel Journal of Health Policy Research is 5. 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
Laboratory-confirmed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations: a national all ages cross-section evaluation, 2020–2024	31
When practice outpaces policy: Whatsapp use among nursing and medical staff in Israeli hospitals	30
Intellectual capability and its association with severe dental caries treatment needs in young Israeli adults: a cross-sectional record-based study	27
Medical student lifestyle counselling for non-communicable disease: impact on students’ competence and patients’ health behaviors	23
Enablers to high vaccination uptake among a disadvantaged minority population: a qualitative study of the Arab population of Israel	23
Perceptions of home hospitalization among the public and physicians in Israel: findings from surveys conducted for the Dead Sea Health Policy Conference of 2022	23
Hospitalization of injured pregnant women: a decade of data	21
Crisis management for Patient Safety Officers: lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic	17
Addressing the legal and health challenges of licensed medical cannabis users who want to travel abroad	14
The majority of opioid prescriptions in Israel between 2010 and 2020 involved a small minority of physicians and of patients: policy implications	13
Augmented reality- virtual reality wartime training of reserve prehospital teams: a pilot study	13
Pediatricians at the forefront of child mental health? A Delphi method exploration	12
Risks for re-hospitalization of persons with severe mental illness living in rehabilitation care settings	12
The median age of a city’s residents and population density influence COVID 19 mortality growth rates: policy implications	12
Reflecting on a decade of action: a review of select indicators for the Israel National Program for Active and Healthy Living–Efsharibari, 2011–2022	12
A call to readjust the Israeli school feeding program	11
Public conformism with health regulation is crumbling as COVID-19 becomes a chronic threat: Repeated Cross-sectional Studies	11
Association between parental smoking and child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Israel	10
Where, when, and how to close dialysis access gaps: incorporation of geographic information system into data-driven planning	10
Pediatric rehabilitation delivery: discussion is an antidote to disconnection and discontent	10
The COVID-19 pandemic posed many dilemmas for policymakers, which sometimes resulted in unprecedented decision-making	9
Using the Elixhauser risk adjustment model to predict outcomes among patients hospitalized in internal medicine at a large, tertiary-care hospital in Israel	9
School health services in the Southern District of Israel—between privatization and nationalization	8
Emotional resilience and sense of danger among doctors in hospitals during periods of heightened tensions and warfare in Israel	8
High out‑of‑pocket spending and financial hardship at the end of life among cancer survivors and their families	8

Improving contraceptive care for minors in Israel: practice, policy, and training gaps among OBGYNs	8
Increased rates of unattained developmental milestones among Israeli children between 2016 and 2020: a national report	8
Mediating role of social support in relations between psychological capital and subjective well-being among IDF soldiers during conflict: insights from the 2023 Gaza war	8
Attracting medical school graduates to residency programs in remotely located hospitals: the challenge lies beyond financial incentives	8
Factors associated with using disposable versus non-disposable electronic cigarettes among adults in the U.S. and Israel: a cross-sectional study with policy implications	7
Exploring client violence during home visits: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of Israeli nurses	7
Timing, extent and outcomes of public health measures in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel and a comparative analysis by socioeconomic indices	7
Healthcare policy changes in an era of health workforce shortage	6
The role of biostatistics in the response to COVID-19: a Belgian and international perspective	6
The role of models in the covid-19 pandemic	6
Timely care for age-related macular degeneration: a qualitative study among retina specialists in Israel	6
The effect of legal representation on clinical measures in involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients: a retrospective study	6
Privatization of ophthalmology: unveiling disparities in the surgical arena	6
Reasons for opposition to posthumous reproduction and prior consent: attitudes of Jewish men during the ongoing armed conflict	6
Wake-up call for recovery: a paradigm shift to address the deep crisis in Israel’s public mental health services in the shadow of October 7, 2023	6
Health insurance literacy in Israel: gaps between knowledge and use in a universal healthcare system	6
Managing healthcare for female BRCA carriers in the population screening era: developing a harmonized national policy for surveillance and risk-reduction	6
The child dental care reform in Israel - age-related patterns of uptake: 2011 to 2022	5
Exploring the role of empathy in nurses’ intention to provide disaster care: a cross-sectional study	5
People with serious mental illness are at higher risk for acute care hospitalization in Israel, 2000–2019	5
Party keepers: a significant community-based intervention for harm reduction	5
Intersecting dimensions: advanced analytical approach to school climate and injury prevention in health policy	5
Admission characteristics of patients with short term hospitalization	5
Mortality during the first four waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: March 2020–October 2021	5
Expert opinion survey on Israel’s food system: implications for food and health policies	5
Factors affecting decisions of an HMO Drug Exemptions Committee on individual patient requests for coverage of non-formulary drugs	5
Changes in trends of visits and service utilization by mental health patients in the community: a twelve-year study in Israel	5
Perceived neighborhood disadvantage and poor chronic health in Israel	5
The framework and best practices of emergency medical teams: lessons learned from Israel’s international field hospital response	5
Frailty and its association with long-term mortality among community-dwelling older adults aged 75 years and over	5
The public’s perceptions of patient safety in healthcare	5
It is all about location: the performance of urgent care centers by proximity to an emergency room in a general hospital	5