OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Health Systems & Reform is 3. 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
Has Strategic Purchasing Led to Improvements in Health Systems? A Narrative Review of Literature on Strategic Purchasing	25
Understanding Impacts of Online Dual Practice on Health System Performance: A Qualitative Study in China	20
Applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: Lessons from Nine African Countries	18
Introduction to the Special Issue on Global Health History and Japan	18
A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar	17
Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Indonesia: Supply Landscape, Implementation, and Future Directions	17
Does Provider Autonomy Work Well in Tanzania? Perspectives of Primary Care Facilities on Budget Execution under Direct Facility Financing and Factors Affecting Provider Autonomy in Singida Region	16
The Landscape of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: Insights from Five Major Health Financing Schemes	16
A Tale of Two Social Insurance Systems in South Korea and Taiwan: A Financial Risk Protection Perspective	15
Commercial and Social Value of Pharmaceutical Industry-led Access Programs: Conceptual Framework and Descriptive Analysis	15
Transforming the Patient-Provider Relationship Through Digitalized Peer Support in Japan	14
COVID-19 Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities in the US: An Urgent Call for Equitable and Integrated Health Systems and an All-Hazards Approach to the Next Crisis	14
Preparedness, Challenges, and Opportunities for Digital Intervention for Chronic Disease Management: A Qualitative Study in Rural Areas of South Korea	14
Rwanda’s Single Project Implementation Unit: An Effective Donor Coordination Platform in the Journey to Achieving Universal Health Coverage	13
Equitable Distribution of Poor Quality of Care? Equity in Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia	13
Strategies for Optimising Uptake of Assisted Partner Notification Services Among Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Adults at Ndirande Health Centre, Malawi	13
The Effects of Health Purchasing Reforms on Equity, Access, Quality of Care, and Financial Protection in Kenya: A Narrative Review	12
Overview of International Health in Postwar Japan	12
Amending the Law for Licensing Medical Practitioners of China in 2021: A Commentary	12
Integrating Venezuelan Migrants into the Colombian Health System during COVID-19	11
The Political Economy of the Design of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis for Prospective Action	11
Improving Access to and Coverage of Rehabilitation Services through the Implementation of Rehabilitation in Primary Health Care: A Case Study from Chile	10
Rethinking Japan’s Health System Sustainability Under the Planetary Health Framework	10
Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage	10
Improving Care for Preschool Children with Disabilities During Disasters in Japan	10

Health Reforms in Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from Kenyan Bureaucrats	9
Leveraging Digital Health Data to Transform the United Nations Systems for Palestine Refugees for the Post Pandemic Time	9
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment in South Africa—An Opportunity in National Health Insurance	9
Responses to Hospital Restrictions on Family Visits during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Mali and France	9
Rural–Urban Differences: Using Finer Geographic Classifications to Reevaluate Distance and Choice of Health Services in Malawi	9
Politics and Policies of Health Systems: Reflections on 50 Years of Observing Protests, Leaders, and Political Analysis	8
Correcting Market and Government Failures in Tackling the Global Growth of Type 2 Diabetes: Application of WHO’s Common Goods for Health Approach	8
Introduction to the Special Issue on Making Progress on Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa	8
Why Is Strategic Purchasing Critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?	8
Efficient and Effective Diabetes Care in the Era of Digitalization and Hypercompetitive Research Culture: A Focused Review in the Western Pacific Region with Malaysia as a Case Study	8
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment and Priority Setting in South Korea’s Universal Health Coverage Journey	8
Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach	8
Do Pro-Competition Healthcare Reforms Always Bring Health Benefits? Evidence from China	8
How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics	7
Challenges of Guaranteeing Access to Medicines in Mexico: Lessons from Recent Changes in Pharmaceuticals Procurement	7
Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes: Global Trends and a Better Future?	7
Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria: Exploring the Evidence on Health System and Service Delivery Improvements	7
Inclusion of Essential Universal Health Coverage Services in Essential Packages of Health Services: A Review of 45 Low- and Lower- Middle Income Countries	7
Ryoichi Sasakawa: Personal Reflections on His Life and Legacy	7
Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023)	7
Applying Mobile Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in Rural Nigeria: Experiences and Perceptions of Users and Stakeholders	6
Resilience of Primary Health Care in Ukraine: Challenges of the Pandemic and War	6
Adapting Hospital Work During COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada)	6
Introduction to the Special Issue on “Building Institutions for Priority Setting in Health”	6
Introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Health	6
SPARC the Change: What the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center Has Learned about Improving Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa	6
Qatar’s Progress in Curbing Diabetes: A Comprehensive and Proactive Approach	6
The Development of Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Perspectives and Analysis	6
Health Technology Assessment in Taiwan: Reflections of the Last Twenty Years	5
Is Performance-Based Financing A Pathway to Strategic Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Synthesis of the Evidence	5
Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review	5
The Impact of Centralized Procurement on Treatment Patterns for Myocardial Infarction and More Principled Utilization of Coronary Stents	5
Does Public Financial Management Save Life? Evidence from a Quantitative Review of PFM and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan African Countries	5
International Remittances and Women’s Reproductive Health Care: Evidence from Pakistan	5
Development Assistance for Health and the Challenge of NCDs Through the Lens of Type 2 Diabetes	5
Communication and Information Strategies Implemented by Four Hospitals in Brazil, Canada, and France to Deal with COVID-19 Healthcare-Associated Infections	4
The Associations between Member of Parliament Characteristics and Child Malnutrition and Mortality in India	4
Public Policy and Health System Responses to Diabetes Mellitus in Nigeria: A Call for Reform	4
The Role of HTA for Essential Health Benefit Package Design in Low or Middle-Income Countries	4
Battle to Survive: The Association Between Accountability and Chinese Local Government Response to COVID-19	4
How Hospitals Overcame Disruptions in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Tokyo, Japan	4
Financing and Resource Constraints Hindering the Optimal Implementation of the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines	4
Policies, Progress, and Prospects for Internet Telemedicine in China	4
Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Crisis on Migrants on the Move in Southern Africa: Implications for Policy and Practice	4
Effects of the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme (PM-JAY) on Hospitalizations, Out-of-pocket Expenditures and Catastrophic Expenditures	3
Reduction in the Treatment Gap for Breast Cancer in Mexico under Seguro Popular, 2007 to 2016	3
Trust, Care Avoidance, and Care Experiences among Kenyan Women Who Delivered during the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under Seguro Popular , 2006-2016	3
Rethinking Trust and Public Health Compliance: Introducing a Trust Continuum for Policy and Practice	3
Health Technology Assessment in China’s Health Care Sector: Development and Applications	3

Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study	3
Preface to the Special Issue by Keizo Takemi, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan	3
Is it the Right Topic? An Overlooked Stage in the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment	3
Hospital Resilience in Three COVID-19 Referral Hospitals in Brazil	3
Preface to the Special Issue by Kichiro Matsumoto, President, Japan Medical Association	3