OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Systems & Reform 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Has Strategic Purchasing Led to Improvements in Health Systems? A Narrative Review of Literature on Strategic Purchasing	22
Understanding Impacts of Online Dual Practice on Health System Performance: A Qualitative Study in China	17
A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar	16
Applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: Lessons from Nine African Countries	15
Introduction to the Special Issue on Global Health History and Japan	15
Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Indonesia: Supply Landscape, Implementation, and Future Directions	15
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	13
A Tale of Two Social Insurance Systems in South Korea and Taiwan: A Financial Risk Protection Perspective	13
The Landscape of Strategic Health Purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: Insights from Five Major Health Financing Schemes	12
Commercial and Social Value of Pharmaceutical Industry-led Access Programs: Conceptual Framework and Descriptive Analysis	12
Transforming the Patient-Provider Relationship Through Digitalized Peer Support in Japan	11
Preparedness, Challenges, and Opportunities for Digital Intervention for Chronic Disease Management: A Qualitative Study in Rural Areas of South Korea	11
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	11
Overview of International Health in Postwar Japan	10
Strategies for Optimising Uptake of Assisted Partner Notification Services Among Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Adults at Ndirande Health Centre, Malawi	10
Rwanda’s Single Project Implementation Unit: An Effective Donor Coordination Platform in the Journey to Achieving Universal Health Coverage	9
Equitable Distribution of Poor Quality of Care? Equity in Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia	9
Improving Care for Preschool Children with Disabilities During Disasters in Japan	8
Rethinking Japan’s Health System Sustainability Under the Planetary Health Framework	8
Amending the Law for Licensing Medical Practitioners of China in 2021: A Commentary	8
Integrating Venezuelan Migrants into the Colombian Health System during COVID-19	8
The Political Economy of the Design of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis for Prospective Action	8
The Effects of Health Purchasing Reforms on Equity, Access, Quality of Care, and Financial Protection in Kenya: A Narrative Review	8
Leveraging Digital Health Data to Transform the United Nations Systems for Palestine Refugees for the Post Pandemic Time	7
Responses to Hospital Restrictions on Family Visits during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Mali and France	7

Rural–Urban Differences: Using Finer Geographic Classifications to Reevaluate Distance and Choice of Health Services in Malawi	7
Improving Access to and Coverage of Rehabilitation Services through the Implementation of Rehabilitation in Primary Health Care: A Case Study from Chile	7
Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage	7
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment in South Africa—An Opportunity in National Health Insurance	6
Health Reforms in Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from Kenyan Bureaucrats	6
Politics and Policies of Health Systems: Reflections on 50 Years of Observing Protests, Leaders, and Political Analysis	6
Institutionalizing Health Technology Assessment and Priority Setting in South Korea’s Universal Health Coverage Journey	6
Why Is Strategic Purchasing Critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?	6
Challenges of Guaranteeing Access to Medicines in Mexico: Lessons from Recent Changes in Pharmaceuticals Procurement	5
How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics	5
Do Pro-Competition Healthcare Reforms Always Bring Health Benefits? Evidence from China	5
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	5
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)	5
Introduction to the Special Issue on Making Progress on Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa	5
Lessons Learned from Field Experiences on Hospitals’ Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Approach	5
Inclusion of Essential Universal Health Coverage Services in Essential Packages of Health Services: A Review of 45 Low- and Lower- Middle Income Countries	5
Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes: Global Trends and a Better Future?	5