Eddy van Doorslaer

29.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
228 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

Eddy van Doorslaer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Eddy van Doorslaer has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in General Health Professions, 76 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 73 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Eddy van Doorslaer's work include Global Health Care Issues (126 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (70 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (65 papers). Eddy van Doorslaer is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (126 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (70 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (65 papers). Eddy van Doorslaer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Greece and United Kingdom. Eddy van Doorslaer's co-authors include Adam Wagstaff, Owen O’Donnell, Pierella Paci, Magnus Lindelöw, Xander Koolman, Andrew M. Jones, Nanak Kakwani, Ellen Van de Poel, Naoko Watanabe and Teresa Bago d’Uva and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Eddy van Doorslaer

225 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

On the measurement of ine... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2007 1997 2007 2003 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. On the measurement of inequalities in health
    1991 1.3k citations Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →
  2. Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data: A Guide to Techniques and Their Implementation
    2007 1.3k citations Owen O’Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. World Bank Publications profile →
  3. Socioeconomic inequalities in health: Measurement, computation, and statistical inference
    1997 1.0k citations Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. profile →
  4. Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data
    2007 838 citations Owen O’Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. profile →
  5. Catastrophe and impoverishment in paying for health care: with applications to Vietnam 1993–1998
    2003 824 citations Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer Health Economics profile →
  6. On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam
    2002 769 citations Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. profile →
  7. Inequalities in access to medical care by income in developed countries
    2006 680 citations Eddy van Doorslaer profile →
  8. Explaining income‐related inequalities in doctor utilisation in Europe
    2004 536 citations Eddy van Doorslaer, Xander Koolman et al. Health Economics profile →
  9. Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data
    2006 519 citations Eddy van Doorslaer, Owen O’Donnell et al. profile →
  10. The Impact of Informal Caregiving for Older Adults on the Health of Various Types of Caregivers: A Systematic Review
    2018 269 citations Pieter Bakx, Eddy van Doorslaer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eddy van Doorslaer Netherlands 60 11.6k 7.3k 5.6k 5.4k 4.5k 228 18.7k
Adam Wagstaff United States 63 12.5k 1.1× 10.3k 1.4× 8.5k 1.5× 3.9k 0.7× 5.6k 1.3× 233 20.7k
Lucy Gilson United Kingdom 60 6.0k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 5.8k 1.0× 800 0.1× 3.5k 0.8× 249 13.0k
Ronald Andersen United States 58 14.6k 1.3× 2.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 5.6k 1.2× 255 26.4k
James Macinko United States 49 9.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.3× 1.8k 0.3× 1.9k 0.4× 4.4k 1.0× 184 14.0k
Anton E. Kunst Netherlands 79 12.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.2× 2.2k 0.4× 11.3k 2.1× 1.9k 0.4× 533 27.4k
Owen O’Donnell Netherlands 36 4.0k 0.3× 2.9k 0.4× 2.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 112 7.0k
Paula Braveman United States 60 9.1k 0.8× 826 0.1× 3.5k 0.6× 5.2k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 148 20.1k
Margaret Whitehead United Kingdom 55 6.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.2× 1.6k 0.3× 3.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 190 11.8k
Margaret E. Kruk United States 60 3.9k 0.3× 2.7k 0.4× 5.8k 1.0× 647 0.1× 2.3k 0.5× 202 11.6k
Simon Lewin Norway 63 8.5k 0.7× 883 0.1× 3.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 2.4k 0.5× 246 17.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pradhan, Menno, et al.. (2024). When the smoke gets in your lungs: short-term effects of Indonesia’s 2015 forest fires on health care use. Environmental Health. 23(1). 44–44. 1 indexed citations
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Bonfrer, Igna, et al.. (2023). Effects of performance-based capitation payment on the use of public primary health care services in Indonesia. Social Science & Medicine. 327. 115921–115921. 11 indexed citations
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García‐Gómez, Pilar, et al.. (2019). Thank goodness for stickiness: Unravelling the evolution of income-related health inequalities before and after the Great Recession in Europe. Journal of Health Economics. 70. 102259–102259. 7 indexed citations
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Baal, Pieter van, et al.. (2018). A cost‐effectiveness threshold based on the marginal returns of cardiovascular hospital spending. Health Economics. 28(1). 87–100. 41 indexed citations
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d’Uva, Teresa Bago, et al.. (2015). Who can predict their own Demise? Accuracy of Longevity Expectations by Education and Cognition. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
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Bonfrer, Igna, Ellen Van de Poel, & Eddy van Doorslaer. (2014). The effects of performance incentives on the utilization and quality of maternal and child care in Burundi. Social Science & Medicine. 123. 96–104. 85 indexed citations
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Flores, Gabriela, et al.. (2013). Financial protection of patients through compensation of providers: The impact of Health Equity Funds in Cambodia. Journal of Health Economics. 32(6). 1180–1193. 42 indexed citations
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Ourti, Tom Van, et al.. (2013). Rising inequalities in income and health in China: Who is left behind?. Journal of Health Economics. 32(6). 1214–1229. 74 indexed citations
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Koopmanschap, Marc, et al.. (2009). The Role of Disability in Explaining Long-Term Care Utilization. Medical Care. 47(11). 1156–1163. 65 indexed citations
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d’Uva, Teresa Bago, Owen O’Donnell, & Eddy van Doorslaer. (2008). Differential health reporting by education level and its impact on the measurement of health inequalities among older Europeans. International Journal of Epidemiology. 37(6). 1375–1383. 187 indexed citations
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Flores, Gabriela, Jaya Krishnakumar, Owen O’Donnell, & Eddy van Doorslaer. (2008). Coping with health-care costs: implications for the measurement of catastrophic expenditures and poverty.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 253 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Owen, Eddy van Doorslaer, Adam Wagstaff, & Magnus Lindelöw. (2007). Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data: A Guide to Techniques and Their Implementation. World Bank Publications. 1–234. 1255 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rosati, Furio C., et al.. (2005). Health Effects of Child Work: Evidence from Vietnam. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 67 indexed citations
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Wagstaff, Adam & Eddy van Doorslaer. (2001). What Makes the Personal Income Tax Progressive? A Comparative Analysis for Fifteen OECD Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Doorslaer, Eddy van. (1998). Gezondheidszorg tussen Marx en markt. 2 indexed citations
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Doorslaer, Eddy van, Adam Wagstaff, & Carol Propper. (1997). Socio-economic inequalities in health: some international comparisons. Journal of Health Economics. 16. 3 indexed citations
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Janssen, R.T.J.M., Eddy van Doorslaer, & Adam Wagstaff. (1994). Health Insurance Reform in The Netherlands: Assessing The Progressivity Consequences*. Economic and social review. 25(4). 303–320. 7 indexed citations
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Tormans, G., Pierre Van Damme, & Eddy van Doorslaer. (1994). Recommendations for Prevention of Hepatitis A Based on a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine. 1(3). 127–135. 11 indexed citations
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Doorslaer, Eddy van & L.M. Bouter. (1990). Assessing the economic burden of injuries due to accidents: methodological problems illustrated with some examples from the literature. Health Policy. 14(3). 253–265. 1 indexed citations
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Doorslaer, Eddy van, et al.. (1976). Proceedings: Mechanism of action of beta-D-xylosidase from Bacillus pumilus. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 84(1). 198–199. 1 indexed citations

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