Gary Hirsch

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Gary Hirsch is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Hirsch has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Gary Hirsch's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (10 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (7 papers). Gary Hirsch is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (10 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (7 papers). Gary Hirsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Gary Hirsch's co-authors include Jack Homer, Bobby Milstein, Ralph L. Levine, Robin Lin Miller, Edward B. Roberts, H. M. Laun, Gilbert V. Levin, Diane Orenstein, Justin G. Trogdon and Sutherland Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Public Health and Cardiovascular Research.

In The Last Decade

Gary Hirsch

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

System Dynamics Modeling for Public Health: Background and Opportunities

2006 653 citations Jack Homer, Gary Hirsch American Journal of Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary Hirsch United States	16	577	354	345	153	152	31	1.4k
Nathaniel Osgood Canada	24	464 0.8×	247 0.7×	229 0.7×	186 1.2×	236 1.6×	124	2.0k
Jack Homer United States	26	812 1.4×	550 1.6×	754 2.2×	225 1.5×	333 2.2×	63	2.7k
Kristen Hassmiller Lich United States	24	726 1.3×	332 0.9×	172 0.5×	165 1.1×	240 1.6×	166	1.9k
Bobby Milstein United States	18	1.1k 1.8×	280 0.8×	286 0.8×	221 1.4×	325 2.1×	33	2.5k
Steffen Fleßa Germany	27	742 1.3×	569 1.6×	134 0.4×	67 0.4×	251 1.7×	210	2.6k
Allan Best Canada	24	1.5k 2.6×	368 1.0×	305 0.9×	122 0.8×	418 2.8×	52	2.7k
Jahangir Khan United Kingdom	26	836 1.4×	446 1.3×	114 0.3×	176 1.2×	153 1.0×	86	2.0k
Mónica Duarte Oliveira Portugal	22	317 0.5×	332 0.9×	229 0.7×	90 0.6×	70 0.5×	72	1.3k
Kenneth Sherr United States	29	1.2k 2.0×	485 1.4×	103 0.3×	173 1.1×	281 1.8×	119	2.7k
Nicola Shaw Canada	20	518 0.9×	106 0.3×	108 0.3×	50 0.3×	295 1.9×	47	1.4k

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Sabounchi, Nasim S., David W. Lounsbury, Gary Hirsch, et al.. (2025). System dynamics modeling to inform implementation of evidence-based prevention of opioid overdose and fatality: A state-level model from the New York HEALing Communities Study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 142. 104843–104843. 1 indexed citations

Sabounchi, Nasim S., A. Ganguly, Nishita Dsouza, et al.. (2025). System dynamics modeling in support of community-based decision-making to reduce opioid overdose fatalities. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1616032–1616032. 1 indexed citations

Hirsch, Gary, et al.. (2023). Using a System Dynamics Simulation Model to Identify Leverage Points for Reducing Youth Homelessness in Connecticut. Systems. 11(3). 163–163. 1 indexed citations

Dill, Michael J. & Gary Hirsch. (2021). The Association of American Medical Colleges’ Local Area Physician Workforce Modeling Project. Academic Medicine. 96(10). 1393–1400. 3 indexed citations

Weeks, Margaret R., et al.. (2020). Simulating system dynamics of the HIV care continuum to achieve treatment as prevention. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230568–e0230568. 10 indexed citations

Milstein, Bobby, et al.. (2016). NASPAA Student Simulation Competition: Reforming the U.S. Health Care System Within a Simulated Environment. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 22(3). 363–380. 10 indexed citations

Homer, Jack, Bobby Milstein, Gary Hirsch, & Elliott S. Fisher. (2016). Combined Regional Investments Could Substantially Enhance Health System Performance And Be Financially Affordable. Health Affairs. 35(8). 1435–1443. 22 indexed citations

Edelstein, Burton L., et al.. (2015). Reducing early childhood caries in a Medicaid population. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 146(4). 224–232. 27 indexed citations

Homer, Jack, Benjamin Yarnoff, Justin G. Trogdon, et al.. (2014). Using Simulation to Compare Established and Emerging Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the United States. Preventing Chronic Disease. 11. E195–E195. 27 indexed citations

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Lounsbury, David W., et al.. (2013). Understanding social forces involved in diabetes outcomes: a systems science approach to quality-of-life research. Quality of Life Research. 23(3). 959–969. 23 indexed citations

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Fair, Jeanne M., Leslie M. Moore, Michael L. Wilson, et al.. (2012). Measuring the uncertainties of pandemic influenza. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management. 16(1/2/3). 1–1. 7 indexed citations

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Milstein, Bobby, Jack Homer, & Gary Hirsch. (2010). Analyzing National Health Reform Strategies With a Dynamic Simulation Model. American Journal of Public Health. 100(5). 811–819. 86 indexed citations

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Homer, Jack, Gary Hirsch, & Bobby Milstein. (2007). Chronic illness in a complex health economy: the perils and promises of downstream and upstream reforms. System Dynamics Review. 23(2-3). 313–343. 56 indexed citations

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Skaro, Anton, et al.. (2004). CD8 T cells mediate aortic allograft vasculopathy by direct killing and an interferon-?-dependent indirect pathway. Cardiovascular Research. 65(1). 283–291. 16 indexed citations

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Homer, Jack, et al.. (2004). Models for collaboration: how system dynamics helped a community organize cost‐effective care for chronic illness. System Dynamics Review. 20(3). 199–222. 97 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Gary, et al.. (1999). Microworlds and generic structures as resources for integrating care and improving health. System Dynamics Review. 15(3). 315–330. 26 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Gary. (1999). Physician career management: organizational strategies for the 21st century.. PubMed. 25(2). 30–5. 8 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Gary, et al.. (1976). Projecting a teaching hospitalʼs future utilization. Academic Medicine. 51(11). 937–9. 1 indexed citations

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Levin, Gilbert V., Edward B. Roberts, & Gary Hirsch. (1975). The persistent poppy: A computer-aided search for heroin policy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Gary & Sutherland Miller. (1974). Evaluating HMO Policies with a Computer Simulation Model. Medical Care. 12(8). 668–681. 15 indexed citations

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