Rahab Mbau

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 678 citations indexed

About

Rahab Mbau is a scholar working on Finance, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahab Mbau has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 678 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Finance, 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Rahab Mbau's work include Healthcare Systems and Reforms (12 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (6 papers). Rahab Mbau is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Reforms (12 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (6 papers). Rahab Mbau collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Kenya and South Africa. Rahab Mbau's co-authors include Edwine Barasa, Lucy Gilson, Evelyn Kabia, Kara Hanson, Sassy Molyneux, Ayako Honda, Charles Normand, Julie Jemutai, Benjamin Tsofa and Anita Musiega and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMC Health Services Research and Health Policy and Planning.

In The Last Decade

Rahab Mbau

15 papers receiving 659 citations

Hit Papers

What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systemat... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience
    2018 410 citations Edwine Barasa, Rahab Mbau et al. International Journal of Health Policy and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rahab Mbau United Kingdom 9 201 194 187 169 159 15 678
Federica Angeli Netherlands 18 84 0.4× 253 1.3× 144 0.8× 117 0.7× 152 1.0× 55 962
Stephen L. Walston United States 13 72 0.4× 325 1.7× 200 1.1× 74 0.4× 29 0.2× 33 855
Sarah Myers United Kingdom 15 1.3k 6.5× 143 0.7× 441 2.4× 342 2.0× 107 0.7× 40 2.5k
Ben Ramalingam United Kingdom 9 70 0.3× 92 0.5× 64 0.3× 40 0.2× 40 0.3× 21 421
Viola Burau Denmark 20 82 0.4× 568 2.9× 228 1.2× 30 0.2× 39 0.2× 83 1.0k
Patience Aseweh Abor Ghana 12 101 0.5× 155 0.8× 56 0.3× 37 0.2× 161 1.0× 36 490
Amir Ashkan Nasiripour Iran 12 43 0.2× 165 0.9× 74 0.4× 33 0.2× 26 0.2× 119 452
Philip Rocco United States 19 81 0.4× 307 1.6× 216 1.2× 48 0.3× 12 0.1× 59 944
Len M. Nichols United States 20 98 0.5× 833 4.3× 860 4.6× 85 0.5× 24 0.2× 75 1.3k
Omid Barati Iran 11 70 0.3× 98 0.5× 91 0.5× 58 0.3× 33 0.2× 49 335

Countries citing papers authored by Rahab Mbau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rahab Mbau

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahab Mbau

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Mbau, Rahab, Anna Vassall, Lucy Gilson, & Edwine Barasa. (2023). Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review. Health Systems & Reform. 9(3). 2360315–2360315. 2 indexed citations
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Barasa, Edwine, Kalipso Chalkidou, Lumbwe Chola, et al.. (2023). International Partnerships to Develop Evidence-informed Priority Setting Institutions: Ten Years of Experience from the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). Health Systems & Reform. 9(3). 2330112–2330112. 1 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Anna Vassall, Lucy Gilson, & Edwine Barasa. (2023). Factors influencing institutionalization of health technology assessment in Kenya. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 681–681. 5 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Kathryn Oliver, Anna Vassall, Lucy Gilson, & Edwine Barasa. (2022). A qualitative evaluation of priority-setting by the Health Benefits Package Advisory Panel in Kenya. Health Policy and Planning. 38(1). 49–60. 1 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Anita Musiega, Benjamin Tsofa, et al.. (2022). Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 21(2). 205–224. 56 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Anita Musiega, Benjamin Tsofa, et al.. (2022). Analysing the Efficiency of National and Sub-national health systems - A Systematic Review of Literature. Research Square. 4 indexed citations
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Barasa, Edwine, Inke Mathauer, Evelyn Kabia, et al.. (2021). How do healthcare providers respond to multiple funding flows? A conceptual framework and options to align them. Health Policy and Planning. 36(6). 861–868. 12 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Julie Jemutai, Anita Musiega, et al.. (2021). Examining health sector stakeholder perceptions on the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(12). e0000077–e0000077. 16 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Evelyn Kabia, Ayako Honda, Kara Hanson, & Edwine Barasa. (2020). Examining purchasing reforms towards universal health coverage by the National Hospital Insurance Fund in Kenya. International Journal for Equity in Health. 19(1). 19–19. 48 indexed citations
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Kabia, Evelyn, Rahab Mbau, Robinson Oyando, et al.. (2019). “We are called the et cetera”: experiences of the poor with health financing reforms that target them in Kenya. International Journal for Equity in Health. 18(1). 98–98. 37 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab, Edwine Barasa, Kenneth Munge, et al.. (2018). A critical analysis of health care purchasing arrangements inKenya:Acase study of the county departments of health. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 33(4). 1159–1177. 26 indexed citations
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Barasa, Edwine, Rahab Mbau, & Lucy Gilson. (2018). What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 7(6). 491–503. 410 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kabia, Evelyn, Rahab Mbau, Kui Muraya, et al.. (2018). How do gender and disability influence the ability of the poor to benefit from pro-poor health financing policies in Kenya? An intersectional analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health. 17(1). 149–149. 36 indexed citations
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Mbau, Rahab & Lucy Gilson. (2018). Influence of organisational culture on the implementation of health sector reforms in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative interpretive review. Global Health Action. 11(1). 1462579–1462579. 20 indexed citations

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