Reinhard Busse

84.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
340 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Reinhard Busse is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Reinhard Busse has authored 340 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in General Health Professions, 157 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Reinhard Busse's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (105 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (83 papers) and Health and Medical Studies (63 papers). Reinhard Busse is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (105 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (83 papers) and Health and Medical Studies (63 papers). Reinhard Busse collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom. Reinhard Busse's co-authors include Linda H. Aiken, Anne Marie Rafferty, Miriam Blümel, Douglas M. Sloane, Walter Sermeus, Luk Bruyneel, Teresa Moreno‐Casbas, P. Anne Scott, Juha Kinnunen and Jonas Schreyögg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Reinhard Busse

320 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Nurse staffing and educat... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2014 2012 2001 2020 2013 400 800 1.2k
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. Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study
    2014 1.5k citations Reinhard Busse et al. profile →
  2. Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States
    2012 1.4k citations Reinhard Busse, Martin McKee et al. profile →
  3. Nurses’ Reports On Hospital Care In Five Countries
    2001 1.3k citations Reinhard Busse et al. profile →
  4. Case characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of 10 021 patients with COVID-19 admitted to 920 German hospitals: an observational study
    2020 459 citations Reinhard Busse et al. profile →
  5. Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study
    2013 433 citations Reinhard Busse et al. profile →
  6. Germany: Health System Review.
    2014 399 citations Reinhard Busse, Miriam Blümel PubMed profile →
  7. Diagnosis related groups in Europe: moving towards transparency, efficiency, and quality in hospitals?
    2013 371 citations Reinhard Busse, Alexander Geißler et al. PubMed profile →
  8. Nurse forecasting in Europe (RN4CAST): Rationale, design and methodology
    2011 305 citations Reinhard Busse 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
Reinhard Busse Germany 50 7.5k 3.5k 1.6k 1.5k 1.5k 340 13.0k
Walter Sermeus Belgium 50 7.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 2.8k 1.8× 1.9k 1.3× 273 13.5k
Patricia W. Stone United States 57 4.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 661 0.5× 269 10.7k
Alison Kitson Australia 51 8.7k 1.2× 891 0.3× 557 0.4× 3.0k 1.9× 749 0.5× 255 13.0k
Karen Donelan United States 47 4.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 636 0.4× 1.8k 1.1× 378 0.3× 188 9.3k
Anne Marie Rafferty United Kingdom 38 6.9k 0.9× 714 0.2× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 2.5k 1.7× 164 10.7k
Greta G. Cummings Canada 63 7.6k 1.0× 740 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.8× 252 14.1k
Sean P. Clarke United States 49 7.7k 1.0× 727 0.2× 2.4k 1.5× 905 0.6× 3.2k 2.2× 145 11.8k
Carole A. Estabrooks Canada 66 8.8k 1.2× 863 0.2× 598 0.4× 2.2k 1.4× 808 0.6× 277 12.4k
Gill Harvey Australia 43 8.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.4× 494 0.3× 2.5k 1.6× 248 0.2× 206 12.5k
Kevin Grumbach United States 52 8.2k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 3.1k 2.0× 123 0.1× 186 13.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ihle, Peter, Monika Nothacker, Udo Schneider, et al.. (2025). Selecting indicators for the measurement of low-value care using German claims data: A three-round modified Delphi panel. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0314864–e0314864.
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Geißler, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Gender health gap pre- and post-joint arthroplasty: identifying affected patient-reported health domains. International Journal for Equity in Health. 23(1). 44–44. 3 indexed citations
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Busse, Reinhard, et al.. (2024). Patient-Reported Outcome Measures as an Intervention: A Comprehensive Overview of Systematic Reviews on the Effects of Feedback. Value in Health. 27(10). 1436–1453. 6 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Helene, Sabine Fuchs, Tanja Rombey, et al.. (2023). Utilization of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: does evidence matter?. Health Research Policy and Systems. 21(1). 100–100.
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Blümel, Miriam, et al.. (2022). Assessment of health system performance in Germany: Survey‐based insights into the perspective of people with private health insurance. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 37(6). 3103–3125. 6 indexed citations
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Forman, Rebecca, Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat, Govin Permanand, et al.. (2021). Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond. Health Policy. 126(1). 1–6. 24 indexed citations
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Eckhardt, Helene, Hendrikje Lantzsch, Tanja Rombey, et al.. (2021). Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development. Implementation Science. 16(1). 94–94. 4 indexed citations
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Struckmann, Verena, Ewout van Ginneken, Thomas Czypionka, et al.. (2017). The SELFIE Framework for Integrated Care for Multi-Morbidity. Institutional Repository (IHS Vienna). 2 indexed citations
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Bond, Christine, Hanne Bruhn, Antoinette de Bont, et al.. (2016). The iMpact on practice, oUtcomes and costs of New roles for health pROfeSsionals: a study protocol for MUNROS. BMJ Open. 6(4). e010511–e010511. 12 indexed citations
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Hinrichs, Saba, Uzor C. Ogbu, Eric C. Schneider, et al.. (2014). Regulating quality and safety of health and social care. Research Portal (King's College London). 48(4). 1664–1674. 2 indexed citations
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Fleßa, Steffen, et al.. (2014). Determining the impacts of hospital cost-sharing on the uninsured near-poor households in Vietnam. International Journal for Equity in Health. 13(1). 40–40. 7 indexed citations
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Legido‐Quigley, Helena, Димитра Пантели, Josip Car, Martin McKee, & Reinhard Busse. (2013). Clinical guidelines for chronic conditions in the European Union. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 23 indexed citations
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Busse, Reinhard, et al.. (2005). Ärztliche Einstellungen gegenüber Leitlinien : Eine empirische Untersuchung In neurologischen Kliniken. Das Gesundheitswesen. 67(5). 332–341. 11 indexed citations
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Busse, Reinhard, et al.. (2005). Focus on access, primary care, health care organization. 2 indexed citations
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Garrido, Marcial Velasco & Reinhard Busse. (2004). Alemania: calidad y financiación de la asistencia en crisis. 3(1). 57–73. 1 indexed citations
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Mossialos, Elías, Richard B. Saltman, & Reinhard Busse. (2002). Regulating entrepreneurial behaviour in European health care systems. Open University Press eBooks. 92 indexed citations
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Gómez, Ana Rico & Reinhard Busse. (2000). Sistemes i reformes sanitaris a Europa. 6–16. 2 indexed citations
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Busse, Reinhard, et al.. (1998). Sentinel practices in evaluating longer periods of care: quality of life and drug therapy of terminally ill persons in Lower Saxony (Germany).. PubMed. 52 Suppl 1. 56S–60S. 3 indexed citations

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