Ruth Waitzberg

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 625 citations indexed

About

Ruth Waitzberg is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Waitzberg has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 625 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Ruth Waitzberg's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (14 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (12 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (10 papers). Ruth Waitzberg is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (14 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (12 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (10 papers). Ruth Waitzberg collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Germany and Belgium. Ruth Waitzberg's co-authors include Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli, Sherry Merkur, Nadav Davidovitch, Shuli Brammli‐Greenberg, Wilm Quentin, Erin Webb, Sherry Glied, Nachman Ash and Reinhard Busse and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, BMC Health Services Research and Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Waitzberg

26 papers receiving 612 citations

Hit Papers

Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19
    2021 184 citations Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg et al. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Waitzberg Israel 10 242 173 173 161 141 32 625
Anli Leng China 12 253 1.0× 90 0.5× 151 0.9× 91 0.6× 113 0.8× 25 577
João Victor Rocha Portugal 13 464 1.9× 177 1.0× 272 1.6× 173 1.1× 165 1.2× 29 828
Annie Wai Ling Cheung Hong Kong 11 338 1.4× 157 0.9× 223 1.3× 290 1.8× 101 0.7× 15 660
Shabnam Iezadi Iran 9 104 0.4× 155 0.9× 112 0.6× 73 0.5× 101 0.7× 29 601
Ana Rita Pedro Portugal 13 534 2.2× 168 1.0× 278 1.6× 160 1.0× 175 1.2× 37 887
Leonardo Villani Italy 13 201 0.8× 169 1.0× 174 1.0× 101 0.6× 108 0.8× 43 821
Sheryl S. Siegmund United States 8 280 1.2× 77 0.4× 314 1.8× 110 0.7× 238 1.7× 18 657
Kamal Gholipour‎ Iran 11 109 0.5× 202 1.2× 114 0.7× 87 0.5× 101 0.7× 50 669
Oluwaseyi Olulana United States 3 125 0.5× 103 0.6× 96 0.6× 73 0.5× 131 0.9× 3 480
Beatriz Rache Brazil 6 74 0.3× 111 0.6× 90 0.5× 109 0.7× 144 1.0× 7 484

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Waitzberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Waitzberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Waitzberg

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All Works

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Rosen, Bruce, et al.. (2024). The Israeli health system’s rapid responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 13(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Mitigating the regressivity of private mechanisms of financing healthcare: An Assessment of 29 countries. Health Policy. 143. 105058–105058. 1 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Health system description and assessment: a scoping review of templates for systematic analyses. Health Research Policy and Systems. 22(1). 82–82. 2 indexed citations
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Ash, Nachman, et al.. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic posed many dilemmas for policymakers, which sometimes resulted in unprecedented decision-making. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 12(1). 13–13. 3 indexed citations
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Cacace, Mirella, et al.. (2023). Coping with COVID-19: the role of hospital care structures and capacity expansion in five countries. Health Economics Policy and Law. 18(2). 186–203. 4 indexed citations
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Dubas‐Jakóbczyk, Katarzyna, Lucie Bryndová, Fidelia Cascini, et al.. (2022). Governance of academic medical centres in changing healthcare systems: An international comparison. Health Policy. 126(7). 613–618. 5 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, Wilm Quentin, Erin Webb, & Sherry Glied. (2021). The Structure and Financing of Health Care Systems Affected How Providers Coped With COVID‐19. Milbank Quarterly. 99(2). 542–564. 18 indexed citations
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Rosen, Bruce, et al.. (2021). Addressing vaccine hesitancy and access barriers to achieve persistent progress in Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 10(1). 43–43. 100 indexed citations
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Rosen, Bruce, Ruth Waitzberg, & Avi Israeli. (2021). Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 10(1). 6–6. 184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Waitzberg, Ruth, Triin Habicht, Cristina Hernández‐Quevedo, et al.. (2020). Compensating healthcare professionals for income losses and extra expenses during COVID-19. (Special Issue: COVID-19 health system response.). 26(2). 83–87. 3 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, et al.. (2020). Israel’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: tailoring measures for vulnerable cultural minority populations. International Journal for Equity in Health. 19(1). 71–71. 66 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, Andrea E. Schmidt, Miriam Blümel, et al.. (2020). Mapping variability in allocation of Long-Term Care funds across payer agencies in OECD countries. Health Policy. 124(5). 491–500. 10 indexed citations
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Waitzberg, Ruth, Andrea E. Schmidt, Miriam Blümel, & Francesco Barbabella. (2020). Mapping variability in allocation of Long-Term Care funds across payer agencies in OECD countries. European Journal of Public Health. 30(Supplement_5).
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Waitzberg, Ruth, et al.. (2019). The 2010 expansion of activity-based hospital payment in Israel: an evaluation of effects at the ward level. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 292–292. 5 indexed citations
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Brammli‐Greenberg, Shuli, Jacob Glazer, & Ruth Waitzberg. (2019). Modest risk-sharing significantly reduces health plans’ incentives for service distortion. The European Journal of Health Economics. 20(9). 1359–1374. 7 indexed citations
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Rosen, Bruce & Ruth Waitzberg. (2018). Advancing Universal Health Coverage. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Brammli‐Greenberg, Shuli, et al.. (2016). Why and how did Israel adopt activity-based hospital payment? The Procedure-Related Group incremental reform. Health Policy. 120(10). 1171–1176. 12 indexed citations
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Rosen, Bruce, Ruth Waitzberg, & Sherry Merkur. (2015). Israel: Health System Review.. PubMed. 17(6). 1–212. 148 indexed citations
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Brammli‐Greenberg, Shuli, et al.. (2014). Low-budget policy tool to empower Israeli insureds to demand their rights in the healthcare system. Health Policy. 118(3). 279–284. 12 indexed citations

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