Susan Maerki

981 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 819 citations indexed

About

Susan Maerki is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Health Information Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Maerki has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 819 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 1 paper in Health Information Management. Recurrent topics in Susan Maerki's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (8 papers), Global Health Care Issues (3 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 paper). Susan Maerki is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (8 papers), Global Health Care Issues (3 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 paper). Susan Maerki collaborates with scholars based in United States and Laos. Susan Maerki's co-authors include Harold S. Luft, Sandra Hunt, James C. Robinson, Stephen J. McPhee, Deborah W. Garnick, Glenn Melnick, John W. Molyneaux and John Peabody and has published in prestigious journals such as Medical Care, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law and Contemporary Economic Policy.

In The Last Decade

Susan Maerki

10 papers receiving 763 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

The volume-outcome relationship: practice-makes-perfect or selective-referral patterns?

1987 472 citations Harold S. Luft, Sandra Hunt et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Maerki United States	7	410	306	194	141	137	10	819
Eric Muñoz United States	16	316 0.8×	259 0.8×	262 1.4×	201 1.4×	114 0.8×	74	902
Sandra Hunt United States	7	405 1.0×	292 1.0×	306 1.6×	228 1.6×	189 1.4×	11	988
Robert Hughes United Kingdom	16	271 0.7×	255 0.8×	190 1.0×	139 1.0×	152 1.1×	47	922
P. C. Clifford United Kingdom	12	304 0.7×	340 1.1×	483 2.5×	134 1.0×	234 1.7×	33	1.3k
Susan DesHarnais United States	17	422 1.0×	442 1.4×	88 0.5×	96 0.7×	64 0.5×	37	971
Cathryn Gust United States	6	355 0.9×	240 0.8×	308 1.6×	250 1.8×	112 0.8×	6	782
Roger J. Meimban United States	11	164 0.4×	124 0.4×	138 0.7×	195 1.4×	97 0.7×	17	529
Jeff Etchason United States	11	173 0.4×	188 0.6×	222 1.1×	79 0.6×	66 0.5×	20	864
Askar Chukmaitov United States	17	364 0.9×	322 1.1×	99 0.5×	50 0.4×	87 0.6×	45	866
Lindsey A. Herrel United States	19	328 0.8×	277 0.9×	195 1.0×	80 0.6×	194 1.4×	97	968

Countries citing papers authored by Susan Maerki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan Maerki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Maerki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Susan Maerki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Susan Maerki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Susan Maerki. Susan Maerki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Melnick, Glenn & Susan Maerki. (2023). Post-COVID trends in hospital financial performance: updated data from California paint an improved but challenging picture for hospitals and commercially insured patients. Health Affairs Scholar. 1(3). qxad039–qxad039. 5 indexed citations

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Peabody, John, Susan Maerki, & John W. Molyneaux. (1996). The 1996-2000 National Health Plan in Papua New Guinea. 1 indexed citations

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Luft, Harold S., Sandra Hunt, & Susan Maerki. (1987). The volume-outcome relationship: practice-makes-perfect or selective-referral patterns?. PubMed. 22(2). 157–82. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luft, Harold S., James C. Robinson, Deborah W. Garnick, Susan Maerki, & Stephen J. McPhee. (1986). Competition among hospitals: The role of specialized clinical services. 26(3). 299–300. 11 indexed citations

5.

Maerki, Susan, Harold S. Luft, & Sandra Hunt. (1986). Selecting Categories of Patients for Regionalization. Medical Care. 24(2). 148–158. 108 indexed citations

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Luft, Harold S., et al.. (1986). The Competitive Effects of Health Maintenance Organizations: Another Look at the Evidence from Hawaii, Rochester, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 10(4). 625–658. 27 indexed citations

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Luft, Harold S., James C. Robinson, Deborah W. Garnick, Susan Maerki, & Stephen J. McPhee. (1986). The role of specialized clinical services in competition among hospitals.. PubMed. 23(1). 83–94. 131 indexed citations

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Maerki, Susan, et al.. (1985). Adverse selection in a large, multiple-option health benefits program: a case study of the California public employees' retirement system.. PubMed. 6. 197–229. 18 indexed citations

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Luft, Harold S. & Susan Maerki. (1984). COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF HOSPITALS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. Contemporary Economic Policy. 3(2). 89–102. 43 indexed citations

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Maerki, Susan, et al.. (1982). Duplicate health insurance coverage: determinants of variation across states.. PubMed. 3(4). 45–66. 3 indexed citations

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