W.G.W. Boerma

6.2k citations

88 papers · 4.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

General Health Professions top 0.2%
Economics and Econometrics top 0.5%
Epidemiology top 5%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 5%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management top 2%

Co-authors: Peter Groenewegen Dionne Kringos Jouke van der Zee Allen Hutchinson Willemijn Schäfer Madelon Kroneman Richard B. Saltman W. Devillé
Topics: Primary Care and Health Outcomes (55 papers)Healthcare Policy and Management (40 papers)Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (20 papers)
Cited by: General Health Professions Economics and Econometrics Emergency Medical Services
Journals: Social Science & Medicine Psychological Medicine Medical Care
Partner nations: Netherlands Italy United States

In The Last Decade

W.G.W. Boerma

85 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Netherlands: health system review.

2010 488 citations Willemijn Schäfer, Madelon Kroneman et al. PubMed profile →
The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions

2010 417 citations Dionne Kringos, W.G.W. Boerma et al. BMC Health Services Research profile →
Home care in Europe: a systematic literature review

2011 357 citations Nadine Genet, W.G.W. Boerma et al. BMC Health Services Research profile →
The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative study

2013 285 citations Dionne Kringos, W.G.W. Boerma et al. British Journal of General Practice profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.G.W. Boerma

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Patient Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS): Methodological Considerations of a Field Trial in Slovenia 2023 ·Slovenian Journal of Public Health ·(unknown),Candan Kendir,W.G.W. Boerma,Zalika Klemenc–Ketiš	0
2	Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries 2022 ·Primary Health Care Research & Development ·Peter Groenewegen,W.G.W. Boerma,Peter Spreeuwenberg,Bohumil Seifert,Willemijn Schäfer,Ronald Batenburg,L. van Tuyl	11
3	Communication between general practitioners and medical specialists in the referral process: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries 2020 ·BMC Family Practice ·Giacomo Scaioli,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Peter Spreeuwenberg,François Schellevis,Peter Groenewegen	34
4	Patients’ perception of communication at the interface between primary and secondary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries 2019 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Giacomo Scaioli,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Peter Spreeuwenberg,(unknown),François Schellevis,Peter Groenewegen	9
5	Primary health care in transition: Variations in service profiles of general practitioners in Estonia and in Finland between 1993 and 2012 2018 ·Health Policy ·Kaja Põlluste,Elise Kosunen,Tuomas Koskela,Kari Mattila,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Margus Lember	6
6	Experiences of adult patients using primary care services in Poland – a cross-sectional study in QUALICOPC study framework 2017 ·BMC Family Practice ·Marek Oleszczyk,(unknown),Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Adam Windak	10
7	Netherlands: Health System Review. 2016 ·PubMed ·Madelon Kroneman,W.G.W. Boerma,J. Merlijn van den Berg,Peter Groenewegen,(unknown),(unknown)	172
8	The Influence of Patient Characteristics on Healthcare-Seeking Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis of 70 Primary Care Practices in Urban-Suburban Regions in Malta 2016 ·Quality in primary care ·(unknown),(unknown),Liberato Camilleri,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma	2
9	Quality of primary health care in Poland from the perspective of the physicians providing it 2016 ·BMC Family Practice ·(unknown),Marek Oleszczyk,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Adam Windak	25
10	How patients would like to improve medical consultations: Insights from a multicentre European study 2015 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Maria Angela Mazzi,Michela Rimondini,W.G.W. Boerma,Christa Zimmermann,Jozien M. Bensing	25
11	Comparison of patients' experiences in public and private primary care clinics in Malta 2014 ·European Journal of Public Health ·(unknown),(unknown),Neville Calleja,Willemijn Schäfer,W.G.W. Boerma,Peter Groenewegen	8
12	The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative studybreakdown → 2013 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Dionne Kringos,W.G.W. Boerma,Yann Bourgueil,Thomas Cartier,Toni Dedeu,Toralf Hasvold,Allen Hutchinson,Margus Lember,Marek Oleszczyk,Danica Rotar Pavlič,Igor Švab,Paolo Tedeschi,Stefan Wilm,Andrew Wilson,Adam Windak,Jouke van der Zee,Peter Groenewegen	285
13	The manifestation of job satisfaction in doctor-patient communication; a ten-country European study. 2013 ·Jozien M. Bensing,A. van den Brink-Muinen,W.G.W. Boerma,Sandra van Dulmen	11
14	Explaining governmental involvement in home care across Europe: An international comparative study 2013 ·Health Policy ·Nadine Genet,Madelon Kroneman,W.G.W. Boerma	40
15	Political, cultural and economic foundations of primary care in Europe 2013 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Dionne Kringos,W.G.W. Boerma,Jouke van der Zee,Peter Groenewegen	39
16	Home care across Europe : current structure and future challenges 2012 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·(unknown),W.G.W. Boerma,Madelon Kroneman,A Hutchinson,Richard B. Saltman	118
17	A snapshot of the organization and provision of primary care in Turkey 2011 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Dionne Kringos,W.G.W. Boerma,Ernst Spaan,(unknown)	35
18	The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensionsbreakdown → 2010 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Dionne Kringos,W.G.W. Boerma,Allen Hutchinson,Jouke van der Zee,Peter Groenewegen	417
19	Primary care in the driver's seat? : organizational reform in European primary care 2006 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Richard B. Saltman,Ana Rico Gómez,W.G.W. Boerma	126
20	General practice in urban and rural Europe: The range of curative services 1998 ·Social Science & Medicine ·W.G.W. Boerma,Peter Groenewegen,Jouke van der Zee	43

About W.G.W. Boerma

W.G.W. Boerma is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Emergency Medical Services, having authored 88 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (55 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (40 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Health Professions (3.2k citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.8k citations) and Emergency Medical Services (299 citations). W.G.W. Boerma has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Groenewegen, Dionne Kringos, Jouke van der Zee, Allen Hutchinson, Willemijn Schäfer, Madelon Kroneman, Richard B. Saltman, W. Devillé, Ana Rico Gómez and Douglas Fleming. Their work appears in journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Psychological Medicine and Medical Care.

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