Impact Factor
3.33
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
3.13
266 total citations
h5-index
23
h5 depth signal
Cited share
75.0%
63 of 84
Total citations
266
Citation footprint
Metric signal
3.77
External metric anchor
Self-citation
2.3%
6 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
483
Netherlands
18
Australia
9
Canada
8
United Kingdom
5
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
362
Healthcare Policy
268
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
74
Palliative Care
52
Economics
35
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,461
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
84
63 cited publications
Last 12 months
51
4.3 publications/month
Open access share
41.2%
21 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
483 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
362 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v52n1, Mar. 1995-
v52n1, Mar. 1995-
v52n1, 1995-1999
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Healthcare Policy
Broad Categories
Health Services Research
Patient Care
MeSH Descriptors
Delivery of Health Care
Economics, Medical
Health Services Research
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/10775587261484427
Open DOI
Hospital Bypass Among Rural Obstetric Patients With Commercial Health Insurance
Hospital bypass by rural obstetric patients contributes to low patient volumes at rural hospitals, limiting revenues and eroding the viability of the obstetric service line. Bypass by commercially insured patients is particularly concern...
02
DOI 10.1177/10775587261486596
Open DOI
Multiple Jobholding and Earnings Differences Among Direct Care Workers
While the aging population increasingly relies on direct care workers—personal care aides, home health aides, and nursing assistants—insufficient income drives many of these workers to acquire second jobs. Using the Survey of Income and ...
03
DOI 10.1177/10775587261486590
Open DOI
Health Care Expenditures and Cost-Sharing Before and After Long COVID: Three-Year Evidence From a Statewide Multi-Payer Cohort
The objective of this study was to quantify expenditures for long COVID (LC) before/after diagnosis and compare 3-year trajectories with similar patients without LC in claims. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using Colorado All...
04
DOI 10.1177/10775587261484437
Open DOI
Insurance Coverage Disruptions and Associated Access and Utilization, 2008 to 2022
U.S. nonelderly adults rely on a patchwork of private and public sources for health insurance. Without universal coverage, changes in employment, income, and public policy can increase individuals’ risk of coverage disruptions. Using dat...
05
DOI 10.1177/10775587261485642
Open DOI
Cost-Sharing and Long Episodes of Care: The Impact of Timing of Pregnancy and Delivery on Out-of-Pocket Spending
Affordability of maternity care for commercially insured people is a significant policy challenge. Health insurance plan deductibles and coinsurance percentages typically apply uniformly to individuals for a 12-month “health plan year.” ...
06
DOI 10.1177/10775587261469029
Open DOI
Community Characteristics Associated With Health System Penetration
Health systems have become a dominant form of health care organization in the United States, yet little is known about how their presence varies across communities. This study examined the association between the community-level characte...
07
DOI 10.1177/10775587261472541
Open DOI
Health Care Merger Enforcement in the 2020s: Policy Changes and Enforcement Continuity
We evaluate U.S. merger enforcement in the 2020s with a focus on health care merger enforcement under the Biden Administration and the surrounding Trump Administrations. Although federal policymakers across administrations have signaled ...
08
DOI 10.1177/10775587261477554
Open DOI
The Relationship Between Physician Organization and Health Care Use in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Publicly funded insurance programs increasingly rely on private health plans to manage care, and physicians have organized into larger groups, many of which are owned by hospitals or health care systems. We examine the relationship betwe...
09
DOI 10.1177/10775587261480274
Open DOI
Hospital Adaptations to New Models of Primary Care
Since the 1990s, hospitals have acquired primary care networks to ensure sustainability, often growing into health systems with owned primary and specialty care practices. Underperformance of the U.S. primary care system, however, has cr...
10
DOI 10.1177/10775587261479984
Open DOI
Ideology in Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: Examining Religious and Secular Health Systems in the United States
Consolidation has been prominent in US health care markets, yet little is known about the reach of church-owned health systems. Using the 2020–2023 AHRQ Compendium of US Health Systems, we characterized the size, geographic reach, and ma...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Also issued online.
Vol. 53, no. 1 (MAR 1995)19960805 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper