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SSM - Health Systems is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Healthcare Policy and Management.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, SSM - Health Systems 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inGlobal Maternal and Child Health Healthcare Systems and Reforms Healthcare Policy and Management Global Health Care Issues Global Health and Surgery
ISSN2949-8562
Citation impact (2-yr)1.5
h-index9
i10-index7
Total citations453
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Papers published in SSM - Health Systems per year

7
2023
41
2024
119
2025

Citation impact of SSM - Health Systems by publication year

50
2023
202
2024
150
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in SSM - Health Systems

Actioning the Learning Health System: An applied framework for integrating research into health systems

Robert J. Reid, Walter P. Wodchis, Kerry Kuluski et al. · 24 Mar 2024

Health systems across the world experience pervasive gaps in the speed with which high quality evidence is generated, implemented and refined. A Learning Health System (LHS) approach that blends research with health care operations is to eliminate or reduce delays. This paper builds on existing LHS frameworks to deepen our practical understanding of the research-health…

Healthcare system efficiency and drivers: Re-evaluation of OECD countries for COVID-19

Gökçe MANAVGAT, Martine Audibert · 8 Dec 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the resilience of health systems. The aim of this study is twofold: i) to measure and compare the resilience of health system efficiency of OECD countries before and during Covid-19 and ii) to determine the healthcare efficiency drivers (e.g., socio-economic) of health system performance. Using a dataset of…

Resilience in interconnected community and formal health (and connected) systems

Matt Fortnam, Peter Hailey, Sophie Witter et al. · 31 Aug 2024

Enhancing the resilience of health systems to expected and unexpected shocks – from Covid-19 to the health impacts of climate change – is becoming a defining challenge of this century worldwide. To date, health system resilience research has focused on formal government health systems, yet emerging evidence points to the importance of families, communities and…

Learning from Perú: Why a macroeconomic star failed tragically and unequally on Covid-19 outcomes

Eugenio Villar, Pedro Francke, René Loewenson · 20 Dec 2023

Peru’s macroeconomic success and moderate health security rating paradoxically combined with amongst the highest levels of reported COVID-19 mortality globally, and significant inequality in pandemic health outcomes. A thematic analysis of evidence from desk review of online publications and databases was used to examine determinants of this outcome for national and global policy dialogue on…

Burden of out-of-pocket payment for maternal healthcare and its catastrophic effects in the era of free maternal and child health policy in Ghana

Kennedy A. Alatinga, Gilbert Abotisem Abiiro, Edmund Wedam Kanmiki et al. · 30 Jun 2024

Ghana introduced a free maternal healthcare policy within its national health insurance program in 2008. Despite this, there are reports of significant out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for maternal healthcare in Ghana. This study examines OOP payments for maternal healthcare services and their catastrophic effects, including the correlates of catastrophic OOP payments. Cross-sectional quantitative data were collected…

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What reference style does SSM - Health Systems use?
SSM - Health Systems uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, SSM - Health Systems 12 (2023) 45–58.
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