Roxanne Kovacs

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University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Author Impact Score

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59.80

Author impact score

299 Citations 2024 - 2026

5 Documents 2024 - 2026

Total Citations

630

Scholar + author-added

H-Index

13

research impact

I10-Index

15

quality score

Articles Found

30

merged research works

Top Performing Year

2025

129 citations

Tier

T2

CiteScore rank tier

Author CiteScore

59.80

Upward trend

Avg Citations / Year

62.20

yearly average

Citations / Article

21.00

impact efficiency

Citation Trend

67

Declining trend

Most Cited Article

How are pay-for-performance schemes in ...

88 citations

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Top citation year was 2025 with 129 citations. Average citations per year stand at 62.2. Each indexed article contributes around 21 citations on average. Latest Author Impact Score for 2026 is 59.8, indicating a upward trend. Current H-index is 13 and I10-index is 15. Most cited article currently has 88 citations. Recent yearly citation pattern indicates a declining trend.

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8 Years

Most Cited

88 Citations

Year: 2020

How are pay-for-performance schemes in healthcare designed in low-and middle-income countries? Typology and systematic literature review

RJ Kovacs, T Powell-Jackson, SR Kristensen, N Singh, J Borghi

BMC Health Services Research 20 (1), 291, 2020

Yearly Citations

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Year	Citations
2026	67
2025	129
2024	103
2023	121
2022	97
2021	73
2020	21
2019	4
2018	5
2017	2

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#	Article Details	Year
1	How are pay-for-performance schemes in healthcare designed in low-and middle-income countries? Typology and systematic literature review Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, T Powell-Jackson, SR Kristensen, N Singh, J Borghi 📚 BMC Health Services Research 20 (1), 291, 2020	2020
2	A realist review to assess for whom, under what conditions and how pay for performance programmes work in low-and middle-income countries Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 NS Singh, RJ Kovacs, R Cassidy, SR Kristensen, J Borghi, GW Brown 📚 Social Science & Medicine 270, 113624, 2021	2021
3	Does high workload reduce the quality of healthcare? Evidence from rural Senegal Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, M Lagarde 📚 Journal of Health Economics 82, 102600, 2022	2022
4	Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of primary care under Brazil's national pay-for-performance programme: a longitudinal study of family health teams Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, JOM Barreto, EN da Silva, J Borghi, SR Kristensen, DRT Costa, ... 📚 The Lancet Global Health 9 (3), e331-e339, 2021	2021
5	Overconfident health workers provide lower quality healthcare Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, M Lagarde, J Cairns 📚 Journal of Economic Psychology 76, 102213, 2020	2020
6	The macro-level drivers of intimate partner violence: New evidence from a multilevel dataset Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs 📚 Global public health 13 (7), 944-956, 2018	2018
7	Pay for performance in primary care: the contribution of the Programme for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care (PMAQ) on avoidable hospitalisations in Brazil, 2009–2018 Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 LX Russo, T Powell-Jackson, JO Maia Barreto, J Borghi, R Kovacs, ... 📚 BMJ global health 6 (7), e005429, 2021	2021
8	Using unannounced standardised patients to obtain data on quality of care in low-income and middle-income countries: key challenges and opportunities Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 V Wiseman, M Lagarde, R Kovacs, LPL Wulandari, T Powell-Jackson, ... 📚 BMJ global health 4 (5), e001908, 2019	2019
9	Can results-based financing improve health outcomes in resource poor settings? Evidence from Zimbabwe Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 E Fichera, L Anselmi, G Gwati, G Brown, R Kovacs, J Borghi 📚 Social Science & Medicine 279, 113959, 2021	2021
10	Measuring patient trust: comparing measures from a survey and an economic experiment Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, M Lagarde, J Cairns 📚 Health economics 28 (5), 641-652, 2019	2019
11	Compulsory face mask policies do not affect community mobility in Germany Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, M Dunaiski, T J 📚 https://osf.io/m3sv8/, 2020	2020
12	Pay for performance: a reflection on how a global perspective could enhance policy and research Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 L Anselmi, J Borghi, GW Brown, E Fichera, K Hanson, A Kadungure, ... 📚 International Journal of Health Policy and Management 9 (9), 365, 2020	2020
13	Can patients improve the quality of care they receive? Experimental evidence from Senegal Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, M Lagarde, J Cairns 📚 World development 150, 105740, 2022	2022
14	Performance bonuses and the quality of primary health care delivered by family health teams in Brazil: a difference-in-differences analysis Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 N Fardousi, E Nunes da Silva, R Kovacs, J Borghi, JOM Barreto, ... 📚 PLoS Medicine 19 (7), e1004033, 2022	2022
15	Pay-for-performance for primary health care in Brazil: A comparison with England's Quality Outcomes Framework and lessons for the future Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 GDG Junior, SR Kristensen, EN da Silva, LB Gomes, JOM Barreto, ... 📚 Health Policy 128, 62-68, 2023	2023
16	The determinants of trust: findings from large, representative samples in six OECD countries Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, M Dunaiski, MM Galizzi, G Grimalda, R Hortala‐Vallve, ... 📚 Economica 91 (364), 1521-1552, 2024	2024
17	Does pay-for-performance design matter? Evidence from Brazil Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 LX Russo, T Powell-Jackson, J Borghi, J Sampaio, GD Gurgel Junior, ... 📚 Health policy and planning 39 (6), 593-602, 2024	2024
18	Who is paid in pay-for-performance? Inequalities in the distribution of financial bonuses amongst health centres in Zimbabwe Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, GW Brown, A Kadungure, SR Kristensen, G Gwati, L Anselmi, ... 📚 Health policy and planning 37 (4), 429-439, 2022	2022
19	Patient choice and socioeconomic disparities in the quality of healthcare: Evidence from Swedish registry data Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 LM Ellegård, G Kjellsson, R Kovacs, Y Zhao 📚 Social Science & Medicine, 118351, 2025	2025
20	The effect of compulsory face mask policies on community mobility in Germany* Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, M Dunaiski, J Tukiainen 📚 The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 125 (4), 1027-1055, 2023	2023
21	Does free maternity care improve uptake and save lives? Quasi-experimental evidence from Kenya Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs 📚 World Development 200, 107285, 2026	2026
22	Clinical process quality of antenatal care in low and middle-income countries: Cross-sectional evidence from 13 countries Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs 📚 PLOS Global Public Health 6 (2), e0005990, 2026	2026
23	Pay for performance at a crossroads: lessons from taking a global perspective Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 SR Kristensen, L Anselmi, GW Brown, E Fichera, R Kovacs, R Loewenson, ... 📚 International Journal of Public Sector Management 36 (6-7), 592-605, 2023	2023
24	Paying Our Way to Better Health? The Impact of Public Spending on Health Outcomes in Brazil Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs, J Barreto, E Nunes da Silva, L Xander Russo, T Hone, ... 📚 The Impact of Public Spending on Health Outcomes in Brazil, 2023	2023
25	A comparative study of payment for performance design, health system effects and outcomes in Mozambique and Zimbabwe Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 J Borghi, A Kadungure, P Nhassengo, R Loewenson, L Anselmi, ... 📚 International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2023	2023
26	Public Vs. Private: the Quality of Ante-natal Care in Resource-poor Settings Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 R Kovacs 📚 Available at SSRN 4630701, 2023	2023
27	How are pay-for-performance schemes in healthcare designed in low-and middle-income countries? Typology and systematic Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, T Powell-Jackson, SR Kristensen, N Singh, J Borghi	2020
28	Compulsory face mask policies do not affect community mobility patterns Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 M Dunaiski, RJ Kovacs, J Tukiainen 📚 LSE COVID-19 Blog, 2020	2020
29	Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Performance of Primary Care Practices Under Brazil’s National Pay-for-Performance Scheme Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 RJ Kovacs, T Powell-Jackson, E Silva, J Barreto, SR Kristensen, L Gomes, ... 📚 2019 World Congress on Health Economics, 2019	2019
30	Does Paying for Performance Motivate Health Workers? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Benin Google Scholar 👨‍🔬 M Lagarde, RJ Kovacs, S Burn, L Lawin, K Bello, JP Dossou, ...	2015

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