| Going to scale with professional skilled care M Koblinsky, Z Matthews, J Hussein, D Mavalankar, MK Mridha, I Anwar, ... The Lancet 368 (9544), 1377-1386, 2006 | 690 | 2006 |
| Is realist evaluation keeping its promise? A review of published empirical studies in the field of health systems research B Marchal, S Van Belle, J Van Olmen, T Hoerée, G Kegels Evaluation 18 (2), 192-212, 2012 | 525 | 2012 |
| Health workforce imbalances in times of globalization: brain drain or professional mobility? B Marchal, G Kegels The International journal of health planning and management 18 (S1), S89-S101, 2003 | 258 | 2003 |
| Global health actors claim to support health system strengthening—is this reality or rhetoric? B Marchal, A Cavalli, G Kegels PLoS medicine 6 (4), e1000059, 2009 | 224 | 2009 |
| Realist RCTs of complex interventions–an oxymoron B Marchal, G Westhorp, G Wong, S Van Belle, T Greenhalgh, G Kegels, ... Social Science & Medicine 94, 124-128, 2013 | 221 | 2013 |
| A realist evaluation of the management of a well-performing regional hospital in Ghana B Marchal, MD Dedzo, G Kegels BMC health services research 10, 1-14, 2010 | 196 | 2010 |
| Health systems frameworks in their political context: framing divergent agendas J Van Olmen, B Marchal, W Van Damme, G Kegels, PS Hill BMC Public Health 12, 1-13, 2012 | 180 | 2012 |
| Performance-based financing in low-income and middle-income countries: isn’t it time for a rethink? E Paul, L Albert, BNS Bisala, O Bodson, E Bonnet, P Bossyns, S Colombo, ... BMJ global health 3 (1), e000664, 2018 | 159 | 2018 |
| Measuring the health systems impact of disease control programmes: A critical reflection on the WHO Building Blocks framework. S Mounier-Jack, U Griffiths, S Closser, H Burchett, B Marchal BMC Public Health 14, 278, 2014 | 154 | 2014 |
| HIV/AIDS and the health workforce crisis: what are the next steps? B Marchal, VD Brouwere, G Kegels Tropical Medicine & International Health 10 (4), 300-304, 2005 | 149 | 2005 |
| Using the realist interview approach to maintain theoretical awareness in realist studies FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle, B van Wyk Qualitative Research 20 (4), 485-515, 2020 | 147 | 2020 |
| The health system dynamics framework: the introduction of an analytical model for health system analysis and its application to two case-studies J Van Olmen, B Criel, U Bhojani, B Marchal, S Van Belle, MF Chenge, ... Health, Culture and Society 2 (1), 1-21, 2012 | 147 | 2012 |
| How to develop a theory-driven evaluation design? Lessons learned from an adolescent sexual and reproductive health programme in West Africa SB Van Belle, B Marchal, D Dubourg, G Kegels BMC public health 10, 1-10, 2010 | 129 | 2010 |
| Research, evidence and policymaking: the perspectives of policy actors on improving uptake of evidence in health policy development and implementation in Uganda JN Orem, DK Mafigiri, B Marchal, F Ssengooba, J Macq, B Criel BMC Public Health 12, 1-16, 2012 | 114 | 2012 |
| Complex leadership in healthcare: a scoping review Z Belrhiti, AN Giralt, B Marchal International journal of health policy and management 7 (12), 1073, 2018 | 110 | 2018 |
| The contribution of international health volunteers to the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa G Laleman, G Kegels, B Marchal, D Van der Roost, I Bogaert, ... Human Resources for Health 5, 1-9, 2007 | 102 | 2007 |
| Can “realist” randomised controlled trials be genuinely realist? S Van Belle, G Wong, G Westhorp, M Pearson, N Emmel, A Manzano, ... Trials 17, 1-6, 2016 | 98 | 2016 |
| Theory and realist methods B Marchal, G Kegels, S Van Belle Doing realist research 1, 79-90, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
| Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: a realist evaluation of a capacity building programme for district managers in Tumkur, India NS Prashanth, B Marchal, N Devadasan, G Kegels, B Criel Health research policy and systems 12, 1-20, 2014 | 90 | 2014 |
| Understanding the performance of community health volunteers involved in the delivery of health programmes in underserved areas: a realist synthesis G Vareilles, J Pommier, B Marchal, S Kane Implementation Science 12, 1-12, 2017 | 77 | 2017 |
Sara Van BelleInstitute of Tropical Medicine; London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineVerified email at itg.be
