Organisation, policy and social inequalities in health care

Research output

Research output per year 1988 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023

• 1978 Citations
• 25 h-index
• 170 Article
• 31 Commissioned report
• 24 Meeting abstract (Book)
• 23 Poster
• 73 More
  • 16 Meeting abstract (Journal)
  • 10 Chapter
  • 9 Conference paper
  • 9 Unpublished abstract
  • 7 PhD Thesis
  • 6 Other report
  • 4 Book
  • 3 Working paper
  • 2 Editorial
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Scholarly edition
  • 1 Unpublished paper
  • 1 Blog

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2016

  Effect of the shape of the exposure-response function on estimated hospital costs in a study on non-elective pneumonia hospitalizations related to particulate matter

  Devos, S., Cox, B., Van Lier, T., Nawrot, T. & Putman, K., 1 Sep 2016, In: Environment International. 94, p. 525-530 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Employment and labor market results of the SOPHIE project: Concepts, analyses, and policies

  Mireia, J., Ollé-Espluga, L., Vanroelen, C., De Moortel, D., Mousaid, S., Vinberg, S., Puig-Barrachina, V., Sánchez, E., Muntaner, C., Artazcoz, L. & Benach, J., Oct 2016, In: International Journal of Health Services. 47, 1, p. 18-39 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Policy Making 100%
  • Economics 11%
  • Health Equity 10%
  • Information Systems 8%
  • Health Policy 7%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Facilitating the use of evidence for decision making a review of 64 WHO Health Evidence Network synthesis reports and its impact

  Kuchenmuller, T. & Leys, M., 26 Sep 2016, What works global summit. p. 15 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

  • Decision Making 100%
  • Equipment and Supplies 72%
  • Health 60%

• Generating a general framework to define costs of standard perinatal care in an international context

  Fobelets, M., Verhaeghe, N., Beeckman, K. & Putman, K., May 2016, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished paper

• Governance of interorganisational and intersectoral collaboration: the Care Living Lab experience

  Versteele, L., Pots, L. & Leys, M., 10 Nov 2016, In: European Journal of Public Health. 26, p. 488-488 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract (Journal)

  Open Access

  • Intersectoral Collaboration 100%
  • Learning 42%
  • Elderly 39%
  • Conflict (Psychology) 19%
  • Focus Groups 18%

• Hoe ziet de toekomst van de klinische labo's eruit

  Noppen, M., 2016, In: Hospitals.be. 14, p. 26-27

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• How does employment quality relate to health and job satisfaction in Europe? A typological approach

  Van Aerden, K., Puig Barrachina, V., Bosmans, K. & Vanroelen, C., 2016, In: Social Science & Medicine. 158, p. 132-140 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Job Satisfaction 100%
  • job satisfaction 79%
  • Health 53%
  • standard employment relationship 41%
  • health 37%
  69 Citations (Scopus)

• Inter-professional Perinatal Simulation training: A valuable educational model to improve competencies amongst student midwives in Brussels, Belgium

  Beeckman, K., De Clercq, G., Vandelannoote, I., Gucciardo, L., Laubach, M., Swinnen, E. & Vermeulen, J., Feb 2016, In: Midwifery. 33, p. 49-51 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Educational Models 100%
  • Simulation Training 88%
  • Belgium 75%
  • Midwifery 73%
  • Students 46%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Lessons learned about integrating multisectorial collaboration agreements

  Leys, M., 2016, In: International Journal of Integrated Care. 16, 6, p. 111-111 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract (Journal)

• Mental health care reforms in Belgium: organisational integration through the development of networks

  Leys, M., 2016, In: International Journal of Integrated Care. 16, 6, p. 108-108 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract (Journal)

  Open Access

• New perspectives on occupational health and safety in immigrant populations: studying the intersection between immigrant background and gender

  Mousaid, S., De Moortel, D., Malmusi, D. & Vanroelen, C., 2016, In: Ethnicity & Health. 21, 3, p. 251-267 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Occupational Safety and Health 100%
  • occupational safety 75%
  • Occupational Health 70%
  • Occupational health 68%
  • Immigrants 52%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Overkwalificatie: Hoogopgeleid, Hoge verwachtingen? Een kwalitatief onderzoek naar de impact van overkwalificatie op de sociale stresservaringen van jonge, hooggeschoolde werknemers

  Van Hulle, M. M. & Vanroelen, C., 2016, Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 37, 3, p. 192-210 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Article › Specialist

• Policy dialogue preparation and facilitation checklist

  EVIPNet-EURO, 2016, copenhagen: World Health Organization. 28 p. (evidence informed policy making series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Precaire arbeid in België. p.247-269. In: Jobkwaliteit in België in 2015. Analyse van de European Working Conditions Survey EWCS 2015 (Eurofound)

  Bosmans, K., Van Aerden, K. & Vanroelen, C., 2016, KU Leuven, HIVA. 343 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Predicting in-hospital mortality of traffic victims: A comparison between AIS-and ICD-9-CM-related injury severity scales when only ICD-9-CM is reported

  Van Belleghem, G., Devos, S., De Wit, L., Hubloue, I., Lauwaert, D., Pien, K. & Putman, K., Jan 2016, In: Injury Prevention. 47, 1, p. 141-146 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Abbreviated Injury Scale 100%
  • International Classification of Diseases 69%
  • Hospital Mortality 66%
  • Injury Severity Score 40%
  • Wounds and Injuries 33%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Sociale ongelijkheid in België: meervoudige dimensies, meervoudige oorzaken (

  Gadeyne, S., Van Aerden, K., Vanroelen, C., Willaert, D., Eggerickx, T., Gourbin, C., Majérus, P., Masquelier, B., Sanderson, J-P. & Vandeschrick, C., 2016, In: Science Connection. 50, p. 40-45 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Social mapping of perceived ecosystem services supply – The role of social landscape metrics and social hotspots for integrated ecosystem services assessment, landscape planning and management

  De Vreese, R., Leys, M., Fontaine, C. M. & Dendoncker, N., Jul 2016, In: Ecological Indicators. 66, p. 517-533 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Landscape Planning 100%
  • landscape management 68%
  • Ecosystem Services 67%
  • landscape planning 67%
  • ecosystem services 58%
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Social security status and mortality in Belgian and Spanish male workers

  Duran, X., Vanroelen, C., Deboosere, P. & Benavides, F., 4 Jul 2016, In: Gaceta Sanitaria. 30, p. 293-295 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Security 100%
  • Mortality 41%
  • Spain 31%
  • Belgium 28%
  • Retrospective Studies 5%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Success factors for policy dialogues in health – facilitators’ perceived role and influence

  Bierman, O., Kuchenmuller, T., Panisset, U. & Leys, M., 2016, Global Summit of health services research. health systems global, p. 123 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • Health 100%
  • Policy Making 25%
  • Translational Medical Research 24%
  • Middle East 13%
  • South America 13%

• The Flemish Care Living Lab expierence: innovation in elderly care.

  Pots, L., Versteele, L. & Leys, M., 27 May 2016, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster

  • innovation 100%
  • implementation process 68%
  • operationalization 33%
  • human being 32%
  • coaching 30%

• The need for adequate communication training programs for palliative care in multidisciplinary teams in oncology settings

  Horlait, M., Van Belle, S. & Leys, M., 23 May 2016, In: International Journal of Integrated Care. 6, 216, p. 286

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract (Journal)

  • Palliative Care 100%
  • training program 81%
  • Communication 78%
  • Education 65%
  • communication 55%

• Towards a better understanding of local contexts for implementing knowledge translation activities: experiences from eastern Europe and central Asia

  Kuchenmuller, T., Biermann, O., Usava, A. & Leys, M., 14 Nov 2016.

  Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster

  • Central Asia 100%
  • Eastern Europe 85%
  • knowledge 58%
  • evidence 37%
  • experience 28%

• Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Versus Elective Repeat Caesarean Delivery In Four European Countries: A Cost-Utility Analysis.

  Fobelets, M., Beeckman, K., Faron, G. & Putman, K., Nov 2016, Value In Health: The Journal of The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 7 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 19. p. A403 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

  • Vaginal Birth after Cesarean 100%
  • Quality-Adjusted Life Years 72%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 56%
  • Cesarean Section 52%
  • Germany 33%

• What are the barriers faced by medical oncologists in initiating discussion of palliative care? A qualitative study in Flanders, Belgium

  Horlait, M., Chambaere, K., Pardon, K., Deliens, L. & Van Belle, S., 1 Aug 2016, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 24, 9, p. 3873-3881

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  52 Citations (Scopus)

• Women's preferences and knowledge about the legal competences of midwives in Brussels, Belgium. A descriptive observational study

  Vermeulen, J., Swinnen, E., D'haenens, F., Buyl, R. & Beeckman, K., Sep 2016, In: Midwifery. 40, p. 177-186 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Zorg Proeftuinen Vlaanderen. Resultaten van de bevraging over de dienstverlening van een platform bij projectpartners.

  Pots, L., Versteele, L. & Leys, M., Apr 2016, Zorg Proeftuinen Vlaanderen. 39 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2015

  Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: a critical exploration of tools and indicators

  EU COST Action IS0907. ‘Childbirth Cultures, Concerns, and Consequences’, 2 Nov 2015, In: BMC Health Services Research. 15, 13 p., 491.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Care Living Labs Flanders: Social and Open Innovation

  Leys, M., Versteele, L. & Pots, L., May 2015, ENoLL Research Day Conference Proceedings 2015. ENL. (ed.). Turkey: ENoLL - European Network of Living Labs, Vol. 3. p. 125-136 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

  • innovation 100%
  • methodology 29%
  • infrastructure 27%
  • government program 22%
  • minister 17%

• Comparison of two approaches of INR-follow-up and determinants of INR-stability

  Desmaele, S., Dupont, A. G., Putman, K., Cornu, P. & Steurbaut, S., Jun 2015, In: Acta Clinica Belgica. 70, 3, p. 167-174 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • International Normalized Ratio 100%
  • General Practitioners 43%
  • Atrial Fibrillation 21%
  • Coumarins 11%
  • Hospital Outpatient Clinics 10%

• Connecting the Street Tree to the Forest: Strengthening Nature for Urban Living

  De Vreese, R., 10 Jun 2015, Connecting the Street Tree to the Forest: Strengthening Nature for Urban Living. Brussels: BOS+, p. 1-64 64 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  Open Access

  • Forestry 100%

• De kosteneffectiviteit van het bevolkingsonderzoek naar baarmoederhalskanker in Vlaanderen: gezondheidseconomische evaluatie

  Fobelets, M., Pil, L., Annemans, L. & Putman, K., Oct 2015, Vlaams Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid. 37 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

• De kosteneffectiviteit van het bevolkingsonderzoek naar borstkanker in Vlaanderen: gezondheidseconomische evaluatie

  Fobelets, M., Pil, L., Annemans, L. & Putman, K., Oct 2015, Vlaams Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid. 26 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

• De kosteneffectiviteit van het bevolkingsonderzoek naar dikke darmkanker in Vlaanderen: gezondheidseconomische evaluatie.

  Pil, L., Fobelets, M., Putman, K. & Annemans, L., Oct 2015, Vlaams Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid. 32 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

• Ecosysteem Zorg Proeftuinen Vlaanderen.

  Pots, L. & Leys, M., Mar 2015, Zorg Proeftuinen Vlaanderen. 34 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Effectiveness of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis in the management of complicated spontaneous pneumothorax

  Adewole, O. O., De Keukeleire, T., Phillips, A. S., Erhabor, G. & Noppen, M., Jan 2015, In: Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 22, 1, p. 48-51 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Talc 100%
  • Pleurodesis 98%
  • Pneumothorax 76%
  • Length of Stay 24%
  • Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax 22%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• European Funding for Urban Nature

  De Vreese, R., 12 Jun 2015, From the Street Tree to the Urban Forest: Strengthening Natur for Urban Living: Abstract Book of the 18th European Forum on Urban Forestry. BOS+, p. 23

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • financing 100%
  • infrastructure 66%
  • Europe 60%

• Findings from the older adults Care Living Labs in Flanders (Belgium).

  Brys, C., Pots, L., Lemey, J., Gorus, E., De Vriendt, P., Jegers, M., Dessers, E. & Leys, M., Oct 2015, International Psychogeriatric Association International Congress.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • Belgium 100%
  • innovation 25%
  • target group 24%
  • evaluation 10%
  • chronically ill 10%

• Functional and motor outcome 5 years after stroke is equivalent to outcome at 2 months: follow-up of the collaborative evaluation of rehabilitation in stroke across europe.

  Meyer, S., Verheyden, G., Brinkmann, N., Dejaeger, E., De Weerdt, W., Feys, H., Gantenbein, A., Jenni, W., Laenen, A., Lincoln, N., Putman, K., Schuback, B., Schupp, W., Thijs, V. & De Wit, L., 7 May 2015, In: Stroke. 46, 6, p. 1613-1619 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stroke Rehabilitation 100%
  • Stroke 53%
  • Rehabilitation Centers 19%
  • Linear Models 12%
  • Age of Onset 7%
  71 Citations (Scopus)

• Governance of interorganisational mental health networks: implementation experiences from Belgium

  Wijckmans, B., Van Der Donck, S. & Leys, M., 2015, (Unpublished) HSR Meeting "Improving the organisation of health care at European, national or local level". Hansen, J. (ed.). Utrecht: NIVEL, p. 6

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • Belgium 100%
  • mental health 69%
  • governance 66%
  • experience 31%
  • Belgian 13%

• High quality employment in a regulated labour market is beneficial to workers' health and reduces inequality

  Mireia, J., Vanroelen, C., Tarafa, G., Ollé, L., Sanchez, E., Artazcoz, L., Vinberg, S. & Benach, J., Sep 2015, Conclusions of the SOPHIE project: Social and economic policies matter for health equity. Barcelona: Addenda, p. 23-38 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

• Indicatorenontwikkeling binnen de Zorg Proeftuinen: tussentijds rapport.

  Brys, C., Pots, L., Lemey, J., De Vriendt, P., Gorus, E., Dessers, E., Jegers, M. & Leys, M., Apr 2015, Zorg Proeftuinen Vlaanderen. 126 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Inter-organizational collaboration in the Care Living Labs Flanders.

  Pots, L. & Leys, M., 27 Feb 2015, 38e Wintermeeting Belgische Vereniging voor Gerontologie & Geriatrie Oostende. Ouderenzorg, K. I. (ed.).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • innovation 100%
  • document analysis 83%
  • governance 50%
  • value chain 46%
  • methodology 19%

• Interorganizational network governance. Implementation experiences from the Belgian mental health care reform programme.

  Wijckmans, B., Van Der Donck, S. & Leys, M., 17 Jun 2015, EHMA Annual Conference: Evidence-based management: better decisions, better healthcare.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • reform program 100%
  • Mental health care 91%
  • Belgian 89%
  • governance 53%
  • experience 25%

• Interorganizational network governance within the Belgian mental health reform programme

  Wijckmans, B., Vanderdonckt, S. & Leys, M., 2015, EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT: BETTER DECISIONS, BETTER HEALTHCARE. EHMA, p. 64

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

• Job quality and worker well-being across European welfare regimes: a systematic review

  De Moortel, D. & Vanroelen, C., 27 May 2015, Paper presented at the Dag van de Sociologie. Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

• Mortality in adult immigrants in the 2000s in Belgium: a test of the “Healthy migrant” and the “Migration-as-rapid-health-transition” hypotheses

  Vandenheede, H., Willaert, D., De Grande, H., Simoens, S. & Vanroelen, C., Dec 2015, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 20, 12, p. 1832-1845 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Transition 100%
  • Belgium 76%
  • Mortality 33%
  • Acculturation 17%
  • Censuses 14%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Predictors of late initiation for prenatal care in a metropolitan region in Belgium. A cohort study

  Fobelets, M., Beeckman, K., Hoogewys, A., Embo, M., Buyl, R. & Putman, K., 3 Jun 2015, In: Public Health. 129, 6, p. 648-654 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Belgium 100%
  • Prenatal Care 92%
  • Cohort Studies 59%
  • Economics 22%
  • Logistic Models 19%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• PreSSUB II: The prehospital stroke study at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel II

  Espinoza, A. V., Van Hooff, R-J., De Smedt, A., Moens, M., Yperzeele, L., Nieboer, K., Hubloue, I., De Keyser, J., Dupont, A., De Wit, L., Putman, K. & Brouns, R., 1 Jan 2015, In: Journal of Translational Internal Medicine. 3, 2, p. 57-63 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ambulances 100%
  • Stroke 91%
  • Telemedicine 56%
  • Remote Consultation 50%
  • Emergency Medical Services 35%

• Social Landscape Indicators - a participatory approach to integrated assessment of Ecosystem Services

  De Vreese, R., 19 May 2015, Nature and Urban Wellbeing conference - abstract book. Alternet

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

  • ecosystem service 100%
  • indicator 65%
  • distribution 3%

• Temporary agency workers as outsiders: an application of the established-outsider theory on the social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers

  Bosmans, K., De Cuyper, N., Hardonk, S. & Vanroelen, C., 11 Aug 2015, In: Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion. 6, 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Relations 100%
  • figuration 78%
  • worker 69%
  • charisma 49%
  • stigmatization 40%