Holger Pfaff

University of Cologne — Germany

Health Professions · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Health and Medical Studies(120), Clinical practice guidelines implementation(78), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare(76), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life(62), Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare(58)

Publications608 total

[Causal inference in health services research: concepts, methods and application perspectives].
PubMed·2025
Language matters: assessing the role of language barriers in patient-reported experiences of breast cancer patients in Germany
International Journal for Equity in Health·2025Open Access
Position paper of the German Network for Health Care Research: What is health care research?
Das Gesundheitswesen·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Deep learning-based detection of prostate cancer grades and chronic prostatitis in biparametric MRI
2025
Safety Culture Through Patient Voice: Qualitative Validation of the Patients' Perceptions of Safety Culture Scale (PaPSC) in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery
Health Expectations·2025Open Access
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Determinants for the Usage of Digital Patient Portals in Hospitals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Digital Divide
Journal of Medical Internet Research·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Barriers and facilitators to seeking psychological support among healthcare professionals: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework
BMC Public Health·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
Emotional or informational? Understanding cancer patients’ multifaceted help-seeking behaviors in online health communities
Social Science & Medicine·2025· 6 cited
"We need time, a great know-how and security for patients to always be there in time”: a qualitative study on factors distinguishing General from Specialized Palliative Home Care
BMC Health Services Research·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Exploring the influence of medical staffing and birth volume on observed-to-expected cesarean deliveries: a panel data analysis of integrated obstetric and gynecological departments in Germany
The European Journal of Health Economics·2025Open Access
“We are doing it together, don’t worry” – A qualitative study on the implementation of electronic medical records in German hospitals
Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen·2025Open Access
Formative evaluation of an employee-driven approach to improve care in the dying phase in hospitals
Palliative & Supportive Care·2025Open Access
Innovation Climate: An Organizational Precondition for the Implementation of Patient-Centered Care
Organizational behaviour in health care·2025
The determinants of help-seeking behaviors among cancer patients in online health communities: Evidence from China
International Journal of Medical Informatics·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Determinants for the Usage of Digital Patient Portals in Hospitals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Digital Divide (Preprint)
2024Open Access
A tailored intervention for the detection of patients with coronary heart disease and mental or cognitive comorbidities in the German primary care setting: qualitative evaluation of implementation success
BMC Health Services Research·2024Open Access
Social Infrastructure and Organizational Resilience - A Theoretical Model
European Journal of Public Health·2024Open Access
Improving data quality by implementing an electronic medical record seems to depend on the context
European Journal of Public Health·2024Open Access
Preventive Resilience: The Role of Long-Term Care Organizations’ Collective Agency Capacity
European Journal of Public Health·2024Open Access
Exploring Client Preferences for Psychological Counselors in a Chinese Online Health Community: Longitudinal Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nicole Ernstmann(20), Oliver Ommen(18), Christoph Kowalski(12), Markus Wirtz(9), Melanie Neumann(8), Rosa Suñol(8), Onyebuchi A. Arah(8), Maren Galushko(8), Oliver Groene(7), Niek Klazinga(7), Raymond Voltz(7), Antje Hammer(6), Maral DerSarkissian(6), Caroline A. Thompson(6), Elke Driller(5), B. Kutryba(5), Charles Bruneau(5), Paul Bartels(5), A. Thompson(5), Cordula Wagner(5)