RT journal article
T1 Health economics: identifying leading producers, countries relative specialization and themes
T2 Economía de la Salud: identificación de los principales productores, la especialización relativa de los países y temas
A1 Moral Muñoz, José Antonio
A1 Moral Munoz, Carmen M.
A1 Pacheco Serrano, Ana I.
A1 Lucena Antón, David Manuel
A1 Santisteban Espejo, Antonio Leopoldo
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 Health economics
K1 Bibliometrics
K1 Scientometrics
AB Health economics research area was a high evolution from the 1960s and it is constantlygrowing. Currently, the health expenditure is a key issue worldwide. Bibliometrics providesseveral methods to explore the impact and evolution of the research. Thus, the main aim of thepresent study is to understand the current status of the research in health economics for theperiod 2010-2019. Three different aspects were analyzed: countries production, relative priorityindex and main themes. The dataset was obtained from the documents indexed in the Web ofScience database from 2010 to 2019. SciMAT software was used to obtain the thematic analysisby means of science mapping analysis. The journals Health economics, Value in Health,Journal of Health Economics, and European Journal of Health Economics are the mainproducers. USA, England and Germany are those with highest production; Netherlands,England and Australia are those with the highest relative priority index. Quality adjusted lifeyears and Health inequality are the themes with the highest number of documents and impactmeasures. This study is a useful evidence-based framework on which to base future researchactions.
PB UNIV JAEN
SN 0213-8964
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23613
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23613
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026