Publication: Four Decades of Health Economics through a Bibliometric Lens
dc.contributor.author | Culyer, Anthony J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wagstaff, Adam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-19T18:05:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-19T18:05:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-10-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper takes a bibliometric tour of the past 40 years of health economics using bibliographic "metadata" from EconLit supplemented by citation data from Google Scholar and the authors' topical classifications. The authors report the growth of health economics (33,000 publications since 1969 -- 12,000 more than in the economics of education) and list the 300 most-cited publications broken down by topic. They report the changing topical and geographic focus of health economics (the topics 'Determinants of health and ill-health' and 'Health statistics and econometrics' both show an upward trend, and the field has expanded appreciably into the developing world). They also compare authors, countries, institutions, and journals in terms of the volume of publications and their influence as measured through various citation-based indices (Grossman, the US, Harvard and the JHE emerge close to or at the top on a variety of measures). | en |
dc.identifier | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111005114250 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-5829 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3593 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5829 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
dc.subject | ABORTION | |
dc.subject | ADDICTION | |
dc.subject | ADULT MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | ADVERSE SELECTION | |
dc.subject | AGING | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | ANATOMY | |
dc.subject | BURDEN OF DISEASE | |
dc.subject | CHILD DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | CHILD HEALTH | |
dc.subject | CHILDHOOD NUTRITION | |
dc.subject | COMPETITIVE HEALTH PLAN | |
dc.subject | COST SHARING | |
dc.subject | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | |
dc.subject | COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | CRIME | |
dc.subject | CROPS | |
dc.subject | DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES | |
dc.subject | DEMAND FOR FOOD | |
dc.subject | DEMAND FOR HEALTH | |
dc.subject | DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH | |
dc.subject | DISABILITIES | |
dc.subject | DOCTORS | |
dc.subject | DRUGS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC REVIEW | |
dc.subject | ECONOMICS OF HEALTH | |
dc.subject | ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | |
dc.subject | EPIDEMIOLOGY | |
dc.subject | EXERCISES | |
dc.subject | FAMILY PLANNING | |
dc.subject | FINANCE OF HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | GENDER | |
dc.subject | HEALTH BEHAVIOR | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE DEMAND | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE FINANCE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE FINANCING | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE MARKETS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE REFORM | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH DETERMINANTS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH ECONOMISTS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INSTITUTIONS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH MAINTENANCE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH ORGANIZATION | |
dc.subject | HEALTH PLAN | |
dc.subject | HEALTH PLANS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH POLICY | |
dc.subject | HEALTH PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SECTOR | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SECTOR REFORM | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SERVICE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SERVICES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | HEALTH STATUS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | HEALTHCARE | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL CARE | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL COST | |
dc.subject | HOSPITALS | |
dc.subject | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | HUMAN RESOURCES | |
dc.subject | HUNGER | |
dc.subject | HYGIENE | |
dc.subject | ILLNESS | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | INDUCED DEMAND | |
dc.subject | INFANT MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | INJURIES | |
dc.subject | INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | INSURANCE MARKETS | |
dc.subject | INSURANCE SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | INTEGRATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS | |
dc.subject | INTERVENTION | |
dc.subject | LIABILITY | |
dc.subject | LIFE EXPECTANCY | |
dc.subject | LIFE SAVING | |
dc.subject | LIFE YEARS | |
dc.subject | LIVING STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | MANAGED CARE | |
dc.subject | MANAGED HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL CARE | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL CARE COSTS | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | MEDICARE | |
dc.subject | MICROECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | MORAL HAZARD | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL HEALTH | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE | |
dc.subject | NON-PROFIT SECTOR | |
dc.subject | NURSING | |
dc.subject | NUTRITION | |
dc.subject | OBESITY | |
dc.subject | PARENTING | |
dc.subject | PATIENT | |
dc.subject | PATIENT SATISFACTION | |
dc.subject | PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES | |
dc.subject | PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY | |
dc.subject | PHARMACOECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | PHYSICIAN | |
dc.subject | PHYSICIAN SERVICES | |
dc.subject | PHYSICIANS | |
dc.subject | PHYSIOLOGY | |
dc.subject | POLICY DISCUSSIONS | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POLLUTION | |
dc.subject | PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | PROBABILITY | |
dc.subject | PSYCHOLOGISTS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HOSPITALS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC SERVICES | |
dc.subject | QUALITY OF CARE | |
dc.subject | QUALITY OF LIFE | |
dc.subject | RISK ADJUSTMENT | |
dc.subject | RISK FACTOR | |
dc.subject | RISK FACTORS | |
dc.subject | SMOKERS | |
dc.subject | SMOKING | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL PLANNING | |
dc.subject | SURGERY | |
dc.subject | UNEMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | UNIVERSITIES | |
dc.subject | VIOLENCE | |
dc.subject | WORKERS | |
dc.subject | YOUNG ADULTS | |
dc.title | Four Decades of Health Economics through a Bibliometric Lens | en |
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okr.crossref.title | Four Decades of Health Economics through a Bibliometric Lens | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2011-10-01 | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-10T11:10:17.058337Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper | |
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okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
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okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-5829 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20111005114250 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 15220661 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS5829 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
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okr.region.administrative | The World Region | |
okr.region.administrative | The World Region | |
okr.relation.associatedurl | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22685 | |
okr.sector | Health and other social services :: Health | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.unit | DECRG: Human Development (DECHD) | |
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