Culyer, Anthony J.Wagstaff, Adam2012-03-192012-03-192011-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3593This 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).CC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONADDICTIONADULT MORTALITYADVERSE SELECTIONAGINGAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTUREANATOMYBURDEN OF DISEASECHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILDHOOD NUTRITIONCOMPETITIVE HEALTH PLANCOST SHARINGCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSISCRIMECROPSDELIVERY OF HEALTH CAREDELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICESDEMAND FOR FOODDEMAND FOR HEALTHDEMAND FOR HEALTH CAREDETERMINANTS OF HEALTHDISABILITIESDOCTORSDRUGSECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE EXPENDITUREECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC PERSPECTIVESECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMICS OF HEALTHECONOMICS OF HEALTH CAREENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHEPIDEMIOLOGYEXERCISESFAMILY PLANNINGFINANCE OF HEALTH CAREGENDERHEALTH BEHAVIORHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE DEMANDHEALTH CARE EXPENDITUREHEALTH CARE FINANCEHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE MARKETSHEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONSHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE REFORMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH DETERMINANTSHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH ECONOMISTSHEALTH INSTITUTIONSHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH MAINTENANCEHEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONSHEALTH ORGANIZATIONHEALTH PLANHEALTH PLANSHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SECTOR REFORMHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTHCAREHOSPITAL CAREHOSPITAL COSTHOSPITALSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUNGERHYGIENEILLNESSINCOMEINDUCED DEMANDINFANT MORTALITYINJURIESINSURANCEINSURANCE MARKETSINSURANCE SYSTEMSINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONSINTERVENTIONLIABILITYLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFE SAVINGLIFE YEARSLIVING STANDARDSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMANAGED CAREMANAGED HEALTH CAREMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL CARE COSTSMEDICAL INSURANCEMEDICAL RESEARCHMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAREMICROECONOMICSMORAL HAZARDMORTALITYNATIONAL HEALTHNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICENON-PROFIT SECTORNURSINGNUTRITIONOBESITYPARENTINGPATIENTPATIENT SATISFACTIONPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRYPHARMACOECONOMICSPHYSICIANPHYSICIAN SERVICESPHYSICIANSPHYSIOLOGYPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLLUTIONPRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCEPROBABILITYPSYCHOLOGISTSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMSPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF LIFERISK ADJUSTMENTRISK FACTORRISK FACTORSSMOKERSSMOKINGSOCIAL PLANNINGSURGERYUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSITIESVIOLENCEWORKERSYOUNG ADULTSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5829