Four Decades of Health Economics through a Bibliometric Lens

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...

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Main Authors:	Wagstaff, Adam, Culyer, Anthony J.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ADDICTION ADULT MORTALITY ADVERSE SELECTION AGING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE ANATOMY BURDEN OF DISEASE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD NUTRITION COMPETITIVE HEALTH PLAN COST SHARING COST-EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS CRIME CROPS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DISABILITIES DOCTORS DRUGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS OF HEALTH ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY EXERCISES FAMILY PLANNING FINANCE OF HEALTH CARE GENDER HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DEMAND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE HEALTH CARE FINANCE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH ECONOMISTS HEALTH INSTITUTIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH MAINTENANCE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL COST HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUNGER HYGIENE ILLNESS INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INFANT MORTALITY INJURIES INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LIABILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SAVING LIFE YEARS LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGED CARE MANAGED HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICARE MICROECONOMICS MORAL HAZARD MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE NON-PROFIT SECTOR NURSING NUTRITION OBESITY PARENTING PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHARMACOECONOMICS PHYSICIAN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PHYSICIANS PHYSIOLOGY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROBABILITY PSYCHOLOGISTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE RISK ADJUSTMENT RISK FACTOR RISK FACTORS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL PLANNING SURGERY UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITIES VIOLENCE WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS
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