Abstract
BackgroundThis study uses scientometrics methodology to reveal the status quo and emerging issues of collaboration in health management.MethodsWe searched all the articles with the keyword “health management” in the period 1999–2011 in Web of Knowledge, then 3067 articles were found. Methods such as Social network analysis (SNA), co-authorship, co-word analysis were used in this study.ResultsAnalysis of the past 13 years of research in the field of health management indicates that, whether the production of scientific research, or authors, institutions and scientific research collaboration at the national level, collaboration behavior has been growing steadily across all collaboration types. However, the international scientific research cooperation about health management study between countries needs to be further encouraged. 17 researchers can be seen as the academic leaders in this field. 37 research institutions play a vital role in the information dissemination and resources control in health management. The component analysis found that 22 research groups can be regarded as the backbone in this field. The 8 institution groups consisting of 33 institutions form the core of this field. USA, UK and Australia lie in the center by cohesive subgroup analysis; Based on keywords analysis, 44 keywords with high frequency such as care, disease, system and model were involved in the health management field.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that although it is growing steadily, collaboration behavior about health management study needs to be enhanced, especially between different institutions or countries/regions, which would promote the progress and internationalization of health management. Besides, researchers should pay attention to the cooperation of representative scholars and institutions, as well as the hot areas of research, because their experience would help us promote the research development of our nation.
Highlights
This study uses scientometrics methodology to reveal the status quo and emerging issues of collaboration in health management
In our previous studies, we revealed the collaboration activities in the oncology research field and cardiology and cardiovasology research field by means of coauthorship analysis, social network analysis and keyword analysis
Collaboration in health management field needs to be enhanced The number of publications in the health management field is showing a rising trend, especially in recent years
Summary
This study uses scientometrics methodology to reveal the status quo and emerging issues of collaboration in health management. The idea and practice of health management originated from America in 1950s, and sprung up as an emerging subject in UK, Germany, France, Japan etc. In the 21st century, health management spread in the developing countries and was applied in government, business, medical institutions and the insurance industry. It has become a prospective health service model for many countries to improve their national health level and promote the society’s sustainable development. Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez had used blockmodeling to study the internal structure of co-authorship networks in the micro-level in 2012 [7]
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