School of Public Health and Management, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China.
The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 27;10:773668. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.773668. eCollection 2022.
Health policy and services is a continuously evolving field of research that can inform prevention and control efforts for a variety of health conditions. The "Healthy China" strategy reflects the demand to formulate health policy that suits China's national needs and goals. Applying bibliometric analysis to grasp the general situation of health policy and services research globally will be conducive to informing China's designated health plans and initiatives.
A bibliometric analysis of 58,065 articles on "Health Policy and Services" topics was conducted. The document type was restricted to journal articles that were published in the Web of Science database between the time parameter of January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2018. Data was collected on indicators such as the annual number of publications in the field of health policy and services, the country where the publication is issued, the publication organization, the source journal, the frequency of citations, research hotspots, and academic areas.
The overall number of articles published in Web of Science on health policy and services research has increased over time. The United States has the largest number of articles in the field. The institution with the highest number of citations in the field is Harvard University and the journal with the most published articles in the field is Health Affairs. Research hotspots in the health policy and services field include topics such as "HIV Infections," "Primary Health Care," "Delivery of Health Care," and "Health Services Accessibility."
Experts in the field of health policy and services globally are dedicated to researching the most effective ways to improve people's health and living standards. There is a certain gap in the depth of health policy and services research between China and developed countries and regions such as Europe or America. China must learn from foreign experience to conduct meaningful and informative research that can aid in the formulation of multi-dimensional health policies in specific areas such as environmental infectious diseases, where attention is needed in areas beyond the medical and health system.
卫生政策和服务是一个不断发展的研究领域，可以为各种健康状况的预防和控制工作提供信息。“健康中国”战略反映了制定适合中国国家需求和目标的卫生政策的要求。应用文献计量分析方法掌握全球卫生政策和服务研究的概况，将有助于为中国制定特定领域的卫生计划和倡议提供信息。
对“卫生政策和服务”主题的 58065 篇文章进行了文献计量分析。文件类型仅限于在 Web of Science 数据库中于 2009 年 1 月 1 日至 2018 年 12 月 31 日期间发表的期刊文章。数据收集了卫生政策和服务领域的年度出版物数量、出版物所在国家/地区、出版机构、来源期刊、引用频率、研究热点和学术领域等指标。
在 Web of Science 上发表的关于卫生政策和服务研究的文章总数随着时间的推移而增加。美国在该领域的文章数量最多。该领域被引频次最高的机构是哈佛大学，该领域发表文章最多的期刊是《健康事务》。卫生政策和服务领域的研究热点包括“艾滋病毒感染”、“初级卫生保健”、“医疗保健提供”和“卫生服务可及性”等主题。
全球卫生政策和服务领域的专家致力于研究提高人们健康和生活水平的最有效方法。中国与欧洲或美国等发达国家和地区在卫生政策和服务研究的深度上存在一定差距。中国必须借鉴国外经验，进行有意义和有信息的研究，为环境传染病等特定领域的多维卫生政策制定提供帮助，这些领域需要超越医疗和卫生系统的关注。
