Economic Evaluation in Global Perspective: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Recent Literature.

ABSTRACT: We present a bibliometric analysis of recently published full economic evaluations of health interventions and reflect critically on the implications of our findings for this growing field. We created a database drawing on 14 health, economic, and/or general literature databases for articles published between 1 January 2012 and 3 May 2014 and identified 2844 economic evaluations meeting our criteria. We present findings regarding the sensitivity, specificity, and added value of searches in the different databases. We examine the distribution of publications between countries, regions, and health areas studied and compare the relative volume of research with disease burden. We analyse authors' country and institutional affiliations, journals and journal type, language, and type of economic

SUBMITTER: Pitt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042080 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature