• 1. Administrative Office of President, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, P.R.China;
  • 2. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University; Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University; Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, The Second Clinical College, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, P.R.China;
  • 3. Institute of Hospital Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, P.R.China;
WANG Xinghuan, Email: wangxignhuan1963@163.com
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Objectives  To evaluate the research status of hospital management in foreign countries using bibliometric analysis, in order to provide reference for domestic hospital management. Methods  The Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched for hospital management related studies from inception to May 30th, 2017. The publication date, document type, country, affiliation, publication distribution, citation, and co-authorship of included studies were analyzed. Results  During the past 20 years, the amount of hospital management related studies presented an increased trend, and original article was the major article type. The USA, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Austria, Italy, Spain and Canada were ranked as the top ten countries that had published the most related studies. Moreover, most of the affiliations which published the related studies were from the USA, UK and France. The results of co-authorship analysis indicated that some researchers existed close co-authorships. Conclusions  Developed countries have better researches on hospital management and can provide a good reference for domestic researchers.

Citation: HAN Yong, LIANG Chen, ZENG Xiantao, LIU Xiaoping, WANG Xinghuan. Research status of hospital management in foreign countries: a bibliometric analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(12): 1456-1460. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201706039 Copy

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