Healthcare Policy and Management
Healthcare Policy and Management is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 71k research works in it since 1950. 29.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the economics of health care systems and policies, including topics such as health care spending, insurance markets, Medicare spending, the medical home model, accountable care organizations, health insurance coverage, health care utilization, welfare economics, regional variations in health care, and the role of primary care.
- Health Care Spending
- Insurance Markets
- Medicare Spending
- Medical Home Model
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Health Care Utilization
- Welfare Economics
- Regional Variations
- Primary Care
- Research works
- 71k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 21k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 29.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -5% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Healthcare Policy and Management research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (4.8k and 588 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 4.8k works
- 2 United Kingdom 588 works
- 3 Canada 325 works
- 4 China 306 works
- 5 India 256 works
- 6 Australia 254 works
- 7 Germany 148 works
- 8 Netherlands 139 works
- 9 Italy 112 works
- 10 Türkiye 97 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Healthcare Policy and Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Healthcare Policy and Management research, followed by Harvard University and University of Michigan.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 123 works
- 2 Harvard University United States 109 works
- 3 University of Michigan United States 80 works
- 4 Johns Hopkins University United States 63 works
- 5 University of Pennsylvania United States 62 works
- 6 Stanford University United States 50 works
- 7 Brown University United States 50 works
- 8 Brigham and Women's Hospital United States 48 works
- 9 University of California, San Francisco United States 45 works
- 10 Yale University United States 43 works
Who are the leading researchers in Healthcare Policy and Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Healthcare Policy and Management include Elizabeth Loder, Theo Vos and Ted R. Miller.
- 1 Elizabeth Loder 13k citations
- 2 Theo Vos 12k citations
- 3 Ted R. Miller 8.1k citations
- 4 Azeem Majeed 6k citations
- 5 Vivekanand Jha 5.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Healthcare Policy and Management research done?
The largest centres of Healthcare Policy and Management research in 2022–2025 are Boston (United States), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Monica, London and Rockville.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Boston United States 234 works
- 2 New York United States 200 works
- 3 London United Kingdom 195 works
- 4 Washington D.C. United States 186 works
- 5 Cambridge United States 157 works
- 6 Philadelphia United States 152 works
- 7 Chapel Hill United States 129 works
- 8 Baltimore United States 127 works
- 9 Chicago United States 117 works
- 10 Los Angeles United States 116 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa MonicaUS · 51.1 works38×
- London34.2 works24×
- RockvilleUS · 21.9 works12×
- ProvidenceUS · 64.2 works12×
- Chapel HillUS · 129.0 works8.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Healthcare Policy and Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Healthcare Policy and Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Brown University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University United States | 75.3 | 43.2% | 10.3× | 109 | +21.1% |
| 2 | Brown University United States | 67.1 | 42.3% | 14.9× | 50 | +27.4% |
| 3 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom | 63.9 | 44.1% | 12.0× | 15 | -18.9% |
| 4 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands | 61.7 | 43.2% | 9.3× | 22 | +18.5% |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 58.7 | 35.1% | 7.1× | 64 | +49.7% |
| 6 | University of Michigan United States | 57.7 | 34.3% | 7.0× | 80 | +27.3% |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 57.6 | 10.3% | 8.6× | 123 | +160.3% |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania United States | 56.8 | 31.6% | 8.1× | 62 | +17.2% |
| 9 | University of California, San Francisco United States | 53.7 | 31.8% | 8.4× | 45 | -17.0% |
| 10 | Boston University United States | 52.2 | 37.5% | 7.6× | 31 | -21.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Healthcare Policy and Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Healthcare Policy and Management.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.