A bibliometric analysis of health economics articles in the economics literature: 1991-2000

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-414

  Rubin, Rose M ^a   Chang, Cyril F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Health economics articles; Health economics literature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING;

EID: 0037952833     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.802     Document Type: Article

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