Home Cancer Care Research: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis (1990–2021)

Boutheina Fhoula, Majed Hadid, Adel Elomri, Laoucine Kerbache, Anas Hamad, Mohammed Hamad J. Al Thani, Raed M. Al-Zoubi, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Omar M. Aboumarzouk and Abdelfatteh El Omri ()
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Boutheina Fhoula: Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
Majed Hadid: Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
Adel Elomri: Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
Laoucine Kerbache: Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
Anas Hamad: Pharmacy Department, National Center for Cancer Care & Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
Mohammed Hamad J. Al Thani: Ministry of Public Health, Doha 31666, Qatar
Raed M. Al-Zoubi: Surgical Research Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
Abdulla Al-Ansari: Surgical Research Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
Omar M. Aboumarzouk: Surgical Research Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
Abdelfatteh El Omri: Surgical Research Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-25

Abstract: Home cancer care research (HCCR) has accelerated, as considerable attention has been placed on reducing cancer-related health costs and enhancing cancer patients’ quality of life. Understanding the current status of HCCR can help guide future research and support informed decision-making about new home cancer care (HCC) programs. However, most current studies mainly detail the research status of certain components, while failing to explore the knowledge domain of this research field as a whole, thereby limiting the overall understanding of home cancer care. We carried out bibliometric and visualization analyses of Scopus-indexed papers related to home cancer care published between 1990–2021, and used VOSviewer scientometric software to investigate the status and provide a structural overview of the knowledge domain of HCCR (social, intellectual, and conceptual structures). Our findings demonstrate that over the last three decades, the research on home cancer care has been increasing, with a constantly expanding stream of new papers built on a solid knowledge base and applied to a wide range of research themes.

Keywords: cancer; home healthcare; home care services; bibliometric analysis; science mapping; knowledge domain; knowledge base; social structure; intellectual structure; conceptual structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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