A Bibliometric Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in the Economic and Medical Literature: 1976-2006

Dan Greenberg, Allison B. Rosen, Oren Wacht, Jennifer Palmer and Peter J. Neumann
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Dan Greenberg: Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Health Systems Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, dangr@bgu.ac.il
Allison B. Rosen: Departments of Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oren Wacht: Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Jennifer Palmer: Department of Health Systems Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Peter J. Neumann: Department of Health Systems Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Medical Decision Making, 2010, vol. 30, issue 3, 320-327

Abstract: Background. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) presenting a cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) ratio is frequently used to determine ‘‘value for money’’ in health care. Despite the proliferation of CEA research, there has been no detailed study focusing on the bibliometric properties of this literature. Objectives. To describe and analyze trends in publications and coauthorship in the CEA literature from 1976 to 2006 and to identify the most prolific authors and research groups conducting CEAs. Methods. The authors used the Tufts Medical Center Registry of original CEAs published through 2006 (www.cearegistry.org). For each article, they recorded the year of publication, the journal title, and the number of contributing authors and their names. Authors were assigned credit based on their weighted contribution to the study (1 credit point for the first and last authors, ½ point for the second author, and 1 = n credit points for all other authors, where n reflects the number of coauthors). Results. Approximately 1400 CEAs presenting a cost/QALY ratio were published in 420 journals through 2006. The mean number of contributing authors was 4.7 ± 2.4. Medical journals were characterized by a higher number of coauthors, as compared with the economic and health policy journals: 4.8 ± 2.4 v. 4.2 ± 2.0, P

Keywords: cost-effectiveness analysis; authorship; QALY. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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