Bibliometric analysis on hospital performance research in English via CiteSpace_West China Medical Journal

Authors：

CHEN Yuan ¹ , DONG Siping ^2,3,4 ,  LIU Tingfang ⁵

1. School of Health Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
2. National Institute of Hospital Administration, National Health Commission, Beijing 100083, P. R. China;
3. School of Political Science & Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China;
4. Institute of Health Research, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P. R. China;
5. PROMs Research and Translation Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, P. R. China;

Corresponding?author：

LIU Tingfang, Email: liutingfang@wmu.edu.cn

Keywords：

Hospital performance; hospital management; CiteSpace; bibliometric analysis

DOI：

10.7507/1002-0179.202311273

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Objective To review the literature written in English on hospital performance research and provide theoretical and practical references for research in the field of hospital performance in China. Methods Literature related to hospital performance published from 1972 to 2022 in the Web of Science Core Collection was retrieved. Microsoft Excel 2021 was used to analyze the annual publication volume of English literature in the field of hospital performance. CiteSpace 6.1.R6 software was used for co-occurrence analysis of countries/regions, institutions and authors, research hotspots and frontiers. Results A total of 1447 articles were ultimately included. The analysis of annual publication volume showed that the overall publication volume in the field of hospital performance was on the rise. The co-occurrence analysis of countries/regions indicated that the United States had the highest output of academic papers (548), followed by the United Kingdom and China (120 and 89 respectively). The most productive institution was Harvard University in the United States, and the most productive scholar was Harlan M. Krumholz from the Yale University School of Medicine in the United States. The most frequently occurring keyword was “care”. The clustering analysis of keywords revealed that the keywords in the field of hospital performance research were clustered into 12 categories. The top 5 keywords with the highest burst intensity included “acute myocardial infarction” “indicator” “US hospital” “predictor” and “administrative data”. Keywords such as “public hospital” “financial performance” “performance measurement” “framework” and “organizational performance” began to emerge in 2020 and had continued to the present. Conclusions The research hotspot in the field of hospital performance has shifted from focusing on individual performance to organizational performance. There is still a lot of room for research in this field in China, and the exploration of hospital performance evaluation and management models may continue to be research hotspots in this field in the future.

Citation： CHEN Yuan, DONG Siping, LIU Tingfang. Bibliometric analysis on hospital performance research in English via CiteSpace. West China Medical Journal, 2025, 40(1): 81-86. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202311273 Copy

1.	鄭見立. 公立醫院績效考核指標體系及評價系統設計. 武漢: 華中科技大學, 2012.
2.	姜榮勤, 李靜嫻, 胡丹, 等. 部分國家與中國醫院績效評估比較分析. 中國衛生政策研究, 2016, 9(12): 62-67.
3.	陳元, 董四平, 劉庭芳. 基于 CiteSpace 的醫院運營管理英文文獻計量分析. 華西醫學, 2023, 38(12): 1850-1856.
4.	鐘文娟. 基于普賴斯定律與綜合指數法的核心作者測評——以《圖書館建設》為例. 科技管理研究, 2012, 32(2): 57-60.
5.	陳悅, 陳超美, 劉則淵, 等. CiteSpace 知識圖譜的方法論功能. 科學學研究, 2015, 33(2): 242-253.
6.	Prien EP. Measurement of performance effectiveness of hospital attendants. Am J Ment Defic, 1972, 77(1): 21-25.
7.	Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Keenan PS, et al. Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA, 2013, 309(6): 587-593.
8.	Mentias A, Peterson ED, Keshvani N, et al. Achieving equity in hospital performance assessments using composite race-specific measures of risk-standardized readmission and mortality rates for heart failure. Circulation, 2023, 147(15): 1121-1133.
9.	蔣重陽, 周萍. 基于美國 JCAHO 醫療質量監測指標的思考與啟示. 中國醫院院長, 2016(19): 78-80.
10.	曹琦, 沈慧, 王虎峰. 國內外醫院績效評價及評價體系述評. 中華醫院管理雜志, 2015(7): 482-486.
11.	Mesari? J, Bogdan S, Bosanac V, et al. Performance assessment tool for quality improvement in hospitals (PATH): first experiences in Croatia. Lijec Vjesn, 2011, 133(7/8): 250-255.
12.	Veillard J, Champagne F, Klazinga N, et al. A performance assessment framework for hospitals: the WHO regional office for Europe PATH project. Int J Qual Health Care, 2005, 17(6): 487-496.
13.	崔迎慧, 吳正一, 周禮明, 等. 上海某三甲醫院內部績效考核指標體系構建研究. 中國醫院管理, 2015, 35(11): 10-12.
14.	高玉錚, 楊蕊, 黃二丹. 健康中國背景下公立醫院績效管理的實施路徑——基于北京與上海公立醫院績效管理的比較. 衛生經濟研究, 2019, 36(7): 17-20.
15.	陳曄, 董四平. 我國三級公立醫院績效考核指標體系解讀與評析. 中國衛生政策研究, 2020, 13(2): 19-25.
16.	Donabedian A. Evaluating the quality of medical care. 1966. Milbank Q, 2005, 83(4): 691-729.
17.	Pink GH, Slifkin RT, Coburn AF, et al. Comparative performance data for critical access hospitals. J Rural Health, 2004, 20(4): 374-382.
18.	Naessens JM, O’Byrne TJ, Johnson MG, et al. Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the global trigger tool. Int J Qual Health Care, 2010, 22(4): 266-274.
19.	Harris J, Ozgen H, Ozcan Y. Do mergers enhance the performance of hospital efficiency?. J Oper Res Soc, 2000, 51(7): 801-811.
20.	Goldstein SM, Ward PT, Leong GK, et al. The effect of location, strategy, and operations technology on hospital performance. J Oper Manag, 2002, 20(1): 63-75.

1. 鄭見立. 公立醫院績效考核指標體系及評價系統設計. 武漢: 華中科技大學, 2012.
2. 姜榮勤, 李靜嫻, 胡丹, 等. 部分國家與中國醫院績效評估比較分析. 中國衛生政策研究, 2016, 9(12): 62-67.
3. 陳元, 董四平, 劉庭芳. 基于 CiteSpace 的醫院運營管理英文文獻計量分析. 華西醫學, 2023, 38(12): 1850-1856.
4. 鐘文娟. 基于普賴斯定律與綜合指數法的核心作者測評——以《圖書館建設》為例. 科技管理研究, 2012, 32(2): 57-60.
5. 陳悅, 陳超美, 劉則淵, 等. CiteSpace 知識圖譜的方法論功能. 科學學研究, 2015, 33(2): 242-253.
6. Prien EP. Measurement of performance effectiveness of hospital attendants. Am J Ment Defic, 1972, 77(1): 21-25.
7. Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Keenan PS, et al. Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. JAMA, 2013, 309(6): 587-593.
8. Mentias A, Peterson ED, Keshvani N, et al. Achieving equity in hospital performance assessments using composite race-specific measures of risk-standardized readmission and mortality rates for heart failure. Circulation, 2023, 147(15): 1121-1133.
9. 蔣重陽, 周萍. 基于美國 JCAHO 醫療質量監測指標的思考與啟示. 中國醫院院長, 2016(19): 78-80.
10. 曹琦, 沈慧, 王虎峰. 國內外醫院績效評價及評價體系述評. 中華醫院管理雜志, 2015(7): 482-486.
11. Mesari? J, Bogdan S, Bosanac V, et al. Performance assessment tool for quality improvement in hospitals (PATH): first experiences in Croatia. Lijec Vjesn, 2011, 133(7/8): 250-255.
12. Veillard J, Champagne F, Klazinga N, et al. A performance assessment framework for hospitals: the WHO regional office for Europe PATH project. Int J Qual Health Care, 2005, 17(6): 487-496.
13. 崔迎慧, 吳正一, 周禮明, 等. 上海某三甲醫院內部績效考核指標體系構建研究. 中國醫院管理, 2015, 35(11): 10-12.
14. 高玉錚, 楊蕊, 黃二丹. 健康中國背景下公立醫院績效管理的實施路徑——基于北京與上海公立醫院績效管理的比較. 衛生經濟研究, 2019, 36(7): 17-20.
15. 陳曄, 董四平. 我國三級公立醫院績效考核指標體系解讀與評析. 中國衛生政策研究, 2020, 13(2): 19-25.
16. Donabedian A. Evaluating the quality of medical care. 1966. Milbank Q, 2005, 83(4): 691-729.
17. Pink GH, Slifkin RT, Coburn AF, et al. Comparative performance data for critical access hospitals. J Rural Health, 2004, 20(4): 374-382.
18. Naessens JM, O’Byrne TJ, Johnson MG, et al. Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the global trigger tool. Int J Qual Health Care, 2010, 22(4): 266-274.
19. Harris J, Ozgen H, Ozcan Y. Do mergers enhance the performance of hospital efficiency?. J Oper Res Soc, 2000, 51(7): 801-811.
20. Goldstein SM, Ward PT, Leong GK, et al. The effect of location, strategy, and operations technology on hospital performance. J Oper Manag, 2002, 20(1): 63-75.

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