Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on health care insurance in India from 2000 to 2021

ABSTRACT

Background:

India's health care suffers from high out-of-pocket medical expenses that lead to a higher financial burden on poor people. To reduce the health cost burden, the government of India has initiated many governments funded insurance schemes since 2000. Private health insurance also flourished, but the coverage is limited to wealthier households. Many researchers have published many scientific publications on this research domain, but the bibliometric analysis of scientific publications is missing.

Methods:

We have relied on the ‘SCOPUS' database for data collection based on the wider availability of literature. 761 documents extracted were journal articles, published between 2000 and 2021 followed by certain inclusion and exclusion criteria. Biblioshiny package of R-Studio has been used for data analysis.

Results:

Our analysis reflect upon various aspects of Bibliographic analysis like number of articles published, cited, country wise scientific production etc. Our results also reflect on very few studies that relate to Poverty, income, young adults, aged, adolescents, and children, where there is further scope for research.

Conclusion:

We found that the health insurance-related publication rate has increased over the period. But it requires more research especially the implementation of health insurance mechanisms from the health system perspective. The study will be a policy document to find the research gaps in the healthcare insurance domain.

KEYWORDS:

• Bibliometric analysis
• health insurance
• Scopus database
• Biblioshiny
• R-Studio India

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Notes on contributors

Santosh Nayak

Mr. Santosh Nayak is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. He comes with a rich industrial experience in the field of insurance. His area of research is Insurance, Law, and Human Resource. E-mail id: [email protected].

Deepak Kumar Behera

Dr. Deepak Kumar Behera is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. He is a fellow in India-Health Policy and System Research. His research specialization includes Health Economics, Health Financing, and Development Economics. E-mail id: [email protected]/[email protected].

Jyothi Shetty

Mrs. Jyothi Shetty is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. Her area of expertise is Accounting and Computer Science. Her area of research is Down Syndrome among adolescents. E-mail id: [email protected].

Ankitha Shetty

Dr. Ankitha Shetty is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. Her area of research is Insurance. E-mail id: [email protected].

Satish Kumar

Dr. Satish Kumar is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. He heads the Centre for Economics and Social Networking. His area of interest is a social cause. E-mail id: [email protected].

Sandeep S. Shenoy

Dr. Sandeep S. Shenoy is associated with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), for the last 21 years. Currently, he is working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Commerce, MAHE. His area of interest is Finance and Stock markets.