Digital Transformation and Health Economics: A Bibliometric Analysis on Digital Health

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 21 - 31, 25.03.2023

Çağatay Tunçsiper

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.1240687

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the studies on digital health within the framework of health economics with a holistic approach and to reveal the research trends of these studies. For this purpose, publications in the field of digital health were analyzed using the bibliometric analysis method. Scopus database was preferred in the study. In this context, the studies in the 1985-2023 period are analyzed using the R programming language, and this is a retrospective type of research. As a result of the relevant searches, 309 academic studies whose language is English were obtained. The studies were examined in various categories such as the distribution by years, the number and types of studies, the most productive author, the most repetitive words, the countries and institutions with the most academic publications, and the conceptual, intellectual and social frameworks of the publications were determined and tried to be expressed. According to the findings obtained as a result of the analysis, the most prominent concepts are innovation, health services, digital health, e-health and COVID 19 concepts. This study includes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic process and presents the current literature. In this context, this study is an important resource as it presents current issues in the field of health economics and digital health.

Keywords

Digitalization, Inovation, Health Economics, Digital Health, Bibliometric Analysis

Dijital Dönüşüm ve Sağlık Ekonomisi: Dijital Sağlık Üzerine Bibliyometrik Bir Analiz

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sağlık ekonomisi çerçevesinde dijital sağlık alanına yönelik yapılan çalışmaları bütüncül bir yaklaşım ile incelemek ve bu çalışmaların araştırma eğilimlerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda dijital sağlık alanındaki yayınlar bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada Scopus veri tabanı tercih edilmiştir. Bu bağlamda 1985-2023 döneminde yer alan çalışmalar R programlama dili aracılığı ile analiz edilerek geriye dönük (retrospektif) tipte bir çalışma yapılmıştır. İlgili taramalar sonucunda yazım dili İngilizce olan 309 akademik çalışma elde edilmiştir. Çalışmalar yıllara göre dağılım, çalışma sayıları ve türleri, en üretken yazarla, en çok tekrar eden kelimeler, en çok akademik yayın yapan ülkeler ve kurumlar gibi çeşitli kategorilerde incelenmiş ve yayınların kavramsal, entelektüel ve sosyal çerçeveleri belirlenip ifade edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre en çok öne çıkan kavramlar inovasyon, sağlık hizmetleri, dijital sağlık, e-sağlık ve COVID-19 kavramlarıdır. Bu çalışma COVID-19 pandemi sürecinin etkilerini de içinde barındırmakta ve güncel literatürü ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma sağlık ekonomisi ve dijital sağlık alanına ilişkin güncel konular sunması nedeniyle önemli bir kaynak niteliğindedir.

Keywords

Dijitalleşme, İnovasyon, Sağlık Ekonomisi, Dijital Sağlık, Bibliyometrik Analiz

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