Strategic Developments Linking to the Cost of Managment of Childhood
Pneumonia from 1968 to 2018:A Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract
Abstract Background Childhood pneumonia, the most common disease of
young, not only presents diverse challenges to healthcare providers and
parents, but also carries the vast financial burden to medical care
system. Using bibliometric analysis, we probed the pivotal strategic
developments associated with costs of management of this disorder
affecting millions of children worldwide and identified the research
hotspots and trends over the time span of 50 years. Methods We retrieved
relevant data from the Pubmed database in a range of 50 years from 1968
to 2018 using select medical subject headings. In addition, the research
hotspots concerning the cost of childhood pneumonia using co-word
clustering analysis and strategic diagrams were identified. Results A
total of 1728 articles were retrieved for the specified time period and
number of relevant publications trended to gradually increase. The
authors from the USA contributed to the greatest number of articles. The
Journal of Vaccine apparently published the most relevant articles.
Madhi SA is the most prolific author from National Health Laboratory
Service of University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South
Africa, with a total of 8 papers. The keyword with the highest frequency
was “pneumonia/epidemiology”, followed by “hospitalization/statistics
&numerical data” and “pneumococcal vaccines/economics, respectively.
Conclusion Research on the expenditure of childhood pneumonia covered a
wide range of key subjects along with multiple hot topics. Among them,
the epidemiology and hospitalization were prioritized in the studies
conducted by various authors.