Analysis and reference of research hotspots on physician remuneration abroad based on bibliometrics / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To provide reference for solving relevant problems in China and conducting in-depth research in this field by learning the research hotspots, ideas, and methods regarding physician remuneration abroad.Methods:Themes of " Physician" and " Remuneration" were used, to retrieve English literature from the Web of Science core set database collected from 2012 to 2022. After a descriptive analysis of the journals distribution of valid literature, the researchers made a co-word analysis and chose high-frequency keywords, followed by a cluster analysis of the keywords to summarize hot topics in the field of physician remuneration research abroad.Results:From 2012 to 2022, 379 representative and relevant papers were included, and a total of 91 papers were published in the top 10 journals, then top 30 keywords of 8-41 times frequency were intercepted. The research summarized 4 main research directions in the field by cluster analysis, namely macro healthcare policies and physicians′ remuneration, as well as the presentation, cause and impact of wage gap, the remuneration design and physicians′ attitude and behavior, the industry payment and information disclosure.Conclusions:How to better evaluate the value of physicians′ work and pay them scientifically and reasonably is key to the study. Chinese researchers are expected to further explore physician remuneration in terms of macro policy level, payment technology design and remuneration management level, as well as individual behavior and attitude level.