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Health Economics Insights Journal
Published by PRIVIETLAB
ISSN : -     EISSN : 3163561X     DOI : https://doi.org/10.55942/heij.v1i1.1862
Health Economics Insights Journal (HEIJ) is an international peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes high-quality research across diverse fields of knowledge, including health economics, public health, healthcare management, health policy, health financing, health insurance, pharmaceutical economics, hospital management, economics, business, management, and applied health-related research. The journal aims to provide an inclusive scholarly platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, healthcare professionals, and policymakers to disseminate original research that contributes to theoretical development, empirical knowledge, practical innovation, and solutions to contemporary health and healthcare challenges. HEIJ welcomes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies that connect different fields of knowledge to address complex local, national, regional, and global health issues. The journal encourages research that integrates perspectives from health, economics, public policy, healthcare systems, management, financing, insurance, pharmaceuticals, business, and human development. By promoting cross-disciplinary dialogue, HEIJ seeks to support the advancement of knowledge that is academically rigorous, socially relevant, and beneficial for wider communities. The scope of Health Economics Insights Journal (HEIJ) includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: Health economics and health policy Public health and community health Healthcare management and healthcare administration Health financing and healthcare payment systems Health insurance and social health protection Pharmaceutical economics and pharmacoeconomics Hospital management and hospital administration Health services research and healthcare delivery Health technology assessment and medical innovation Health system performance and healthcare quality Healthcare access, equity, and affordability Health expenditure, cost-effectiveness, and economic evaluation Health workforce management and organizational behavior in healthcare Digital health, health information systems, and data analytics Business, management, accounting, and finance in healthcare Economics, development studies, and public sector economics related to health Policy studies, governance, and regulation in the health sector Healthcare entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable health business Global health, health security, and comparative health systems Interdisciplinary studies linking health, economics, management, policy, business, and society The journal accepts original research articles, literature reviews, systematic reviews, bibliometric studies, conceptual papers, case studies, policy papers, and applied research reports. Submissions may use quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, experimental, comparative, or interdisciplinary approaches, provided that they demonstrate originality, methodological soundness, academic contribution, and relevance to the journal’s health economics and healthcare-focused scope. Health Economics Insights Journal (HEIJ) particularly encourages manuscripts that address real-world problems and offer meaningful contributions to knowledge, practice, policy, and community development. The journal welcomes studies from various geographical contexts and disciplinary backgrounds, especially research that promotes sustainable health systems, inclusive healthcare access, effective health financing, evidence-based health policy, healthcare innovation, responsible governance, and improved public health outcomes.
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Two decades of universal HCR: A bibliometric analysis (2004–2024) Olaf Ingmar
Health Economics Insights Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): December 2026
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Abstract

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a central target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3.8) and a defining ambition of contemporary health-systems policy. Although the associated scholarship has expanded rapidly, the intellectual structure of the field has not been comprehensively mapped. This study characterises two decades of UHC research bibliometrically, describing how the field has grown, who has produced it, and how its themes have evolved. We conducted a performance analysis and science mapping of UHC-related documents published between 2004 and 2024, following established bibliometric guidance. The dataset (N = 9,828 journal articles) was retrieved from the OpenAlex scholarly database using an exact-phrase title/abstract query for “universal health coverage”, restricted to journal articles published in 2004–2024. Analyses were implemented in a reproducible Python pipeline and covered annual output and growth; the productivity, citation impact, and international-collaboration structure of countries, journals, authors, and institutions; the most-cited documents; and concept co-occurrence and thematic structure. The field displays sustained, accelerating growth. Output is concentrated among a small set of high-income countries, global-health and health-policy journals, and a core of prolific authors and institutions. International collaboration is extensive but asymmetric, and the thematic landscape spans health financing, financial risk protection, primary health care, equity, and health-systems strengthening, with newer clusters around quality of care, service-coverage measurement, and the SDGs. UHC research is a maturing, policy-facing, and highly international field whose geography of knowledge production raises equity considerations relevant to its future agenda. Keywords: universal health coverage; bibliometric analysis; science mapping; health systems; health financing; Sustainable Development Goals

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