Knowledge Mapping of Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a useful tool in complex decision-making situations, and has been used in medical fields to evaluate treatment options and drug selection. This study aims to provide valuable insights into MCDA in healthcare through examining the research focus of existing studies, major fields, major applications, most productive authors and countries, and most common journals in the domain.

Methods

A bibliometric analysis was conducted on the publication related to MCDA in healthcare from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database on 14 July 2021. Three bibliometric software (VOSviewer, R-bibliometrix, and CiteSpace) were used to conduct the analysis including years, countries, institutes, authors, journals, co-citation reference

SUBMITTER: Dai Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218106 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature