Review and prospect on healthcare policies in China: a visualized analysis on CSSCI literatures

  Objective  Macro grasp of the development of China′s medical and health policy in the past 15 years and future attention.

  Method  Through the combination of bibliometric analysis and CiteSpace visualization map, taking " Medical and Health Policy” as the theme, 617 authoritative texts in CSSCI database (2003 – 2018) were selected as sample data, and the sample data were analyzed by cluster analysis from the aspects of literature volume, author, research institution, key words and so on.

  Results  In 2009, the research of medical and health policy in China is in an explosive period, and the relevant research institutions have begun to take shape, but the degree of cooperation with each other is low. Hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, public welfare, public hospitals and medical reform are the frontier topics of medical and health policy research at present.

  Conclusion  More extensive communication and cooperation should be carried out among the subjects of medical and health policy research in our country, and the research contents and methods should be broadened and dynamic expanded in time, so as to better respond to the realistic needs of the development of medical and health undertakings in our country.