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Title: | Economic evaluation studies in the field of HIV/AIDS: Bibliometric analysis on research development and scopes (GAPRESEARCH) | Authors: | Tran, B.X. Nguyen, L.H. Turner, H.C. Nghiem, S. Vu, G.T. Nguyen, C.T. Latkin, C.A. Ho, C.S.H. Ho, R.C.M. |
Keywords: | Bibliometric Content analysis Economic evaluation Health economics HIV/AIDS |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | Citation: | Tran, B.X., Nguyen, L.H., Turner, H.C., Nghiem, S., Vu, G.T., Nguyen, C.T., Latkin, C.A., Ho, C.S.H., Ho, R.C.M. (2019). Economic evaluation studies in the field of HIV/AIDS: Bibliometric analysis on research development and scopes (GAPRESEARCH). BMC Health Services Research 19 (1) : 834. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4613-0 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | Background: The rapid decrease in international funding for HIV/AIDS has been challenging for many nations to effectively mobilize and allocate their limited resources for HIV/AIDS programs. Economic evaluations can help inform decisions and strategic planning. This study aims to examine the trends and patterns in economic evaluation studies in the field of HIV/AIDS and determine their research landscapes. Methods: Using the Web of Science databases, we synthesized the number of papers and citations on HIV/AIDS and economic evaluation from 1990 to 2017. Collaborations between authors and countries, networks of keywords and research topics were visualized using frequency of co-occurrence and Jaccards' similarity index. A Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) analysis to categorize papers into different topics/themes. Results: A total of 372 economic evaluation papers were selected, including 351 cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA), 11 cost-utility analyses (CUA), 12 cost-benefit analyses (CBA). The growth of publications, their citations and usages have increased remarkably over the years. Major research topics in economic evaluation studies consisted of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and treatment; drug use prevention interventions and prevention of mother-to-child transmission interventions. Moreover, lack of contextualized evidence was found in specific settings with high burden HIV epidemics, as well as emerging most-at-risk populations such as trans-genders or migrants. Conclusion: This study highlights the knowledge and geographical discrepancies in HIV/AIDS economic evaluation literature. Future research directions are also informed for advancing economic evaluation in HIV/AIDS research. © 2019 The Author(s). | Source Title: | BMC Health Services Research | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/212423 | ISSN: | 1472-6963 | DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-019-4613-0 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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