Impact Factor
3.70
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
3.64
674 total citations
h5-index
40
h5 depth signal
Cited share
81.8%
157 of 192
Total citations
674
Citation footprint
Metric signal
3.93
External metric anchor
Self-citation
4.6%
31 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
242
Germany
212
Netherlands
191
Spain
131
Italy
123
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
423
Medical Ethics
351
Economics
312
Patient Care
179
Palliative Care
77
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,282
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
192
157 cited publications
Last 12 months
154
12.8 publications/month
Open access share
65.6%
101 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
242 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
423 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
16 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v5n1, 2004-
v5n1, 2004-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Medical Ethics
Healthcare Policy
Economics
Patient Care
Palliative Care
Broad Categories
Health Services
Public Health
Medical Ethics
Patient Care
Palliative Care
Healthcare Policy
MeSH Descriptors
Delivery of Health Care
Drug Industry
Economics, Medical
Europe
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01989-2
Open DOI
The toll of voting in a pandemic? Regional elections and the spread of COVID-19 in Bavaria
This study investigates whether the regional elections held in the German state of Bavaria on March 15 of 2020 — shortly after the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic — contributed to the spread of COVID-19 cases and COVID-related de...
02
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01997-2
Open DOI
Age-specific COVID-19 case dynamics during school closure periods: Evidence from 12 european countries
03
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-02002-6
Open DOI
Home-based geriatric rehabilitation after shortened inpatient rehabilitation: cost-effectiveness analysis of the “Better@Home” multicentre prospective cohort study with a matched historical control group
Purpose: Geriatric rehabilitation (GR) is facing increased demand due to population ageing. Home-based GR could reduce reliance on resource-intensive inpatient care. However, evidence is limited regarding the cost-effectiveness of home-b...
04
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01975-8
Open DOI
Economic burden of myasthenia gravis in France: A nationwide claims database study (STAMINA)
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease with symptoms of muscle weakness and fatigability. The aim of this study was to estimate MG-related healthcare resource use (HCRU), associated direct costs and their determinants in ...
05
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01973-w
Open DOI
Correction: Exploring the consequences of including off-patent prices in reimbursement decisions for patented drugs
06
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01987-4
Open DOI
Influenza disease burden investigation and cost-effectiveness analysis based on system dynamics model
07
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01998-1
Open DOI
Wealth and weight revisited: A Bayesian model averaging approach to the Obesity Kuznets Curve
08
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01955-y
Open DOI
Ordinal relationship of composite time trade-off and discrete choice experiment preference data
Objectives: Commensurability between the preference data derived from composite time trade-off (cTTO) and discrete choice experiment (DCE) is unknown. There is considerable information asymmetry associated with cTTO and DCE data; the sin...
09
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01983-8
Open DOI
The impact of free influenza vaccination schemes on vaccine uptake among older adults in Europe, 2019-2020
We investigated the causal effect of free influenza vaccination schemes on vaccination uptake among adults aged 50 years and older across 25 European countries. All countries conducted annual information campaigns targeting older adults,...
10
DOI 10.1007/s10198-026-01988-3
Open DOI
Inequalities in oral anticoagulant treatment patterns: a two-part model to estimate healthcare costs associated with atrial fibrillation
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac rhythm disorder associated with an increased risk of stroke, contributing to high healthcare costs. Oral anticoagulants (OACs) are well established in the management of AF, failure...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Each issue has also a distinctive title.
Subtitle dropped as of v. 5, no. 4 (Dec. 2004).
Supplements accompany some vols.
Also issued online.
v. 1, no. 1 (Jul. 2000)20041101 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper