Mapping the Knowledge Landscape of Health Insurance for the Poor: A Bibliometric Review

Abstract

Health systems throughout the world have an  important goal of improvising its efficiency so that it can be accessed and availed by all people and this also requires the continuous efforts from government and its various sectors like military, education etc., This helps in considering issues related to health sector as a national issue for better prioritization. The debate of health-related policies and coverage includes issues like mortality risks and inequalities associated with it. These issues can be assessed through various means of indicators. The first and foremost motive of Laws related to health policy is the regulation of right to health. The concept of medical insurance is the better provision of benefits for all irrespective of their financial status.  Thus, the current study collates 235 scholarly papers through means of bibliometric analysis and R-tool for the thematic analysis. These papers are taken from the Scopus database and all these articles are published during the period of 2004 to 2024. Therefore, the study aims to analyst and map the health insurance for the poor and disadvantaged people. Results show that studies and researches in this field has considerably grown and it also indicates a skewed development, yet there is still a huge room for further research and development on this domain.