Papers on “economic burden”
Research on “economic burden” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “economic burden” appeared in 288 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (279), economics (8) and management (1).
- 43 of them were published in 2025, against 9 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Maryland, Baltimore (6), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (5) and Universitat de Barcelona (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Economics Review (31), PharmacoEconomics (28) and PharmacoEconomics - Open (27).
- The most-cited of them is “The Economic Burden of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder in the United States (2010 and 2018)” (PharmacoEconomics, 2021), with 839 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Economics and Policy | 9 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 27 | 42 | 46 |
| Economics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 9 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 41 | 22 | 34 | 28 | 43 | 47 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health Economics Review | 31 |
| 2 | PharmacoEconomics | 28 |
| 3 | PharmacoEconomics - Open | 27 |
| 4 | The European Journal of Health Economics | 26 |
| 5 | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation | 23 |
| 6 | Applied Health Economics and Health Policy | 5 |
| 7 | Health Policy and Technology | 5 |
| 8 | Health Policy | 2 |
| 9 | Energy Economics | 1 |
| 10 | Economics Letters | 1 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Maryland, Baltimore | 6 |
| 2 | Shiraz University of Medical Sciences | 5 |
| 3 | Universitat de Barcelona | 5 |
| 4 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | 5 |
| 5 | Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) | 4 |
| 6 | University of Groningen | 4 |
| 7 | Bushehr University of Medical Sciences | 3 |
| 8 | Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red | 3 |
| 9 | Instituto de Salud Carlos III | 3 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 36 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 22 |
| 3 | Spain | 15 |
| 4 | Germany | 11 |
| 5 | China | 10 |
| 6 | Iran | 10 |
| 7 | Italy | 9 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 7 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 7 |
| 10 | Belgium | 6 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | health care costs | 61 |
| 2 | indirect costs | 36 |
| 3 | productivity loss | 31 |
| 4 | direct medical costs | 26 |
| 5 | hospital costs | 24 |
| 6 | cost-effectiveness | 18 |
| 7 | hospitalization | 15 |
| 8 | healthcare resource utilization | 12 |
| 9 | drug costs | 11 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 839 | 12.7 | The Economic Burden of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder in the United States (2010 and 2018) | PharmacoEconomics | 2021-05-05 | Paul E. Greenberg, Andrée-Anne Fournier, Tammy Sisitsky et al. |
| 2 | 471 | 4.7 | Economic burden of stroke: a systematic review on post-stroke care | The European Journal of Health Economics | 2018-06-16 | Saša Rajšić, Holger Gothe, Helena Hiemisch Lobo Borba et al. |
| 3 | 394 | 5.3 | A Systematic Review of Medical Costs Associated with Heart Failure in the USA (2014–2020) | PharmacoEconomics | 2020-08-19 | Michael Urbich, Gary A. Globe, Krystallia Pantiri et al. |
| 4 | 259 | 3.1 | Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | PharmacoEconomics | 2019-10-24 | Alexander Konnopka, Hannah König |
| 5 | 205 | 2.1 | Friction Cost Estimates of Productivity Costs in Cost-of-Illness Studies in Comparison with Human Capital Estimates: A Review | Applied Health Economics and Health Policy | 2018-08-09 | Jamison J. Pike, Scott Dennis Grosse |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “economic burden”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-burden
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