To understand the research hotspot and research evolution trend in the field of hospital efficiency evaluation, and to provide a reference basis for the subsequent research. CiteSpace software was used to visually analyse the Web of Science core collection related literature of hospital efficiency evaluation from January 1, 2010 to December 12,2023. It is found that the top three keywords are data envelopment analysis, technical efficiency, and efficiency, and the first three clusters are data envelopment analysis, healthcare system and costs; The highest intensity of the hot words is impact, Followed by the term "hospitals", The lowest intensity is performance evaluation.

Jie Yuan, Yimeng Ge, Yuting Liu. Research spot analysis of hospital efficiency evaluation based on CiteSpace. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 2: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2024.060201.

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