Article · Volume 12, Issue 3 · pp. 691–698

Financial Aspects of Elderly Care that Enhances their Quality of Life: A Scientometric Review

Anna Che Azmi¹, Ooi Kai Hong¹, Norazlin Ab Aziz², Suhaily Shahimi¹, Lee Wan Ling³

¹Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.
²Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.
³Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.

Abstract

This research paper investigates the citation patterns of financial aspects of elderly care that enhances their life. The study examines the citation patterns in a large corpus of peer-reviewed articles in the Scopus database. A total of 255 articles were included for this review. VOSViewer was employed to analyse citation information from the literature. This study examines the journals that are frequently cited, co-authorship and term occurrence in citations. Overall, our scientometric findings shows that there is exponential growth of literature with expanded international collaborators regarding financial issues toward quality caregiving, and the most term occurrence focused on patient, cost, and service. This study offers valuable insights for researchers in the field of quality aged care and the caregiving industries, enabling them to identify emerging research areas and make informed decisions in relation to the financial aspects of this type of care. By utilizing this approach, researchers can enhance their understanding of highly referenced material, strengthen the impact of their research for funding purposes, explore new and evolving areas in this topic, and identify potential collaborators.

Keywords: Quality care; Financial; Quality of life

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