27 Table 1: 300 most-cited publications in health economics, by topic

|Topic|Year|Title|First author|Journal / Edited volume|Citations|Rank|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Health and its value|2001|The Colonial Origins of Comparative<br>Development: An Empirical Investigation|Daron Acemoglu|American Economic Review|4355|1|
|Health and its value|1993|<br>The RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0|R. D. Hays|Health Economics|826|28|
|Health and its value|1993|The Value of Risks to Life and Health|W. Kip Viscusi|Journal of Economic Literature|790|29|
|Health and its value|2003|The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review<br>of Market Estimates throughout the World|W. Kip Viscusi||627|48|
|Health and its value|1995|<br>Multi-attribute Health Status Classification<br>Systems: Health Utilities Index|David Feeny|PharmacoEconomics|489|83|
|Health and its value|1985|<br>The Value of Safety: Results of a National<br>Sample Survey|M. W. Jones-Lee|Economic Journal|412|105|
|Health and its value|1997|<br>Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Critical<br>Review|Sudhir Anand|Journal of Health Economics|399|111|
|Health and its value|2008|How to Value a Life|W. Kip Viscusi|Journal of Economics and Finance|367|127|
|Health and its value|1990|Utility Functions That Depend on Health Status:<br>Estimates and Economic Implications|<br>W. Kip Viscusi|American Economic Review|319|169|
|Health and its value|1992|<br>Quality-of-Life Assessment: Can We Keep It<br>Simple?|D. R. Cox|Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series<br>A (Statistics in Society)|302|191|
|Health and its value|1997|<br>Measuring the Health of the U. S. Population|David M. Cutler|<br>Brookings Papers on Economic Activity|291|208|
|Health and its value|1999|<br>Preferences for Life Saving Programs: How the<br>Public Discounts Time and Age|Maureen L. Cropper|<br>Valuing environmental benefits: Selected<br>essays of Maureen Cropper|286|213|
|Health and its value|2003|<br>The Health of Nations: The Contribution of<br>Improved Health to Living Standards|William D. Nordhaus|<br>Measuring the gains from medical research:<br>An economic approach|286|213|
|Health and its value|2006|<br>The Value of Health and Longevity|Kevin M. Murphy|<br>Journal of Political Economy|254|263|
|Health and its value|2001|<br>Scarring: The Psychological Impact of Past<br>Unemployment|<br>Andrew E. Clark|<br>Economica|236|299|
|Efficiency and equity|2002|Economic Status and Health in Childhood: The<br>Origins of the Gradient|Anne C. Case|American Economic Review|627|48|
|Efficiency and equity|2003|<br>Motivation, agency, and public policy: Of knights<br>and knaves, pawns and queens|Julian Le Grand||533|65|
|Efficiency and equity|2006|<br>Poverty and Inequality in India: A Re-<br>examination|Angus S. Deaton|Indian Economy since Independence|417|100|
|Efficiency and equity|1997|Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health:<br>Measurement, Computation, and Statistical<br>Inference|Nanak Kakwani|Journal of Econometrics|415|103|
|Efficiency and equity|1998|Mortality as an Indicator of Economic Success<br>and Failure|Amartya K. Sen|Economic Journal|413|104|
|Efficiency and equity|1997|Income-Related Inequalities in Health: Some<br>International Comparisons|Eddy van Doorslaer|Journal of Health Economics|405|108|
|Efficiency and equity|2000|<br>On Limiting the Domain of Inequality|James Tobin|The foundations of the welfare state. Volume 1|403|109|
|Efficiency and equity|1997|Intergenerational Equity: An Exploration of the<br>'Fair Innings' Argument|Alan Williams|Health Economics|356|139|
|Efficiency and equity|1993|<br>Equity and Equality in Health and Health Care|A. J. Culyer|Journal of Health Economics|324|166|
|<br>Efficiency and equity|2005|<br>The Quantity and Quality of Life and the<br>Evolution of World Inequality|<br>Gary S. Becker|American Economic Review|307|183|
|Efficiency and equity|2000|<br>Equity in the Delivery of Health Care in Europe<br>and the US|Eddy van Doorslaer|Journal of Health Economics|281|221|
|Efficiency and equity|1997|<br>Understanding DALYs|Christopher J. L. Murray|Journal of Health Economics|280|224|
|Efficiency and equity|1996|Economics, Values, and Health Care Reform|Victor R. Fuchs|American Economic Review|274|232|
|Efficiency and equity|2000|Equity in Health Care Finance and Delivery|Adam Wagstaff|Handbook of health economics. Volume 1B|271|241|