Financial Performance in Hospitals: A Systematic Literature Review

To respond to the changing operating environment, hospitals are always interested in evaluating their financial performance. Although hospitals are increasingly focusing on financial performance, there are not many systematic reviews, analyses, and syntheses of documents related to this content. This article aims to evaluate research trends on financial performance in hospitals based on literature in the PubMed database for the years 2013–2023. The results show a growing interest in research on financial performance assessment in hospitals, of which 2021 is the year with the highest number of publications, and many journals have published up to 34 issues about this content. Finally, keyword analysis identified much content that will be important research points for future research.