Promoting the construction of county-level medical communities is a crucial measure for establishing a hierarchical medical system. While the domestic academic community has conducted extensive theoretical and empirical research in this field, there is a lack of comprehensive summaries of existing research findings. This study uses bibliometric methods to systematically review the progress of related literature in this field, providing insights and references for the high-quality development of county-level medical communities.

To conduct a visual analysis of the literature on county-level medical communities in China, exploring research hotspots and frontier trends in this field.

Using the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, literature related to county-level medical communities published between 2016 and 2023 was retrieved on February 25, 2024. CiteSpace software was employed for bibliometric visualization analysis of the literature, focusing on publication years, authors and institutions, keyword co-occurrence, clustering, timeline distribution, and burst detection.

A total of 481 articles were included. The publication volume in this field has been increasing, driven by policy factors, with 65 articles (13.51%) published between 2016 and 2019, 167 articles (34.72%) published between 2020 and 2021, and 249 articles (51.77%) published between 2022 and 2023. The top three authors in terms of publication volume were CHEN Yingchun, WANG Fang, and ZHENG Ying, each with 8 articles. The top two keywords in terms of centrality and cluster size are "medical community" and "hierarchical medical system". The timeline distribution indicated that "hierarchical medical system" was the earliest and most sustained research hotspot in this field. Additionally, clusters such as "integration of medical prevention" "performance evaluation" "countermeasures" and "patients" emerged as research hotspots. Burst detection revealed that "medical insurance fund" "chronic disease" "management model" "development strategy" and "rural doctors" were recent research hotspots and future directions in this field.

Key research hotspots in the field of county-level medical communities include the construction of hierarchical medical systems, focusing on chronic diseases and the integration of public health services, and exploring performance evaluation pathways. Future research trends indicate a strong focus on deepening policy research, using county-level medical community construction to promote the establishment of hierarchical medical systems, advancing innovation in the integration of medical prevention, enhancing performance evaluation, and optimizing internal management.

推进县域医共体建设是推动构建分级诊疗秩序的重要举措，国内学术界在县域医共体领域开展了丰富的理论和实证研究，但对现有研究成果的归纳与总结不足。运用文献计量学方法系统梳理该领域相关文献的研究进展，可以为全面推进县域医共体高质量发展提供借鉴与参考。

基于中国县域医共体领域的文献数据进行可视化分析，探讨该领域的研究热点和前沿趋势。

于2024-02-25，系统检索中国知网收录的县域医共体相关文献，检索时限为2016—2023年。采用CiteSpace软件对文献的发表年份、作者和机构，以及关键词共现、聚类、时间线分布、突现等情况开展文献计量学可视化分析。

共纳入文献481篇，该领域的发文量受政策因素驱动呈递增趋势，2016—2019年发文65篇（13.51%），2020—2021年发文167篇（34.72%），2022—2023年发文249篇（51.77%）。发文量排在前3位的作者分别为陈迎春、王芳、郑英，发文量均为8篇。关键词的中心度和聚类规模排在前2位的是"医共体"和"分级诊疗"。时间线分布提示，"分级诊疗"是该领域出现最早且延续性最好的研究热点，此外，"医防融合""绩效考核""对策""患者"等聚类也为研究热点。关键词突现分析显示，"医保基金""慢性病""管理模式""发展策略""乡村医生"是该领域近年来的研究热点和未来方向。

关注分级诊疗制度建设，聚焦慢性病和公共卫生医防融合服务，探索绩效考核路径是县域医共体的研究热点。未来该领域在深化政策内涵研究，以县域医共体建设推动构建分级诊疗秩序、推进医防融合创新、强化绩效考核与优化内部管理领域表现出较强的研究趋势。