Abstract
In response to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), health
care organizations throughout the world have adopted management initiatives designed to increase
their sustainability. This review of research used bibliometric methods to analyze a dataset comprised
of 477 documents extracted from the Scopus database. The review sought to document research on
sustainable healthcare management (SHM) that has accumulated over the past 25 years. Results
indicated that the intellectual structure of this body of knowledge is comprised of three schools
of thought: (1) sustainable change in health care services, (2) innovations in managing health care
operations, and (3) prioritizing and allocating resources for sustainability. The review also highlighted
the recent topical focus of research in this literature. Key topics were linked to organization and
management of health care services, quality of patient care, and sustainability of health care delivery.