KMAN Publication Inc. AI and Tech in Behavioral and Social Sciences In Press 2027 01 01 Balanced Scorecard and Performance-Based Budgeting in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Mapping of Research from 2000 to 2024 Balanced Scorecard and Performance-Based Budgeting in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Mapping of Research from 2000 to 2024 1 7 EN Journal Article 2026 03 20 <p>Healthcare organizations require performance-management systems that connect strategic objectives, resource allocation, service quality, and evidence-informed decision-making. The balanced scorecard (BSC) and performance-based budgeting (PBB) offer complementary approaches to aligning organizational strategy with financial and non-financial performance. This study mapped the growth and conceptual structure of research on BSC and PBB in healthcare between 2000 and 2024. A bibliometric corpus of 280 articles was compiled from Web of Science, Google Scholar, SID, Noormags, and Ensani. Publication trends, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic clusters were examined using VOSviewer. Publication output increased gradually until 2018 and accelerated thereafter, reaching 43 articles in 2024. BSC occupied the central position in the co-word network and was strongly connected with strategy, performance measurement, management control, information, knowledge management, innovation, technology, healthcare, hospitals, and decision-making. Five thematic areas were identified: strategy and performance measurement; information and decision-making; innovation and technology; operations and supply chain; and public-sector and healthcare applications. The literature has progressively positioned BSC as a strategic performance-governance framework rather than solely a reporting instrument. Its connection with PBB may support more integrated approaches to resource allocation and organizational accountability in healthcare. Digital and artificial-intelligence applications remain prospective research directions rather than findings directly established by this review.</p> https://www.journals.kmanpub.com/index.php/aitechbesosci/article/download/5880/11372