The SWOT Analysis of the Romanian Health Care System

The complexity of the problem the national health care program confronts with and which must be solved through the measures of the respective reform lead to a SWOT analysis, particularly for this reform. The strong points consists of the voting And coming into force of the Law concerning the health care reform, the large number of services suppliers, for every type of medical assistance, the existence of medical excellence centres leading to an afflux of patients, regardless of the area where they live. The implementation of the hospital financing system - DRG – financing based on solved case – represented a process approved through a MH project that has benefited from the financial support of the European Union, through PHARE 2003 program. The Romanian health care system consists of the following weak points: - The necessity to increase the financing level of the Romanian health care system; - The lack of a unique integrated information system; - The lack of real self-sufficiency; - The high rate of infectious and chronic diseases; - The rate of problems related to the lack of knowledge of related servicesindicators system, SWOT analysis, strong points, weak points, financing health care, health care expenditure.

Health care system – concept and importance

Health care systems are designed to meet the health care needs of target populations. There are a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some countries, the health care system has evolved and has not been planned, whereas in others a concerted effort has been made by governments, trade unions, charities, religious, or other coordinated bodies to deliver planned health care services targeted to the populations they serve. In Romania in 2001 health expenditures were equal to 6.5 percent of gross domestic product. In 2005 there were 1.9 physicians and 7.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people. The system has been funded by the National Health Care Insurance Fund, to which employers and employees make mandatory contributions. Private health insurance has developed slowly. Because of low public funding, about 36 percent of the population’s health care spending is out-of-pocket.health care, finances, insurance, hospital care, investments efficiency

Indicators of healthcare system, an important element of SWOT sistemic analysis in this area

The complexity of indicator’s system derives from the very complexity of the health concept as defined by the World Health Organization that "Health is that state of good : physical, mental, social and consists not only in the absence of disease or infirmity". The indicators should cover both aspects of financing health services, technical equipment, human resources in healthcare, quality of healthcare services, issues that affect health, but also short and long term effects of work in this area. The paper analyzes the main indicators characterizing the health system in Romania, aimed at identifying potential strengths and its weaknesses.healthcare system, indicators, efficiency, competitiveness

HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS AS METHOD OF RENDERING THE ACTIVITY EFFECTIVE

The issue of healthcare economics analysis should be started from the concept and the particularities within this important area of economic life - social. In the present conditions of limited resources and the needs that continue to multiply and diversify, in the context of stiff competition in any field, the issues of competitiveness and rationalization of any human activities becomes very important. In what follows the authors will examine some significant aspects regarding the healthcare economics, such as healthcare costs, ethics and objects of the healthcare economics, contributions for the fundamentals and development of the healthcare economics etc.healthcare economics, public healthcare, performance, quality, standards of living.

The Role of Knowledge Intensive Business Services on Romania’s Economic Revival and Modernization at the Regional Level

Knowledge intensive business services have recently become one of the most important themes addressed by researchers in the field. Their interest in such a subject is due primarily to the impact they have in terms of growth rate, especially for the economies of emerging countries. The literature in the field brings a series of persuasive arguments about the role that these services have both at national and regional levels. In this paper, the authors make a radiography of the Romanian research system which is passing through a transition phase from the ruins of communism to the challenges of globalization. Moreover, the authors analyse the role of performance-based services in Romania’s regional development in correlation with the economic growth target at the national scale. Quantitative methods used during the present paper highlight the disparities between Romania’s geographic regions in terms of technological development and research. In addition, the econometric model developed in the study emphasizes the cohesion degree corresponding to the European Union Member States

The Impact of Applying the Total Quality Management Model on the Performance of the Telecom Organizations in Romania

The present paper brings into discussion Edwards Deming’s conceptualized model of Total Quality Management highlighting different phases within its evolution as it is seen in the economic literature. A temporal incursion allows a better understanding of the way quality standards implemented by means of total quality management programs are reflected in final consumer’s satisfaction as well as in organizations’ long-term performance. Conceptual development of the model is intertwined with the pragmatic side, by presenting a case study of the mobile telecommunication sector in Romania. The quantitative research analyzes the influence of total quality management’s (TQM) implementation in achieving the competitive advantage and the performance of enterprises in the telecom sector. Data were collected by means of a survey through a questionnaire addressed to the respondents and the hypotheses of structural equation modeling (SEM) were tested by partial least squares path modeling (PLS). Data analysis was conducted by means of the statistical software SmartPLS 2.0 M3 software. The research conclusions confirm the theoretical issues presented throughout the paper, emphasizing the fact that enterprises’ performance is the direct result of the collaboration between a series of factors such as the motivated workforce, decisional power quality as well as operational process integrity

An Application of the Kalman Filter Recursive Algorithm to Estimate the Gaussian Errors by Minimizing the Symmetric Loss Function

Kalman filtering is a linear quadratic estimation (LQE) algorithm that uses a time series of observed data to produce estimations of unknown variables. The Kalman filter (KF) concept is widely used in applied mathematics and signal processing. In this study, we developed a methodology for estimating Gaussian errors by minimizing the symmetric loss function. Relevant applications of the kinetic models are described at the end of the manuscript

Detecting Bid-Rigging in Public Procurement. A Cluster Analysis Approach

This paper analyses the public procurement auctions for snow removal contracts to find out whether bid-rigging occurred. Due to the limited participation in the auction processes, detection of anticompetitive agreements was possible. The econometric analysis used in our study supported the findings of a cartel agreement. Cluster analysis, statistical hypothesis, normality and symmetry and nonparametric tests reveal two types of auctions: competitive and noncompetitive bids. The aim of this paper is to analyze the public procurement auctions with nonparametric statistical methods. Our findings are in line with the literature in the field

Modeling the Circular Economy Processes at the EU Level Using an Evaluation Algorithm Based on Shannon Entropy

In this paper we propose a methodology to study circular economy processes based on mathematical modelling. In open-ended systems, waste could be converted back to recycling, transforming the economy from linear to circular. The concept of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics give the argument for a scale reduction of material circulation. As humans extract more and more energy and matter for the economy, the degree of entropy is likely to increase. Based on the findings of economic studies on the implications of industrialization in the case of growing economies, this study aims at evaluating circular economy processes at the European Union (EU) level using a Shannon-Entropy-based algorithm. An entropy-based analysis was conducted for the 28 European Union countries during the time frame 2007⁻2016. The modelling process consists of constructing a composite indicator which is composed of a weighted sum of all indicators developed by an algorithm based on Shannon Entropy. The weights assigned to each indicator in our analysis measure the significance of each indicator involved in the development of the composite indicator. The results are similar to the international rakings, consolidating and confirming the accuracy and reliability of this approach