HOSPITAL PERFORMANCES, A KEY COMPONENT AS PART OF THE HEALTH REFORM PROCESS FROM ROMANIA

Hospital performance is one of the key elements to be considered when the reform process is designed for a better patient satisfaction. The paper provides a means to define what hospitals actually do, and to compare that with the original targets in order to identify opportunities for improvement. Also the paper contains the principal methods for measuring hospital performance, such as regulatory inspection, public satisfaction surveys, third-party assessment etc. such as location quotients, Herfindhal specialization index, composite territorial development index, the regional distribution of FDI in relation to the development level, etc.hospital performance, regulatory inspection, public satisfaction survey, third party assessment, health statistical indicators.

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ROMANIAN RETAIL

At the beginning of the millennium, Romanian trade is in an intermediate stage of a complex process of development, marked by efforts and attempts to modernize the forms of commerce. After 1995 and until now, Romanian retail market has experienced a steady increase due to the entry of international modern retail chains and to changes in the Romanian consumers’ behaviour. Currently, Romanian retail has great development potential, being in a phase of accelerated growth. In this stage, features of modern trade forms are established, competition increases, modern retail networks are reinforced and there are still attractive implantation locations that promise attractive profit margins. Based on the premise that there is a wide range of factors that shape modern retail, this paper analyses the impact of macroeconomic variables on the development of Romanian retail market. The research methodology was based on multifactorial regression and statistical correlation. Study results showed that Romanian retail is influenced by gross domestic product, average monthly net salary, exchange rate of the national currency against the euro, and inflation rate

Corporate social responsibility, a strategy to create and consolidate sustainable businesses

Abstract. To highlight the strategic importance of CSR, thi