Razlike između zdravstvenih sustava i jedinstveno europsko tržište zdravstvenih usluga

The following paper analyses the possibilities of forming a single European health care market. This aim is achieved by studying the impact of the differing organisational features of individual European health care systems on the efficiency of health care provision, by examining the relationship between the inputs used to produce health care services and the population’s health status in the analysed countries and by exploring the link between the quantity of health care services and the health status. The authors hypothesise that the efficiency and organisation of health care systems determine the possibilities of forming an efficient single European health care market. The empirical methodology employed in this paper is data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results show that differences between health care systems and in the ownership types of health care providers are not so large as to prevent the formation of a single European health care market. However, the formation of a single European health care market would reveal the characteristics of health care systems in such a way that citizens would be in favour of the public sector in health care and the national health service model.U ovome radu istražuju se mogućnosti formiranja jedinstvenog europskog tržišta zdravstvenih usluga. Taj cilj ostvaruje se kroz analizu efikasnosti različitih europskih zdravstvenih sustava u odnosu na zdravstveno stanje populacije i inputa u produkciju zdravstvenih usluga te u odnosu na zdravstveno stanje populacije i opsega zdravstvenih usluga. Autori rada pretpostavljaju da mogućnost formiranja efikasnog jedinstvenog europskog tržišta zdravstvenih usluga zavisi od efikasnosti organizacije zdravstvenih sustava u Europi. U ovome radu autori koriste DEA metodologiju empiričkog istraživanja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da razlike između zdravstvenih sustava i tipa vlasništva zdravstvenih institucija nisu tako velike da bi onemogućile formiranje jedinstvenog europskog tržišta zdravstvenih usluga. Unatoč tome, formiranje jedinstvenog europskog tržišta zdravstvenih usluga moralo bi pokazati kako je u prednosti stanovništvo onih europskih država, u kojima prevladavaju javne zdravstvene institucije i proračunsko financirano zdravstvo

Value added of health economics for health personnel

Aim In discussing the application of economics to health andhealth care this paper focuses mostly on the value added of knowledgein the field of health economics for health care professionalsand their need to obtain this knowledge.Methods To achieve this aim, we discuss the nature and scopeof economics, health economics and basic principles of healthcare. In their discussion they show the basic hypotheses, theoremsand instruments of the related fields, discuss the issues thesefields explore and analyse their interaction. Based on the analysisof links between economics, health economics and health carethey explore the validity of the following three hypotheses. First,in order to apply economics to health and health care the basictools and principals of economic analysis need to be modified toa certain extent. Second, applying economics to health and healthcare changes both the decision-making process and the context inwhich providers provide health care services. Third, advocatingthe need to uphold the core values may conflict with the need toensure economic efficiency.Results We determine that this knowledge can be beneficial notonly for health care professionals holding important managementpositions but for all health care professionals as it enables themto perform more efficiently and in accordance with the mission oftheir profession and the strategy of health care organizations.Conclusion The discussion has clearly shown the positive valueaddedof knowledge in the field of health economics for healthcare professionals and thus advocating the need for students ofmedicine to acquire basic knowledge and understanding of healtheconomics

Model presoje poslovne uspešnosti in izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti v bolnišnicah

Pri presoji poslovne uspešnosti bolnišnic običajno uporabljamo nabor kazalnikov in kazalcev, ki bodisi v obliki odnosov med kategorijami bodisi v obliki absolutnih vrednosti izražajo poslovno uspešnost. Takšne kazalnike in kazalce poslovne uspešnosti zelo pogosto dopolnjujemo s kazalniki učinkovitosti, ki odražajo zlasti vidik izkoriščenosti človeških in materialnih zmogljivosti in s tem vsaj delno pojasnjujejo kazalnike poslovne uspešnosti. V tej razpravi prikazujemo, da je analiza poslovne uspešnosti bolnišnic na podlagi standardnih kazalnikov in kazalcev pomanjkljiva, in pojasnimo, da lahko presojo poslovne uspešnosti in učinkovitosti v bolnišnicah izboljšamo z uporabo procesnega modela

Differences between health care systems and the single European health care market

The following paper analyses the possibilities of forming a single European health care market. This aim is achieved by studying the impact of the differing organisational features of individual European health care systems on the efficiency of health care provision, by examining the relationship between the inputs used to produce health care services and the population’s health status in the analysedcountries and by exploring the link between the quantity of health care services and the health status. The authors hypothesise that the efficiency and organisation of health care systems determine the possibilities of forming an efficient single European health care market. The empirical methodology employed in this paper isdata envelopment analysis (DEA). The results show that differences between health care systems and in the ownership types of health care providers are not so large as to prevent the formation of a single European health care market. However, the formation of a single European health care market would reveal the characteristicsof health care systems in such a way that citizens would be in favour of the public sector in health care and the national health service model