Approaches to Health Efficiency across the European Space through the Lens of the Health Budget Effort

Valentin Marian Antohi, Romeo Victor Ionescu, Monica Laura Zlati, Cristian Mirica and Nicoleta Cristache
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Valentin Marian Antohi: Department of Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University, 800008 Galati, Romania
Romeo Victor Ionescu: Department of Administrative Sciences and Regional Studies, Dunarea de Jos University, 800201 Galati, Romania
Monica Laura Zlati: Department of Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University, 800008 Galati, Romania
Cristian Mirica: Department of Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University, 800008 Galati, Romania
Nicoleta Cristache: Department of Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University, 800008 Galati, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial resources allocated to the health system have been refocused according to priority 0: fighting the pandemic. The main objective of this research is to identify the vulnerabilities affecting the health budget effort in the EU and in the Member States during the health crisis period. The analysis takes into account relevant statistical indicators both in terms of financial allocation to health and expenditure on health protection of the population in the Member States, with the effect being tracked even during the pandemic period. The novelty of the study is the identification of viable directions of intervention based on the structural determination of expenditures related to measures to combat the pandemic and making proposals for changes in public policies based on the determination of the effectiveness of budget allocations in health in relation to the proposed purpose. The main outcome of the study is the identification of the vulnerabilities and the projection of measures to mitigate them in the medium and long term.

Keywords: efficiency of budget allocation; health; pandemic; sanitary vulnerability; social protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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