Inpatient Costs in the Perspective of Polish Health Policy: Scenario Analysis

Miszczyńska Katarzyna M. and Miszczyński Piotr M.
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Miszczyńska Katarzyna M.: Department of Public Finance Faculty of Economicsand Sociology University of Lodz
Miszczyński Piotr M.: PhD Department of Operations Research Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz

South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 2020, vol. 15, issue 2, 43-56

Abstract: Constantly growing health needs, changing demographic situation resulting in often prolonged treatment process, technological progress in the field of highly specialised medical procedures and the associated increase in patient awareness translate into an increase in the operating costs of the healthcare sector. The main aim of the study was the assessment of the relationship between the labour costs of medical staff and in-patient curative care costs financed by the main payer over the next decade. The research results confirmed that the assumed increase of expenditures on healthcare sector to the level of 9% of GDP in 2027 (proposed by management units) is unlikely to happen. The research findings were obtained by the implementation of scenario analysis supported by the development trend analysis.

Keywords: healthcare expenditures; health economics; labour costs; health policy; public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 H60 I11 I15 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/jeb-2020-0014

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