Public Hospitals Performance. Theoretical Foundations and Challenges

Constanta Popescu () and Gulay Avci Kakillioglu ()
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Constanta Popescu: Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
Gulay Avci Kakillioglu: Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania

Chapter 4 in International Conference Globalization, Innovation and Development. Trends and Prospects (G.I.D.T.P.), 2020, vol. 10, pp 25-32 from Editura Lumen

Abstract: Public hospitals performance is currently a public management subject of great interest. On the one hand, there is the pressure of the State and of the taxpayer (health insurance payer), which have expectations regarding the capitalisation of health expenditures. On the other hand, there is the pressure put by users, as consumers, who want to have the power to choose in a field they consider essential for their state of health. In these circumstances, the following questions arise: How do public hospitals see performance? Do they consider this performance requirement a threat, in the context of public and private sector competition, or do they see it as a real opportunity to improve the quality of the services provided to users (patients) and ensure an efficient State governance (as the State is the one financing public health services)? Our article aims at answering these questions, which represent major challenges for a national health system.

Keywords: health insurance system; hospital system; hospital performance; healthcare quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D8 F6 I2 O1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-910129-23-4
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DOI: 10.18662/lumproc/gidtp2018/04

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