EU funds as a catalyst of change for the Slovak healthcare system?

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.18335/region.v9i1.344

Title :

EU funds as a catalyst of change for the Slovak healthcare system?

Author(s) :

Fidrmuc, Jan [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Gardoňová, Kristína [Auteur]
Hulényi, Martin [Auteur]
Sekelský, Lukáš [Auteur]
Zlaczká, Veronika [Auteur]

Journal title :

Notre Région

Pages :

29-49

Publication date :

2022-01-28

ISSN :

1766-5884

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

In the programming period 2007-2013, the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) invested €237 million in Slovak hospitals. We investigate whether this injection of additional funds has improved the quality of ...
Show more >In the programming period 2007-2013, the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) invested €237 million in Slovak hospitals. We investigate whether this injection of additional funds has improved the quality of healthcare in the targeted hospitals. As a measure of quality, we use the readmission rate (ratio of readmissions within 30 days over total hospitalizations) and the mortality rate. Our results show a statistically significant but small effect of ESIF on the readmission rate but not on the mortality rate. We argue that these results suggest that the main problem in Slovak healthcare is low productivity rather than lack of funding.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL

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