Organizational models of hospital and medical services in European countries Cover Image

Modele de organizare a serviciilor medicale spitalicești în țări din Europa
Organizational models of hospital and medical services in European countries

Author(s): Mircea Ciocan
Subject(s): Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Institutul Român pentru Drepturile Omului
Keywords: public hospital; funding hospitals; health systems;

Summary/Abstract: A health system can be viewed as a set of markets, interacting and interdependent while the institutionalized market of medical services is one of the links in this ensemble, being among the institutions that make up this market: hospitals, sanitariums, Balneoclimateric treatment facilities, specialized tertiary care centers etc. Public discourse focuses on hospitals for reasons both considering the significant volume of financial and human capital that is associated with them, as well as the increased flow of patients they support. The clinical context where patients have immediate access to hospital services is one of the reasons that public perception is often resistant to adopting market conditions in this sector. Financing the health sector is an essential factor for the organization and functioning of any health care system. Health care policy is closely tied to the financing sources of health services.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 42-51
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian