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Considerations Of Efficiency Of The Romanian Public Hospitals During The Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • RALUCA-ELENA CAUNIC

    (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of IaÅŸi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, IaÅŸi, Romania)

  • ANCA-LAURA ASANDULUI

    (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of IaÅŸi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, IaÅŸi, Romania)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the efficiency of the hospitals into the spotlight worldwide. In Romania, hospital services are the pillar of the healthcare system which has obtained low scores on efficiency and quality in the European comparative evaluations, for a long period. Hospital services are overutilized and among the most expensive in the European Union, while the medical needs of the population remain unsatisfied since Romania has registered in the pre-pandemic year 2019 the highest mortality rate although the diseases leading to the patients’ deaths were treatable. The paper offers a documented perspective on the efficiency of Romanian public hospitals, emphasizing the effect of their low efficiency from the normal periods on the way they have coped with the sanitary crisis represented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Raluca-Elena Caunic & Anca-Laura Asandului, 2023. "Considerations Of Efficiency Of The Romanian Public Hospitals During The Covid-19 Pandemic," Review of Economic and Business Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 31, pages 145-153, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aic:revebs:y:2023:j:31:caunicr
    DOI: 10.47743/rebs-2023-1-0008
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    1. Dan Lupu & Ramona Tiganasu, 2022. "COVID-19 and the efficiency of health systems in Europe," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, December.
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    Keywords

    Romanian public hospitals; hospital efficiency; healthcare system; COVID-19 pandemic;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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