CONSIDERATIONS OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ROMANIAN PUBLIC HOSPITALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CONSIDERATIONS OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ROMANIAN PUBLIC HOSPITALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Summary/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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