REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF INEQUALITIES IN ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF INEQUALITIES IN ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Author(s): Mircea Asandului, Liviu Oprea, Cristina Gavrilovici, Andreea-Oana Iacobuţă-MihăițăSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Expert Projects Publishing
Keywords: health inequalities; health determinants; health resources allocation.
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyse several inequalities in the Romanian healthcare system at regional level and to highlight the resemblances and the differences, taking into account the socio-economic development, the population health status and the material and human resources allocated to healthcare, in different Romanian regions. We use secondary data registered at NUTS 2 level for eight Romanian regions collected from Eurostat (2009 – 2010). The results show large discrepancies between Romanian regions in most of analysed variables. Bucharest, North-West and West regions are characterized by a higher level of resources allocated to healthcare, a higher level of education and a lower poverty rate, unlike North-East, South-West and South regions, which display the opposite situation.
Journal: Social Research Reports
- Issue Year: 5/2013
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 7-18
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
