A CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF THE ROMANIAN COUNTIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND HEALTH WORKFORCE: PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR Cover Image

A CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF THE ROMANIAN COUNTIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND HEALTH WORKFORCE: PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR
A CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF THE ROMANIAN COUNTIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND HEALTH WORKFORCE: PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR

Author(s): Andreea Gabriela Zota, Andra RADULESCU
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management
Published by: Academia de Studii Economice - Centrul de Cercetare in Administratie si Servicii Publice (CCASP)
Keywords: health system; private sector; public sector; k-means;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this research is to cluster Romania’s 41 counties, along with the municipality of Bucharest, based on 2016 data retrieved from both public and the private health systems.This paper classifies the counties in 3 separate clusters, considered low, medium or high-level groups, using the K-means cluster analysis. Various factors are taken into consideration, such as: the number of hospitals, pharmacies, dental practices, as well as the number of physicians, pharmacists and mid-level practitioners. The major findings as the result of the analysis, are the emphasizing differences between Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj and all the other 39 counties regarding the number of healthcare providers andhealthcare institutions.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-17
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English