EU funds as a catalyst of change for the Slovak healthcare system?

Jan Fidrmuc, Kristína Gardoňová, Martin Hulényi, Lukáš Sekelský, Veronika Zlaczká

In the programming period 2007-2013, the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) invested €237 million in Slovak hospitals. We investigate whether this injection of additional funds has improved the quality of healthcare in the targeted hospitals. As a measure of quality, we use the readmission rate (ratio of readmissions within 30 days over total hospitalizations) and the mortality rate. Our results show a statistically significant but small effect of ESIF on the readmission rate but not on the mortality rate. We argue that these results suggest that the main problem in Slovak healthcare is low productivity rather than lack of funding.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Fidrmuc, Jan ; Gardoňová, Kristína ; Hulényi, Martin ; Sekelský, Lukáš ; Zlaczká, Veronika
Published in:	Region : the journal of ERSA. - Vienna : WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, ISSN 2409-5370, ZDB-ID 2786564-2. - Vol. 9.2022, 1, p. 29-49
Subject:	healthcare \| public finance \| productivity \| difference in differences \| Gesundheitswesen \| Health care system \| Slowakei \| Slovakia \| Gesundheitsversorgung \| Health care \| Gesundheitsfinanzierung \| Health care financing \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Öffentliche Finanzen \| Public finance

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.18335/region.v9i1.344 [DOI] hdl:10419/312625 [Handle]
Classification:	H51 - Government Expenditures and Health ; H87 - International Fiscal Issues ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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