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Title: | Within the triangle of healthcare legacies: comparing the performance of South-Eastern European health systems |
Authors: | Jakovljevic, Mihajlo Arsenijevic, Jelena Pavlova, Milena Verhaeghe N. Laaser, Ulrich Groot W. |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Abstract: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objective: Inter-regional comparison of health-reform outcomes in south-eastern Europe (SEE). Methods: Macro-indicators were obtained from the WHO Health for All Database. Inter-regional comparison among post-Semashko, former Yugoslavia, and prior-1989-free-market SEE economies was conducted. Results: United Nations Development Program Human Development Index growth was strongest among prior-free-market SEE, followed by former Yugoslavia and post-Semashko. Policy cuts to hospital beds and nursing-staff capacities were highest in post-Semashko. Physician density increased the most in prior-free-market SEE. Length of hospital stay was reduced in most countries; frequency of outpatient visits and inpatient discharges doubled in prior-free-market SEE. Fertility rates fell for one third in Post-Semashko and prior-free-market SEE. Crude death rates slightly decreased in prior-free-market-SEE and post-Semashko, while growing in the former Yugoslavia region. Life expectancy increased by 4 years on average in all regions; prior-free-market SEE achieving the highest longevity. Childhood and maternal mortality rates decreased throughout SEE, while post-Semashko countries recorded the most progress. Conclusions: Significant differences in healthcare resources and outcomes were observed among three historical health-policy legacies in south-eastern Europe. These different routes towards common goals created a golden opportunity for these economies to learn from each other. |
URI: | https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/11506 |
Type: | article |
DOI: | 10.1080/13696998.2016.1277228 |
ISSN: | 1369-6998 |
SCOPUS: | 2-s2.0-85009756454 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac |
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