scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Health Care Systems in Lithuania, the Netherlands and Denmark

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesta Matulevičiūtė ◽  
Aistė Balžekienė
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-330
Author(s):  
Irina Kinash ◽  
Liliia Savchuk

The manuscript focuses on researching and generalizing the experiences of the economic provision of existing foreign health care models. Under the economic regulation of health, the authors of the work understand the components, which combine financial, material, and human resources. The article presents a comparative analysis of economic support for the health systems of different countries. The study covers the period from 2007 to 2016. Indicators used are derived from the databases of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on health. A content analysis of scientific literature and Internet resources, databases of international organizations, which contain data on the economic provision of health care systems of different countries, was conducted. Bibliosemantic, comparative, and analytical methods are used.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Verspohl

<p>During the last 20 years, privatization<br />became an issue in health care. The neoliberal<br />market idea promised to increase<br />efficiency and responsiveness, while at the<br />same time relieving public budgets. European<br />countries have introduced all kind of market<br />instruments, reaching from internal markets,<br />over DRGs, to increased co-payments.<br />However, the welfare state literature<br />currently lacks a detailed explanation of<br />these different reforms.<br />All health care systems in the European<br />Union are affected by the same problem<br />pattern: demographic change, raising<br />demand, medical-technical innovations and<br />labour intensive services. Nonetheless, the<br />degree and form of privatization varies a lot.<br />This paper studies the power of ideas within<br />the framework of structural reform pressure<br />and institutional path-dependency. The<br />causes for privatization reforms are studied<br />in two countries representing the two ideal<br />types: the Netherlands for Social Health<br />Insurance and Sweden for the National<br />Health Service.</p>


2021 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Guido Giarelli

The main results in terms of inter-regional and intra-regional variations of the application of the concept of "health macro-region" are presented in the first part of the article in order to show how the European health care systems have differently coped with the COVID-19 outbreak. Given the high levels of intra-regional variation found, it seemed appropriate to also add an analysis by country in order to identify those "sentinel cases", given their alert value, which recorded the worst ratio between the infection rates (cases/population) and the lethality rates (deaths/cases). In order to explore the possible reasons behind the problematic coping with the pandemic of these "sentinel cases", a conceptual framework for the analysis of vulnerability, resilience and their governance in terms of sustainability of health care systems is developed in the second part, hoping its application could represent a useful contribution for best-practice solutions that could guide the management of future pandemics.


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