Efficiency of Public Procurement in the Czech and Slovak Health Care Sectors

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21460/21:00347656 RIV/00216224:14560/21:00121179

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YD8tPqMz0z" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YD8tPqMz0z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/tras.62E.7" target="_blank" >10.24193/tras.62E.7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Efficiency of Public Procurement in the Czech and Slovak Health Care Sectors

Original language description

Health systems in most (if not all) countries perpetually struggle with financial problems and search for resources to cover health care needs. Increased efficiency of health procurement has the potential to save a lot of money and to reallocate them to treatments. The aim of our study is to analyze technical efficiency (efficiency/economy dimension) and allocation efficiency (effectiveness) of public procurement in health care facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, countries whose health systems are governed by the principle of universal access to high quality health services. Concerning the technical efficiency, the results show a low rate of competitiveness whereby the potential of competition is not exploited. In terms of allocation efficiency, our research also sufficiently illustrates the criticality of the situation; however, compared to the element of technical efficiency the situation in the evaluated countries is different. In Slovakia, purchases are usually decided by doctors and procurement is prepared without the necessary ex-ante analysis. In the Czech Republic, the ex-ante evaluation of purchasing of medical equipment is regulated, however, the decision-making process is non-transparent and does not guarantee allocative efficiency. The study has critical policy implications - both countries should urgently adopt measures to improve their respective procurement processes

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

ISSN

1842-2845

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

62E

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

115-133

UT code for WoS article

000622321100007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102251440