THE SYNERGY BETWEEN HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMY
Abstract:
Although health indicators in Romania have seen a steady improvement in the last decade, the
effects of recent economic crisis have led to a profound imbalance of the Health Care Services. With an
aging population, a much lower number of employees and retirees and a institutional reform
discrepancy favorable to hospital care, the current government response, the massive amputation of the
public expenditure would entail the collapse of the Health System.With a public expenditure share in
GDP less than half of EU average and that of health expenditure by 9 times lower than the EU average,
Romania occupies for the last two decades the last place in Europe regarding the health expenditure
and the last but one place regarding the public expenditure. In this context, it is expected to increase
public spending on Health sector. At the same time, Romania must change the structure of Health
expenditure and to increase its cost effectiveness for Health Care.
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