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Comparison of Healthcare Expenditure in V4 Countries
ŠKRABAL, Jaroslav
Basic information
Original name
Comparison of Healthcare Expenditure in V4 Countries
Authors
ŠKRABAL, Jaroslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Instanbul, 42nd EBES Conference - Lisbon, p. 414-427, 14 pp. 2023
Publisher
EBES Publications
Other information
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
Organization unit
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Keywords in English
Healthcare; healthcare spending; comparison of health expenses; V4
V originále
The provision of health care is becoming one of the largest sectors of the economy in developed countries. For this reason, it is undeniably important to monitor certain indicators in economies for their future development. The amount that countries spend on health care and the rate at which that spending may change over time is influenced by a range of social and economic factors, including the financial and organizational structure of the healthcare system itself and its effectiveness. There is a strong correlation between a country's overall level of income and the amount that country's population spends on health care. The aim of the article is to compare expenses on healthcare in the V4 countries for the period 2016-2020. Among the basic indicators that are compared in this contribution in connection with the given economies is the amount of GDP at the level of absolute value and then a comparison using purchasing power parity (PPP). Other ratio indicators in individual economies, which focus mainly on comparing expenses for health care (total health care expenditure and health care expenditure by function) the following can be stated: percentage of health care expenditure to GDP, euro per capita and PPS purchasing power standard per capita. In connection with the given indicators, individual comparisons are presented in the contribution in the context of the time horizon.
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