Financing the Healthcare System: A Study of Mechanisms and Their Impact on the Quality of Medical Services
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https://doi.org/10.56294/hl2024.338Keywords:
Big data processing, predictive analytics, business intelligence, process automation, and digital transformationAbstract
Introduction: This study examines how healthcare funding affects service quality in Ukraine. It focuses on spending patterns and patient satisfaction in a conflict-affected and limited-resources setting. The study's goal is to give us useful information about how to make smart financial investments in healthcare to improve results.
Methodology: Several kinds of tools were used in the study. It was possible to find out about patient satisfaction by surveying 200 patients and interviewing them in a semi-structured way. Spending on health care from 2019 to 2020 was examined in a descriptive study. To get a statistical sense of the patient's satisfaction, we utilized model testing as we looked at how expenditure affected the data.
Results: Costs for health care rose from €9.76 billion in 2019 to €18.94 billion in 2029. Cost was strongly related to both the quality of the meeting (B =0.45, p<0.01) and the cleanliness of the venue (B =0.28, p<0.05). Long wait times, particularly in rural locations, and area-specific differences are, however, persistent problems.
Conclusion: Putting together financial and patient-centred results is a new idea in the scientific world. It gives us a good way to judge how much money we spend on healthcare. The level of healthcare in Ukraine and other similar places can be raised by making smart financial investments, better resource sharing, integrating technology, and fair distribution.
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