This paper analyzes the relationship between resources allocated to health care and quality of health services in 15 EU member states. We use quantitative secondary data describing the level of several financial, human and material resources allocated to health care and people positive...

The origins of the stock market go back to the early 1600s, when the first stock (primarily involving the shipping and spice markets) was issued. Later on, the governments of the time decided to sell bonds to raise money for the wars they were involved in. That is precisely what the new U.S....

Situations of fragility, triggered by gaps and failures in governance, is both, an important obstacle in the way of a country sustainable development and to regional stability and international security, creating, also, security risks worldwide and uncontrolled migration flows. The...

In the paper, major tendencies are identified, presently influencing official statistics, as well as concepts, methods and instruments used within the Global Statistical System for the analysis and status forecast and evolution of any statistical agency, at different levels: international,...

For nearly 20 years, corruption in the health system damages the state budget and health insurance budget. This article is aimed at initiating a warning sign on to illegality and the factors that led to this situation. According to the statistics on fraud in the health system, in 2004 they...

There is an ongoing debate over the role of culture in economic institutions, especially those institutions associated with .free market, and capitalism. The new theory of General Power is very promising in dealing with all contradictions, and lack of a general view on the role of culture and...

To establish the public sector performance requires a difficult undertaking, related to the definition of performance, practical way to obtain performance and finding the most appropriate indicators true which performance is quantified. Starting from the idea that, in most cases, the production...

This research brings as a novelty in literature the use of other methods to compare the forecasts accuracy: multicriterial ranks, non-parametric tests and binary logistic regression. Starting from the a conclusion stated in literature that Dobrescu model failed to predict the actual crisis in...

Economic debate about the proper size and role of the state is universal, from Adam Smith onwards. However, measurement, evolution and effectiveness of public spending is an empirical question rather delicate because it requires data, that at international level are still insufficient. The same...