<Para ID="Par5">I13, I18, H51 </AbstractSection> Copyright Soltés and Gavurová; licensee Springer. 2014

Company performance measurement using profit indicators seem to be overcome. Currently, the tendency to apply new synthetic metrics involving actual activities into future results of a company has occurred. One of more and more popular methods of performance measurement and management is the...

The day surgery is a highly effective tool for providing health care which has been used in Slovakia only for the last decade. The unified system of payment for inpatient or outpatient (day care) surgeries causes the reduction of health insurance companies´ spending. Incorrectly configured and...

Background: In the day surgery system are intertwined elements of state health policy, health care payers' interests, employers of health care system, as well as the interests and wishes of patients. A problem in the health policy is to find a way to regulate ambulatory and short-term surgical...

The article is focused on the evaluation of strategic methods usage in the process of strategy creation and deployment of the Balanced Scorecard system. It is based on the results of the research conducted in Slovakia focused on the implementation of the BSC system. The key element in the...

The study presents a general overview of the healthcare facility system of the Slovak Republic, especially in a field of the innovation process of the management information system, with a purpose of analysing the consistency and a unity of the system. The data applied in this analysis is...

Background: This study aims to examine the localisation of selected parameters in the deployment and use of medical equipment in the Slovak Republic and to verify potential regional disparities. The study evaluates the benefits of an analytical platform for regulatory mechanisms in the...

Background: The aim of paper is to analyse the development of standardised mortality rates for ischemic heart diseases in relation to the income inequality in the regions of Slovakia. This paper assesses different types of income indicators, such as mean equivalised net income per household,...