Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.46672/zsl.7.7.4
Big data: tracking activity and care quality indicators in the Croatian hospital network
Karolina Kalanj
orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-9668
; Libertas International University
Maja Vajagić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-3753
; Croatian Institute for Health Insurance
Luka Memed
orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-6153
; Libertas International University
Maja Tkaličanac
; Libertas International University
Stjepan Orešković
orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-875X
; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, School of Public Health „Andrija Štampar“
Abstract
The fundamental determinants of the National Hospital Development Plan are to increase efficiency and establish the financial sustainability of the hospital health care system in the Republic of Croatia. The aim of this paper is to present the activities of the hospital network in the Republic of Croatia between 2017 and 2021 in relation to the used hospital payment methods and demands for hospital services based on the type of referral. The potential of the secondary use of collected data to improve the efficiency and quality of the hospital services are analyzed using data for five specific indicators. The research is retrospective and the analysis includes data from the Croatian Health Insurance Fund database. The observed time period quantified the reduction in hospital activity for all types of services during the COVID-19 pandemic with fewer requests for hospital services based on referrals from primary care. Given the specificity and usability of available data, it should be used to build analytical systems that will guide not only the direction of hospital reform but also development of the entire health system in the Republic of Croatia.
Keywords
hospital system; quality indicators; patient classification systems; sustainability; efficiency; reform
Hrčak ID:
277651
URI
Publication date:
16.5.2022.
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