Development inequalities of Romanian physical public healthcare infrastructure
The case of hospital beds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12948650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgian-Ionuț Guțoiu (0000-0003-4277-6168, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-52 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1843-6587 • E-ISSN: 2067-2284 |
| Publisher | University of Bucharest (Bucharest University Press) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5719/hgeo.2021.151.3 |
| OpenAlex | W4206093810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The main aim of this paper is to analyse the spatial dynamic of public hospital beds in Romania (1992-2018) in order to grasp the potentially uneven development of the health care infrastructure following state policies of austerity and cost reduction. The paper uses quantitative data and descriptive statistics to show the reduction of public hospital beds after 1990 in line with the state’s health care reform aiming to decrease the use of hospital services and strengthen the role of alternative types of care. The results show that public hospital beds significantly decreased (approx. by 40%), mostly in smaller towns and rural areas. The main conclusion of the paper is that the neoliberal healthcare policies generated patterns of uneven spatial development. Public hospital beds were used in the paper as an indicator of public healthcare physical infrastructure, and across time they follow a pattern of clustering in more prosperous and more competitive areas
Austerity · Business · Descriptive statistics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · GRASP · Health care · Inequality · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public healthcare · Public hospital · Public policy · Romanian · State (computer science · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Finance
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |