Health Policy and Economics: Accessible, High-Performing, Equitable, and Outcome-Oriented Healthcare
The Institute of Health Services Management (IHSM) is dedicated to exploring theoretical and empirical relationships that help explain how tools such as financing mechanisms, organisational models, regulatory frameworks, marketing strategies, innovative technologies, and management practices affect healthcare performance and outcomes. These outcomes include health status, financial protection, patient satisfaction, quality, efficiency, and accessibility, both at the level of individual healthcare providers and at the systemic level. While the primary focus is on the Czech and Slovak healthcare systems, the research also draws comparative insights from Central and Eastern Europe and other EU countries.
Team Members
Daniela Kandilaki
The impact of health policy instruments on the financial protection of households
Kristina Randlova
Impact of innovative technologies on patient outcomes and staff workload
Tomas Groh
The impact of debriefing on the quality of health care
Marek Rehor
The impact of financing artificial intelligence on its availability in diagnostics
Karolina Markova
The impact of funding structure on vertical equity
Research Objectives and Scholarly Outputs
| Publications | Authors |
| Monograph Financial Protection in the Czech Republic | Daniela, Peter |
| Article in E+M Economics and Management | Karolína, Peter |
| Article in Health Policy (Q1 journal) | Peter |
| Article in International Journal of Public Health (Q1 journal) | Peter, Daniela |
| Article in Politická ekonomie | Peter, Daniela |
| Monografie „Health in Transition: Slovakia“ | Peter, Daniela |
Selected Ongoing Projects in 2024
| Project | Principal | Team |
| WHO Project Financial Protection in the Czech Republic | Daniela | Daniela, Peter |
| Danube Region Project DIGI4care: Digital Medical Technologies Reshaping the DR Healthcare Systems Throughout the Patient Journeys from Prevention to Rehabilitation | Peter | Peter, Daniela, Kristina, Marek (+ projektová podpora Lenka a Michal) |
| IGS 60/2024 Equity in Healthcare Financing | Karolína | Karolína, Peter |
| IGS 56/2024 EcoAI: Evaluation of the Economic Efficiency of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice | Marek | Marek, Peter |
| IGS 40/2024 A New Method for Measuring the Quality of Debriefing as a Management Tool in Healthcare | Tomáš | Tomáš, Peter |
Submitted and Ongoing Project Proposals (2024)
| Project | Principal | Team |
| OP JAK Mezisektor | Peter | Peter, Daniela, Karolína (+ Vláďa, Lenka, Jitka, Lucka, Klára + projektová podpora Lenka) |
| SZU (Prof. Babeľa): Fiscal Impact Assessment of Multiple Myeloma | Peter / Kristina | Projekt je ešte v začiatočnom procese prípravy |
Publications
- RICE, Thomas, Karsten VRANGBÆK, Ingrid S. SAUNES, Nicolas BOUCKAERT, Lucie BRYNDOVÁ, Fidelia CASCINI, Andres VÕRK, Antoniya DIMOVA, Ewa KOCOT, Liubove MURAUSKIENE, Damien BRICARD, Miriam BLUMEL, Péter GAÁL a Peter PAŽITNÝ, 2024. Can revenue collection for public funding in health care be progressive? An assessment of 29 Countries. Health Policy [online]. 1.10., roč. 148, s. 105147. ISSN 0168-8510. Získáno z: doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105147
- LÖFFLER, Ĺubica, PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela. Zdravotníctvo v EÚ: porovnanie a príklady z vybraných oblastí [online]. vypracování sborníku studií financovala ECR a sborník byl vypracovaný pro Eugena Jurzycu, poslance Evropského parlamentu, 1. vydání. [Výzkumná zpráva]. Bratislava : Pažitný & Kandilaki, s.r.o, 2023. 68 s. eISBN 978-80-974794-2-8. Dostupné z: https://eugenjurzyca.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Studies_Healthcare_final_ECR_Pazitny_Kandilaki.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2joFii_uSUsKGyLVDixI8sxZgIoXQJYYlP0yzvqmK_18qrrDkog53L5v8.
- PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela, RANDLOVÁ, Kristina. Incentives for Providers of Cataract Surgery depending on the Payment Mechanisms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In: ŠTEFKO, Róbert, FEDORKO, Richard, BENKOVÁ, Eva (ed.). Economics, Management & Business 2023:Contemporary Issues, Insights and New Challenges [online]. Nový Smokovec, 28.09.2023 – 29.09.2023. Prešov : Presov University Press, 2023, s. 670–681. ISBN 978-80-555-3215-8. Dostupné z: https://managerconf.com/EMB-Conference-2023.pdf.
- WIęCKOWSKA, Barbara, BYSZEK, Katarzyna, REKAS, Marek, YUROCHKO, Tetiana, SCHEVCHENKO, Maryna, SKRYPNIKOVA, Olena, PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela, RANDLOVÁ, Kristina, RAJDLOVÁ, Zuzana, LÁSZLÓ DÓZSA, Csaba, TÓTH, Melanie Éva. Summary Report on Good Practices in Financing Healthcare Services in Ophthalmology [online]. Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2023. 73 s. Dostupné z: https://projekty.fm.vse.cz/seznam-projektu/access-to-healthcare-services-in-the-context-of-financing-mechanisms-the-case-of-ophthalmology/. registrační číslo projektu: 0168/VŠ/2022, zahájení: 2021/11/01, ukončení: 2023/04/30.
- LÖFFLER, Ĺubica, PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela. Komerčné pripoistenie [online]. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Pažitný & Kandilaki, s.r.o, 2023. 51 s. eISBN 978-80-974794-1-1. Dostupné z: https://healthcareconsulting.sk/sites/default/files/2023_8_19_komercne_pripoistenie.pdf.
- PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela, LÖFFLER, Ĺubica, ZAJAC, Rudolf. Efektívnosť slovenského zdravotníctva meraná metódou DEA (roky 2000-2020) [online]. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Pažitný & Kandilaki, s.r.o, 2023. 65 s. eISBN 978-80-974794-0-4. Dostupné z: https://healthcareconsulting.sk/sites/default/files/efektivnost_slovenskeho_zdravotnictva_2023.pdf.
- RAJDLOVÁ, Zuzana, RANDLOVÁ, Kristina, PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela. Calculation of Costs of Mental Bulimia: Vomited Money. In: MAČÍ, Jan, MAREŠOVÁ, Petra, FIRLEJ, Krzysztof, SOUKAL, Ivan (ed.). Hradec Economic Days (HED 2023) [online]. Hradec Králové, 13.04.2023 – 14.04.2023. Hradec Králové : Univerzita Hradec Králové, 2023, s. 548–553. 13. ISBN 978-80-7435-901-9. eISSN 2464-6067. DOI: 10.36689/uhk/hed/2023-01-000. Dostupné také z: https://uni.uhk.cz/hed/site/assets/files/1084/proceedings_2023_1.pdf.
- RANDLOVÁ, Kristina, RAJDLOVÁ, Zuzana, PAŽITNÝ, Peter, KANDILAKI, Daniela. The Use of Technology in Long-term Inpatient Care for People with Alzheimer’s Disease. In: MAČÍ, Jan, MAREŠOVÁ, Petra, FIRLEJ, Krzysztof, SOUKAL, Ivan (ed.). Hradec Economic Days (HED 2023) [online]. Hradec Králové, 13.04.2023 – 14.04.2023. Hradec Králové : Univerzita Hradec Králové, 2023, s. 554–564. vol. 13(1). ISBN 978-80-7435-901-9. eISSN 2464-6067. DOI: 10.36689/uhk/hed/2023-01-000. Dostupné také z: https://uni.uhk.cz/hed/site/assets/files/1084/proceedings_2023_1.pdf.