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
Peter Pazitny
peter.pazitny@vse.cz
The impact of financing methods on the progressivity/regressivity of health systems
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
Projects and Contractual Research
Ongoing and Approved Projects in 2025
| Project |
Principal Investigator |
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 (+ project support: Lenka, Aneta) |
| IGS 56/2024 “EcoAI: Evaluation of the Economic Efficiency of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice” |
Marek |
Marek, Peter |
| IGS 40/2024 “A New Method of Measuring the Quality of Debriefing as a Management Tool in Healthcare” |
Tomáš |
Tomáš, Peter |
Submitted Projects 2025
| Project |
Principal Investigator |
Team |
| HU-RIZON Project “AI-HSO: AI-Driven Health System Optimization” in cooperation with Semmelweis University and Harvard University |
Peter |
Peter, Daniela, Marek |
| INTER-EXCELLENCE II Project (LUAUS26) in cooperation with UCLA |
Daniela |
Daniela, Peter, Petra Hauzrová, Tereza Kubalová, Vladimír Hanousek, Bára Malíková, Lenka Vetýšková, Ashley Hopkins (UCLA) |
Completed Projects in 2024
| Project |
Principal Investigator |
Team |
| IGS 60/2024 “Equity in Health Care Financing” |
Karolína |
Karolína, Peter |
Contract Research in 2025 (continued from 2024)
| Project |
Principal Investigator |
Team |
| Development Project for Nemocnice na Františku (NNF) for Prague 1 District |
Peter |
Daniela, Kristýna Kroupová |
Publications
2025
| Publication / Article |
Authors |
| Monograph “Financial Protection in the Czech Republic” (WHO) |
Daniela (in print) |
| Article in Health Policy (Q1) |
Peter |
| Article in JAD (Q1) |
Kristina, Peter, Daniela |
| Article in BMC Health Service Research (Q1) |
Karolína, Peter (under review) |
| Article “Health in Transition: Slovakia” (Q1) |
Peter, Daniela (in print) |
| Conference Paper HED25 |
Karolína, Peter |
| Conference Paper HED25 |
Marek |
| Conference Paper HED25 |
Tomáš |
2024
| Publication / Article |
Authors |
| Article in Health Policy (Q1) |
Peter |
| Article in International Journal of Public Health (Q1) |
Peter, Daniela |
| Article in Cancer Management and Research (Q2) |
Kristina |
| Book “Fair Fees and Co-payments in Slovak Healthcare” |
Peter, Daniela, Karolína |
Public Engagement and Lectures
2025
| Lecture / Institution |
Speaker(s) |
| Expert Workshop on the Role of COVID-19 in Excess Mortality (Jan 2025) |
Peter |
| University of Debrecen (Mar 2025) |
Peter |
| HED25 (Mar 2025) |
Karolína, Marek, Tomáš |
| University of California Los Angeles (May 2025) |
Peter, Daniela |
| Workshop on Specialist Fees (Jun 2025) |
Peter |
| EMB 2025 (Oct 2025) |
Kristina |
| HSPM Annual Meeting (Oct 2025) |
Peter, Daniela |
| Workshop on Launch of HIT Slovakia (Nov 2025) |
Peter, Daniela |
| State of Health in the EU (Dec 2025) |
Peter |
2024
| Lecture / Institution |
Speaker(s) |
| Workshop on Payment Mechanisms in Ophthalmology (May 2024) |
Peter, Daniela |
| GLOBSEC (Aug 2024) |
Peter |
| Expert Workshop on Healthcare Fees (Oct 2024) |
Peter |
International Students and Interns
2025
| Student |
University |
Subject / Programme |
| Rainer Pier Paolo Magarro Ambrocio |
University of Debrecen (HU) |
Methods of Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes (English) |
| Gamera Louie Ann |
University of Debrecen (HU) |
Methods of Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes (English) |
| Pakwanja Desiree Twea |
University of Bergen (NO) |
PhD Internship |
