Naslov
Health tourism in Croatia - Questioning the efficiency of special hospitals and natural spas

Autori
Kordić, Lana ; Šimundić, Blanka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
International Conference CHALLENGES OF EUROPE: INNOVATIVE RESPONSES FOR RESILIENT GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS / Pavić, I., Muštra, V., Visković, J. - Split : Faculty of Economics in Split, 2017, 417-432

Skup
International Conference CHALLENGES OF EUROPE: INNOVATIVE RESPONSES FOR RESILIENT GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS

Mjesto i datum
Bol, Hrvatska, 17.05.2017. - 19.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Health tourism, Special hospitals, Natural spas, Technical efficiency, Data envelopment analysis

Sažetak
Health tourism has recently been marked as the type of increasing tourism demand. The development of tourism supply in health care raises the tourism attractiveness and consequently tourism arrivals in a destination. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to estimate the efficiency level in Croatian health institutions and to highlight the possibilities for improving the efficiency. The purpose of the paper is to provide insights into the potentials of health tourism in Croatia. The paper brings novelty in: original critical analysis of potential inputs and outputs, decomposition of overall technical efficiency into components and setting targets of potential outputs’ addition and inputs’ savings in inefficient health institutions. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to analyse the relative efficiency of special hospitals and natural spas in Croatia. To satisfy the homogeneity of the sample the analysis is performed on a single specialization group in health care i.e. in physical medicine and rehabilitation. According to the results, the average efficiency in the analysed health institution has achieved 71 percent in 2015. In the sample of twelve overall technically inefficient institutions, 33 percent are inefficient due to the scale- size, while others are inefficient as a result of inefficient production operation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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