Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University 2017, 4, 58-69
Open Access Article
Litvinov Oleksandr
Candidate of Еconomic Sciences, Assistant Professor, Odessa National Economic University, E-mail:oneu.oda@ukr.net
Litvinov O., (2017) Determination of health institutions competitiveness factors in conditions of innovation. Ed.: М.D. Baldzhy (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Systema pensiinoho zabezpechennia Ukrainy ta yevrointehratsiini protsesy; za red.: М. D. Baldzhy (gol. red.)], Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University (ISSN 2313-4569), Odessa National Economics University, Odessa, No. 4(246), pp. 58-69.
The paper set the trend towards the formation of market mechanisms in the health sector, which is associated with: the desire to move to address state funding; increasing the number and proportion of private health care institutions; the inclusion of health care institutions in international competition. As Ukrainian medicine market environment established items, consider to make an analyze of the competitiveness of health care institutions and its factors. Factors of healthcare institution competitiveness is a conditions, the circumstances, driving forces of emergence of individual characteristics, competitive advantages of health care institutions and opportunities to use them to fight in a competitive market of medical services. Factors of competitiveness healthcare institution divided into medical and commercial; external and internal. Among the external factors of competitiveness healthcare institution specifically dedicated external components that are associated with innovation development of medicine, namely the innovative medical technologies, the availability of innovative medicines, access to the results of innovative research. Internal factors are the medical efficacy, cost-effectiveness and efficiency of management.
competitiveness, health care institutions, factors, external factors, internal factors of health care institutions competitiveness.
JEL classification: I190 O330
UD classification: 338.46