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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Analysis and Forecast of Indicators Related to Medical Workers and Medical Technology in Selected Countries of Eastern Europe and Balkan.

Milos Stepovic, Stefan Vekic, Radisa Vojinovic, Kristijan Jovanovic, Snezana Radovanovic, Svetlana Radevic, Nemanja Rancic

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Milos StepovicFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-6740-0215
Stefan VekicFaculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Radisa VojinovicDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-3213-1596
Kristijan JovanovicDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Snezana RadovanovicDepartment of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Svetlana RadevicDepartment of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Nemanja RancicMedical Faculty of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence in Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-5122-8094

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Abstract

Health indicators measure certain health characteristics in a specific population or country and can help navigate the health systems. As the global population is rising, the demand for an increase in the number of health workers is simultaneously rising. The aim of this study was to compare and predict the indicators related to the number of medical workers and medical technologies in selected countries in Eastern Europe and Balkan in the studied period. The article analyzed the reported data of selected health indicators extracted from the European Health for All database. The indicators of interest were the number of physicians, pharmacists, general practitioners and dentists per 100,000 people. To observe the changes in these indicators through the available years, we used linear trends, regression analysis and forecasting to the year 2025. The regression analysis shows that the majority of the observed countries will experience an increase in the number of general practitioners, pharmacists, health workers/professionals and dentists, as well as in the number of computerized tomography scanners and the number of magnetic resonance units, predicted to occur by 2025. Following trends of medical indicators can help the government and health sector to focus and navigate the best investments for each country according to the level of their development.

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BalkanEastern Europehealth indicatorsmedical technologymedical workers

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PMID36900660
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