Aspects of the Economic Crisis in the Romanian Health System.

This paper represents a continuation of a previous contributions to the presentation of some of the most significant confrontations of the Romanian post-decade society, such as the demographic crisis, the situation of the road infrastructure and the education system. Unfortunately, it is also manifested in the health system, both through a sub-financing system, that is reflected in the material situation of the hospital units and in the salary level of the medical staff, thus generating an exodus towards the developed countries, as well as by a lack of coherence in health policies in the sense of prevention. As a direct consequence of these states of things, a series of diseases that before 1989 seemed to be eradicated, or at least kept under control, today are acutely manifested, placing Romania on the last place in the European Union and even more after some countries with a more modest economic development. Besides, throughout the article we propose a comparative approach with the European Union countries. The issue of the Romanian health system is also detailed in the territorial profile, as there are great differences between the counties of the country, regarding the number of doctors and the number of hospitals reported at the number of inhabitants. In order to accomplish this, we use in a balanced way the qualitative and quantitative aspects and the graphic method is a summary of the surprised aspects. Through our modest contribution, we want to sensitize potential readers to the difficulties, but especially to the magnitude of the crisis in this area of greatest importance that Romanian society is facing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]