Hospitals' financial performance across European countries: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitals remain the cornerstone of health systems in European countries. Therefore, the financial sustainability of hospitals constitutes an important determinant of healthcare provision security. The fragmentary data available indicate that hospitals in many European countries are continuously facing financial deficits and/or insolvency problems. Yet a comparative analysis of hospital financial performance across European countries has been lacking. The proposed review will, therefore, fill in an important research gap and build a knowledge base on the topic of assessing and monitoring the financial sustainability of hospitals in Europe. The general objective is to identify, synthetise and map existing evidence on hospital financial performance across European countr

SUBMITTER: Dubas-Jakobczyk K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature