Analysis of Social Costs as a Result of Romanian Social Health Policy

Abstract

The aim of this study is to discuss how social costs in health social policies can be evaluated. How can we measure implications of health policy decisions, embodied in what I have called social costs of these decisions? How can we measure which social groups are the most affected by current Romanian health policies? Among the social costs that we can intuitively detect are poor indicators of health status, poor indicators in distribution of services, accesibility and quality of medical services. Are these indicators enough to measure social costs in health social policies? 1

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n22p360