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The cost of our healthcare

From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Analysis Named sources Context piece
  • Hospitals and the wider healthcare system continue to record annual losses, although the scale varies.
  • Patient-rights representative Irena ลฝagar says the state is repeatedly covering losses and funding selected services without addressing the underlying problem.
  • Waiting times have not shortened despite measures, according to the article.

Losses in hospitals and the wider healthcare system have become a recurring fact, differing mainly in size from year to year. The article argues that they need a thorough analysis.

Minister Tadej Ostrc presented the latest losses, which patient-rights representative Irena ลฝagar then commented on. She said the state was only repeatedly putting out fires by providing additional funds for selected services and covering losses.

"The state is only putting out fires, allocating additional funds for certain services and covering the losses, and the story repeats itself the following year," ลฝagar said.

Waiting times have not shortened despite the measures. The article says this indicates that the measures and financial incentives have not produced results.

The state is only putting out fires, allocating additional funds for certain services and covering the losses, and the story repeats itself the following year.

· Irena ลฝagarThe patient-rights representative criticized the recurring response to losses in hospitals and healthcare.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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