Publication detail

Competition in Public Procurement in the Czech and Slovak Public Health Care Sectors

NEMEC, J. KUBÁK, M. KŘÁPEK, M. HOREHÁJOVÁ, M.

Original Title

Competition in Public Procurement in the Czech and Slovak Public Health Care Sectors

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Sustainability of health financing is a critical issue for all countries, especially now in the COVID-19 period. The final level of achievements of critical public health goals is connected not only with the efforts of the people involved, but also with the availability of funding to cover the costs of the actions needed. One of the "internal sources" providing more resources to cover public health care costs is effective public procurement in the health care sector. According to existing scientific literature, a low rate of competition represents one important factor that has a direct negative impact on the efficiency of public procurement. The aim of our article is to examine the degree of competitiveness of public procurement in the Czech and Slovak health care systems and its impact on the final price of a contract. The research fully attested the findings of those studies carried out so far - the higher the number of tenderers, the lower the final price, even in the Czech and Slovak health sectors. However, the average number of tenderers is only around two and in the Czech Republic for more than half of the tenders only one bid was submitted.

Keywords

public procurement; health care; efficiency; competitiveness; Czech Republic; Slovakia

Authors

NEMEC, J.; KUBÁK, M.; KŘÁPEK, M.; HOREHÁJOVÁ, M.

Released

7. 7. 2020

Publisher

MDPI

ISBN

2227-9032

Periodical

Healthcare

Year of study

8

Number

3

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

14

Pages count

14

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/201

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/195738

BibTex

@article{BUT166242,
  author="Juraj {Nemec} and Matúš {Kubák} and Milan {Křápek} and Mária {Horehájová}",
  title="Competition in Public Procurement in the Czech and Slovak Public Health Care Sectors",
  journal="Healthcare",
  year="2020",
  volume="8",
  number="3",
  pages="1--14",
  doi="10.3390/healthcare8030201",
  issn="2227-9032",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/201"
}