Economic Impact of the Health Insurance System on Slovak Medical Spas and Mineral Spring Spas

Abstract

The article deals with the financing of spa undertakings through the health insurance system. The analysis is based on the financial statements of 28 spa undertakings operating in the Slovak Republic, their contracts with the individual health insurance companies and secondary data sources (accommodation statistics of these undertakings, the number of medical stays paid by clients themselves and of those covered by public health insurance, the spa treatment expenditure of the health insurance companies, the percentage of this expenditure out of the total expenditure spent by the health insurance companies on health care). The still significant percentage of revenues from the health insurance companies out of the total revenues of spa undertakings shows the prevalence of the medical nature of spa care. At the same time, it reflects the current tax measures related to the spa industry and shows that the introduction of a recreation allowance might influence the future development of spa care.

Medical and resort tourism as a means of preserving human capital

“…Міністерство соціальної політики України визначає санаторнокурортне лікування як медичну допомогу, що здійснюється з профілактичною, лікувальною або реабілітаційною метою із застосуванням природних лікувальних факторів в умовах перебування на курорті або лікувально-оздоровчій місцевості та у санаторно-курортних закладах 11 . По суті, метою санаторно-курортної подорожі є профілактика, лікування та/чи реабілітація.…”

Construction and Application of Medical Economic Information System under Big Data

“…Compared with PACS, RIS, LIS, and other important components of hospital information systems, CIS has scattered data, resulting in a data vacuum of the most direct and subtle physiological parameters for patients. In order to realize the interconnection of monitor data, the main di culty lies in the lack of a uni ed data interface and mutual con dentiality of communication protocols of numerous monitor brands, which makes it di cult to integrate real-time monitoring data [32]. erefore, in the stage of large-scale medical data acquisition, a highly compatible interface model is needed, in the stage of transmission and reception, a universal transmission protocol is needed, and in the stage of storage, hardware equipment with large memory and better condentiality character is needed.…”

Time Series Modeling Analysis of the Development and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spa Tourism in Slovakia

“…The spa is part of many disciplines: anthropology, archeology, hydrology, medicine, chemistry, law, history and economics. In the last case, putting a value on natural healing resources provides local, regional and national economic benefit [6], and currently, spa tourism is being analyzed from various points of view [11][12][13][14][15], including the environment. Sustainable development should direct activities towards environmental balance and protection, and it is interesting to observe how the pandemic has had a positive effect on the environment in the form of less pollution and limiting the use of natural resources, which the further development of spa tourism should recognize.…”