ECONOMY OF PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY OF MEDICAL ECONOMY

Abstract

Nowadays lack of human resources has become sensible on every level of medical treatment systems. In certain specialities, e.g. on treatment levels of psychiatry it shows such critical low numbers and preparedness, that even safe medical attendance is endangered. Additional to migration of qualified workforce the increase of the average age of physicians and medical employees is typical. The demand for psychiatric treatment is always more on every treatment level, some psychiatric diseases and disturbances can be considered as endemics. Due to financing anomalies and lack of human resources biological and medicinal treatment generate much higher costs, the increase of the number of untreated patients leads to overdue payments to the state budget and reduction of GDP respectively. What kinds of solutions are offered for the treatment of this crisis? Based on its professional specifics psychiatry provides the opportunity to re-consideration of competence circles additional to trainings and wage developments, involving also the activity of other service providers.