Systemic Products and Value Creation Process in Healthcare Networks

• Main Author: Justyna Matysiewicz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House of the University of Economics in Katowice 2016-04-01
• Series: Journal of Economics and Management
• Subjects: Health care; Systemic products; Medical services market; Network structure; Value creation
• Online Access: https://www.ue.katowice.pl/fileadmin/user_upload/wydawnictwo/JEM_Artyku%C5%82y_1_30/JEM_24/05.pdf

Dynamic development of the medical services sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CCE) creates demand for analysis and evaluation of medical organisations operating in this sector. This issue deserves attention both from the theoretical and practical point of view. The purpose of the article is to identify and describe forms of systemic products and network structures in healthcare networks in the context of value creation, and consequently to develop theoretical-descriptive models of value creation on the medical market. The research was conducted in 2014 by means of an exploratory, case research method. Semi-structured interviews in the form of a standard questionnaire with the manager of a professional services unit and the analysis of secondary data allowed for collection of the research data