The master's thesis investigates the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on employment in the Slovenian healthcare system and compares it with Norway and Croatia. It examines changes in the number of employees before and after the covid-19 pandemic, in job satisfaction, in working conditions and workloads of employees, and the strategies of healthcare organizations in managing the increasing shortage of healthcare workers in Slovenia.
Using social science and statistical methods, we analysed relevant and detailed information on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. The master's thesis is based on a quantitative analysis of data obtained from Slovenian and foreign official statistical sources, from reports of health institutions, and on a comparative and synthesis method, supported by trends in the employment of doctors and nurses from other countries in Slovenia compared to Norway and Croatia.
We found that the covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the number of employed medical professionals in Slovenian healthcare compared to the increasing needs of the aging population for healthcare services. In general, employee dissatisfaction did not increase after the covid-19 pandemic, but the covid-19 pandemic changed the way of work organization, namely with the reorganization of units, with greater mental and physical stress on employees in healthcare and with an increased scope of work from home and telemedicine. After the covid-19 pandemic, we observe that the trend of hiring foreigners in healthcare is increasing in all three countries – it is highest in Norway, lower in Slovenia, and lowest in Croatia.
The master's thesis is a starting point for further research into employment in healthcare, which can be improved by more complex data analysis based on multivariate statistical methods, by increasing the sample of healthcare providers and increasing the scope of employment of domestic and foreign healthcare staff in the Slovenian healthcare system.
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