The SORS Decision-Making Support System: A statistical tool for better policy making in the Republic of Serbia

Kovačević, Miladin; Stančić, Katarina

doi:10.3233/sji-200703

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“…Serbia is a country with a notably aging population. According to the latest Census (2022), the average age in the Serbian population was 43.85 years (Census 2011—42.2 years), and the proportion of inhabitants older than 65 was 22.09%, which is an increase of almost 5% compared to the 2011 Census 2011 [ 36 , 37 ]. The life expectancy in the Republic of Serbia in 2022 is 75.6 years (73.0 years for men and 78.1 years for women).…”

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Attitudes toward Death among Health Care Professionals in the Balkan Region

Kovacevic,

Zaric,

Djekic Malbasa

et al. 2024

Current Oncology

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Background and Objectives: Death is an unavoidable experience in any person’s life and affects not only the dying person but also their caregivers. The dying process has been displaced from homes to health care facilities in the majority of cases. Facing death and dying has become an everyday life of health care professionals (HCP), especially in palliative care (PC) settings. This study aimed to investigate the death attitudes among HCPs in Serbia. Materials and Methods: The Serbian version of the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-RSp) was used as a measurement instrument. Results: The average age of the 180 included participants was 42.2 ± 9.9 years; the majority were females (70.0%), with more than 10 years of working experience (73.0%), physicians (70.0%) and those working in a non-oncological (non-ONC) field (57.78%). The mean total score of DAP-RSp was 124.80 ± 22.44. The highest mean score was observed in the neutral acceptance dimension (NA) (5.82 ± 0.90) and lowest in the Escape acceptance (EA) (2.57 ± 1.21). Higher negative death attitudes were reported among nurses compared to physicians (p = 0.002). Statistically significant differences were observed in the fear of death (FD) and death avoidance (DA) domains, favoring PC specialists and oncologists (p = 0.004; p = 0.015). Physicians working in Oncology (ONC) showed lower FD values (p = 0.001) compared to non-ONC departments. Conclusions: Attitudes toward death among HCPs are of great importance for the well-being of both HCPs and patients. Negative attitudes can lead to deficient care. The fear of death is highly represented among Serbian HCPs working in non-ONC fields, including both nurses and physicians. This study emphasizes the need for further research to comprehensively explore and understand HCPs’ attitudes toward death. This research highlights the need for the development of an educational curriculum across all levels of medical education, aimed at overcoming the fear of death and enhancing coping strategies, which will improve the care for patients diagnosed with terminal illnesses.

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Attitudes toward Death among Health Care Professionals in the Balkan Region

Kovacevic,

Zaric,

Djekic Malbasa

et al. 2024

Current Oncology

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“…Some were always included in the official statistics system, while others were later accepted and created to more effectively illustrate and explain a specific occurrence. These tools are intended to describe the nation's economic situation, mathematically illustrate the relationship between key economic indicators and encourage effective decisionmaking [25].…”

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Why EWSs for financial crises failed during the Covid-19 pandemic: The example of Serbia

Nikolić¹,

Kovačević²,

Stančić³

2023

Ekonomika preduzeća

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Early warning systems (EWSs) are designed to anticipate future crises, giving policymakers optimism that they would be able to make proactive management decisions. The demonstration of EWSs effectiveness in the economy was clear throughout the Asian financial crisis at the end of the 1990s, the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the Great Recession, and the European sovereign debt crisis of 2008-2012. However, EWSs failed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Eichengreen et al. [13], Kaminsky et al. [23], and Sachs et al. [33] methodology, the paper explains this phenomenon by analyzing the determinants of currency crises episodes in the Republic of Serbia from January 2001 to December 2021. The complexity of the current crisis required a change of approach. As reflected by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, one of the solutions is to develop a Decision-Making Support System (DMSS). EWSs presented here could serve as one of the many inputs in the assessment and identification of financial crises. However, these models are not accurate enough to be used as the sole method to anticipate crises. Like other crisis models, they bring benefits but obviously have their drawbacks. That is why it would be good to put them under the auspices of a more complex DMSS. Again, for now DMSS should be seen just as a better alternative to earlier practice. This is neither a final nor an almighty option, but it must be further worked on in the future.

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The SORS Decision-Making Support System: A statistical tool for better policy making in the Republic of Serbia

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Attitudes toward Death among Health Care Professionals in the Balkan Region

Attitudes toward Death among Health Care Professionals in the Balkan Region

Why EWSs for financial crises failed during the Covid-19 pandemic: The example of Serbia

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