LITHUANIAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY

The health care management has to be effective and appropriately respond to new challenges, however, the health reform continuing in Lithuania can not be characterised as consistent, comprehensive, and well coordinated some issues have been defined. The aim of the research is to provide the measures for the EMA system management improvement and its subsystems. The methods – a systemic analysis of the scientific literature, a pilot, quantitative descriptive research; data statistical analysis methods. Results – authors suggest: the theoretical EMA system management and activity improvement process models; potential management improvement opportunities in individual parts of the emergency medical assistance system. JEL Codes: I19, R49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15544/mts.2017.19