Prof. Rumyana Yaneva, MD

Biography:

Prof. Rumyana Yaneva, MD is a graduate of the Faculty of Health Care "Prof. Dr. Tsekomir Vodenicharov, MD" at the Medical University - Sofia. Bachelor in "Health Care Management", Master in "Public Health and Health Management", "doctor" in the scientific specialty "Social Medicine and Organization of Health Care and Pharmacy" based on a defended dissertation on the topic "System for Valuation of Hospital Products in the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients in the University Hospital "Tsarina Ioanna" - EAD". 

Since 2008, after a competition, she has been appointed as an "assistant" in the Department of "Health Economics". She has successively held the positions of - chief assistant, associate professor and from 2024 - professor. She has acquired the specialties "Health Economics" and "Legal Regulation in Health". She is currently specializing in "Medical Informatics and Health Management". Participant in 4 scientific projects at MU-Sofia: Member of the management team for a successfully defended project on the topic "Introduction of distance learning in public health" with reg. No. BG051PO001-4.3.04.0069 under the operational program "Human Resources Development" 2007-2013. Participant in a research team under Contract No. 38/2011, "GRANT-2011" on the topic "Methodology for applying the break-even point to optimize the financial situation of hospital wards". Member of the team under Contract No. 166/14.06.2022, "GRANT-2022" on the topic "Guidelines for improving control over the implementation of contracts for the provision of Primary Outpatient Medical Care" and of the team under Contract No. 167/14.06.2022, "GRANT-2022", on the topic "Analysis and assessment of the quality of hybrid training conducted in the Department of Health Economics". 

Publications and scientific interests:

Author and co-author of over 170 scientific publications. Author of "Microeconomics of the Hospital"; "Economic Analysis of Endocrinology Departments in Hospital Care Facilities in Bulgaria". Co-author of "Introduction to Economic Knowledge",; "Economics of Health Care"; "Introduction to Economic Knowledge. Second Revised and Amended Edition". He has over 250 citations. He is a member of the editorial board of the collection of scientific reports "Contact".

Scientific interests: in the field of health economics, hospital medical care; models of financing of health systems; public health and health management.

Membership in organizations:

He is a member of the National Association for Health Policy and Management, the Bulgarian Scientific Society for Public Health, the Interdisciplinary Civil Academy, and the Bulgarian Association for Drug Information. He is a member of the state examination committee for acquiring the specialty "Healthcare Economics".