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The pharmacoeconomic aspect of the treatment of pneumonia in the pediatric population is scarce analyzed in the countries of the Balkan region. This research aimed to determine the value of total hospital costs of treating childhood pneumonia from the Republic Fund of Health Insurance perspective. This retrospective cost of illness study was performed using the "from the bottom to the top" approach. It included 82 patients with childhood pneumonia who were treated at Clinical for pediatrics at Clinical Centre Kragujevac. The total costs of hospital treatment of pneumonia for the examined population were 4,095,293.73 RSD. The largest share in total hospital costs has the length of patient hospitalization (22%). The median total hospital costs per patient per year amounted to 40,249.91 RSD (4,793.10 - 142,149.63 RSD). Since the main determinants of overall costs of treating childhood pneumonia are the length of stay and noninvasive ventilation rate, therapeutic strategies should provide not only efficient treatment in compliance with current guidelines as also decreasing these determinants to offer a better pharmacoeconomic profile of childhood pneumonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to investigate whether satisfied basic psychological needs reduce the perception of threat generated by job insecurity, defined as self-assessment of the availability of the working role to its performers in the foreseeable future. The study included 310 participants employed in 24 companies, who completed the Perception of Job Insecurity Scale and Need Satisfaction Scale. The hypotheses were tested with multiple regression analyses. The results point to the importance of two basic needs – Autonomy and Competence – as factors that reduce the level of perceived job insecurity. This study broadens the understanding of personality resources as factors that moderate the perception of job insecurity and confirms the self-determination theory in the organisational context. Satisfying the needs for autonomy and competence can serve as a basis for interventions aimed at strengthening resilience to stress in employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]