In Czech Republic there is a long tradition of providing tertiary scholarships to students from developing countries. The government scholarship programme started in the 1950s already as a part of the Czechoslovak technical assistance to countries in the South. Even though the programme left tens of thousands of graduates all over the world, the recent programme evaluation has revealed that it is characterised by a relatively poor performance. This article brings forward the main outcomes of the programme evaluation, highlights the policy recommendations and summarises policy reflections that occurred following the evaluation. The programme evaluation was done under unfavourable circumstances and could be accordingly defined as 'shoestring evaluation'. The restrictions and their influence on evaluation outcomes are discussed in article, too.

• Klíčová slova
• Developing countries, Programme evaluation, Scholarship programmes, Shoestring evaluation, Tertiary education,
• MeSH
• financování vládou ekonomika   normy   trendy   MeSH
• hodnocení programu ekonomika   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mezinárodní vzdělávací výměna ekonomika   trendy   MeSH
• následné studie MeSH
• rozvojové země ekonomika   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• sociální opora MeSH
• stipendia ekonomika   normy   trendy   MeSH
• studenti psychologie   statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still evolving and affecting millions of lives. E-government and social media have been used widely during this unprecedented time to spread awareness and educate the public on preventive measures. However, the extent to which the 2 digital platforms bring to improve public health awareness and prevention during a health crisis is unknown. In this study, we examined the influence of e-government and social media on the public's attitude to adopt protective behavior. For this purpose, a Web survey was conducted among 404 Malaysian residents during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period in the country. Descriptive and multiple regression analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS software. Social media was chosen by most of the respondents (n = 331 or 81.9%) as the source to get information related to COVID-19. Multiple regression analysis suggests the roles of e-government and social media to be significantly related to people's attitudes to engage in protective behavior. In conclusion, during the COVID-19 outbreak, public health decision makers may use e-government and social media platforms as effective tools to improve public engagement on protective behavior. This, in turn, will help the country to contain the transmission of the virus.

• Klíčová slova
• COVID-19, Malaysia, attitude, e-government, protective behavior, social media,
• MeSH
• COVID-19 prevence a kontrola   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• postoj * MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• šíření informací * MeSH
• sociální média * MeSH
• uvědomování si MeSH
• veřejné zdravotnictví * MeSH
• vláda * MeSH
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• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Malajsie MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• PUBLIC HEALTH *,
• MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• věda * MeSH
• veřejné zdravotnictví * MeSH
• vláda * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• PUBLIC HEALTH *,
• MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• veřejné zdravotnictví * MeSH
• vláda * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• PUBLIC HEALTH *,
• MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• veřejné zdravotnictví * MeSH
• vláda * MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Government Publication *, World *,
• MeSH
• úřední publikace jako téma * MeSH
• Publikační typ
• anglický abstrakt MeSH
• časopisecké články MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Developed Countries, Government Publication *, Ussr *,
• MeSH
• úřední publikace jako téma * MeSH
• vyspělé země MeSH
• Publikační typ
• anglický abstrakt MeSH
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• SSSR MeSH

BACKGROUND: This contribution is a response to the current issue of corporate governance in hospitals in the Czech Republic, which draw a significant portion of funds from public health insurance. This not only has a significant impact on the economic efficiency of hospitals, but ultimately affects the whole system of healthcare provision in the Czech Republic. Therefore, the effectiveness of the corporate governance of hospitals might affect the fiscal stability of the health system and, indirectly, health policy for the whole country. OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the success of the transformation in connection with the performance of corporate governance in hospitals in the Czech Republic. Specifically, there was an examination of the management differences in various types of hospitals, which differed in their ownership structure and legal form. METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A sample of 100 hospitals was investigated in 2009, i.e., immediately after the transformation had been completed, and then three years later in 2012. With regard to the different public support of individual hospitals, the operating subsidies were removed from the economic results of the corporations in the sample. The adjusted economic results were first of all examined in relationship to the type of hospital (according to owner and legal form), and then in relation to its size, the size of the supervisory board and the education level of the senior hospital manager. A multiple median regression was used for the evaluation. FINDINGS: One of the basic findings was the fact that the hospital's legal form had no influence on economic results. Successful management in the form of adjusted economic results is only associated with the private type of facility ownership. From the perspective of our concept of corporate governance other factors were under observation: the size of the hospital, the size of the supervisory board and the medical qualifications of the senior manager had no statistically verifiable influence on the efficiency of the hospital management, though we did record certain developments as a result of the transformation process. The economic results that were reported were significantly distorted by the operating subsidies from the founder. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The results can be used immediately on several practical levels: on the macro level as part of the state's formulation of health policy, particularly in the optimization of the structure of healthcare providers, as well as for the completion of reforms in legal forms and hospital founders, and on the micro level as part of the effective administration and governance of hospitals through corporate governance regardless of the form of ownership.

• Klíčová slova
• Corporate governance, Hospitals, Legal form transformation, Management,
• MeSH
• efektivita organizační ekonomika   MeSH
• ekonomika nemocniční zákonodárství a právo   organizace a řízení   MeSH
• financování vládou MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nemocnice soukromé ekonomika   zákonodárství a právo   organizace a řízení   MeSH
• nemocnice veřejné ekonomika   zákonodárství a právo   organizace a řízení   MeSH
• řízení nemocnice zákonodárství a právo   metody   MeSH
• vládní výbor ekonomika   organizace a řízení   MeSH
• vlastnictví * zákonodárství a právo   organizace a řízení   MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Czechoslovakia, Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Europe, Government Publication *,
• MeSH
• úřední publikace jako téma * MeSH
• vyspělé země MeSH
• Publikační typ
• anglický abstrakt MeSH
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Československo MeSH
• Evropa MeSH
• východní Evropa MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Czechoslovakia, Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Europe, Government Publication *,
• MeSH
• úřední publikace jako téma * MeSH
• vyspělé země MeSH
• Publikační typ
• anglický abstrakt MeSH
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Československo MeSH
• Evropa MeSH
• východní Evropa MeSH