Financial Management inthe Context of the Healthcare Sector (Case Study: National Social Security Fund)

Abstract

This paper is based on data and information gathered directly through interviews and information provide by and at the NSSF. It aims at examining two key perspectives from the financial management point of view: i) using the fundamental concepts of financial management, how to apply appropriately these principles into the context of NSSF, and in effective and efficient way, and ii) what would be the current issues and problems and challenges, the organization has to overcome. The results show that these challenges should be tackle at every level of the NSSF, from the leaders to the employees. It concerns education, healthcare issues, stakeholders’ concerns, as well as social infrastructure development, as all will take a prominent place in the future challenge for making Cambodia a modern country with an accountable welfare system in place.