Health Policy in the Czech Republic: General character and selected interesting aspects

NEMEC, Juraj, Marek PAVLÍK, Ivan MALÝ and Zuzana KOTHEROVÁ. Health Policy in the Czech Republic: General character and selected interesting aspects. Central European Journal of Public Policy. CESES FSV UK, 2015, vol.9, No 1, p. 102-125. ISSN 1802-4866.

Basic information

• Original name: Health Policy in the Czech Republic: General character and selected interesting aspects
• Authors: NEMEC, Juraj (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marek PAVLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan MALÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zuzana KOTHEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Central European Journal of Public Policy, CESES FSV UK, 2015, 1802-4866.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50600 5.6 Political science
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/15:00083662
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Keywords in English: health policy; health care reforms; Czech Republic; government; cabinet failure; implementation
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Transformation of the health care system was a task faced by all formerly socialist Central and Eastern European countries. The years of changes revealed a large number of problems, including those induced by the limited capacity of governments to formulate and implement health care reforms. The goal of this article is to reflect the Czech situation. We start by summarizing the historical development of the Czech health care system in the context of government capacity for implementing health policy. In the core parts of this article, we highlight the main features of Czech health policy making and implementation and present an in-depth analysis of two selected country-specific issues – a low level of patient co-payments and a pluralistic insurance-based financing of health services

Links

• MUNI/A/1232/2014, interní kód MU: Name: Alokační efektivnost a redistribuční spravedlnost veřejného sektoru. (Acronym: Efektivnost a spravedlnost VES)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A