Overview of healthcare system in the Czech Republic

EPMA Journal

Ondřej Topolčan¹  Judita Kinkorová² 

[1]Charles University Prague, E. Beneše 13, Plzeš 305 99 Czech Republic

[2]Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Technology Centre ASCR), Ve Struhách 27, Praha 6, 160 00 Czech Republic

关键词: Recommendations;    Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine;    Financing;    Politics;    Healthcare system;    Czech Republic;   

Others  :  802162
DOI  :  10.1007/s13167-012-0139-9

 received in 2011-12-20, accepted in 2012-01-23,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

The healthcare system in the Czech Republic underwent and still is undergoing dramatic changes since the Velvet revolution in 1989. History of the Czech healthcare system, main healthcare laws, and the current status of healthcare documented in the main healthcare indicators is described based on the several main sources as well as delivery of health services and the role of the main actors in healthcare system. The material is based mainly on Czech Health Statistics 2009, and HiT Summary, Health Care Systems in Translation, 2005, public information of Ministry of Health CR.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Kinkorová and Topolčan; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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