Economic Impact of the Health Insurance System on Slovak Medical Spas and Mineral Spring Spas

Ján Derco, Piotr Romaniuk and Michal Cehlár
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Ján Derco: Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Nemcovej 32, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Piotr Romaniuk: Department of Health Policy, School of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Ul. Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Michal Cehlár: Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: The article deals with the financing of spa undertakings through the health insurance system. The analysis is based on the financial statements of 28 spa undertakings operating in the Slovak Republic, their contracts with the individual health insurance companies and secondary data sources (accommodation statistics of these undertakings, the number of medical stays paid by clients themselves and of those covered by public health insurance, the spa treatment expenditure of the health insurance companies, the percentage of this expenditure out of the total expenditure spent by the health insurance companies on health care). The still significant percentage of revenues from the health insurance companies out of the total revenues of spa undertakings shows the prevalence of the medical nature of spa care. At the same time, it reflects the current tax measures related to the spa industry and shows that the introduction of a recreation allowance might influence the future development of spa care.

Keywords: health insurance; health tourism; medical spas; spa tourism; state support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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