The Czech Health Care System*

Paola Bertoli, Lucie Bryndová and Jana Votápková

A chapter in The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe, 2021, vol. 295, pp 139-152 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Over the last decades, the Czech health care system has undergone significant reforms. Regardless of its good performances in terms of health care spending and improved population's health, the sustainability and functionality of the Czech system still faces important challenges. It is particularly vulnerable to economic shocks and an ageing society; it suffers from inefficiencies in hospital management and experiences profound changes in the health workforce. To tackle these problems, policy makers have been working to reform the system, but these challenges have not yet been overcome. The present chapter provides an overview of selected reforms and their outcomes. First, we describe the main features of the health care system in the Czech Republic. Then, we discuss its main sustainability problems and the policy interventions that have been implemented to tackle these problems with a particular focus on evidence provided by the health economics literature on the actual effects of the reforms.

Keywords: Czech Republic; social health insurance; cost containment; efficiency; general review; cost-sharing measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/S0573-855520210000295013

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