Improving the Czech health care system

Falilou Fall and Daniela Glocker
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No 1522, OECD Economics Department Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: The Czech health care system is doing well in terms of health outcomes compared to other Central East European economies that inherited similar health systems after the transition and has been converging to OECD averages. However, benchmarking the Czech health system to countries with comparable institutional setting points to potential for efficiency gains. This paper assesses the performance and emerging key challenges of the Czech health system, and provides recommendations to adapt the system to remain effective and financially sustainable in the context of an ageing society. Further, the contribution of various disincentives in the system on the supply and the demand side of health care are discussed. This Working Paper relates to the 2018 OECD Economic Survey of Czech Republic. (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-czech-republic.htm).

Keywords: ageing; Czech Republic; fee-for-services; generics; health care system; health disparities; health insurance; health policy; health practitioners; healthcare coordination; hospital; pharmaceutical expenditures; prevention; primary healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I12 I13 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-13
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