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Fiškálna udržateľnosť systému zdravotníctva SR
[Fiscal Sustainability of the National Health Care Systém in the Slovak Republic]

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  • Rudolf Sivák
  • Pavol Ochotnický
  • Ľuboš Kuchta

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Slovak Republic as well as many other OECD countries has faced significant increase of health expenditures in last decades. Sustainability of health care public component is therefore and mainly on the ground of ageing of population a political and scientific challenge for many countries. Paper pursues ex ante sustainability of health care system in Slovak Republic. By using modified models of International Labour Organization and European Commission and exogenous macroeconomic and population expectations we forecasts revenues, expenditures and also sustainability of the health care policy scenarios until year 2030. We identified possible changes in the income and expenditures policies for the Slovak health system, which can lead to improve balance of whole system by assumed population and macroeconomic scenarios.

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  • Rudolf Sivák & Pavol Ochotnický & Ľuboš Kuchta, 2014. "Fiškálna udržateľnosť systému zdravotníctva SR [Fiscal Sustainability of the National Health Care Systém in the Slovak Republic]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2014(4), pages 480-499.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2014:y:2014:i:4:id:965:p:480-499
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.965
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    Keywords

    sustainability; health care; population ageing; financing;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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