Abstract
Internal Grant Agency (The key factors influencing decision-making of clients in the market of health services) [IGA/FaME/2015/024]; Internal Grant Agency (Management of healthcare organizations effectiveness) [RO/2016/12]
Highlights
The history of the healthcare system in the Czech lands started in 1883
The result of the research involves the evaluation of 786 questionnaires from clients or potential clients of healthcare services
After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell under the Soviet influence and accepted a centralized portion of a unified healthcare system that is known as the Semashko model
Summary
The history of the healthcare system in the Czech lands started in 1883. At that time, the lands were influenced by both Bismarck’s model of social security and the health insurance system.After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell under the Soviet influence and accepted a centralized portion of a unified healthcare system that is known as the Semashko model. (Kinkorová and Topolčan, 2012) The legal framework for privatization of health care and the emergence of a competitive environment in the Czech Republic was made by Act No 160/1992 Coll. The third item of legislation gave scope for the application of competitive tools in the healthcare market; see Act No 372/2011 on healthcare services and the terms for their provision. According to this law (Czech, 2011), the patient has the right to choose providers who are authorized to provide healthcare services that correspond to the health needs of the patient and the healthcare facility, and to seek consulting services from another provider or health worker who provides healthcare services. That is not the case for the provision of emergency care, nor is it applicable to persons who are in custody, in imprisonment or in security detention
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