Health Care in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland - The Medium Term Fiscal Aspects

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Péter Mihályi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The Czech Republic

Health Care in the Czech Republic

JAMA ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 267 (18) ◽  
pp. 2461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa Albert
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals The impact of the recession on health care expenditure — How does the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia compare to other OECD countries?

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Petra Baji ◽  
Márta Péntek ◽  
Imre Boncz ◽  
Valentin Brodszky ◽  
Olga Loblova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Impact

In the past few years, several papers have been published in the international literature on the impact of the economic crisis on health and health care. However, there is limited knowledge on this topic regarding the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The main aims of this study are to examine the effect of the financial crisis on health care spending in four CEE countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in comparison with the OECD countries. In this paper we also revised the literature for economic crisis related impact on health and health care system in these countries. OECD data released in 2012 were used to examine the differences in growth rates before and after the financial crisis. We examined the ratio of the average yearly growth rates of health expenditure expressed in USD (PPP) between 2008–2010 and 2000–2008. The classification of the OECD countries regarding “development” and “relative growth” resulted in four clusters. A large diversity of “relative growth” was observed across the countries in austerity conditions, however the changes significantly correlate with the average drop of GDP from 2008 to 2010. To conclude, it is difficult to capture visible evidence regarding the impact of the recession on the health and health care systems in the CEE countries due to the absence of the necessary data. For the same reason, governments in this region might have a limited capability to minimize the possible negative effects of the recession on health and health care systems.

SOMA Score, cardiovascular risk screening tool for psychiatric patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s284-s285
Author(s):  
M. Páv ◽  
M. Hollý ◽  
M. Cendelínová ◽  
J. Gojda ◽  
J. Polák
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
Risk Screening ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Common Diagnosis

IntroductionLife expectancy of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is two decades shorter than that of general population. The most important cause of death are cardiovascular diseases (CVD).ObjectivesThere is a need for CVD risk screening tools development and validation in the context of the Czech Republic.AimsMethodological approach to a CVD risk screening, risk stratification and specific life-style interventions development is presented. In a context of the psychiatric hospital with c. 7000 admissions per year.MethodsThere are no concise data on CVD risk of psychiatric patients in the Czech Republic so cross-sectional analysis of one day hospitalized patients was performed.ResultsA sample of 1056 pts. was obtained. Database allowed extraction data on CVD risk factors (RF): diagnosis, age, sex, BMI and blood pressure (BP). The most common diagnosis were F20 and F10. Multicriterial analysis according to diagnosis (frequency of highest BMI and BP) showed the worst results in the F20 followed by F10 group. Would we define the CVD RF as BMI ≥ 30, age ≥ 65, sBP ≥ 140, dBP ≥ 90, then no RF is present in 368, one in 238, two in 191, three in 92 and four RF in 33 pts. Two step screening protocol was developed – SOMA score. Variables and cut-offs for positivity were set based on the results.ConclusionMethodological process of SOMA score screening is presented as well as consecutive health care interventions.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.AcknowledgementThe study was realized in a framework of SOMA project, Program CZ11 Initiatives in public health care, Norway grants, NF-CZ11-OV-2-030-2015.

Health care in the Czech Republic

The Lancet ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 375 (9731) ◽  
pp. 2071-2072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Oborna ◽  
Radim Licenik ◽  
Zdenek Mrozek
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic

Legal regulations of induced abortion in Czechoslovakia/ the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-537
Author(s):  
Jan Polák
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Health Minister ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Abortion Law

The purpose of this study is to familiarise readers with the legal regulations of induced abortion and to sketch the mental background leading to their approval in the Czech Republic from 1918 until now. It presents the Austrian- Hungarian law which the Czechoslovak Republic took and which was valid until 1950. It explains the communistic legal regulation, valid between 1950 and 1957. It points out the personality of the Health minister who was responsible for the legalisation of abortion in 1957. It also states modifications to the implementing regulations until 1986 when a new abortion law with the corresponding ordinance was enacted. At the end, it mentions an attempt to adjust this law in 2003 and presents some positions in the debate concerning a planned health care reform in 2008.

scholarly journals The Development of Mental Health Policies in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic since 1989

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolína Dobiášová ◽  
Eva Tušková ◽  
Pavla Hanušová ◽  
Olga Angelovská ◽  
Monika Ježková
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Health Care Policies ◽  
Key Events

Abstract The article aims to describe the key events in the development of mental health care policies after 1990 in the two countries and identify the main reasons for stagnation or incremental changes to the institutional setting in the field of mental health care. The process of mental health care reform is explained using the framework of historical institutionalism. The explanation shows that the lack of political interest in combination with the tradition of institutional care resulted in poor availability of psychiatric care, outdated network of inpatient facilities and critical lack of community care facilities in both countries. Even though Slovak Republic adopted national programme at the governmental level, it still struggles with its implementation. The ongoing reform attempt in the Czech Republic may bring some change, thanks to a new approach towards strategic governance of the mental health care system and the mechanism of layering that the promoters of the reform use.

scholarly journals S226. DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY DETECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES WITHIN PSYCHIATRIC CARE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S125-S125
Author(s):  
Monika Dvorakova ◽  
Lucie Kondratova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
Prodromal Symptoms ◽  
The Czech Republic

Abstract Background Early Detection (ED) and Early Intervention (EI) are specialized services aiming at early diagnosis and early treatment of psychosis. There are evidence-based effects of ED and EI services that cannot be overlooked, such as early recognition of prodromal symptoms, preventing the adverse effects of untreated psychosis, lowering the risk of hospitalization, and therefore it has become part of the ongoing mental health care reform in the Czech Republic. Methods A total of 12 mental health professionals were trained in order to provide specialised ED and EI services within three regions in the Czech Republic – Prague 8, Pilsen and Blansko. All people aged 16 to 60 years who live in a predefined catchment area and are (a) at risk of developing psychosis, (b) in the first episode of psychosis or (c) are treated with psychosis for less than 3 years, are eligible for the service. Standardised assessment tools are being used for clients’ assessment (GAF, HoNOS, PANSS and CAARMS). Results Three multidisciplinary ED and EI teams were established in 2019 in the Czech Republic. Psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse and social worker are involved in each team. Presented data will describe psychosocial interventions and detection activities from 1/4/2019 to 1/4/2020. Discussion The psychiatric care system in the Czech Republic is predominantly built on large psychiatric institutions and there is a lack of community mental health services. Since the hospitalization is usually the first contact with mental health care services, there is a high potential of ED and EI services to prevent admission and readmission to the psychiatric hospital through early recognition of prodromal symptoms and reduction of the duration of untreated psychosis.

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