TY - JOUR
T1 - Health insurance coverage in Central and Eastern Europe
T2 - Trends and challenges
AU - Waters, Hugh R.
AU - Hobart, Jessica
AU - Forrest, Christopher B.
AU - Siemens, Karen Kinder
AU - Pittman, Patricia M.
AU - Murthy, Ananthram
AU - Vanderver, Glenn Bruce
AU - Anderson, Gerard F.
AU - Morlock, Laura L.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Health insurance systems in Central and Eastern Europe have evolved in different ways from the centralized health systems inherited from the Soviet era, but there remain common trends and challenges in the region. Health spending is low in comparison to the spending of pre-2004 European Union members, but population aging, medical technology, economic growth, and heightened expectations will generate major spending pressures. Social health insurance is the dominant model in the region, but coverage is uneven. Key reform issues include identifying ways to encourage additional investment in the health sector; and defining formal benefit packages, copayments, and the role of private insurance.
AB - Health insurance systems in Central and Eastern Europe have evolved in different ways from the centralized health systems inherited from the Soviet era, but there remain common trends and challenges in the region. Health spending is low in comparison to the spending of pre-2004 European Union members, but population aging, medical technology, economic growth, and heightened expectations will generate major spending pressures. Social health insurance is the dominant model in the region, but coverage is uneven. Key reform issues include identifying ways to encourage additional investment in the health sector; and defining formal benefit packages, copayments, and the role of private insurance.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.478
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.478
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18332505
AN - SCOPUS:41749093829
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 27
SP - 478
EP - 486
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 2
ER -