Semashko Health Financing Model – Economic and Health Consequences in Czechia
Semashko Health Financing Model – Economic and Health Consequences in Czechia
Author(s): Tereza LukášováSubject(s): National Economy, Government/Political systems, Health and medicine and law, Welfare services, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Asociaţia de Cooperare Cultural-Educaţională Suceava
Keywords: financing of health care; public expenditure; health insurance; public health; health system;
Summary/Abstract: In 1948, the Communist Party finally defeated the Czechoslovak government over the next few years and adapted the Czechoslovak economy to the other countries of the USSR over the next few years. On the basis of this was also nationalized the health care, which passed to Semashko model of financing and organization of health care. Given that this model currently only works in Cuba, the aim of this article is to describe the Semashko model and its effect on the health of the pSeopulation from historical data. At the same time, it is compared in several places with the current results of the Czech health service, which operates on the basis of the Bismarck model.
Journal: Ecoforum
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 0-0
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English