The state plays an important role in the organization of healthcare, as it decides on
the establishment of the healthcare system. A health system is effective when it is
based on a reliable system of financing healthcare. As Slovenia, compared to other
EU countries, allocates a larger share of private and a smaller share of public
sources to health financing, the thesis compares the regulation of healthcare with the
selected EU countries, Austria and Croatia. The aim of the thesis is to present
healthcare in selected countries from the point of view of general regulation of the
health systems, the health insurance systems and healthcare expenditure, and to
compare Slovenian healthcare with healthcare in Austria and Croatia.
In the thesis are used the descriptive method and the comparative method. On the
basis of the latter, it is established that Croatia has the largest share of public
sources of health care financing among the selected countries, while Slovenia has
the smallest. Austria has the largest healthcare expenditure in GDP, while Croatia
has the smallest. The same applies to public and private spending and private out-ofpocket
expenses on health care. While the participation of the population in
compulsory health insurance is almost complete in all selected countries,
participation in voluntary health insurance varies between countries. In Slovenia,
almost the entire population has voluntary health insurance, in Croatia slightly less,
and in Austria more than half as much as in Slovenia.
Comparing healthcare in Slovenia with healthcare in Austria and Croatia gives a
better insight into how healthcare regulation differs between countries. At the same
time, good and bad practices in the regulation of selected health systems are
recognized and possible suggestions for improvements in the field of health care in
Slovenia are given.
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