title: [Failures, problems and hopes in the transformation of health services. I. Causes of erroneous decisions in the beginning phases of transformation].
abstract: It is generally accepted that the transformation of our health services was not a success. The reasons of failure were political and professional. Our country was too long isolated from the West and we lacked experience of countries where the reform of health services had been underway for some time. At the onset of the reform three basic findings were underrated or omitted: 1. Health needs are infinite and the resources of the health services have limits which cannot be trespassed. 2. There is no simple linear correlation between financial expenditure and the health standard. 3. The main problems of health care cannot be mastered by mere deetatization, privatization and a free market.
authors.affiliation: Ustav sociálního lékarství a verejného zdravotnictví LF MU v Brnĕ.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zácek
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform