title: Financing of health care services in Hungary.
abstract: In this paper we give a practical overview of the changes in the financing of health care in Hungary. We describe the financing system of general practitioners, home care (nursing), out-patient care and the acute and chronic care of hospitals. We show how the financial system has changed after the political changes of 1990. The global budget approach of the 1980s was replaced by performance-related financing methods including the ICPM (International Classification of Procedures in Medicine) code system of the WHO (World Health Organization) in out-patient care and the introduction of HBCS (Homogen Betegsegcsoportok, "Homogeneous Disease Groups") in in-patient care. We underline that the efforts made towards reforming health care financing resulted in an activity-related financing system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Coordination, National Health Insurance Fund Administration, Budapest, Hungary. boncz.i@oep.hu
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boncz
authors.forename: Júlia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Andor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebestyén
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Korösi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics
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