Med. praxi. 2014;11(6):252-259

The economic requirements of development of the health care system of the Czech Republic

Mgr.Lenka Kalábová, Ing.Jana Bellová, Ph.D., Ing.Jaroslav Zlámal, Ph.D.

¹ Náměstkyně pro nelékařské obory Městské nemocnice v Litoměřicích

² Právnická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

³ Fakulta zdravotnických věd UP v Olomouci

Článek se zabývá ekonomickými předpoklady vývoje zdravotnictví ČR v kontextu celkové péče o zdraví. Jsou popsány souvislosti mezi

The article deals with the economic requirements of development of the health care system of the Czech Republic in the context of

health care as a complex. There are described interconnections between the economic development of the state economy and possibilities

of financing the health care. The health care system in the whole extend participates to prevention or restoration of human health

and therefor creates an important part of the human wealth fare. In the Czech republic the amount of finances that is distributed to

sustain and further develop health care is comparable with the developed European countries, during the last decade the percentage

of total financial means transferred into health care relatively decreases. The human resources in the Czech republic belong to the key

factors of economic growth, the most valuable types of wealth fare of the state.

Keywords: health, GDP, the system of health care, health care, financing of health care, public and state goods, economic growth

Published: December 1, 2014  Show citation