D 2017

Private prepaid health financing schemes' role in health system

MERTL, Jan

Basic information

Original name

Private prepaid health financing schemes' role in health system

Name in Czech

Soukromá předplacená schémata ve zdravotnictví

Name (in English)

Private prepaid health financing schemes' role in health system

Authors

MERTL, Jan

Edition

Praha, The 10th International Scientific Conference Relik 2017, p. 297-304, 8 pp. 2017

Publisher

VŠE

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

Economics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

Organization unit

University of Finance and Administration

ISBN

978-80-245-2238-8

Keywords (in Czech)

prepaid programs, health insurance, health system

Keywords in English

prepaid programs; health insurance; health system

Tags

AR 2017-2018, xD2

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 6/2/2018 08:53, Bc. Jan Peterec

Abstract

ORIG EN

V originále

One of main obstacles with private financing of health care is the dependency of common insurance product on medical underwriting and pre-existing conditions. In countries like Czechia, where universal health care system exists, this ensures necessary solidarity between healthy and sick citizens and financing objectively needed health care. Suggesting private coinsurance to supplement this system may work for some scenarios but many clients and life situations will be excluded from real possibilities to use it. Therefore, we discuss possible role for prepaid schemes that are independent of health status at the time of buying and provide flexible options for clients that want to allocate their private resources for care above the universally needed and available standard. Although they are not able to cover up for classic insurance scenarios – covering random insurance events usually with high costs, they are able to provide treatment programs that will supplement standard therapeutic and preventive care.

In English

One of main obstacles with private financing of health care is the dependency of common insurance product on medical underwriting and pre-existing conditions. In countries like Czechia, where universal health care system exists, this ensures necessary solidarity between healthy and sick citizens and financing objectively needed health care. Suggesting private coinsurance to supplement this system may work for some scenarios but many clients and life situations will be excluded from real possibilities to use it. Therefore, we discuss possible role for prepaid schemes that are independent of health status at the time of buying and provide flexible options for clients that want to allocate their private resources for care above the universally needed and available standard. Although they are not able to cover up for classic insurance scenarios – covering random insurance events usually with high costs, they are able to provide treatment programs that will supplement standard therapeutic and preventive care.
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