The many documents available on the P4H Network’s digital platform reflect the network’s scope of work. The majority of documents are primary source materials created by country nationals or resources produced by organizations working in social health protection (SHP) and/or health financing (HF).
The collection provides information on SHP and/or HF reforms and universal health coverage processes from around the world as well as topical analysis and research.
Hungarian law on compulsory health insurance: Act LXXXIII of 1997
Act LXXXIII of 1997 in Hungary is a law that defines the Hungarian health care system, including which services are free, which are covered by copayment, and which are excluded from prepaid public benefit schemes. This law also establishes the financing of health care...
Can people afford to pay for health care- Evidence on financial protection in 40 countries in Europe
The WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published a report reviewing financial protection in 40 countries in Europe.Financial protection – affordable access to health care – is undermined when out-of-pocket payments for health care lead to financial...
Hungarians are spending more on voluntary health insurance
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies published a brief policy analysis that documented the increase in voluntary health insurance expenses and corresponding increase in the use of services paid by voluntary health funds in Hungaria: Act XCVI of 1993...