Stable financing of general outpatient care is a prerequisite for maintaining the fiscal stability of the health system as a whole. The long-term development of the VAS segment at a comparable level to that of countries with strong primary health care is linked to the volume of expenditure allocated to the VAS programme budget.
The reimbursement system for the provision of healthcare in general outpatient care is built on a combined capitačno - performance mechanism. The different parameters of the reimbursement mechanism, their amount and scope are the result of contractual arrangements between providers and health insurance undertakings.
The following graphs show the development of the structure of the individual reimbursement components for general outpatient care providers:
