Improving The Slovenian Healthcare System By Examining Other European Healthcare Systems

Abstract

This paper focuses improving the Slovenian healthcare system by comparing it with the systems in place in the UK, Denmark, and France. The aim of the paper is to find and present the solutions required if the healthcare system in Slovenia is to be improved. Changes need to be made to the organisation, management, and financing of the Slovenian healthcare system in response to demographic changes and changes to the age structure of the population, the rapid development of new medical technologies, drugs, treatments, and globalisation. The paper outlines the main features of the Slovenian healthcare system and compares the structure of public and private expenditure and resources with the structures in place in the UK, Denmark, and France. Public and private healthcare providers and public-private partnerships in Slovenian healthcare are also presented and compared. An insight is given at the end of the paper into the current state of the Slovenian healthcare system and the required changes, with solutions proposed for improvements and reform. The proposed solutions include redefinition of an insured person’s status, changes to the insurance basis and rates, a redefinition of the basic basket of healthcare rights, the integration and networking of public healthcare institutions, and the separation of public and private healthcare providers.