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Healthcare Facilities Network
The National Health Insurance Fund contracts the provision of healthcare services to its insured persons with healthcare facilities included in the so-called Health Facilities Network Plan. The Plan is adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, upon proposal of the Ministry of Health.
The Fund may enter into contracts with the facilities not included in the Network Plan but only for a certain number and types of healthcare services which cannot be provided within the existing capacities of healthcare facilities within the Network Plan.
Entering in contracts with the facilities not included in the Network Plan is subject to review by the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanović-Batut" while the approval for entering into contacts is granted by the Ministry of Health.
Financing Methods and Principles
Methods of Financing
There are different methods of financing healthcare services and programs. The differences originate in system characteristics, organization of healthcare services, tradition, capacity development level, economic potential of the society, system objectives, etc.
Methods of payment for healthcare services used within a country differ among branches of industry and type of services, or time periods, laboratory services, etc.
Principles of Financing
The basic issue in relation to financing healthcare is to collect sufficient funds by applying an adequate method of funding. The amount of funds received as income (regardless of the method of financing) mainly depends on how much the state is willing to allocate, in terms of other objectives (higher labour costs), in order to increase consumption within the healthcare system.
About Insurance
Health Insurance
Healthcare systems worldwide are very different, and each country has its own system. The differences between the systems include the availability of healthcare services and coverage of healthcare costs, inclusion in the solidarity system, management method, organization, financing, available resources, etc. The socialistic healthcare systems are the most characteristic and most socially oriented, comprehensive and market systems, which are still in place in some parts of the world.
Social Health Insurance
Social health insurance is a contract between a client and insurance organization based on which the insurance organization is obliged to reimburse a certain amount of funds to an insured person or, most typically, to partially or fully cover the costs of healthcare services in case an event against which a person is insured takes place. Social insurance is compulsory. Every person in a particular group must be insured and pay a certain amount of funds as contribution.