Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2002 Financial Summary

Slovenia 2002. HiT summary

Sweden 2002. HiT summary

Recent history of the health care system The Swedish health care system began in 1882 when the county councils were established. In 1928, they became responsible for providing hospital care and in the 1930s they were gradually given responsibility for various non-hospital health care services. The first important step towards universal coverage for physician consultations, prescription drugs, a...

Georgia 2002. HiT summary

The population is estimated at between 4.1 and 5.4 million. The last census was undertaken in 1989 but due to difficulties in data collection, population movements and casualties related to the civil unrest, emigration and uncertainties about the population growth rate, the population estimates vary. This major variation means that caution must be used when interpreting other statistics using a...

Armenia 2002. HiT summary

Recent history of the health care system The health care system was highly centralized in line with the Semashko model of the Soviet Union. The entire population had access to a comprehensive range of medical services free at the point of access. Following independence, devastating economic and sociopolitical problems forced a radical reform programme which introduced out-of-pocket payments for...

Finland 2002. HiT summary

The origins of the public health care system can be traced back to the seventeenth century, when the municipalities started to hire primary care physicians to attend the health needs of their populations. The development of the modern hospital system dates from the 1950s, when it too was transferred to the municipalities. Perceived imbalances between primary and specialized health care led to t...