Market Report, "Slovakia Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q1 2015", Published
Hospitals' and doctors' medical fees are symptomatic of the chronic inefficiency of healthcare funding within Slovakia. This is underscored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s finding that even though healthcare spending in Slovakia was 8.1% of GDP in 2012 - below the OECD average of 9.3% - the share of private funds on health expenditure in the country is 22.4%, higher than the OECD average of 19%. This indicates that funds are wasted. Nevertheless, Slovakia continues to...
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