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The citizens of Eastern Europe have witnessed an unprecedented social and economic transformation during the past decade of transition from socialism to market-based economies. We describe the legacy of socialism and summarize the current state of the health sector in ten Eastern European countries, including financing, delivery, purchasing, physician incomes and the widespread phenomenon of under-the-table payments. The proposals for reform, derived from explicit guiding principles, are based on organized public financing for basic care, private financing for supplementary care, pluralistic delivery of services, and managed competition, with attention to incentives and regulation to impose a constraint on overall health spending.
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Kornai, J., Eggleston, K. Choice and Solidarity: The Health Sector in Eastern Europe and Proposals for Reform. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 1, 59–84 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011504122300
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011504122300