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- Title
Staranje prebivalstva izvidika razvoja zdravstvenega zavarovanja.
- Authors
Toth, Martin
- Abstract
The population of the world, especially in the economically developed countries, is aging. The portion of the population which is older than 65 is increasing whereas the portion which is 0-18 is decreasing. Experts predict that this trend will continue until the year 2050. The changes in the age and social demographic structure are also linked with changes in the medical condition of the population, resulting in economic and social as well as developmental consequences in all of society. The relation between the economically active and inactive population is changing unfavourably, health care needs are growing, and so is the need for long-term care and other social transfers. The illnesses increasing most rapidly are predominantly chronic illnesses which require long-term health care and ever bigger investments in the health care sector. The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia responded to this challenge by preparing a strategy development program for the period 2008-2013. Rather than on illnesses, it focuses on preventive medicine, the maintenance of health, and a better control of chronic degenerative diseases. With these measures as well as measures taken to streamline the health services, the Institute sets its goal to preserve the components of solidarity in mandatory health insurance and to sustain its financing in the future, even as the demographic and health care circumstances change due to the aging of the population. It emphasises the need to introduce a special insurance coverage for long-term care.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; POPULATION aging; MEDICAL care for older people; HEALTH insurance; PREVENTIVE medicine; HEALTH maintenance organizations; DEGENERATION (Pathology); HEALTH planning; PREVENTION
- Publication
Kakovostna Starost, 2009, Vol 12, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
1408-869X
- Publication type
Article