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Country profiles of health system responses to the crisis | Slovakia
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• Indebted hospitals were bailed-out by the state budget by a total amount
of €300 million (2011). This was not followed by the transformation
of hospitals into joint-stock companies as had been planned because of
financial pressure caused by the crisis and pressure from medical unions.
Priority setting or protocols to change access to treatments, coordination
of care and patterns of use
• Referrals from GPs to specialists abolished (2011).
Waiting times
• List of procedures that require an official waiting list extended to make
waiting times more transparent (2011).
Health promotion and prevention
• No response reported.