General principles of the health system in the Czech republic and an overview of the most important legal provisions applicable to health care
This chapter explains to foreign nationals the principles underlying the pillars of the national health service of the Czech Republic, namely:
I. Solidarity.
Solidarity between healthy people and the sick is fostered in health care systems by separation between the provision of health care and its financing.
Solidarity of the economically active with the economically inactive people means that every insured person pays an insurance premium as a percentage of their income regardless of what health care they receive or will receive.
II. High degree of self-administration.
III. Multisource financing with major share of public health insurance.
Health care is funded from public health insurance, direct payments, the national budget and regional budgets.
IV. Equal availability of health care for all insured persons.
The health care system strives to create conditions in which there are no differences in the availability of health care.
V. Obligatory vaccination against infectious diseases.
An overview of most important legislation:
The currently amended wording is the only official source of the legislation. In this chapter, a list of major legislation concerning public health insurance, health care provision and public health protection can be found.
- Resolution of the Presidium of the Czech National Council 2/1993 promulgating the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms as part of the Czech constitutional order
- Act 20/1966 Coll., on public health care, amending some related laws
- Act 48/1997 Coll., on public health insurance, amending some related laws
- Act 592/1992 Coll., on premiums for general health insurance, amending some related laws
- Act no. 258/2000 Coll., on public health protection and amendments to several related acts, as amended