[Do we need predictions for health care expenditures?]

The unfavourable health status of our population is generally known, its improvement being one of the basic prerequisites for the further development of our society. To a certain extent improvement may be promoted by high standard health services. The standard of these services depends, in addition to effective use of available financial means, on the increase of the total volume of financial resources for the health services. For a qualified decision on the actual volume of financial resources it will be necessary to have a well elaborated prognosis of expenditure on health services which among others will justify the financial demands of the branch. The prognosis of expenditure on health services will be a socio-economic prognosis which may be started in the near future, if suitable conditions will be created.