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[Characteristics of patient pathways in Hungary]
1Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár Budapest Váci út 73/A 1139. gresz@hu.inter.net
Abstract:
Over the past four years, there were nearly 250 million registered visits of insured patients in outpatient services in Hungary according to the database of the National Health Insurance Fund. In the process of renewal of health care system it is extremely important to analyze the characteristics of patient pathways. With the analysis of registered visits between 2007 and 2010 the author shows that 65%-96% (average 86%) of the insured patients used the services of outpatient care in the county of their living. This figure was the lowest (65%) in Pest County, which is the service area of several providers located in Budapest. Author presents and analyses the characteristics of patient pathways in different counties of Hungary.
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