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Health systems in transition Hungary
1998
● establishes the Health Care Professional Training and Continuing Education Council
(Articles 116 and 117)
● describes the quality assurance system for health care (119–124)
● confirms national institutes to assist the Minister of Health (Article 150)
● defines maintenance obligation (Article 155, section 2)
● endorses utilisation according to the principle of “appropriate level of specialisation”
(or “progressivity” principle) (Article 75, section 3 and Article 76)
● further endorses the efficient use of resources (Article 75, section 4)
● defines hospice care as a separate service category (Article 99)
● regulates registration of medical professionals, including the recognition of foreign
diplomas based on EU standards for mutual recognition.
1. Government Decree No. 13/1998. (I. 30.) Korm
● introduces the uniform national base fee in March 1998, with the provision that it
can be recalculated if output exceeds budget reserves
2. Decree No. 6/1998. (III. 11.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on the Regulation of
Updating Professional Classification Systems and Financing Parameters Used in
Health Care
● establishes the Committee of Updating Financing Parameters and details procedures
for the modification of existing classification systems including HDGs
3. Act XXV of 1998 on the Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (promulgated: 01/04/1998)
and Government Decree No. 37/2000. (III. 23.) Korm. on the Personnel and Material
Requirements of Production of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use and
Decree No. 60/1999. (XII. 1.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Wholesale of
Pharmaceuticals and Decree No. 12/2001. (IV. 12.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the
Registration and Licensing of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
● comprehensively regulate the pharmaceutical industry in accordance with the practice
of the European Union
4. Government Decree No. 72/1998. (IV. 10.) Korm. on the Financing of Higher Education
on the Basis of Training and Maintenance Capitation
● stipulates that higher education be financed by capitation according to the number
of students
5. Ruling No. 16/1998. (V. 8.) AB of the Constitutional Court
● deems the restructuring of self-governments of social insurance unconstitutional
6. Decree No. 18/1998. (VI. 3.) NM of Minister of Welfare on the Prevention and Control of
Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
● regulates the operation of surveillance systems for communicable diseases in Hungary,
the immunization against communicable diseases and the procedures of infectious
disease control
● introduces compulsory screenings with epidemiological purpose (Article 17–24)
7. Decree No. 19/1998. (VI. 3.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on Patient Transfer
8. Decree No. 20/1998. (VI. 3.) NM of the Minister of Welfare on Emergency
Ambulance Services