The health care renumeration poses a great challenge for both politicians and policymakers.
During the beginning of the 1990s, following the end of communism in Hungary, the
reform of health care began with the introduction of the primary health care (PHC),
specifically with general practitioner (GPP)/family medicine (FM) care. The basis
of the renumeration was the age-adjusted capitation built upon the free choice of
doctors, while social security renumeration was built on a mixed system. Several pros
and cons have been highlighted, but the underlying principle has proved to be simple
and effective. Comparison of the European and Hungarian characteristics, analysis
of data in the present patient care report as well as in the years preceding the release
of the aforementioned document, these confirm that the method of capitation-based
remuneration is a fundamental, easy, and unmanipulable method. It places minimal weight
on social security and comes with little costs. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(27): 1057-1063.
