| Abstract [eng] |
This master work analyses health insurance development in Lithuania, its problems, the dynamics of the income and expense of the budget of the mandatory health insurance fund, and the economic and social factors which cause its changes. The results have revealed that the income of the budget of the mandatory health insurance fund equally depend on the number of the unemployed and the employed, the average salary and the personal income tax. There is a tight interdependence between these factors. It has been established that the stability of the mandatory health insurance fund is negatively influenced by the aging of the society, that is, low birth rate and longer average life expectancy. The analysis of the expenses and the structure of the mandatory health insurance fund shows that the greatest share of the expenses are dedicated to the enhancement of the health insurance system. The analysis of the data shows that the present financing problems might be solved by developing a complementary (voluntary) health insurance. |
