| Abstract [eng] |
ŽELIONYTĖ, Laura. (2006) Health Insurance System of the Republic of Lithuania and its financing problems. MBA, Graduation Paper. Kaunas: Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Department of Finance and Accounting, 90 p. S U M M A R Y Master’s final work is written in Lithuanian and consist of 90 pages, 24 figures, 12 tables, 42 references, 4 annexes. Key words: health insurance, compulsory health insurance, additional (voluntary) health insurance, health insurance payments, Territorial Patients Funds, National Patient’s Fund, Compulsory Health Insurance Fund Budget. Research object - Health insurance system in Lithuania and its financing problems. Research subject – health insurance. Research aim – to evaluate problems of health insurance system and to present its development in perspective. Objectives: to analyze the theoretical aspects of health insurance; to evaluate the development of health insurance system in Lithuania; to fulfil the analysis of the accumulation of the income of Compulsory Health Insurance Fund Budget and distribution of the already accumulative finance; to define the factors determining the variations of income and expense; to provide the recommendations for the development of health insurance system in Lithuania. Research methods: analysis and synthesis of literature, logical analysis and synthesis, vertical analysis, methods of graphic modelling and forecast calculations. After analysing the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania, scientific research works by various authors on the subject of health insurance system in Lithuania, the analysis and evaluation of health insurance system as well as recommendations for the development of health insurance system were performed. |
