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Как Швеция надвива проблемите на тютюнопушенето

Тютюнът остава водеща причина за предотвратими смъртни случаи, както и за години живот с влошено здраве и загубени години поради преждевревенна смърт (DALY), в световен мащаб. Въпреки че в глобален мащаб нивата на употреба на тютюневи изделия намаляват, между държавите в ЕС има съществени разлики. През 2019 г. процентът на …

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Patient access to antirheumatic medicinal products

|Read the full text of the analysis at this link| The analysis examines the challenges of access to medicines for the treatment of rheumatic diseases and the associated socio-economic consequences in Bulgaria. Based on data on the number of health insured persons, the costs of outpatient and clinical procedures, as well as the number of lost working days, we highlight …

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Inflation and healthcare prices

Over the past few years, Bulgaria has seen a trend towards increasing prices for clinical pathways. In 2022, for example, prices increased twice - initially by 25% in April, followed by another increase of 8% for all clinical pathways in September. Especially in relation to cardiology and pulmonology, prices …

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Cheaper drugs? Why not?!

As we have already understood, the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) grows annually and unjustifiably. On the other hand, mortality is increasing, while diseases are showing a constant trend. Theft through referrals has been a known fact for years and is easily noticeable in regional statistics. Since we have begun to dismantle the healthcare system, we must …

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(Im)Possible reforms in the NHIF

The state in which the healthcare system was left by Dr. Petar Moskov is bordering on deplorable. The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) again ran a deficit of 50 million leva at the end of 2016, and by now it has grown to 72 million leva. The fingerprint system turned out to be …

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