Reform and Transitional Adjustment of the Health Care System in Slovenia

In the paper the authors analyse some unresolved issues regarding the health care reform that is under way in the Republic of Slovenia. They believe the reform is necessary due to the problems that have accumulated. So far the transition processes have not been undertaken in a systematic way by the public sector. With this in mind, the authors discuss the problems of compulsory and voluntary insurance, and the goals that can be achieved by enforcing the role of voluntary health insurance. The authors also examine areas that have important implications for the efficiency of Slovenian health care. Emphasis is primarily given to appropriate systems of incentives that affect the behaviour of health care providers, patients, insurers, and policy makers and then, to the management and governance of health care providers.