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Groundwork for primary care in Slovakia: report from an EC/Phare project.

Boerma, W.G.W., Grielen, S.J. Groundwork for primary care in Slovakia: report from an EC/Phare project. Utrecht: NIVEL, 1998. 60 p.
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The report opens with a description of reforms and problems in the Slovak health care, including an international comparison of the position of primary care physicians. Project activities in four areas are explained. In the financial area a new payment system for primary care doctors was developed. In the area of pharmaceutical cost containment the focus was on the prescription of cheaper drugs and on possibilities of more rational prescribing of drugs. With respect to quality of care a peer review group was created that developed a professional guideline. Finally, data were collected for feed back to the various activities and for making a start with research. In a separate chapter a systematic evaluation of the project was reported. The final chapter deals with conclusions and recommendations.