Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profile

1. Introduction
   1. Introduction
   2. Geography and sociodemography
   3. Economic context
   4. Political context
   5. Health status
2. Organization and governance

   Updated: 21 March 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Overview of the health system
   3. Historical background
   4. Organization
   5. Decentralization and centralization
   6. Planning

      Updated: 01 November 2017

   7. Intersectorality
   8. Health information management

      Updated: 21 March 2025

   9. Regulation
   10. Patient empowerment

       Updated: 09 December 2019

3. Financing

   Updated: 19 March 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Health expenditure
   3. Sources of revenue and financial flows

      Updated: 01 April 2024

   4. Overview of the statutory financing system

      Updated: 19 March 2025

   5. Out of pocket payments
   6. Voluntary health insurance

      Updated: 15 April 2024

   7. Other financing
   8. Payment mechanisms

      Updated: 07 November 2023

4. Physical and human resources

   Updated: 31 July 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Physical resources

      Updated: 03 January 2024

   3. Human resources

      Updated: 31 July 2025

5. Provision of services

   Updated: 19 March 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Public health

      Updated: 28 March 2023

   3. Patient pathways

      Updated: 11 April 2024

   4. Primary / ambulatory care

      Updated: 13 February 2023

   5. Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care

      Updated: 04 September 2023

   6. Emergency care

      Updated: 11 September 2017

   7. Pharmaceutical care

      Updated: 07 May 2019

   8. Rehabilitation / intermediate care

      Updated: 05 May 2024

   9. Long term care
   10. Services for informal carers
   11. Palliative care
   12. Mental health care

       Updated: 19 March 2025

   13. Dental care

       Updated: 12 April 2018

   14. Complementary and alternative medicine
   15. Health services for specific populations

       Updated: 15 June 2018

6. Principal health reforms

   Updated: 15 May 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Analysis of recent reforms

      Updated: 04 August 2016

   3. Future developments

      Updated: 15 May 2025

7. Assessment of the health system

   Updated: 30 July 2025

   1. Introduction
   2. Stated objectives of the health system
   3. Financial protection and equity in financing

      Updated: 18 July 2023

   4. User experience and equity of access to health care

      Updated: 30 July 2025

   5. Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care
   6. Health system efficiency
   7. Transparency and accountability

      Updated: 10 September 2019

8. Conclusions
   1. Introduction