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In 1990 and 1991, dramatic liberalisation of the health care system was adopted. The principle of free choice of health care facility was implemented, and regional and district institutes of national health were broken down.

Since then, the health care system has become a compulsory insurance model, with a number of insurers financing health care providers on the bases of contracts. The current system has a diminishing role for the state and a developing insurance-based system, based on models used in neighbouring western countries, particularly the Federal Republic of Germany.

(Source: WHO country profile 2001)

Medtech market figures 2003 (million Euro)

Imports	284
Exports	153
Total expenditure in medical technology	363
Expenditure in medical technology per capita	(EUR) 35
Number of companies	56

(Source: Eucomed Industry Profile 2003)

General information (estimation 2004)

Population (mio)	10.3
Population growth	-0.1%
GDP (mia USD)	100.2
GDP growth	3.0%
Budget Saldo (% of GDP)	-6.7%

(Source: seco country profile)

Health infrastructure

Total expenditure on health, USD per Capita	1118	<
Total expenditure on in-patient care, % total expenditure on health	37.8	<
Private insurance - % total expenditure on health	nm
Acute care beds per 1000 inhabitants	6.5	>
Acute care days	8.3	>
Density of physicians per 1000 inhabitants	3.5	<
Hospital discharges: all causes per 100 000 inh. (1999)	21861	<
Population 65 years old and over, % of population	13.9	<