This paper extracts the policy implications from ENEPRI Research Report Nos. 28, entitled Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Hungary. The research was carried out under Work Package II of the AHEAD Project (Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health...

The analysis aims to describe processes of demographic and epidemiological change, as well as health status self-assessment in selected Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEECs), including both the new member states and the candidate countries. The analysis is presented in the context of the...

Expenditure on medical treatment has tended to rise as a proportion of national income throughout the European Union. A particular concern is that with an ageing population and therefore the prospect of more elderly persons, the pressures on expenditure for health care will increase further. The...

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Hungary as part of the broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the country; the determinants of health, focussing on...