This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Bulgaria. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

Following the adoption of the Health Insurance Law in Bulgaria (1999), which provided the legal framework for the development of the voluntary health insurance, several health insurance funds had been established. Bulgaria had two licensed voluntary health insurance funds in 2001; in 2003 their...

Stress tests of financial institutions are becoming more common in the midst of a global recession and unpredictable future economic growth. We believe that apart from banks, stress tests can be conducted on hospitals as well and will have their merit. The proposed methodology for risk...

The present article deals with the theme of efficiency in healthcare and especially technical efficiency in psyaciatric hospital care. We used the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA), which finds increasing application in many spheres of public life, including healthcare. We subdivided the...

Prevention of disease is one of the main challenges to public health and the Bulgarian society in recent years. More and more are data that prove, that the main risk factors for public health are associated with harmful effects of the various components of the environment - physical and...