Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Also available in print.

Published also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 254-266.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-305). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-305). Also available on the Internet.

Expenditures on health are currently an important and growing item of public as well as private budgets in the developed world. This diploma thesis analyzes two different approaches to the function of health insurance on the example of the Czech Republic and the United States of America. The theoretical part will generally characterize access to health care through different theories; there will be also introduced the system of health insurance and the agents on health care market. The specifics of the health care market will be also explained. The analytical part of the work will focus on health insurance systems in the Czech Republic and the United States and their development, with accent on major reforms of recent years. With mutual comparison of the two systems, thesis will examine the shortcomings of public health insurance and private health insurance, including the effectiveness of their removal. Afterwards, the analysis of selected indicators of health care will be provided. The aim of the work is an analysis of the different systems of health insurance in the Czech Republic and the United States with relationship to the recent reforms and evaluation of their mutual effectiveness.

Analysis of current russian legislation regarding health insurance. Detailed overview of russian private health insurance market. Comparison with foreign health insurance systems.

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Summary: The subject of this paper is providing of lege artis health care in the system of public health insurance. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the basic terminology, current legislation and its application in practice. Lex artis is in law an uncertain term, difficult to define, therefore its frequent usage should be restricted in the future. Due to the personal experience of the author there are many practical examples from the Czech health care system used in the paper. Related case law is taken into account continuously with the exception of the separately stated recent court judgment of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. The study is divided into four main chapters, introduction and conclusion. The first chapter is dedicated to the concept of lege artis in detail, its terminology and relation to the current legislation. Further subchapters deal with available health care standards and their obligation. The final parts analyze the lege artis restrictions and way of its assessment. The second chapter is dedicated to the concept of public health insurance. First, the term is defined and the current law is considered. The following parts examine the issue of health insurance companies and the network of health care facilities. Chapter three presents the labor law aspects of lege artis...