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Lithuania

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Online HiT With modifications since publication of printed version 1. Introduction 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status 2. Organization and governance 2.1 Overview of the health system 2.2 Historical background 2.3 Organization 2.4 Decentralization and centralization 2.5 Planning 2.6 Intersectorality 2.7 Health information management 2.8 Regulation 2.9 Patient empowerment 3. Financing 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue and financial flows 3.3 Overview of the statutory financing system 3.4 Out of pocket payments 3.5 Voluntary health insurance 3.6 Other financing 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4. Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5. Provision of services 5.1 Public health 5.2 Patient pathways 5.3 Primary / ambulatory care 5.4 Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care 5.5 Emergency care 5.6 Pharmaceutical care 5.7 Rehabilitation / intermediate care 5.8 Long term care 5.9 Services for informal carers 5.10 Palliative care 5.11 Mental health care 5.12 Dental care 5.13 Complementary and alternative medicine 5.14 Health services for specific populations 6. Principal health reforms 6.1 Analysis of recent reforms 6.2 Future developments 7. Assessment of the health system 7.1 Stated objectives of the health system 7.2 Financial protection and equity in financing 7.3 User experience and equity of access to health care 7.4 Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care 7.5 Health system efficiency 7.6 Transparency and accountability 8. Conclusions 8. Conclusions

Reform log

20 June 2018 - Nurses will be able to assess emergency patients and decide on scope of treatment Read more 19 June 2018 - MoH seeks to develop criteria for reimbursement of health care services Read more 18 June 2018 - Strengthening the regulation of mental health servicesRead more 18 June 2018 - Need for better use of expensive diagnostic equipmentRead more

Health policy updates

Health care restructuring reform faces new barrier published 16/07/2018 MoH renews attempts to restructure provider network published 20/06/2018 New set of indicators established to evaluate performance of public providers published 12/06/2018

HiT Profile Lithuania

Vol. 15 No. 2 2013: This is the latest published version of the health systems in transition profile (HiT) for Lithuania written by Liubove Murauskiene, Raimonda Janoniene, Marija Veniute, Ewout van Ginneken, Marina Karanikolos. Download HiT full version

HSPM members for Lithuaniaa Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Health Research Institute

Contributors Authors: Liuba Murauskiene, Mindaugas Štelemėkas Editors: Marina Karanikolos, Ewout van Ginneken

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