TITLE:
Analysis of Medicinal Products’ Expenditure Reimbursed by the National Health Insurance Fund in Bulgaria for Outpatient Care
AUTHORS:
Petya Trendafilova, Tatyana Benisheva, Borislav Borissov
KEYWORDS:
Analysis, Expenditure for Medicinal Products, Outpatient Care, NHIF
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
16,
2016
ABSTRACT:
The aim of this
study is to trace and analyze the public reporting of medicinal products’
expenditure paid by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) for outpatient
care since its establishment (June 2000) in Bulgaria. The analysis of financing
from the NHIF for the period 2000-2016 shows an
increasing expenditure of medicinal products for outpatient care. There is a
big increase of the medicinal products’ spending paid by the NHIF budget for
2012 - 495.5 million BGN (which means 104.5 (21%) million BGN
more than the previous 2011. As a result of this analysis it was found out that
there is scarce fragmentary chronological public reporting traceable by
indicators for outpatient care expenditure since the National Health Insurance
Fund establishment. The reports published on the NHIF’s website provide partial
information only about total expenditure for health insurance payments for medicinal products
for outpatient care.