Health Care System in Latvia

The basic model of health care in Latvia is as following: All territory of Latvia is divided into 7 regions with one Sickness Fund. Every inhabitant has to choose family doctor – internist. Every internist is working under some Sickness Fund. In the beginning of the year State distributes between Sickness Funds quotas in correspondence with number of population in every Sickness Fund. Further quotas are distributed between family doctors. Quotas are thought for some number free of charge manipulations (analyses, operations, and visits to specialists). There is also Health insurance market increasing from year to year. The Health insurance companies have agreements with medical institutions. Insured people can receive free medical care only in these special medical institutions or they can pay themselves for services if they have agreed with family doctors and then receive money back from insurance company.…