Open Access Article SciPap-796
Comparison of Czech and Estonian System(s) of Health and Sickness Insurance
by Jan Daler 1,*

1 Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno 61300, Czechia

* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Abstract: The paper deals with two systems - health and sickness insurance in two countries. In Czech Republic, where those systems are separated, and in Estonian Republic, where exists only health insurance, where belongs also benefits for temporary incapacity to work (the benefits falling under sickness insurance in Czech Republic). Most features of the systems are similar in both countries (such as solidarity, obligation of insurance, state guarantee), but there are also differences. The main one is that state pays for a small group of people in Estonian Republic, while state insured people cover more than half of the insured people in Czech Republic. Also one benefit is different in each country. People in Czech Republic receive compensatory benefit in pregnancy and maternity, in Estonian Republic adoptive parents receive the benefit called adoption benefit.

Keywords: Czech Republic, Health Insurance, Sickness Insurance, Features, Benefits For Temporary Incapacity To Work, Estonian Republic

JEL classification:  H4 - Publicly Provided Goods,  I1 - Health

SciPap 2016, 24(1), 796

Received: 28 December 2015 / Accepted: 21 March 2016 / Published: 27 April 2016