Czech healthcare system still crippled by debts:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The absence of clear government planning on reforming the Czech healthcare system is one of the main causes of the current healthcare sector crisis, according to the Prague Business Journal. The transfer of hospital debts to the regions at the beginning of 2002 has also meant that the Czech healthcare service is financially crippled just as the country prepares to join the EU on May 1.