{"id":129,"date":"2022-05-16T14:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T12:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niho.sk\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:03:11","slug":"ako-funguje-system-na-slovensku","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/niho.sk\/en\/ako-funguje-system-na-slovensku\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the system of health technology reimbursement work in Slovakia?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How does the system of health technology reimbursement work in Slovakia?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Health technologies applying for reimbursement in the Slovak system have to undergo various assessment and approval processes. Different types of technologies go through different processes.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Medicines<\/strong> undergo a\u202fmarketing authorisation process, which allows them to be placed on the European or Slovak market; this process is called registration. Furthermore, the manufacturers\/marketing authorisation holders may apply for full or partial reimbursement from the public health insurance; in Slovakia, this procedure is called categorization. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical\u202fdevices<\/strong> (incl. medical aids, such as crutches and special medical supplies, such as implants) or dietetic foods<\/strong> also undergo the registration and\u202fcategorization process. The registration process is decentralized and the categorization process takes place less frequently while in this case the requirements are less extensive than for medicines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical technologies also include other devices (such as MRI scanners), health care services, or medical procedures.<\/strong> These lists of these are created and approved at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic in collaboration with experts. For example, standard medical procedures are formed by expert working groups and\u202fcontinuously evaluated by a multidisciplinary committee of the Ministry. Health care services are updated in the Health Care Services Catalogue according to requirements and inputs from professional associations; the update is guided by a regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry coordinates this process. Furthermore, the Ministry assesses the purchase of larger devices for public health facilities on the grounds of the published methodology, taking into account its compliance with the broader investment strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several organizations play a role in the system of assessment and\u202fapproval of medicines, equipment and dietetic foods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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