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State health insurance will be introduced in Tashkent and Syrdarya from October 1
State health insurance will be introduced in Tashkent and the Syrdarya region from October 1, the presidential press service reports.
It is planned to introduce the Electronic Polyclinic and Electronic Hospital information systems by the end of this year, as well as train health workers on how to use them. Moreover, the institutions will be equipped with the necessary equipment and network equipment.
Insurance will be launched in Karakalpakstan from January 1, 2025 and will cover other regions of Uzbekistan by the end of 2026.
The importance of this system is that it will use results-based financing methods in medicine.
The provision of medical services and medications under the insurance is carried out at the expense of the state budget. In turn, this means that no additional payment for health insurance will be charged to the population.
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In January, a new institution, the Center for Health Projects, was created within the Ministry of Health. The project office is to attract the private sector to PPPs and reform the pharmaceutical sector.
In 2024, the implementation of state health insurance mechanisms will begin in Tashkent. The system is planned to be financed from general taxes, without charging additional fees.
In July, Acting Minister of Health Asilbek Khudayarov announced the transition to electronic prescriptions this year. The system is designed to prevent patients from being prescribed unnecessary drugs, as well as help in the fight against smuggling of pharmaceutical products.
Earlier, Spot wrote that compulsory insurance contracts will now be concluded online.
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