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HEALTH SYSTEM
MONTENEGRO
Ministry of Health, Labour and Social welfare
Montenegro
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH FOR THE OF MONTENEGRO HAVE PASSED ON
THE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ON SEPTEMBER OF 2003
Strategy defines the elements of planning activities,
which shall be carried out in the health system, with the
aim to undertake political, economic, social, scientific,
expert, management, and legislative measures to reform
the health system.
The strategy for health reform opens up the process of
necessary reform to the health system in Montenegro,
which shall provide better quality health care, improve
health and improve the state of health of the population.
Health policy, which has the aim to carry out health system
reform, shall proceed from the following general principles:
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UNIVERSALITY
EQUALITY
ACCESSIBILITY
QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY
Health development Project is a base of Primary Health care
reform (financed by World bank and CIDA)
First step - Establishing of legal frame for carrying out Primary
Health care reform
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PASSED SO FAR
Health care Law
Health care insurance
Law
Compulsory records in
the field of health care
Law on Medicines and
Law on medicinal
products
TO BE PASSED
The Law on patient rights
The law on health care
The law on transplantation
The law on assistant
reproductive tehnologies
 The law on genetic privacy
 The law on taking of
biological samples
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BASIC CONCEPT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
REFORM
The chosen doctor project is already tested in Primary Health care Center Podgorica, and it is
already implemented into others parts of our state.
1. chosen doctor for adults
2. chosen doctor for children
3. chosen doctor for women
It is espected that chosen doctor activities should take health care of 80% of diseases
Primary Health care Center is becoming the center of support for the chosen doctor activities
Standards and regulations regarding to work of chosen doctor
Primary Health care Centers are supplied by equpment according to needs of the reform;
Reconstruction and adaptation of Primary Health care Centers
Education of medical staff is organised trough three levels of education:
1. continuing education of medical staff on primary health level
2. continuing education of specialists
3. establishing of cathedre for family medicine
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New role of managing health care institution on primary level
(strenghtening of administrative capaticies trough advanced
level of education - CIDA Project)
The new method for payment of primary health care is
established - combination per capita payment and payment
for services provided by chosen doctor.
This kind of payment will start from January 2009.
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Privatization of dentistry service
Chosen dentist, privatiser provides services
included in general pocket of services (children up
to 18 years old, pregnant women;emergency cases
and persons over 65 years old)
Services are provided on contract basis (between
Health Insurance Found and chosen dentist)
HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM
New health care information system is implemented in order to carry out PHCR
 An electronic citizen’s health card is established as a central element for medical
documentation
 Integrated Health information system is established in order to support Primary
Health Care reform
 Each citizen will have his own electronic card which will keep certain data about each
user, thus contributing the improvement of health services quality
 Enable access to data by different participants in the health system according to the
defined levels of access.
 Including of electronic invoice which will be sent to Public Health Institute and Ministry
of Health, Labour and Social Welfare
All activities regarding primary health care reform are going to be
finished by the end of 2008.
present problems on secondary and tertiary health care level:
 Lack of separation between secondary and tertiary health care
 Lack of efficiency
 Irracional and uncontrolled drug consumption and lack of system control
 Unefficient health care institution managing
 Inadequate mechanism of providing health care services
TASKS:
Establishing of standards and regulations regarding providing of health services
Establishing General Pocket of services,
creating of clinical protocols and guidelines
Implementation of new payment method
Establishing of Health institution network
WE ARE AWARE THAT:
This is very complex and long term process which depends on social and economic
development,
 Expiriences of other countries are a very prescious help for us, but nevertheless
every country is supposed to chose an adequate model of reform
The Health system undergoes constant changes, so we will try to adopt and include all the needed
steps in order to provide better health service for our citizens