160 result(s) for forint in Health & Wellness
Hungary Smoking Rate Down
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The national smoking rate in Hungary has declined in recent years, but the number of young smokers has grown, the state secretary for health care said. Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs called the law protecting non-smokers one of the “greatest achievements” of the past few years.
Govt Pledges 65.5 Million Forints For Teen Rehab Centres In 2017
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has pledged 65.5 million forints (EUR 208,000) in grants for teenage substance abuse treatment centres for 2017, a human resources ministry official said. Bence Rétvári, parliamentary state secretary, told a conference on substance abuse treatment that the government will next year double spending on youth rehabilitation centres.
Average Hungarian Spends 143 Euros On Health Annually
- 6 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The average Hungarian household spent 4.9 percent of their income, or 44,771 forints (EUR 143) per person, on health services and drugs in 2014, the Central Statistical Office said in its annual report. The report, however, pointed to huge differences tied to income levels and said that while people in the richest 20 percent of society spent 170 percent of the average, the poorest spent a mere 32 ...
Rétvári: Patients Saved Over HUF10bn On Drugs In Five Years
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Reforms in Hungary’s drugs fund saved over 10 billion forints (EUR 32.2m) for patients since 2011, with price cuts on 760 drugs in the past two years, human resources ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said. The government has focused on reducing patients’ spending on drugs ever since 2010 and, due to the measures introduced, burdens decreased annually, he said.
Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
DK Asks EU To Probe Contested Health Care Procurements
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The opposition Democratic Coalition is asking the European Union to assess procurements in the health-care sector that sparked a competition office investigation for suspected cartel activity, the party’s deputy leader said. A total of 25 procurements involving mostly X-ray equipment cost 9 billion forints (EUR 29m) net, but according to information acquired by DK their real value is around 4-4.5 ...
Doctors Collect Signatures For ‘Sustainable Health Care’
- 2 Mar 2016 4:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of junior doctors and specialists (ReSzaSz) is starting a signature drive for sustainable health care, the organisation said. ReSzaSz said it wants to be the government’s dedicated partner in developing a health-care system that will create sustainable and “dignified” circumstances for healing and being healed, so that Hungarians should not have the highest chance in Europe of ...
Hungarian Govt Earmarks HUF 480M For Cervical Cancer Screening In 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has allocated 480 million forints (EUR 1.5m) for continuing a programme to screen Hungarian women for cervical cancer this year, according to a decree published in the government gazette Magyar Közlöny. The number of new cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Hungary each year is about 1,000-1,200 and the number of related deaths is around 500, data published by the Mályvavirág ...
Hungary Smoking Rate Down
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The national smoking rate in Hungary has declined in recent years, but the number of young smokers has grown, the state secretary for health care said. Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs called the law protecting non-smokers one of the “greatest achievements” of the past few years.
Govt Pledges 65.5 Million Forints For Teen Rehab Centres In 2017
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has pledged 65.5 million forints (EUR 208,000) in grants for teenage substance abuse treatment centres for 2017, a human resources ministry official said. Bence Rétvári, parliamentary state secretary, told a conference on substance abuse treatment that the government will next year double spending on youth rehabilitation centres.
Average Hungarian Spends 143 Euros On Health Annually
- 6 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The average Hungarian household spent 4.9 percent of their income, or 44,771 forints (EUR 143) per person, on health services and drugs in 2014, the Central Statistical Office said in its annual report. The report, however, pointed to huge differences tied to income levels and said that while people in the richest 20 percent of society spent 170 percent of the average, the poorest spent a mere 32 ...
Rétvári: Patients Saved Over HUF10bn On Drugs In Five Years
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Reforms in Hungary’s drugs fund saved over 10 billion forints (EUR 32.2m) for patients since 2011, with price cuts on 760 drugs in the past two years, human resources ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said. The government has focused on reducing patients’ spending on drugs ever since 2010 and, due to the measures introduced, burdens decreased annually, he said.
Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
DK Asks EU To Probe Contested Health Care Procurements
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The opposition Democratic Coalition is asking the European Union to assess procurements in the health-care sector that sparked a competition office investigation for suspected cartel activity, the party’s deputy leader said. A total of 25 procurements involving mostly X-ray equipment cost 9 billion forints (EUR 29m) net, but according to information acquired by DK their real value is around 4-4.5 ...
Doctors Collect Signatures For ‘Sustainable Health Care’
- 2 Mar 2016 4:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of junior doctors and specialists (ReSzaSz) is starting a signature drive for sustainable health care, the organisation said. ReSzaSz said it wants to be the government’s dedicated partner in developing a health-care system that will create sustainable and “dignified” circumstances for healing and being healed, so that Hungarians should not have the highest chance in Europe of ...
Hungarian Govt Earmarks HUF 480M For Cervical Cancer Screening In 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has allocated 480 million forints (EUR 1.5m) for continuing a programme to screen Hungarian women for cervical cancer this year, according to a decree published in the government gazette Magyar Közlöny. The number of new cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Hungary each year is about 1,000-1,200 and the number of related deaths is around 500, data published by the Mályvavirág ...