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The Government has collected SKK 0 in 2008 
2008
Health Insurance Companies

Revenues
Total
(SKK bln.)
Per capita (SKK)
Per working person (SKK)
Revenues of Health Insurance Companies from Healthcare Contributions
96.6
17,889
40,281
Healthcare Contributions Paid by State
30.5
5,655
12,734
Healthcare Contributions Paid by Insured
66.1
12,234
27,547
Other Revenues
0.6
108
243
Redistribution of Collected Healthcare Contributions*
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Revenues Total
97.2
17,997
40,524

The state pays health insurance for a total of 3 million citizens who do not have salary income. These are mainly children, retirees and the unemployed.
n.a. Data not available
Public administration budget proposal for 2008-2010

Expenditures
Total
(SKK bln.)
Per capita (SKK)
Per working person (SKK)
Health Care Expenditures Total
91.5
16,950
38,167
Administrative Costs and Capital Expenditures
3.9
729
1,641
Transfer to ÚDZS and Rescue System
0.7
131
294
Expenditures Total
83.4
15,465
35,931
n.a. Data not available
Public administration budget proposal for 2008-2010
Health Care Expenditures*
Total
(SKK bln.)
Per capita (SKK)
Per working person (SKK)
Health Insurance Companies Expenditures
98.1
18,165
40,904
Drugs
33.1
6,129
13,801
Inpatient Care and Spa Stays
26.3
4,870
10,966
Outpatient Care
16.5
3,055
6,880
Diagnostic Procedures
9.2
1,704
3,836
Administration Costs, Profit
4.9
907
2,043
Medical Goods
4.0
741
1,668
Medical Rescue System
2.1
389
876
Other (Foreigners, Homeless)
2.1
389
876
Transfer to ÚDZS and Operation Centers
0.8
148
334
Source: General Health Policy Framework for 2008-2011, Health Policy Institute
* The Ministry of Health does not release projected expenditures for individual items, so we have used the Health Policy Institute's estimate which assumes overall expenditures of SKK 2.6 billion more.
Translation and interpreting
The European Union currently has 23 official languages. This leads to big expenses for translation and interpreting.

Every resident of EU member states - and therefore every Slovak as well - pays an average of SKK 64.50 per year for EU interpreting and translation.
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