Monitoring the number of health insurance beneficiaries and the frequency of use of certain health care services allows for a better distribution of resources and helps create health policies and strategies. Statistical data from the field of health insurance can help recognise potential problems and shortcomings in the health care system and can serve as a basis for decision-making focused on establishing a sustainable and efficient health care system.

If we observe the data, the downward trend in the total number of health insurance beneficiaries continued in 2024. The year 2022 was an exception, with the number of insured persons remaining at the same level as in 2021. Despite the aforementioned downward trend, there has been an increase in the number of beneficiaries in certain categories. More precisely, in 2024, as compared to 2023, the number of active employed persons increased by 2.3%, or 39 276 employed persons, mostly due to the expansion of the labour market and the employment of foreign citizens.

The number of insured pensioners continues to decrease. The main reason for this is no longer the increased death rate of persons aged 65 and older, as it was in the period from 2019 to 2022, but rather the increase in the inclusion of pensioners into the labour market and their employment of four hours per day. They retain their pensioner status within pension insurance while being listed in the category of active employed persons within health insurance at the same time.

Compared to 2023, the number of other insured persons decreased by 5.2%, primarily due to a decrease in the number of unemployed persons.

In 2024, 73.3 million drug prescriptions were issued, which was an increase of 3.8% compared to the previous year and a continuation of the upward trend from 2021.

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