Editing Economy of Hungary (section)

=== Health care ===
{{main|Healthcare in Hungary}}

[[File:Total health expenditure as a Percentage of GDP (2005-2008).JPG|thumb|right|350px|Total health spending as a percentage of GDP for Hungary compared amongst various other first world nations from 2005 to 2008]]

Hungary has a tax-funded [[universal health care]] system, organized by the state-owned National Healthcare Fund ({{langx|hu|Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár (OEP)}}). Health insurance is not directly paid for by children, mothers or fathers with baby, students, [[pensioner]]s, [[Poverty|people with socially poor background]], [[handicapped people]] (including physical and mental disorders),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oep.hu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/LAKOSSAG/OEPHULAK_EBELLAT/ELLATASMO/KIZAROLAG_EU_SZOLG_JOGOSULTAK_2013_01.PDF|title=Nemzeti Egészségbiztosítási Alapkezelő}}</ref> [[priest]]s and other church employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://figyelo.hu/cikkek/376719_dozsolok_es_szukolkodok___mibol_gazdalkodnak_az_egyhazak|title=Figyelő online -Társadalom – Dőzsölők és szűkölködők – Miből gazdálkodnak az egyházak?|work=Figyelő.hu|access-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417095046/http://figyelo.hu/cikkek/376719_dozsolok_es_szukolkodok___mibol_gazdalkodnak_az_egyhazak|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> Health in Hungary can be described with a rapidly growing [[life expectancy]] and a very low [[infant mortality rate]] (4.9 per 1,000 [[Live birth (human)|live births]] in 2012).<ref name="KSH">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xstadat/xstadat_hosszu/h_wdsd001a.html|title=STADAT – 1.1. Népesség, népmozgalom (1949– )|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> Hungary spent 7.4% of the GDP on health care in 2009 (it was 7.0% in 2000), lower than the average of the [[OECD]]. Total health expenditure was 1,511 US$ per capita in 2009, 1,053 US$ governmental-fund (69.7%) and 458 US$ private-fund (30.3%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/healthspendingcontinuestooutpaceeconomicgrowthinmostoecdcountries.htm|title=Newsroom|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> but has now risen to 2047 US$ per capita (as per 2018 data), roughly a 33% increase total, with the government funding 1439 US$ (70.3%) of the total versus the private funding 608 US$ (29.7%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.oecd.org/hungary.htm|title=Hungary – OECD Data|website=theOECD|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref> This amount totals to 6.6% of the country's total GDP, roughly a percent decrease overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm|title=Health resources – Health spending – OECD Data|website=theOECD|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>