Hungary is a Central European country with approximately a population of 10 million. In the past 3 decades, Hungary has made the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market-driven, high-income mixed economy with a nominal per capita income of $31,900 (adjusting to purchasing power parity) reaching approximately two-thirds of the European union (EU)-28 average.1 Healthcare is mainly financed through compulsory social insurance covering almost 100% of the population. Governmental health spending per capita was $1439, accounting for 4.6% of the GDP in 2018, which amounted to half of the average spent in EU-28 countries.
