policy of each state. The most important issues connected with this matter lie in the appropriate adjustment of the method of health protection system fi nancing. The method of health protection system fi nancing of a particular country is directly connected with the applied model of health care system. Health constitutes important value for each person, and its loss entails serious fi nancial consequences not only for the entity, but also for the society and for state health policy.

Health care is unquestionably important sector satisfying needs of each person. It is also the economic area in which the cases of market mechanism unreliability frequently occur, especially visible on the ground of production and health benefi ts consumption. Health care system fi nancing has been and is still one of the fundamental economic and social problems for many countries. The solution of these issues depends on the fi nancial abilities of a particular country to a large extent, as well as the expectations raised by patients with respect to the effective model of health care.