According to a new joint resolution adopted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Health, significant changes have been made to the financing procedure of state treatment and prevention institutions providing paid medical services.
Now, according to the new procedure, it has been established that the profitability rate set in relation to the cost price when determining the price of paid medical services should not exceed 20 percent. According to the previous procedure, this indicator should not exceed 25 percent of the service cost determined by budget funds for the same medical service.
Economic expert Otabek Bakirov emphasizes on his social media page that this change may lead to a significant increase in payments for paid services in state medical institutions . According to Bakirov's calculations, this decision is likely to cause service prices to increase by up to 4.8 times.
According to the economist's explanation, under the previous procedure, for a medical service with a cost price of 100,000 soums, only an additional price of 25,000 soums could be charged. The new procedure allows the price of a service with a cost price of 100,000 soums to be up to 120,000 soums. This will lead to an increase in expenses for medical services.
Experts are expressing concerns that this change may affect citizens' access to paid services in state medical institutions. At the same time, it is also anticipated that the new procedure may help improve the quality of services in state hospitals and enhance the economic stability of the institutions.
