BUILDING THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC’S MODERN HEALTH SYSTEM DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE FROM A LEGISLATIVE AND ORGANISATIONAL-POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The submitted study analyses the legislative and organisational-political framework in building up a health system in Czechoslovakia, specifically in the historical lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia) in the first decade of its existence using unpublished and published sources and academic publications. Not only did the Czechoslovak health system build on its predecessor in the Habsburg Monarchy, but in addition almost immediately following the establishment of the new state in 1918, adopted legislation began the construction of a modern and respected healthcare systemin terms of both organisation and funding.