In the single-payer system, the recurrent expenditure on health services is funded primarily through compulsory, non-risk-related contributions made by eligible individuals or from the state budget. The central government has almost exclusive power to formulate strategic direction and to issue and enforce regulations regarding health care. In 2009 Hungary spent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health, with public expenditure accounting for of total health spending, and with health expenditure per capita ranking slightly above the average for the new EU Member States, but considerably
