A variety of reforms have been implemented and attempted since the previous HiT profile on Hungary was published in 2004, with varying success. The most important of these aimed to reshape the stewardship and organization of the health care system in several ways, such as by strengthening the care coordination system; introducing new ways to regulate the capacities of providers; supporting the corporatization and outsourcing of public providers; encouraging intersectoral cooperation to implement the National Public Health Programme (NPHP); introducing managed competition to the health insurance system by replacing the NHIFA/HIF with multiple health insurers under partial private ownership; and.
