State budget transfers to Health Insurance Funds for universal health coverage: institutional design patterns and challenges of covering those outside the formal sector in Eastern European high-income countries

Table 9 Population coverage rates

Country	(Social) health insurance enrolment rateof total population^a	Population groups among which some individuals are more likely not to be enrolled	Exempted as share of			Year
Country			Total population	Insured population	Eligible population	Year
Croatia	98.4 % [58]	n/a	64 %^b [28]	65%^b	n/a	2008
Czech Republic	99.9 %^b	Individuals from the Roma ethnic group [33]	58 % [19, 31]	58 % [19]	100 %	2011
Estonia	93.9 % [59]	Long-term unemployed	4.9 %^b (2011) [27]	5.3 %^b (2011) [27]	n/a	2014
Estonia	93.9 % [59]	Men that do not belong to the economically active population between 30 and 50 years [36]	4.9 %^b (2011) [27]	5.3 %^b (2011) [27]	n/a	2014
Hungary	96.0 % [59]	Individuals from the Roma ethnic group [34]	n/a	n/a	n/a	2013
Poland	91.6 % [59]	Poor	n/a	n/a	n/a	2013
		Homeless
		Children of uninsured parents
		Youngsters kept in holding facilities [37]
Slovakia	94.6 % [59]	Individuals from the Roma ethnic group [35]	61.5 %^b (2011) [26]	63.5 %^b (2011) [26]	n/a	2013
Slovenia	100 % [59]	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2013

^aData taken from OECD, if not otherwise indicated
^bAuthors’ calculations based on data from countries’ Statistical Office or Health Insurance Fund reports

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