Czechs spent nearly 30 billion crowns of own money on health in 2007

Czechs spent over 28 billion crowns (1.7 billion USD) on their health last year – on top of the health insurance deducted from their wages. In the last five years, the amount that Czechs contribute towards their medicines has been raised from ten to 12 percent of the drug’s total cost. A study conducted by the Institute of Health Information and Statistics found that the amount Czechs had shelled out on medicines had risen from 20 billion crowns in 2003 to almost 28 billion crowns last year. Overall, some 231 billion crowns were spent on healthcare in the Czech Republic in 2007, the study found.