<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Aims:</bold> The purpose of the study was to determine how the stakeholders involved in alcohol policy in Slovenia view the importance and impact of alcohol policy measures in alcohol-related harm reduction, and to identify their interests.<bold>Methods:</bold> The questionnaire comprising 25 statements across nine alcohol policy domains was sent to 320 stakeholders involved in alcohol policy in Slovenia. They were divided into the following four main groups: governmental organisations, public health organisations, non-governmental organisations and alcohol industry. The data collected were analysed using the SPSS programme. Differences between the groups concerning their views on individual alcohol policy interventions were measured using the ANOVA and t-test.<bold>Results:</bold> Factor analysis of stakeholders' views identified three main alcohol policy platforms: education, regulation and pricing. All the participating stakeholders emphasized education, communication, training and raising public awareness as the most important activities that had the greatest impact on the reduction of alcohol-related harm. Governmental and non-governmental organisations and public health institutions assigned significantly higher scores to the impact of regulatory alcohol policy measures and to the importance of regulatory policies on reducing alcohol-related harm than the alcohol industry. The alcohol industry perceived the pricing measures taken to reduce harm done by alcohol as having a significantly lower impact and lesser importance than did the group of other stakeholders.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> Like similar studies of attitudes towards alcohol policy in Europe, our research showed that different stakeholders are guided by different interests in relation to particular alcohol policy measures; however, these differences were lesser than those identified at the EU level. In spite of stakeholders' different interests and views concerning particular alcohol strategies and alcohol policy in general, we have identified common grounds for them to work together to prepare better and more effective measures of alcohol-related harm prevention in Slovenia.</abstract>

InsKtitut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana

Fakulteta za druzKbene vede, Univerza v Ljubljani, Kardeljeva plosKčad 5, 1000 Ljubljana

InsKtitut Utrip, Parmova 36, 1000 Ljubljana

Fakulteta za management, Univerza na Primorskem, Cankarjeva 5, 6000 Koper

Stakeholders' interests through their opinions on the alcohol policy measures in Slovenia

Medicinska fakulteta, Katedra za družinsko medicino, Univerza v Ljubljani, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana

Psihiatrična klinika v Ljubljani, Enota za zdravljenje odvisnosti od alkohola, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana

Basic personality traits and coping strategies in relation to health and burnout among members of Slovenian Armed Forces

Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Ravne, Ob Suhi 5b, 2390 Ravne na Koroškem

Ministrstvo za zdravje, Štefanova 5, 1000 Ljubljana

The IEUBK model for lead blood burden prediction in children used in the exploration and remediation of the Upper Meža valley environment

Knowledge of violations of the court of honour nurses and midwives association of Slovenia of nursing students

<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold><italic>Background:</italic></bold> Slovenia's 1992 health reform set the following five goals: introduction of social health insurance system and a system of co-payment for a range of health care services; introduction of private practice in health care; devolution of planning and control functions from the State to professional associations and municipalities, and introduction of licensing and recertification for health professionals.<bold><italic>Methods:</italic></bold> A descriptive and explorative analysis was done of general demographic, economic and health financing data and the reported data on financing structure. The general population health indicators for the observed period are presented. A broad health policy context was assessed through participatory observation during the whole period and using semi-structured interviews with key national health policy-makers in 2001, which served as a mid-term review.<bold><italic>Results:</italic></bold> Transformation of health care system in Slovenia led to sustainable health care financing at a level of approx. 8.5% of GDP. This result was achieved at the expense of reduced public funding, which was partially compensated for by the supplementary health insurance and partially by an increase in out-of-pocket expenditures. Private expenditures increased the system's regressivity, which was corrected through risk-equalising schemes and by subsidising supplementary health insurance to the least well off.<bold><italic>Conclusions:</italic></bold> Slovenia's health care transition took place during a period of economic growth, which afforded stable financing of the system and restricted the capacity of health care providers. This environment had a favourable impact on the general health situation of the population, and thereby reduced pressures on the new system. The previous system was transformed into a mixed social health insurance based system, based on a strong central insurer. The present financing scheme is unlikely to remain sustainable because of demographic trends and other drivers increasing unmet health care needs.</abstract>

National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Amsterdam Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands

Balancing equity and efficiency through health care policies in Slovenia during the period 1990-2008

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