Open Data Albania is looking into the state budget for health in 2020 and the dynamics of changes that the Executive and the Parliament have adopted during the year. The research aims to identify the budgetary behavior in meeting the needs of Health Institutions during the Pandemic. The research focuses solely on changes to the Health Budget. The article does not describe changes related to Social Protection or Business Assistance Packages. Likewise, no prediction related to cost of anti-Covid-19 vaccinations is included in the analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The State Budget for 2020 was adopted by Law No 88\/2019. During the year, the Executive and the Lawmakers have changed this Budget four times. Specifically, the Budget was amended on 21 March by Normative Act No. 6<\/a>, on 15 April by Normative Act No. 15<\/a>, on 28 July by Normative Act No. 28<\/a> and only two weeks before the end of the year by Normative Act No. 34<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Programs that are directly related with Health Care Services include: Primary Health Care Service; Secondary Health Care Service; Public Health Service, and the National Health Emergency Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n