In accordance with the presidential decree, the State Health Insurance Fund will be established in Uzbekistan from December 1, UzReport news agency reports.

The tasks of the Fund will include implementation and management of the state health insurance system; introduction of a system of strategic procurement of medical services in order to provide all segments of the population with quality and necessary medical care within a guaranteed package; organization of accumulation, management, targeted and effective spending of funds allocated from the State budget in order to finance the guaranteed package within the framework of the pilot project; according to the results of the pilot project, implementation of the necessary measures for the phased introduction of the state health insurance system in other regions of the Republic.