The 3rd conference on public health at the level of the V4 countries in Prague (Czech Republic) follows on from the successful cooperation that began in 2013 with the 1st conference in Košice (SR) and continued in 2015 with the 2nd conference in Zabrze (Poland).

The main partners of this several-year cooperation are within the individual V4 countries: the Society of Social Medicine and Health Care Management of the Czech Medical Society J.E. Purkyně (ČLS JEP), the Polish Society of Public Health (PTZP), the Hungarian Association of Educational and Research Institutions in the Field of Public Health (HAPHI), the Slovak Association of Public Health (SAVEZ) and the Faculty of Medicine of the P.J. Šafárik University in Košice. Significant support for the continuation and further development of this cooperation at the international level is continuously provided by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). Contents

Cross-Border Healthcare in the Czech Republic and its Relationship to Other V4 Countries Miroslav Barták, Beáta Gavurová

Suicides in the Slovak Republic: Trend and Cross-Sectional Analysis Alexandra Bražinová

Inequalities in the Distribution and Utilization of Health Resources Martin Dlouhy

Regional Distribution of Doctors, Nurses, and Hospital Beds in the Visegrad Countries Martin Dlouhy

Czech Healthcare from the European Perspective Helena Hnilicová

Health Literacy is an Important Determinant of Health Jan Holčík

The Importance of Fatigue and Depression for Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Alexandra Husivargova, Zelmira Macejova, Jozef Benka, Dagmar Breznoscakova, Iveta Nagyova

Ethical Dilemmas of Czech Physicians as Related to the Hippocratic Oath Kateřina Ivanová, Přemysl B. Hanák, Adéla Lemrová

Predictors of One-Year Mortality after Hip Fracture Surgery in Elderly Patients from Slovakia Zuzana Katreniakova, Radoslav Morochovic, Stanislava Imrichova, Iveta Nagyova

Quo Vadis, Polish Healthcare System? Kamila Kocańda

Noise Pollution and its Impact on Health in Slovak Urban Population Lucia Kuzmova, Zuzana Katreniakova, Tatiana Kimakova

Associations between Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue and Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Multiple Sclerosis Pavol Mikula, Iveta Nagyova

The Socioeconomic Costs and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Iveta Nagyova, Katarina Sitkova, Martina Chylova, Miriam Polanova

Resource Management under a Budget Cap – How Institutional Changes Affect the Way Hospitals Are Managed in Poland Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek, Gertruda Krystyna Świderska

Daily Physical Education as Part of Holistic Health Promotion in Hungarian Schools Annamária Somhegyi

The Lifestyle of Families as a Determinant of V4 Countries' Health – Preamble to a Longitudinal Research Klára Tarkó, Zsuzsanna Benkő

Are Disease Severity, Sleep-Related Problems and Mastery Associated with Work Functioning in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Vladimira Timkova, Iveta Nagyova, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Ruzena Tkacova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Ute Bültmann