7 thoughts about the healthcare sector’s main problems
- Health concerns are not solved by the healthcare sector alone in the big picture, but rather by the economic success of society and the understanding at all levels of society that investing in health is worthwhile.
- Considering the current state of healthcare in Estonia, the idea of a mega-hospital in Tallinn seems more like a nice and profitable political project. It shows that something big and visible is happening, and perhaps some benefit will come of it. However, this does not contribute to solving the accumulated healthcare problems in any way. Wouldn’t it be better to address the core issues first?
- Estonia continues to invest too little in healthcare, and merely increasing efficiency no longer compensates for it.
- Economic recession—if it continues—could destroy the delicate balance, and services can no longer be provided at the same level because there is no money. Already, there are significant problems with access to health services.
- I haven’t noticed that any political party has a credible evidence-based vision for the long-term development of healthcare in Estonia. It seems that long-term perspectives in Estonian politics are either absent or very weak.
- The shortage of medical staff requires urgent action—soon, our beautiful buildings and expensive equipment will be of little use because there will be no personnel.
- There is still room in Estonian healthcare to increase the number of years lived healthily and with work capacity through prevention—in an aging society, this is crucial. For example, if all doctors of retirement age were to actually retire, the catastrophe would already be upon us today.a
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Panustada teadusesse
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Emergency services for a fee
My recommendation would be to make ambulance services paid. Since I work in the ambulance service in Tallinn, I see how many calls are not emergencies but rather a convenience service. It's easy to call 112, and three staff members come and give paracetamol – people have no sense of …
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Three years of mandatory work in Estonian healthcare
A significant part of the shortage of doctors is due to the fact that they go abroad to work after graduating. The shortage of nurses, on the other hand, is caused by the fact that they move to the private sector, for example, to aesthetic medicine. If a requirement were …
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