Public healthcare vs private healthcare
The role of public and private healthcare, as well as funding from public sources (Health Insurance Fund), needs clear regulations. Both have their place in Estonian healthcare. It would be optimal if these two systems complemented each other rather than competed for medical personnel. It is important to maintain public healthcare in specialties that are not attractive to private healthcare, which is why the funding for public and private healthcare must also differ.
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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 …
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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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