Bo health country index, Italy ranked second (Figure / Internet)
In 2017, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) in the World Health Report report It compares the medical systems of various countries in the world in terms of “difficulty of service” and “fairness of medical expenses”, and Italy ranks seventh.
The more professional evaluation comes from the British authoritative medical journal Lancet’s 2016 Global Burden of Disease Study. This study targeted 195 countries and regions around the world and calculated specific medical quality and accessibility indexes for 32 evaluation indicators. (HAQ) . HAQ’s evaluation system is dauntingly complicated. Italy ranks ninth, and the EU and Germany do not rank in the top ten.
The welfare medical system in Italy has always been a model student and a model for solving the problem of “free medical treatment”. Covering all residents, free of consultation fees and surgery fees, most prescription drugs have a large discount. Individuals and families bear only 23% of medical expenses-this ratio is higher than the EU average of 17% , But it’s good enough.
▲ Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announces Italian national closure (Picture / Internet)
The world’s leading and exemplary halo is admirable, but the alarm has taken the lead in Italy. The public hospitals in the Lombardy Region in the hardest hit area have a waiting time of 98 days for venography and 4 days for private hospitals.
The problems with the emergency system are exposed earlier and worse.
Ministry of Health of Italy