[Some aspects of ensuring patients' rights and accessibility of medical care in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Estonia].

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  • Author(s): Amlaev KR;Amlaev KR; Mazharov VN; Mazharov VN
  • Source:
    Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny [Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med] 2023 Aug; Vol. 31 (Special Issue 1), pp. 908-911.
  • Publication Type:
    English Abstract; Journal Article
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Akt︠s︡ionernoe obshchestvo “Shiko Country of Publication: Russia (Federation) NLM ID: 101270373 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0869-866X (Print) Linking ISSN: 0869866X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Moskva : Akt︠s︡ionernoe obshchestvo “Shiko”
      Original Publication: Moskva : Medit︠s︡ina, 1999-
    • Subject Terms:
      Patient Rights* ; Physicians, Family*; Adult ; Humans ; Austria ; Belgium ; Estonia ; Germany
    • Abstract:
      The article devoted to ensuring the rights of patients and the availability of medical care in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Estonia notes the experience of creating an institute of independent ombudsmen who plays an important role in this issue. Basically, in these countries, the choice of a medical organization and a doctor is possible, and in Belgium the right to choose an insurance organization is granted. Patients in these countries are given the right to control the process of providing them with medical care, including its payment and joint decision-making with the doctor on treatment tactics. The State also ensures the patient's right to receive preventive and restorative services provided to children free of charge, and compensated for adults in 80% of cases. It is impossible not to recognize the high percentage of citizens of these countries, reaching 98%, satisfied with the medical services provided to them. However, in some countries there is an imbalance in the availability of medical care, which is expressed by high availability of family doctor services and low availability of specialist services, as in Estonia. Nevertheless, this does not cause an increase in the level of corruption in the medical spheres of these countries, which is below the European average. According to the totality of indicators of the availability of medical care, Germany is the leader among the analyzed countries.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: accessibility of medical care; healthcare abroad; healthcare systems; patients' rights
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230924 Date Completed: 20230926 Latest Revision: 20230926
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.32687/0869-866X-2023-31-s1-908-911
    • Accession Number:
      37742273