Nursing Care 1st Lecture - Health Care In Slovakia

Health care in Slovakia Costs of medical services Health care in Slovakia is free of charge for all citizens, this includes funding for treatments abroad. Foreigners will be treated free of charge only if they suffer from a life threatening condition. Procedures which are not considered necessary such as plastic surgery and abortions are not free.

Hospital types Hospitals are classified into 3 types according to their size and facilities. The amount of government funding is determined this way. •

Type 1 – Hospitals with polyclinics 50,000 inhabitants Facilities include departments of Surgery, internal, pediatric medicine

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Type 2 – Hospitals with polyclinics 150,000 inhabitants Has more departments and equipment such as a CT scanner, angiogram

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Type 3 – Faculty hospitals 500,000 inhabitants Plastic surgery, burn victim unit, neurosurgery...

Faculty hospitals where originally intended for the university hospitals but are now being divided between universities and nursing schools.