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Chosen characteristics of the Swiss healthcare system
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In the end of September 2014 there was a referendum held in Switzerland on changing the existing
healthcare system on a state based single-payer healthcare system. Although this system is not
completely based on the market principles, it differs in a few aspects from the solutions applied in the
other European countries, where the state is responsi...
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... Swiss model is a solution more based on social solidarity than on market competition (Jost, 2009). Basic characteristics of the Swiss system are shown in Table 3. Sickness insurance, accident insurance, maternity insurance; examples of services: access to healthcare professionals of basic medical insurance and medical specialist; stay at the hospital; outpatient care; nursing care; examination, treatment and nursing care by the patient at home; rehabilitation services; physiotherapy and ergotherapy up to a set level; consultations for diabetics; costs of transportation and live saving up to set levels; serious and inevitable dental treatment; supplemental medicines Main scope of additional insurance (voluntary) Dental services; free choice of any hospital for the "basic" treatment; bigger comfort and privacy during the treatment by ensuring single rooms; guarantee of treatment by the most experienced healthcare professionals The purpose of this system is to reduce the differences in the costs of health services incurred by different insurance companies. ...
