some troublesome facts from an article about Estonian healthcare. Who can read Estonian and is interested: http://www.ettk.ee/et/kommentaarid/2005/09/item21637 . For others a short overview:
- deathrate caused by heart- and haemal diseases 3 times higher than EU average;death from cancer, a third higher; number of men dying from exogenous causes- 4 times higher; number of women dying from endocervical- and breast cancer - 3 times higher
- from our 5000 doctors every 5th is over-60-year-old
- in EU the ideal norm is 1 nurse per 100 people. in Estonia there`s 1 nurse per 225 people.
- salary in finnish medical sphare is 7 times higher than in estonia (I wonder where have all the doctors gone)
therefore in Estonia we have the longest waiting times ever just to get to see a doctor - people have to wait for their ear-nose-throat surgeries for 2 years; queues to specialists are several months longer than they were few years ago.
Quite sad, isn`t it!
2 comments:
as far as I know we can get privat doctors for our privat visits but there is no such thing as privat hospitals.
Hi Shaan!
thank you for this pleasant comment. I`d be glad to help you, but I don`t know which part of the text is unclear to you. And I would also be happy to read your weblog if you`ll give me the address!!
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