The emerging picture appeared immediately alarming.<\/span><\/p>\n If <\/span>The Netherlands has been ranked as the best healthcare system in Europe, <\/span>Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland are the Countries which have collected the lowest scores in the survey: providing prompt hospitalization remains a goal difficult to achieve; specially in Ireland<\/a>, ranked\u00a0<\/span>at the bottom list.<\/p>\n Slovakia<\/a> is struggling to reduce the high number of deaths due to cardiovascular and heart attack diseases. Many patients, in addition, have contracted infections within its public hospital facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n Currently <\/span>Hungary<\/a> scored very poorly in terms of waiting times, success rates, and provision of medicines. <\/span>It has been reported that 32,000 deaths would be avoided in 2014<\/a> due to the presence of well-trained staff and equipment. We are confident that the Country will undertake a radical reform of its public health system.<\/span><\/p>\n Health system reforms are also expected in Poland<\/a>, where newly made doctors and senior medical professionals are leaving the national hospitals and moving abroad: why? Sporadic investments and low wages in a sector overloaded by obsolete hierarchies and disorganization.<\/span><\/p>\n The waiting times for surgical interventions and medical prevention visits in all these three countries may exceed 90 days.<\/b><\/p>\n To make it clear, there is a very important difference between emergency surgery, urgent recover and elective procedure.<\/p>\n The emergency\u00a0surgery<\/b>\u00a0is one that must be performed without delay: the patients have no choice other than immediate surgery, if they do not want to risk permanent disability or death.<\/sup><\/p>\n An\u00a0urgent surgery<\/b>\u00a0is one that can wait until the patient is medically stable, but should be hospitalized generally very quikcly.<\/p>\n Elective surgery<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0elective procedure<\/b>\u00a0is\u00a0surgery\u00a0that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a\u00a0medical emergency.<\/p>\n The congestion of the waiting lists was usually concerning only the emergency departments; now the situation has gone from bad to worse: if we have to go suddendly under important medical examination, the booking reservations of mammograms, TAC, ecodoppler, oncological and cardiological visits may require very long time.<\/p>\n This means that every time we have to quikly book a preventive medicine visit \u00a0– whose results allows us to intervene in time in the elimination or containment of a particular disease – we may be asked, in most cases, to wait our turn at the end of long waiting lists.<\/strong><\/p>\n Even if we need to go under first-aid surgery<\/strong>, we may find ourselves in the same unpleasant situation: to wait our turn in the A&E Dept.<\/p>\n 1. Let’s visit the emergency room early in the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to an international study<\/a> – which has involved more than 10,000 nurses, paramedics and newly graduated surgeons – it has emerged that first-time emergency medical care staff is more efficient and available right in the early hours of the day.<\/p>\n It is therefore possible to receive immediate care when needed, as long as the choice of the time to visit the emergency room falls in the early morning.<\/p>\n 2. Let’s consult our family doctor.<\/strong><\/p>\n A further solution to avoid long waiting times is to visit first our specialist. Some operations, if not urgent, can be carried out at outpatient<\/em> level, without requiring on overnight stay. In this case, we may receive immediate care and be discharged on the same day of surgery.<\/p>\n Instead, if we need an operating room, our doctor may direct us to the most specialized medical facilities.<\/p>\n So, instead of crowding the emergency waiting rooms, it is advisable to evaluate together with our family doctor which clinic is available and ready to admit us.<\/p>\n 3. Let’s count on our international private health insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n Only this specific insurance allows us to choose the clinic (it may be both public and private) and have immediate access worldwide: the insurance company guarantees the availability of doctors and operating room. The insurer will reimburs directly to the clinic all expenses (which may be very high<\/a>) for prevention visits, the surgical equipe and drugs.<\/p>\n 1.Finding the best insurance coverage on local and international markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now a day, there are more than 30 international insurance companies specialized in private health insurance. Each of them normally offers 3 main products (from the “basic” to the “executive” option), with the inclusion of other offers designed for families, students, businessmen on travel.<\/p>\n We may easily face in front of 300 different products: what to buy? Without a doubt, consulting our health risk manager may help us to understand what is right for us.<\/p>\n 2. Reducing the insurance premium, and get the the ideal cover.<\/strong><\/p>\n Fining the product which most suits us is only the first step, but still is not enough. Adjusting the premium is very important, considering that prices continue to rise for the following reasons:<\/p>\n 1.costs of booking surgical rooms and medicines are getting higher and higher;![\"Bar](\"https:\/\/nicolacolucci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/download-1.jpeg\")
<\/p>\nAs citizens and patients, which risks are we facing?
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn case of emergency, we may receive immediate hospital cares following these 3 recommendations.<\/h2>\n
Why is important to have a trusted expert in private medical insurance?<\/h2>\n
Let’s see these\u00a0following benefits.<\/h2>\n
\n2.the age of the population grows;
\n3.insurance companies have to pay many claims: they tend to increase the premiums of the new insured\u00a0to keep their budgent in goodstanding.<\/p>\n