Which patients are treated first by private healthcare providers?

Which patients are treated first by private healthcare providers?

Those with health care insurance or those from publicly funded care and care?

All care within health insurance is provided by private care providers.

Patients who are scheduled for treatment or surgery are prioritized by the attending physician first and foremost based on medical priority. This applies regardless of how the care is financed, by a region or an insurance company. After that, prioritization takes place based on what the respective client requires. Patients who deteriorate during the waiting period are given higher priority and can be treated or operated on first.

The care provided by private care providers, who offer their services to both regions and insurers, is equivalent and of the same quality. It gives both regions and insurance companies the security of equal treatment.

In cases where long waiting times occur, according to private healthcare providers, it is not because insurance patients have displaced publicly funded patients, but because there is a general shortage of certain specialist doctors. This applies, for example, to allergists, neurologists, and rheumatologists. Who Can I Add To My Health Insurance?

What happens if the regions' or insurance companies' demand for care increases?

Private healthcare providers within the planned, non-urgent specialist care set aside time and resources to meet the terms of all types of contracts, regardless of who pays.

The private care providers adjust the size of their clinics according to the clients' demand. If they have both regional patients and insurance patients, they adapt the operations to the demand and the requirements contained in the respective agreements.

If demand increases, the care provider can recruit more staff, streamline or extend the working hours. Conversely, if demand decreases, for example because the number of insurance patients becomes fewer, then the number of employees or the time worked is reduced.

Why should you buy health insurance?

Most people who buy insurance see the insurance as a way to get increased security for their health and livelihood.

One reason why employers buy health insurance for all their employees is to ensure that they have access to independent expert support in work environment work and as part of the work environment promotion work that they, according to the Work Environment Act, are obliged to fulfill. Many employers have both occupational health care and health insurance for their employees.

Another reason why employers buy health care insurance for their employees is based on employers' concerns about being able to continue their business even in the event that an employee becomes ill or suffers an illness or accident. Smaller companies in particular have small margins and find it difficult to cope without key personnel or if the business has to be closed down for a shorter or longer period of time.

Who can take out health insurance?

There are no general restrictions on who can take out the insurance. For employer-paid healthcare insurance, the employee must be fully able to work to be covered. For group insurance, sometimes a health check takes place, sometimes not. For an individually subscribed insurance policy, a health check is always carried out. It may involve filling in a form.

For a person who has any kind of symptoms or is undergoing treatment for an injury or illness, the insurance does not cover that injury/illness. It follows from the fact that it is not possible to insure an injury/disease that has already occurred. When the policyholder has been symptom- and treatment-free for 1–2 years, the insurance applies in full even if the previous injury/disease causes problems again.