Mechanically moving allowances between health care institutions, patient queues will not diminish
Date added: 19 02 2016
Splitting state funded health service allowance between public and private health care institutions will not solve the patient queue issue and in no way will improve the quality of health services. Allowance allocation basic criterion should be the patient's own preferences, ensuring the principle – money follows patient. Private sector has so far proved its high competitive ability, for the same price as public sector, often offering higher quality health services. In an attempt to re-allocate allowances mechanically between public and private medical institutions, health service quality, availability and the already small health sector financing efficiency will suffer.
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MFD Healthcare group began its history more than 50 years ago as an outpatient health care facility. At this moment the MFD is one of the largest multi-profile healthcare company that provides a wide range of health care services to more than 400 000 patients in different locations in Riga and Latvia. By using the latest technologies and excellent medical experience, MFD main objective is to take care of the health of the population by ensuring timely disease prevention, as well as providing effective diagnostic and treatment services.
