Health Care In Denmark
Healthcare in Denmark is largely provided by the local governments of the Regions of Denmark, five regions, with coordination and regulation by Politics of Denmark#Executive branch, central government, while nursing homes, home care, and school health services are the responsibility of the 98 Municipalities of Denmark, municipalities. Some specialised hospital services are managed centrally. Danish government healthcare expenditures amount to approximately 10.4% of the GDP, of which around 84% is funded from regional and municipal taxation redistributed by the central government. Because necessary healthcare is taxpayer-funded, personal expenses are minimal and usually associated with copayments for certain services. Those expenses are usually covered by private health insurance. Use of electronic health records is widespread, and efforts are underway to integrate these at the regional level. For every 1,000 people in Denmark, there are about 3.4 doctors and 2.5 hospital beds. ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]