Healthcare in Belarus is supervised by the

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and funded by general taxation through the National Health Service. Belarusian healthcare is cheap and easily available, although specialized care is rare. The country has maintained the system of privileged medical service for senior

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who are entitled to use the hospital of the Department of Presidential Affairs. It is also available to other patients, but they have to pay. There is a network of day care clinics in the cities and mobile clinics in rural areas. There is a small

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medicine sector, mostly

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. Some of the services provided by the state attract a charge.

Quality of care

Quality healthcare in Belarus is concentrated around urban areas, where purchasing powers are higher, leading to an inequality of health services in the rural areas. In 1994, there were 127

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beds and forty-two

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per 10,000

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. The country had 131,000 hospital beds at 868 hospitals. According to Numbeo global healthcare index, Belarus was ranked 90th of 93 countries in 2021 (the country was 59th in 2020). Health Care Index by Country 2020
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Quality of care

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