Healthcare in Italy

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Healthcare System in Italy

The WHO ranked Italy as the second overall best healthcare system in the world beating out medical tourism destinations like Spain and Japan. Italy has a nationalized healthcare system providing all the citizens equal access to quality health services. The national system covers outpatient services, in patient care and the cost of the majority of medications. The private system is existent but not as relevant for the citizens as it is for the foreigners.  

 

Quality of Healthcare in Italy

The quality of facilities at both the private and public sector in Italy operate at an extremely high level. The state-run and private institutions are all state-of- the-art and house the latest technology. The physicians working in Italy are trained for minimum six years with further education to specialize in a particular medical field.

The high level quality services in Italy are proven by the vast number of accredited facilities they have in the country. International accreditation is a sure-fire way for medical tourists to guarantee that the facilities they are entering into are operating at the highest level of quality. Presently, Italy has 21 JCI accredited hospitals (JCI is one of the most highly-respected accrediting bodies of the world). 

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