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Health Care, Disease Control, Crime and Safety in Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic’s health sector focuses on a system of national health care with public and private care. People in the country have benefits like health insurances, provided by the government and other sectors. The Czech health care insurance system is also related to individual contributions or by the state itself. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Service, facilitates the universities and regional hospitals for the health care system in the country offering variety of utmost patient care with improved facilities. Expenditure on health in 1999 was about 7.2% of GDP.

Primary health care is offered at the Municipal level, with services of general medical care, maternal and child health, dentistry, gynaecology, emergency medical services, and important preventive services such as immunization and screening. Furthermore, the secondary and tertiary health care in the country have offered wide variety of features and services which include specialized ambulatory medical services, internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, and gynaecology.

Quality of the hospital services of the country has emphasized developments of the physicians’ services to the patients and as well as the hospital’s service amongst the people. All school children in the country receive medical services such as X-rays, inoculations, and annual examinations.

Preventive measures on tuberculosis, hepatitis, encephalitis have been implemented on health campaigns in the country. In 2000, the infant mortality is around 4 per 1,000 live births and total fertility is about 1.2. Average life expectancy as of 2000 was 75 years.

For free or reduced cost emergency care, the European Health Insurance Card (EIC) of the European travellers can be used in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.