Poles against privatisation of health care, Slovaks in favour, Hungarians on the fence

The Poles, unlike the Slovaks, are the most resistant of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) nations to the privatisation of health care, according to the results of a survey conducted by a Hungarian research institute Tarki and the Central European Opinion Research Group (CEORG).

In the survey, which was conducted in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, Slovaks appeared the most open to privatisation in the sector, with the Hungarians somewhere in the middle. Nearly two-thirds of Hungarians would allow some form of private money into certain areas of the healthcare sector.

80% of Hungarians were against the core services in hospitals being run by private firms, but over 50% would opt for privatisation of ancillary hospital care and other non-core services.

Source: PMR. For more info Pharmapoland.com