Health in Monaco

Monaco has the third highest proportion of doctors for its population in Europe - 581 per 100,000 in 2015.[1]

Infant mortality rate: 1.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 estimate)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 89.68 years(2012 estimate)[2]
male: 85.74 years(2012 estimate)[3]
female: 93.77 years (2012 estimate)[4]

Healthcare

The Caisses Sociales de Monaco is the compulsory social insurance scheme in the principality which gives entitlement to the public healthcare system. Employers have to contribute 24% of their gross payroll for healthcare and employees 15% of their earnings. This entitles contributors and their families to reimbursement of between 80% and 100% of the cost of medical procedures, prescriptions, dentistry, rehabilitation, pregnancy and childbirth, and some hospitalizations. French and Italian citizens can use public health facilities if they have contributed to their home country’s state health care scheme. The Carte Vitale, which is issued on registration with the Caisses Sociales de Monaco, is used to record administrative, not clinical, information about patients. Patients must register with a doctor employed through the scheme.

There is also a great deal of private practice.

There are three public hospitals: Princess Grace Hospital Centre, the Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco and the Haemodialysis Centre.[5]

Total health expenditure in the country was only about 4% in 2014.[6]

References
  1. Ballas, Dimitris; Dorling, Danny; Hennig, Benjamin (2017). The Human Atlas of Europe. Bristol: Policy Press. p. 79. ISBN 9781447313540.
  2. CIA The World Factbook, Monaco. Retrieved on 1 September 2012.
  3. CIA The World Factbook, Monaco. Retrieved on 1 September 2012.
  4. CIA The World Factbook, Monaco. Retrieved on 1 September 2012.
  5. "Monaco Health Insurance". Pacific Prime. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. "Monaco". WHO. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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