The Swiss like their pharmacies to stay as they are
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The Swiss are happy with their healthcare system and don’t want any experiments, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Swiss pharmaceutical association Interpharma.
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In general, the 1,200 people questioned by the research and polling institute GfS Bern said they wanted healthcare to focus on quantity and quality and less on cost.
Only a third of respondents consulted for the Health Monitor 2018External link survey agreed with the idea of tying health premiums to income. One in six saw paying health premiums as a problem.
When it came to a global budget – financial caps on the Swiss healthcare system currently being discussed – 91% thought such a scheme would lead to longer waiting times and would limit the choice of doctor or hospital. In addition, 54% didn’t think a global budget would result in lower premiums and 74% feared patients would no longer receive necessary medicine.
Separately on Tuesday, price comparison website comparis.ch predicted basic health insurance premiums would increase by 4% in 2019. This, it said in a statementExternal link, was due to more treatment and medicine being consumed rather than a change in their price.
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