Waiting lists are the biggest problem of the health care system in Hungary

According to the latest survey of Republikon Institute, people regard waiting lists, immigration and the devastated state of hospitals the most significant problems of the Hungarian health care system. 24.hu summed up Republikon’s the report.

Healthcare: government and opposition supporters agree

In fact, Daily News Hungary reported many times about the devastated state of the Hungarian health care system. In this issue, government and opposition party supporters share the same opinion: it needs improvement. Republikon’s first related report was done in 2017 while the last one in February. However, the results are the same in both cases: half of the population thinks that health care is one of the two most significant problems of Hungary.

According to an international research of Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute done in 27 countries,

72% of the Hungarians mentioned health care system among the three most significant problems of the country.

This is why Republikon conducted a survey regarding only the health care system. They were curious about what the most significant problems in healthcare are.

First are the long waiting lists (84%) while second place went to the immigration and the lack of doctors (83%). Interestingly, nobody answered these two questions that waiting lists or immigration are not problematic at all. Third are the outdated medical equipment (79%) which is followed by the devastated state of the hospitals (77%). Then comes the salaries of the health care employees (71%) and the long waiting time for the ambulance (69%). Interestingly, parasolvency – a kind of mandatory gratuity given by the patients to the doctors and nurses – was problematic only for 68% of the people. The least people (65%) regard the lack of appropriate information a problem.

The government sees only successes

From a party preference point of view, it can be stated that