Healthcare inSan Marino is provided through auniversal health care system, as well asprivate healthcare to complement it. San Marino's healthcare system is consistently rated as one of the top three in Europe.
State healthcare is provided through theAzienda Sanitaria Locale nationalhealth insurance fund. All employees must register with it upon starting a job, and upon registration, are issued with ahealth card and number, and are automatically registered with a doctor in their neighborhood. Employers pay a contribution for each employee, deducted from their salaries, while the self-employed must pay the full contribution. Employed persons' dependent family members are covered by their insurance.Vulnerable people, such as the unemployed, aged,diabetics, and those on long-termmaternity leave, do not need to register with an employer, and are entitled to free treatment without paying contributions.
The state health system covers most basic healthcare, such ashospitalization, specialized care,prescription drugs, pregnancy and childbirth, andrehabilitation services.
Privatehealth insurance is widely used, and there is a series of private clinics in the country. Private insurance grants shorter waiting lists than in the public system, a choice of one's doctor, and more comfortable facilities in hospital, with those who have private coverage entitled to their own single or double room, while those understate coverage must share a room.[citation needed]
The quality of healthcare in San Marino is high. There is a series of health centers which provideoutpatient services, includinggeneral practice,maternity andchild healthcare,dental care,emergency care, and diagnostic services including laboratory andradiology services. The standards of care in health centers is high.
The country has one hospital, called San Marino Hospital, with an emergency room and other services. There are some medical treatments not available in the country that require patients to go abroad.
San Marino has the highest proportion of doctors for its population in Europe – 4735 per 100,000 in 2015. It has the lowest number of dentists – 27.[1]