Giraf123 at 2024-03-15 08:16:00+00:00 ID: kuyog5w

Your view is a point of view from a Dane which haven't interacted much with the healthcare in other countries. Seen from that perspective our healthcare is aweful. And sure, it has a lot of problems. But if you compare it to the rest of the world, our healthcare is actually pretty good. I think it is important we keep the point of view you have, as it helps improve our healthcare even more.

Horror-Show-3774 at 2024-03-15 07:07:24+00:00 ID: kuyiygn

There's definitely things that could be improved. The grievances you're listing is true for most (if not all) healthcare systems in the world.

Plus-Yellow-12 at 2024-03-15 06:17:33+00:00 ID: kuyeq6o

Totally agree my grandmother died of a Appendicitis, because the hospital didnt take it seriously, and she had to wait a day before an operation. My mother got an operation and got MRSA in her wound.

beltoft at 2024-03-15 06:39:41+00:00 ID: kuygmyw

Compared with the rest of the world im confident that our helthcare is in the top 10. Just the fact that you can see a doctor without having to pay directly make our system superior to most non European countries. 

MadsenFraMadsenOgCo at 2024-03-15 08:02:16+00:00 ID: kuyndad

Yeah, or maybe it's just people who has had a good experience in the system? You get to see the health care system from a number of perspectives when you're expecting a baby, and our experiences have been nothing but positive.

Meera_dk at 2024-03-15 07:37:16+00:00 ID: kuyldly

With such a bad health care system, how does the Danish people get so old, compared to rest of the world?  Shouldn’t all the Danes die young? 

SoffehMeh at 2024-03-15 08:14:34+00:00 ID: kuyoc3z

That has been my experience as well.

For simple issues things seem to be working well, but if it becomes a more complex issue suddenly there’s nothing that can be done, and you really have to advocate for yourself if you want any progress whatsoever in my experience.

Been sick all my twenties and I’m fast approaching 30 with very little progress in terms of my health, but there’s not much that I can do myself unfortunately. I’ve met a lot of people who simply don’t believe you can’t just go to the doctor and have them “fix” you right up, and without knowing how universal that is, I do feel like that’s a lot of Danes in a nutshell.

LocalLifeguard at 2024-03-15 08:19:07+00:00 ID: kuyop2r

I have had alot to do with the healthcare system the last ten years and have nothing but positive things to say. Its mostly been having to take care of elderly family members, where i was the one speaking to doctors nurses etc. But besides one or two instances, i have nothing but praise for everyone i had contact with. And this is from literally hundreds of interactions with medical staff.

That doesn't mean they weren't extremely understaffed etc, but the people themselves and the services i was provided as main caretaker was very very good.

AwayUnderstanding236 at 2024-03-15 09:00:07+00:00 ID: kuyrwm5

I don't share your experience. I have been in and out of public and private Danish hospitals for 57 years (the last 40 with a chronic illness) and have received good care in almost all situations. When my son 20 years ago was complaining of tummy ache (where I insisted on hard abdomen and suspected appendicitis) on a sunday morning in the Easter holiday I got a phone diagnosis, ER appointment, child and gastrointestinal specialists, and operating table time slot within 4 hours. He survived appendicitis and was back on his feet in 7 days.

I have received medication for 12 years which costs the state 100.000 DKR a year for free. Plus hospital checks every 6 weeks. This would have ruined or killed me in other countries. Instead I am a productive member of society able to work full time (and thereby pay taxes to keep the system going).

I can send my GP a message and he will reply on a friday evening or sunday afternoon (but that's just him being work-obsessed) for free and in most cases get a subscription for something or get referred to a specialist. Very smooth process :-)

DJpesto at 2024-03-15 09:08:28+00:00 ID: kuyt0b1

Your view is what we call anecdotal. You are basing your point of view of the healtcare system on your own experience.

It is not simple to figure out how good a health care system works for a country as a whole. There are organizations that do this - they use many different parameters to give their best guess, as to how well the health care system is working.

The Danish system is generally ranked quite high - despite the problems it has (i.e. waiting lists).

Most people in Denmark have access to free health care, most people who are sick, are treated, and treated correctly, most people are satisfied with the healthcare system, etc. etc. etc. etc.

When you look at health care across other countries - yes some are better - like Switzerland France, etc. but the Danish one is still quite good. And compared to countries where the health care system doesn't actually work well, we are very well off.

You hear a lot of Americans complain about the Danish system - that is because they are rich, they are from families who can afford health care in the US. If they were not part of the top of society, the story would be different - they could be in life long debt to a hospital if they break a leg or have a child. Or just not be able to get treated, because they don't have insurance.

The same applies in many other countries - treatment is only available for the rich, and that treatment may be very good, but for all the other people they are on their own if they get sick.

So when we say "the Danish health care system is not good at all", that is incorrect, and in my opinion an opinion that shows that we don't know how it is in the rest of the world.