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Numbeo 2022: Albania, penultimate in Europe for the poorest health services in the world

Politiko 2022-01-28 08:04:17

Numbeo 2022: Albania, penultimate in Europe for the poorest health services in

Albania was ranked penultimate in Europe, leaving behind only Malta for poor health care services according to the index built by the database on quality of life "Numbeo" for 2022.

Albania was rated with only 50.5 points for the quality of services and 87.9 points for the costs faced by citizens.

The quality of health services is assessed with an evaluation system where the low level indicates poor results and high values indicate better quality of health services.

In the region, Albania was ranked last both in terms of services and budget expenditure index compared to Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Bosnia (see Chart attached), Kosovo and Montenegro were not included in this index.

In the world, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, France, Denmark were ranked at the top of the list for high values of quality services and spending on health, while the lowest ranking was Venezuela, Bangladesh (bottom of the list) and further Iraq, Azerbaijan, Malta, Belarus, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Cambodia.

"Numbeo" explained that the Health Care Index is an assessment of the overall quality of the health care system, health care professionals, equipment, staff, doctors, cost, etc.

From more detailed data of the index in Albania, it resulted that the highest evaluation was given to the geographical proximity of health services with 66 points and the skills of doctors with 54.3 points, while the lowest points were given to the poor quality of medical equipment, waiting time and cost of services.

Other profiled reports and indices have also given poor assessments of the Albanian health system. To understand the preparedness of health systems in Europe and the region during the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank conducted an assessment to clarify the capacity to cope with the situation.

The World Bank noted that national per capita expenditure on health in the Western Balkans; across the region are much lower than the European Union (EU) average. In the region, the lack of funds for health systems is often suffered by families, whose direct (out-of-pocket) expenses are high. For example, for the region as a whole this ranges from 37 percent in Serbia and Montenegro, to 50 percent in Albania, compared to 14.9 percent in the EU.

Albania is one of the countries that has had the highest increase in lives lost as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Comparative Eurostat data and national regional statistics show Albania, along with two other countries in the region, Kosovo and northern Macedonia, are the three countries that have recorded the highest increase in additional mortality since March 2020, when the pandemic " gradually conquered Europe by September 2021.

Other national INSTAT data indicate that in the country. Since April 2020, when the pandemic wave began to give its first consequences in Albania until the end of September 2021, there have been about 11 thousand additional deaths compared to the average of the respective periods 2016-2019. / Monitor