ROU - Healthcare

Healthcare

Romania has an universal healthcare system. Health is generally poor by European standards, and access is limited in many rural areas. As of 2011, total health expenditures were equal to 5.6 percent of gross domestic product. Romania has a comprehensive universal health care system, which covers up medical examinations, any surgical interventions, and any post-operator medical care, and provides free or subsidized medicine for a range of diseases. The state is obliged to fund public hospitals and clinics. The Romanian Ministry of Health is in charge of administrating and funding the system. For 2012, the allocated budged for the healthcare sector is 12 billion euros, or roughly 5% of the GDP. The most common causes of death are cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Transmissible diseases, such as tuberculosis, syphilis or viral hepatitis, are more common than in the rest of European Union. The incidence of HIV/AIDS is less than 0.1%. In 2010, Romania had 428 state hospitals and another 25 private. Only seven medical units in Romania have the highest level of competence, level 1, including University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Floreasca Emergency Hospital, Timișoara Emergency Hospital, Constanța County Hospital, County Emergency Hospital "St. Spyridon" Iași, County Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca and County Emergency Hospital Târgu Mureș.