Popular initiatives in 2014–2016 call for the introduction of mandatory dental care insurance in Switzerland: The contrasting positions at stake

Autor: Lucia Leporatti, Ivo Krejci, Marcello Montefiori, Enrico Di Bella, Stefano Ardu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Mandatory dental insurance
costs
Dental care system reforms
Health insurance system
0302 clinical medicine
Referendum
Schweiz
Relevance (law)
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Dental Care
Dental care costs
Swiss healthcare system
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie
Health Policy
Age Factors
Prophylaxe
Dental Care / economics
Middle Aged
Dental care
health care
ddc:617.6
Europe
Zahnpflege
Kosten
dental hygiene
ddc:300
Gesundheitspolitik
prophylaxis
Europa
Switzerland
insurance
Adult
Insurance
Dental / legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance
Dental
Adolescent
Unmet dental needs
Gesundheitswesen
Insurance
Dental / statistics & numerical data
Switzerland / epidemiology
Unmet needs
03 medical and health sciences
Nursing
stomatognathic system
Humans
Social sciences
sociology
anthropology
Health needs
Aged
Versicherung
business.industry
Gesundheitsversorgung
EU-SILC
030206 dentistry
Insurance
Dental / economics
stomatognathic diseases
Dental Care / statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
health care delivery system
business
Zdroj: Health Policy
Health policy, Vol. 121, No 6 (2017) pp. 575-581
ISSN: 0168-8510
Popis: Switzerland’s mandatory health insurance system provides coverage for a standard benefits package for all residents. However, adult dental care is covered only in case of accidents and inevitable dental illnesses, while routine dental care is almost completely financed out-of-pocket. In general, unmet health needs in Switzerland are low, but unmet dental needs are significant, when compared with other countries in Europe. Recent popular initiatives in Switzerland have aimed to introduce a mandatory insurance model for dental care through a mandatory contribution of 1% of gross salaries toward dental care insurance. In three cantons, the proposals have collected the required number of signatures and a public referendum is expected to be held in 2017/2018. If implemented, the insurance system is expected to have a significant impact on the dental profession, dental care demand, and the provision of dental services. The contrasting positions of stakeholders for and against the reform reflect a rare situation in which dental care policy issues are being widely discussed at all levels. However, such a discussion is of crucial relevance not only for Switzerland, but also for the whole of Europe, which has significant levels of unmet needs for dental care, especially among vulnerable and deprived individuals, and new solutions to expand dental care coverage are required.
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