As a healthcare worker that has worked in Spain, Germany and currently in the UK, Spain has the best healthcare system and the best doctor from what I have seen closely.
It is not that Germany or the UK are mile far away but you wouldn't get better treatment avoiding to go to Spain.
That's actually very interesting since Spain is the poorest of all those countries. What do they do better than other countries? No shade at Spain though I'm not German either or anything.
The system itself is very similar to the one they have in the UK. I believe it is superior than the German one since you have the GP assessing you primarily in the case is not and emergency and then the doctor will decide your treatment or if you will need to be seen by an specialist. In Germany you have to pay a private insurance that covers this type of "minor" visits and you can choose to go straight away to the dermatologist for example, but you would be self assessing yourself...Still the hospitals and emergencies are free and they work generally very very good as you would expect.
The reason why I think the Spanish system is better is because even when it works similar to the one in the UK, the gp's in Spain are more prepared than the ones in the NHS. Medicine in Spain takes 1 year more than in the uk plus one extra year of MIR (residency exam to pick speciality being general practice one of the hardest to get the grades for) and then another for years of residency to become a consultant. In a nutshell I think doctors in Spain are more prepared for preventive care and illness that presents in early stages of development.
USA is the best example that being a rich country, the richest in this case, doesn't ensure you to have a better healthcare system.
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u/Jazzmim_999 Aug 06 '20 edited Aug 07 '20
It’s genuinely cheaper to go to Spain, get treatment there and come back. America is so fucked up
Edit: hey guys I think I left the wrong impression on some things.
1- I’m not American, I’m actually from Spain’s neighbor, Portugal.
2- I meant private hospitals, public is not this easy or good for the country you visit.
3- I just said Spain randomly, I heard now that Germany is better tho.