<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am So., 10. Jan. 2021 um 11:33 Uhr schrieb Stefan Tauner <<a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
> Private facilities that aren't equipped for any form of surgery or<br>
> emergency, but are intended to treat people for things like drug &/or<br>
> alcohol dependency.<br>
> <br>
> Similar to these, dedicated mental hospitals.<br>
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As a European I don't get why "private" is mentioned so often in these<br>
discussions. </blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I am also European and can assure you the situation in Europe really isn't homogenous at all, variations from one country to another vary by large (maybe not much between Austria and Germany, but definitely in other countries). I agree that "private" is not a clear term and is not the kind of information you are most interested in. <br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It is completely irrelevant who pays for the treatment<br>
when discussing the treatment facility itself.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is completely relevant for someone searching for a place to get medical treatment, whether they will have to pay the treatment themselves or if it will be paid for by someone else (national health service, health insurance etc.). I agree we should try to capture some aspects of this at least. For example in Italy there are many privately run places which have agreements / are recognized by the national health service and it will be paid as if you went to a publicly run structure. This is very relevant for almost everyone.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>> Should we distinguish better between places that you can go to for<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
> emergency medical treatment, & others that can't do anything for you, than<br>
> just an emergency=yes?<br>
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I don't see how something else would improve anything. In case of an<br>
*emergency* I would definitely try any place that remotely looks like<br>
there could be medical staff be around :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>There are also places which have only a specialized emergency departments, e.g. I have seen places for just gynocological emergencies, similarly if you have injured your eye it might be best to go to an ophthalmic hospital while for any other injury it will probably be a bad decision (assuming you have the comfort of choice, in most parts of the countryside and far from cities you might not find these highly specialized hospitals anyway). <br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div></div>