Albania with the poorest health level, from service to cost, equipment and waiting time, here is the report

Albania ranks penultimate in Europe in terms of poor health care services, leaving behind only Malta. According to the index built by the database on the quality of life "Numbeo" for 2022, our country was rated with only 50.5 points for the quality of services and 87.9 points for the costs faced by citizens. According to the Numbeo report, in the region, Albania was ranked last in terms of both services and budget expenditure index compared to Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Bosnia, while Kosovo and Montenegro were not included in this index. While 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 which was at the bottom of the list and further Iraq, Azerbaijan, Malta, Belarus, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Cambodia. The Numbeo report suggests that the Health Care Index is an assessment of the quality of the healthcare system, healthcare professionals, equipment, staff, doctors, costs and more. From the more detailed data of the index in Albania it resulted that the highest evaluation was received by the geographical proximity of health services with 66 points and the skills of doctors with 54.3 points, while the lowest points were given by the poor quality of equipment , waiting time and cost of services. The Numbeo report suggests that the Health Care Index is an assessment of the quality of the healthcare system, healthcare professionals, equipment, staff, doctors, costs and more. From the more detailed data of the index in Albania it resulted that the highest evaluation was received by the geographical proximity of health services with 66 points and the skills of doctors with 54.3 points, while the lowest points were given by the poor quality of equipment , waiting time and cost of services. The Numbeo report suggests that the Health Care Index is an assessment of the quality of the healthcare system, healthcare professionals, equipment, staff, doctors, costs and more. From the more detailed data of the index in Albania it resulted that the highest evaluation was received by the geographical proximity of health services with 66 points and the skills of doctors with 54.3 points, while the lowest points were given by the poor quality of equipment , waiting time and cost of services.

Poor assessments of the Albanian health system

Meanwhile, "Monitor" indicated that there are reports and other profiled indexes which have 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 health expenditures in the Western Balkans, across the region, are much lower than the European Union 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, according to the WB 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 data from Eurostat and national regional statistics show that 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 prevailed throughout Europe.