Table 3: Sources of funding.

Country

Surgery

SLT

Orthodontics

Orthognathic surgery

Austria

State/state health insurance

1) Patient (20-60% in private practice)

1) Patient (25-65%)

State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance (40 - 80% private practice; 100% non-private practice)

2) State/state health insurance

Bulgaria

1) Patient

1) Patient (10 - 100%)

1) Patient

1) Patient (90%)

2) State/state health insurance (50%)

2) State/state health insurance (45 patients are co-funded per year)

2) Other: co-funding projects

2) State/state health insurance (10%)

3) Other: 50% from Smile Train

 

 

 

Czech Republic

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

1) Patient (50%)

State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance

3) Private health insurance

Estonia

State/state health insurance

1) Patient (100% in private practice

1) Patient (€5/visit)

State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance (spaces limited)

2) State/state health insurance

France (1)

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

France (2)

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

1) Patient (30%)

State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance (70%)

3) Private health insurance

Greece

1) Patient (30%)

Patient

Patient

1) Patient (30%)

2) Private health insurance (100%)

2) Private health insurance (100%)

3) State/state health insurance (70%)

3) State/state health insurance (30%)

India (1)

1) Patient (if cases not operated on at centre for primary correction, patient bears surgical cost alone)

Unknown

Patient

1) Patient

2) Other : Smile Train

2) Other: Smile Train

India (2)

Other: NGOs (90%)

1) Patient

1) Patient

1) Patient

2) Other: NGOs (partially)

2) Other: NGOs

2) Other: NGOs

Italy (1)

1) Patient (20%)

1) Patient (50%)

Patient

Unknown

2) State/state health insurance (80%)

2) State/state health insurance (50%)

 

Dependent on proximity to hospital services

Italy (2)

State/state health insurance

Patient

1) Patient

State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance

Malta

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Netherlands

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Pakistan

Other: charity organisations

Other: charity organisations

1) Patient

Unknown

2) Other: charity organisation

Republic of Macedonia

State/state health insurance

1) Patient

1) Patient

1) Patient

2) State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance

2) State/state health insurance

Spain

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

Turkey (1)

Patient

Patient

Patient

State/state health insurance

Turkey (2)

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

UK (1)

Unknown

Unknown

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

UK (2)

State/state health insurance

State/state health insurance

Unknown

Unknown