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Well my family moved to Germany and this was our experience with German healthcare: 1. Mom goes to doctor because of shoulder pain 2. Doctor prescribes "healt
by umvi 7y ago
Well my family moved to Germany and this was our experience with German healthcare:
1. Mom goes to doctor because of shoulder pain
2. Doctor prescribes "health spa" (wtf?) to see if the pain will go away. Apparently "spa time" is a common default prescription because the healthcare system is overrun with people that come in with sniffles and aches that go away in a few days?
3. Spa Time does nothing (as predicted); doctor orders xrays
4. Process/analysis/??? is taking forever; in the meantime we have moved back to USA
5. US doctor correctly diagnoses problem same day as initial visit and orders specialized PT that actually helps
- baud147258 7y ago> because the healthcare system is overrun with people that come in with sniffles and aches that go away in a few days I have a family member who's working in ER in a public hospital in France, she told us that there's a lot of people who come in for nothing, often abusing the free ambulance service. And apparently whenever it's raining there's less people coming in, all things being equal.
- y4mi 7y agoI'd wager that you just went to an 'allgemeinarzt'... they're doctors for general illnesses, which usually go away within a few days. practically just to get an AU so you can get a few days of paid leave[1]. If you're having an actual issue, you'd have to go to a specialized doctor or a hospital which has the equipment to actually diagnose your issue... such as an xray machine in your case. diagnosis is done right after taking the image, so you'd have had a similar experience if you went to an actual clinic [1] according to the Finanzamt (german IRS) the average worker takes an additional 12 days of paid leave like that... additional to the normal 20-30 days.