Healthcare for foreigners

The number of foreigners utilising health care outside the public health insurance continued to increase. In 2022 it was an annual growth by 1.6% treated foreigners while the number of treated foreigners from non-EU countries increased by 3.8%. However, as for foreigners from the EU Member countries their number decreased by 1%. The average costs per foreigner in 2022 increased, compared to the previous year, from CZK 5.9 thousand to CZK 6.4 thousand as for foreigners from third countries, and from CZK 10.3 thousand to CZK 11.3 thousand for foreigners from Member States of the EU. In 2022, over 104.5 cases of hospitalisation of foreigners in hospital departments were reported, i.e. compared to 2021 it was an increase by 70%. The most frequent reason for hospitalisation of foreigners remains the same as in the previous years; „pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium“.