Two-tier healthcare Publicly funded health care

almost every major country has publicly funded healthcare system has parallel private system patients hold private medical insurance or pay treatment. in states, able pay have access treatment , comforts may not available dependent upon state system.

from inception of nhs model (1948), public hospitals in united kingdom have included amenity beds typically siderooms fitted more comfortably, , private wards in hospitals fee more amenities provided. patients using these beds in nhs hospital surgical treatment, , operations carried out in same operating theatres nhs work , same personnel hospital , physician receive funding insurance company or patient. these amenity beds not exist in publicly funded systems, such in spain. nhs pays private hospitals take on surgical cases under contract.