Third-country nationals in the Hungarian public health care sector

*Éva Gellèrnè Lukács¹, Laura Gyeney², Gábor Kovács³, Sándor Illès⁴

Summary
Health care effects of international migration are the emerging themes within mobility studies. Unfortunately, there is scarce information on health situation of international migrants in Hungary. This paper tries to fill in this gap partly. The research deals with the access of third-country nationals to the Hungarian public health care system and the practices in reality. The authors carried out field works with the holistic approach in National Ambulance Service and Semmelweis University due to approximately half of the medical treatment for third-country nationals occur in Central Region. The volumes and rates of Ukrainian, Serbian, American, Russian and Chinese nationals are the dominant groups both institutions. Most third country citizens appear at the Obstetric Clinic because of childbirth. The second most demanded health care provider is the Central Laboratory. The third largest number of cases measure in the Transplant Clinic as a consequence of ageing process. According to the interviews, we suppose that the high standard of services make these clinics attractive to third country citizens. Lastly, we identify the main factors affecting the provider and supplier side of public health care system in Hungary.

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