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services for employees of companies, this is part of the compensation package. Usually it

includes a
subscription style medical check-up and general practitioner consults. Often a

of

range care packages is offered by the clinics. Employer’s from bigger companies in

offer this to their employees as part of their compensation package. Private
especially IT

medical clinics (see also private hospitals) are specialised in various analysis like MRI scans,

imaging and related. They offer their services to the public as well as private and public

hospitals.

5.8 Analytical service providers

In the field of Contract Research Organizations (Annex H: Medical service providers) limited

activity is observed, the main player is Antibiotice that also produces medicines. A small

number of medical software companies have been found.

Another type of service are the medical laboratories, these laboratories do analysis on human

materials like blood or tissue samples. Analysis include haematology, microbiology etc. These

service providers offer their services to public and private hospitals and are quite profitable.

Annex H gives a list of medical laboratories.

5.9 Other healthcare providers

General practitioners usually work in a one to three person practice. The majority of their

services are charged to the National Insurance House (CNAS). Since the revolution the

number of dental practices has grown substantially, under communism independent dental

practices were unknown. Dentist and dental technicians are private companies, funded

mainly outside CNAS, patients usually pay at the dental practice. Dentists receive a (small)
lump sum for the treatment of children and elderly people from CNAS.

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