Introduction
Malta has a publicly funded health care system similar to the one used in the United Kingdom with free health care at the point of delivery for all citizens and registered long term residents. Private health care co-exist along with the public system on a “pay as you use” basis and is mainly used by foreigners and contracted private physicians. The Maltese Ministry of Health is responsible for oversight and regulation purposes besides spear heading campaigns in the health sector. According to Murray & Frenk, Malta has the fifth best health care systems on the world beating developed countries such as the ...
