How can corporate health insurance help prevent serious illnesses?

The data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (CSO) show that the most common causes of death in Hungary are malignancies, ischemic heart disease (narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart, which causes inadequate blood supply to the heart), cerebrovascular disease, lung diseases; and acute myocardial infarction, and last but not least, liver diseases.

Although the number of deaths has fallen markedly over the last thirty years (compared to 145 660 people in 1990, 129 603 have lost their lives in 2019), the number of deaths due to various diseases is increasing, with the exception of cerebrovascular and liver diseases.

In the case of middle-aged women, the most common causes of death include tumorous diseases, such as breast cancer and cervical cancer, approximately 2 000 women die of the former illness in Hungary each year. According to a Eurostat survey, in 2016, every 100 000 women in Hungary died of cervical cancer in 6.8 cases and of uterine cancer 7.5 times.

With the health insurance packages provided by Medicare, employers have the opportunity to maintain the health of their employees. In Hungary, the leading causes of death are serious illnesses, which temporal detection can even significantly improve the chances of recovery and maintenance, but regular examinations and, in case of complaints, immediate, comprehensive examinations are essential. As part of the health insurance packages provided by Medicare, employers have the opportunity to maintain the health of their employees and diagnose diseases in a timely manner with a variety of specialist, laboratory and diagnostic examinations.

Serious or even fatal diseases include, for example, blood vessel stenosis, hypertension, diabetes, cervical cancer, and colon cancer.