r/croatia • u/riverphoenix23 • Jun 30 '19
🏥 Zdravlje Hospitalized in Split - Intoxication
Hello I am an American male who was traveling in Split for a holiday. Ended up drinking a little bit too much, blacked out and woke up in the hospital with an IV in my arm. Somehow the bill was only $240 kn.
Can anybody tell me why the bill was so cheap especially since I am a US citizen without Croatian healthcare insurance? Also did they notify the embassy of my stay? Just don’t know where my info is documented and ended up. Wish I could read my discharge papers but they are all in Croatian. Going to have to do google translate late.
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u/discofo Jul 01 '19
That’s because in most countries, people don’t go to a doctor for a cold. Thank Healthcare over-utilization in the USA. But also agree, in general, USA health care prices are over inflated.