In the event of inpatient hospital treatment, the insured person has in principle the free choice of hospital. The canton and the health insurer bear the cost of hospital treatment. The insured contributes to the costs of the treatment.
Choice of hospital
To cover the inpatient hospital treatment needs of their resident population, the cantons are required to carry out hospital planning. On this basis, they establish a list of hospitals which contains the necessary institutions (listed hospitals) to ensure the planned supply. A canton may include on its list both hospitals located on its territory and hospitals from other cantons.
Hospitals not listed in the list of hospitals of a canton, but which have concluded an agreement with the health insurer on the remuneration of the services provided under the compulsory health insurance (conventioned hospitals).
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