| Spain is known for the fact that their pharmacies | | | | where as if you have private insurance you can |
| offer most medications that can only be obtained | | | | choose from a list of physicians. If you are looking |
| via prescription in other countries as over the | | | | for the best hospitals then you will want to look in |
| counter medications. As with any pharmacy, you | | | | the larger towns as they usually have the bigger |
| can obtain most prescriptions from a doctor as | | | | hospitals with more to offer. |
| long as the prescription is authentic. There are | | | | As with any hospital, upon admission you must |
| many pharmacies that are open 24 hours should | | | | provide either a social security card, proof of |
| the need arise to fill medications late at night. One | | | | insurance or that you have the money to pay the |
| cannot predict when an illness or injury can | | | | bill. Be sure to weigh the options to see if you |
| happen so that makes these 24 hour pharmacies | | | | would benefit more with a private insurance or if |
| very popular. | | | | you will do fine on the public system. Some |
| The doctors in Spain go through a much different | | | | people have conditions that require more frequent |
| education process then most countries. They get | | | | trips to the doctor and in that case it would be |
| most of their education through undergraduate | | | | good for you to go with a private insurance to |
| programs. If you are in the public health care | | | | avoid the waiting lists. |
| system then you will be assigned a general doctor | | | | |