From the federal government’s point of view, appropriate healthcare should be available to everyone – regardless of sex, age or sociocultural background.
Coronavirus: Information for the migrant population
At www.bag-coronavirus.ch, at Downloads in various languages and on migesplus you will find fact sheets and videos on the new coronavirus in the languages of the migrant population. Information on community interpreting can be found at INTERPRET (in German, French or Italian).
We are committed to ensuring that disadvantaged population groups can easily access appropriate healthcare. This prevents unnecessary costs arising from excessive, insufficient or inappropriate use of healthcare services.
Information on our activities to promote equal opportunities in healthcare provision can be found in the infobox below and on the following pages:
Documents
- Report Indicators on Healthcare Equity (PDF, 6 MB, 22.11.2021)
- Factsheet Indicators on healthcare equity (PDF, 299 kB, 22.11.2021)
- Report Forgoing Healthcare in Switzerland (PDF, 4 MB, 05.05.2022)
- Iniquités dans les expériences des soins en Suisse (PDF, 735 kB, 04.09.2023)
- Réadmissions hospitalières et désavantage socioéconomique (PDF, 3 MB, 12.09.2023)
- Summary Hospital readmissions and socioeconomic deprivation (PDF, 347 kB, 12.09.2023)
- Health equity_data sources (PDF, 1 MB, 09.11.2023)
- PRIORITY study_Assessing equity in hospitals (PDF, 1 MB, 21.11.2023)
- Appendix 1 Search strategy for literature review (PDF, 611 kB, 21.11.2023)
- Appendix 2 Recruitment of taskforce experts (PDF, 483 kB, 21.11.2023)
Last modification 19.10.2023
Contact
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Healthcare and Related Professions Division
Health Equity Section
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
3003
Bern
Switzerland