Italy has centres of excellence, especially in the north, with a tradition in surgery, cardiology, orthopaedics and oncology. Cultural and linguistic closeness makes the stay easier for many patients from Romania.
Strengths
- reference centres for cardiac surgery and orthopaedics;
- research institutes with oncology programmes;
- costs often lower than in Western Europe.
Good to know
As in Austria, some planned treatments can be covered through the S2 form. We check together whether it applies.