Healthcare in Algeria

Healthcare in Algeria consists of an established network of hospitals, clinics, and dispensaries.

[citation needed] At the start of Algeria's independence in 1962,[1] the Algerian health care system was small and consisted of only one physician per 33,000 people.

From 1975 onward, the Algerian government introduced a free national health care system.

[4] The Algerian government is investing in human resources by creating 58,000 jobs in nursing, doctors and health care assistants.

Access to healthcare is enhanced by the requirement that doctors and dentists work in public health for at least five years.

[8] Patients that seek to use the private health system will pay large amounts of out of pocket fees and enjoy a higher quality of services.