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Health care in the British Virgin Islands is predominantly provided by private healthcare providers with an overlay of public support. There is a single public hospital in the British Virgin Islands - Peebles Hospital in Road Town on Tortola. There is also one private hospital - the Bougainvillea clinic (also in Road Town). On Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke, there are day clinics to serve non-emergency medical needs of residents of those islands. Although there is period discussion about the possibility of building another hospital on Virgin Gorda, to date there has been no commitment to doing so.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No Hospital for Virgin Gorda just a larger Clinic - Premier Smith )〕 For emergency medical evacuations from other islands a boat is maintained.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boat ready for VG, but Skelton prefers helicopter )〕 Under the Public Hospital Ordinance (Cap 195) free medical treatment is available at all public facilities to the elderly (being persons who are 65 or older), children (being persons aged 16 or under), police officers, firemen, prison officers, public health workers, the mentally ill, indigent persons and prisoners. All other persons must pay for medical treatment received from public health care facilities, although the cost of health care is usually less expensive than from private health care providers. ==Administration== The responsibility of operating the public health system is vested in a statutory body, the BVI Health Services Authority Board (BVI HSA).〔BVI Health Services Act, 2005.〕 Peebles Hospital and the various clinics managed by the BVI HSA. Public health care is effectively subsidised by pricing which is deliberately set below the actual cost of providing care.〔"The budget estimates total revenue generation of $10.5 million, close to $1 million above last year's total. However, total expenditure is budgeted at $34.4 million, which means that the unfunded amount of recurrent expenditure is $23.9 million." (【引用サイトリンク】title=Gov't Attempts To Justify Major Hike In Hospital Fees )〕 User fees are estimated to recover just 8% of the operating costs of primary and secondary health care services.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Health Systems and Services Profile for the British Virgin Islands )〕 Expenditure on health accounts for approximately 17% of total government expenditure.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health care in the British Virgin Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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