Editing Lithuania (section)

===Health===
{{Main|Health in Lithuania}}
[[File:Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics in 2006.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kaunas Clinics]], a medical institution in Lithuania]]
Lithuania provides free state-funded healthcare to all citizens and registered long-term residents.<ref>{{cite book |title=Health Care Systems in Transition – Lithuania |date=2000 |page=19 |url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323173750/http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2018 |access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> It co-exists with a significant private healthcare sector. In 2003–2012, the network of hospitals was restructured, as part of wider healthcare service reforms. It started in 2003–2005 with the expansion of ambulatory services and primary care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/issuearticle/the-healthcare-system-in-lithuania|title=The Healthcare System in Lithuania|website=healthmanagement.org|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222226/https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/issuearticle/the-healthcare-system-in-lithuania|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, Lithuania ranked 27th in Europe in the [[Euro health consumer index]], a ranking of European healthcare systems based on waiting time, results and other indicators. Lithuania ranked 19th in the 2024 edition of the [[World Happiness Report]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Celia |date=23 March 2024 |title=This is the happiest country for Gen Z and millennials, according to The World Happiness Report |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/23/world-happiness-report-happiest-countries-gen-z-millennials.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505112046/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/23/world-happiness-report-happiest-countries-gen-z-millennials.html |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=CNBC}}</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, Lithuanian [[life expectancy]] at birth was 76.0 (70.6 years for males and 81.6 for females)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy at birth - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth/ |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=www.cia.gov |archive-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212221326/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[infant mortality]] rate was 2.99 per 1,000 births.<ref>{{cite web|title=Infant mortality rate - Total|publisher=[[UN]] Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation|url=https://childmortality.org/data/Lithuania}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The annual population growth rate increased by 0.3% in 2007. Lithuania has seen a dramatic rise in suicides in the 1990s.<ref name="who-suicide-data">{{cite web|title=Suicide rates. Data by country|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626141542/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The suicide rate has been constantly decreasing since, but it still remains the highest in the EU and one of the highest in the [[OECD]]. The suicide rate as of 2019 is 20.2 per 100,000 people.<ref name="who-suicide-data"/> [[Suicide in Lithuania]] has been a subject of research, but the main reasons behind the high rate are thought{{who|date=October 2024}} to be both psychological and economic, including: social transformations and economic recessions, alcoholism, lack of tolerance in the society and bullying.<ref name="lrt-suicide-reasons">{{cite web|title=Pradeda veikti Savižudybių prevencijos biuras|date=5 January 2015|access-date=19 May 2021|publisher=Lithuanian Radio and Television|language=lt|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/tavo-lrt/15/88217/pradeda-veikti-savizudybiu-prevencijos-biuras|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623221809/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/tavo-lrt/15/88217/pradeda-veikti-savizudybiu-prevencijos-biuras|url-status=live}}</ref>

By 2000, the vast majority of Lithuanian health care institutions were non-profit-making enterprises and a private sector developed, providing mostly outpatient services which are paid for out-of-pocket. The [[Ministry of Health (Lithuania)|Ministry of Health]] also runs a few health care facilities and is involved in the running of the two major Lithuanian teaching hospitals. It is responsible for the State Public Health Centre which manages the public health network including ten county public health centres with their local branches. The ten [[Counties of Lithuania|counties]] run county hospitals and specialised health care facilities.<ref>{{cite book|title=Health Care Systems in Transition|date=2000|publisher=WHO|url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf?ua=1|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227035833/https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95127/E69920.pdf?ua=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is [[Taxation in Lithuania#Social security contributions|Compulsory Health Insurance]] for the Lithuanian residents. There are 5 Territorial Health Insurance Funds, covering Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Contributions for people who are economically active are 9% of income.<ref>{{cite web|title=Compulsory Health Insurance Contributions|url=http://www.vlk.lt/sites/en/health-insurance-in-Lithuania/compulsory-health-insurance-contributions/|publisher=VLK|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227080202/http://www.vlk.lt/sites/en/health-insurance-in-Lithuania/compulsory-health-insurance-contributions/}}</ref>

Emergency medical services are provided free of charge to all residents. Access to the secondary and tertiary care, such as hospital treatment, is normally via referral by a [[general practitioner]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Accessing healthcare in Lithuania|url=http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/healthcareinLithuania.aspx|website=NHS Choices|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401005245/https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/healthcareinLithuania.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Lithuania also has one of the lowest [[health care]] prices in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|title=Comparing Hospital and Health Prices and Volumes Internationally|date=6 August 2014|publisher=[[Eurostat]]|page=28|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/728703/728971/OECD-health-working-papers-75.pdf/a6e22472-95c4-4e77-bdb0-db3af4668e7f|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501013353/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/728703/728971/OECD-health-working-papers-75.pdf/a6e22472-95c4-4e77-bdb0-db3af4668e7f|url-status=live}}</ref>