Services paid by statutory health insurances
The statutory health insurances only pay for services that are medically necessary and economically justifiable.

Health checks are only offered on a limited scale. Many diseases can be prevented by recognizing risk factors in due time.

Health services provided by statutory health insurances every 2 years include

• physical examination
• testing for blood in the stool
• cholesterol, blood sugar, urine test
• cancer check-up for breast and abdomen by a gynaecologist or
• examination of the prostate by probing
  ( each without assessment of laboratory values )