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Which medical check-ups make sense and when?

Screening and check-ups

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Medical check-ups help you to assess your personal risk of developing a certain disease.

They enable your doctor to diagnose illnesses at an early stage and treat them more effectively.

Find out in a just a few steps which check-ups are particularly recommended for adults.
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Some check-ups are worth having in order to diagnose diseases at an early stage. Others have no benefit. Based on the information you provided, this medical check-up is proven to be particularly beneficial from a health perspective:

Some check-ups are worth having in order to diagnose diseases at an early stage. Others have no benefit. Based on the information you provided, these medical check-ups are proven to be particularly beneficial from a health perspective:

  • Blood pressure check: every three years, or more frequently if you have cardiovascular risk factors
  • Blood pressure check: once a year
  • Blood glucose test: every one to three years
  • Cholesterol test: every two to five years
  • Blood pressure check: once a year
  • Blood glucose test: every one to three years
  • Cholesterol test: every two to five years
  • Colon cancer screening: stool test to look for blood every two years or colonoscopy every 10 years

    The following tests are beneficial from a health perspective if you have particular risk factors:
  • Prostate cancer screening: every one to three years
  • Glaucoma screening: every one to three years
  • Blood pressure check: every three years, or more frequently if you have cardiovascular risk factors
  • Cervical smear (Pap test): every three years
  • Blood pressure check: once a year
  • Blood glucose test: every one to three years
  • Cholesterol test: every two to five years
  • Cervical smear (Pap test): every three years
  • Blood pressure check: once a year
  • Blood glucose test: every one to three years
  • Cholesterol test: every two to five years
  • Cervical smear (Pap test): every three years
  • Colon cancer screening: stool test to look for blood every two years or colonoscopy every 10 years

    The following tests are beneficial from a health perspective if you have particular risk factors:
  • Breast cancer screening: every two years
  • Glaucoma screening: every one to three years
  • Osteoporosis risk assessment: once
  • Medical screening is a complex topic. As a CONCORDIA customer, you can receive personal advice from concordiaMed.

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      Please note: if you have certain risk factors, these recommendations may differ from the general guidelines and the intervals may be shorter.

      Risk factors include, for example:

      • Lack of exercise, unhealthy or poorly balanced diet, being underweight or overweight, frequent sun exposure
      • Nicotine dependence, excessive alcohol consumption, consumption of drugs or medications
      • Exposure to sexually transmitted diseases or diseases transmitted via drug use
      • A history of specific illnesses
      • A cluster of certain diseases in the family
      • Exposure to risk factors at home or work
      • Mental health problems
      • Inadequate vaccination status

      Since there are many individual risk factors, it is important to discuss them with your doctor. During this discussion, you can talk about your personal situation and your doctor will adapt their recommendations on this basis.

    • Benefits and risks of medical check-ups

      There is no scientific evidence for the benefit of periodic health checks in people who are displaying no signs of illness. The Harding Center for Risk Literacy, in Germany, has therefore developed a large number of fact boxes to explain the advantages and disadvantages of medical check-ups in an understandable way.

      Avoiding unnecessary exams

      It is important to check on a case-by-case basis whether a preventive examination has a concrete medical benefit. This helps to reduce the risk of false positives, i.e. a test result which incorrectly indicates that a person has a particular disease. Such false-positive results lead to over-diagnosis, unnecessary treatment, stress and high costs.

      Further information:

      Harding Center for Risk Literacy (D) – fact boxes

      smarter medicine (CH) – against excessive and incorrect medical treatment (available in German and French)

    • And the costs?

      Cost coverage for preventive medical check-ups is regulated by law:

      Basic insurance

      • Mandatory health insurance (OKP/AOS/AOMS) covers the costs of check-ups for early detection of certain diseases and for preventive measures that will benefit insured persons who are at high risk. An important prerequisite is that the measures must be carried out or prescribed by doctors. The Federal law on health insurance (KVG/LAMal) defines which check-ups are covered by the health insurance in terms of gender and age. 
      • Basic insurance does not cover preventive medical services that are performed in pharmacies or drug stores (e.g. blood pressure tests). For that reason, the costs of such check-ups must be borne by the patients.

      Supplementary insurance

      • The CONCORDIA supplementary insurance plams NATURA and NATURAplus cover 90% of the costs of preventive medical measures (up to a maximum amount of CHF 500 per calendar year). 
      • Prerequisites for cost coverage:  
        • The measures are carried out or prescribed by a doctor.
        • They are not instigated by third parties (e.g. authorities).
        • They are not standard benefits under mandatory health insurance.
        • The check-up does not detect any disease.   

      Cantonal funding

      • In addition, some cantons contribute towards the costs of colon and breast cancer prevention or cover them in full. 
      • Find out more by checking the map of the cantonal programmes at www.swisscancerscreening.ch or ask your doctor at your next appointment.

      Cost coverage for preventive and disease-related check-ups is regulated by law. Please contact your CONCORDIA agency for more information.

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