Health security Two sets of questions were compiled to obtain information on citizens opinion on health security. One set of seven questions sough to get insights into opinions on access and quality of public health services and on the safety of the pharmaceutical products sold in Albania:“From your experience in past years, when you or a member of your family needed hospital care, did you receive the service in a public or private hospital?”,“From your experience in past years, when you or a family member needed medical treatment/service, how easy was to get access to the public service?”,“ How do you rate the publi c hospitals in your area?,“Do you think doctors and health care providers in the public health institutions treat the patients with respect and consideration?,“If you were to receive a medical treatment or service in the future, your first choice would be a public or a private hospital?”,“If you become ill, you think you will you get an adequate treatment in the public health service?”. During the last year, a majority of 68.7% say that they or family members received medical treatment in a public hospital and another 20.2% in a private one. 11.1% said that they did not need any hospital treatment services. From your experience in past years, when you or a member of your family needed hospital care, did you receive treatment in a public or private hospital? 68.7 20.2 11.1 Public hospital Private hospital Didn’t need hospitalization Graph 63. Information on receiving medical treatment in a public or private hospital Regarding access to general medical treatment in public service medical institutions, only 9.5% responded that it was very easy and 42.6% say that it was somewhat easy. 43.6% responded that it was not easy, or it was difficult to access such services. 64