I too thought that it meant no queuing, however with hospital italiano I have as much queue as in a public hospital in (northern) Italy.
My teeth cleaning was scheduled five weeks from now, which is absurd. They could have booked one more time slot on Friday and do it immediately (considering here it is just a quick matter of scrapping plaque).
The issue is that some health insurers here have no (or almost no) medical facilities, just offices, and they rely on other affiliated institution, such as hospital italiano. So hospital italiano is swamped with patients under a different provider, hence the queues.
Also, they have an online booking system where you can book your own specialist appointment. If it is authorized by your GP you pay less, otherwise it is out of pocket.
However, not all physicians are registered in the online system and not all appointments are available online. If you call the call center there is often another doctor/another appointment available at an earlier date.
That said, if you want to stuck with one specific specialists (establishing a relationship with one HCP), prepare to wait months. My dermatologist had a 4 month wait, however if I emailed her she allowed to come in anyway, but at 7 AM before the visits which started at 8 AM.
Otherwise, you can swap professional at each step of the process to speed up things, such as initial consultation with doctor A, who prescribed tests, then you need an appointment just to bring the results (if they are online, the doctor just translates in layman terms what the exam says), so you go to Doctor B (because doctor A first appointment would be months from now) who then prescribe you something (surgery?). At which point you have to book surgery with the hospital, which will surely ask you to come for a prep visit, then in three months you get the actual surgery. It takes so much time to get small things accomplished!
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