Who holds the health record in Luxembourg?

Can I get my health records in Luxembourg?

Access to the full record scores 64 of 100 in Luxembourg, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. The 2014 patient rights law gives a right to a full copy within 15 working days, and a national shared record holds lab, imaging and discharge reports. Patients activate only about 3,257 accounts a month, and the EU rates record access as lagging.

Can I control who sees my health record in Luxembourg?

Control and consent scores 70 of 100 in Luxembourg, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. The patient can oppose sharing at any time, close the record, block named professionals or mask data, and see a log of every access. The record is created by default, and the referring doctor cannot be blocked.

What would Luxembourg need to change to score higher?

Luxembourg sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (46, median 46) and protection from commercial use (54, median 45). The published rubric reads:

• Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
• Protection from commercial use: Clear limits on selling health data or using it for marketing, covering apps and data brokers as well as providers.

Which laws give health record rights in Luxembourg?

• Loi du 24 juillet 2014 relative aux droits et obligations du patient (2014): Right to a patient file and a copy within 15 working days, at copying cost; ten-year retention.
• Code de la sécurité sociale, Article 60quater (dossier de soins partagé) (2010): Creates the shared record; rights to access, see who accessed, and oppose sharing at any time.
• Règlement grand-ducal du 6 décembre 2019 (dossier de soins partagé) (2019): Access matrix, patient blocking and masking levels, full access logs, ten-year retention.

Strain and split context, not scored

Doctors per 10,000

29.8 2017 · OECD 29 of 38

Nurses and midwives per 10,000

137 2023 · OECD 6 of 38

Private insurance + out-of-pocket

12.1% 2023 · OECD 34 of 35

Record reaches private care?

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"Un professionnel de santé, intervenant dans la prise en charge médicale du titulaire, détenteur d’une donnée qu’il estime utile et pertinente au sens de l’article 60quater, paragraphe 2 du Code de la sécurité sociale, verse celle-ci au dossier de soins partagé dans un délai raisonnable après la prise de connaissance de cette donnée ou après son premier accès au dossier de soins partagé si cette donnée est antérieure à son activation."

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