Healthcare
Georgia — Healthcare: Major Hospitals
Almost all hospitals in Georgia are privately owned after full-scale privatisation between 2008 and 2012, with specialised care in multi-profile, referral and specialised hospitals.
VerifiedGovernment / official sourceWHO European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies – Georgia country pageLast reviewed: 2026-10-26
Key facts
- Very few hospitals are in public ownership; full-scale privatisation of hospitals occurred between 2008 and 2012.
- Specialised care is delivered by general multi-profile and referral hospitals, scientific-research institutes, specialised hospitals and specialised clinics.
- The health system is highly decentralised and extensively privatised, having moved away from the Semashko model.
- The Universal Health Care Programme introduced in 2013 extended coverage to almost the whole population; before 2013 only about a fifth had comprehensive coverage.