ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1635089
This article is part of the Research TopicIntercultural Communication and International StudentsView all 19 articles
Title of article: Access to healthcare: A promise fulfilled? A hoax? Or, a matter of control?: A Qualitative study into the experiences of International Students in Hungary.
Provisionally accepted
Livia Yawa Like Atiku1*
Emmanuel Adofo2- 1Doctoral School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- 2Department of Obstetrics, The Bank Hospital, Cantonments, Ghana
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Essentially, participants demonstrated they were aware of the guidelines for hospital consultations with a general practitioner (GP). Most international students praised the healthcare package advanced them, especially Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holders.However, access to healthcare around which Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDG3) revolves may be a mirage for some of them as the study revealed a number of obstacles hindering the smooth flow of processes as far as their quest for satisfactory healthcare is concerned. This study therefore emphasizes the need for improved systems (infrastructural and human resource capacity building) for a more efficient service.
Keywords: International students, healthcare, Hungary, Experiences and challenges, Experiences and Challenges c
Received: 25 May 2025; Accepted: 05 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Atiku and Adofo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Livia Yawa Like Atiku, Doctoral School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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