Medical aids and appliances

Medical technology for your daily needs

Your physical impairment can be eased. There are a number of medical aids to help you in your daily life. When you have reduced capacity, specialised equipment can help. Depending on your circumstances, your health insurance can contribute financially to the costs.

Medical devices

Wheelchairs, prostheses, hearing aids, walking aids or orthopaedic insoles may be covered by compulsory health insurance (AOS/OKP) or supplemental insurance (LCA/VVG) under certain conditions. However, please note that not all medical aids and appliances are necessarily covered by compulsory or supplemental health insurance. Please refer to the documents below. In all cases, a medical prescription is required.

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Artificial feeding

When feeding through the mouth is no longer possible, alternative means are required, whether to feed micro nutrients intravenously or to provide food through a feeding tube. Different solutions are available for temporary and long-term situations.

Treatments covered by basic health insurance:

Parenteral feeding at home
Enteral feeding at home with a tube
Enteral feeding without a tube (liquid food)

Terms and conditions of coverage:

You need to have a guarantee to cover costs that is delivered by the “Fédération suisse pour tâches communes des assureurs-maladie” (SVK), upon request of the prescribing doctor.
For enteral feeding without a tube (liquid food) only: you need to comply with the guidelines of the Swiss Society of Clinical Nutrition (SSNC) and supplies are secured by home care services approved by the SSNC or by one of the member companies of Groupe Mutuel.

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