Okay, so doctors in Denmark. It's a touchy subject. Most Danes rarely go to their doctors. As an…read moreAmerican, I'm willing to acknowledge that I may perhaps rely too heavily on them. It is what it is. Karen is my third GP (general practitioner) that I've had since I've moved to Copenhagen. I switched to her recently because I was less than satisfied with the service of my previous doctor, also located in Frederiksberg. I took a risk, paid the 185kr for a new yellow card with a new doctor's name on it, and started from square one. I have visited Karen probably about six or seven times since I changed to her last spring. This is the nature of primary care in Denmark, and not necessarily reflective of the service received. Karen has ten minutes scheduled per patient, and if you don't get things resolved, you have to come back. Again and again. Where it's rough is that she has so many patients that the waiting time to get an appointment is often three weeks. It makes follow up on anything pretty difficult. All of that said, I have learned that if you schedule an appointment with her 'just to talk' before you get sick (or in my case, afterward), she is quite helpful at shedding light on how things work, and is more willing to take a more holistic approach to your care. She is otherwise a victim of lack of time, like most GPs in the area, and will likely not be as comprehensive as you might hope when you go in with more than just a cold. Unlike some archaic doctors in the area, she has a call queuing system installed so when you call in during her phone consultation window, you never get a busy signal. Nothing is more frustrating than being deathly ill and having to make 76 repeat phone calls to your doctor in an hour timespan just to get through, so I find this to be a very important bonus. She has always been very helpful on the phone and in getting same day appointments for urgent problems, and is quite responsive over email with prescription renewals (via cure4you) too. I give three stars because I expect more from general practitioners here, and have something to compare it to, albeit that experience is rooted outside of the country. I would love to someday update this post and change it to five.

This doctor was not only unable/unwilling to help me with a simple blood sample (which is a…read morestandard procedure, at least in other European countries I lived) but also lacks complete empathy for her patients. Would definitely not recommend going here.

I was automatically transferred to Dr. Tine Søndergaard after Dr. April Tin Tin Moe left this…read moreoffice. Although I was very happy with my former doctor, I think that my time with Dr. Søndergaard was well spent. Either she or her nurse were relatively quick to respond to my inquiries and I always felt like they took my worries seriously and they reacted immediately. Most recently in July I complained about a persistent ankle injury that I got in January. Although I didn't think it was serious, I wanted to have it checked out before it became a bigger problem. Dr. Søndergaard agreed with me and after examining my ankle, she referred and recommended me to a physiotherapist before I left that day. It's August now and my ankle is already just about fully recovered.

I came into Teres Hospital under the unfortunate circumstances of having gotten a wrist injury…read more After navigating the healthcare system a while, and not getting any better, I tapped into my private health insurance to get an MRI and find out what the story was with my wrist. When calling up, I rarely sat on hold for more then 3-5 minutes, and was set up within the week for an appoint with Dr. Thomas Rohde. He spent some time checking out my wrist, and set me up with an MRI to get to the bottom of my injury. Within a week, he emailed me with very thorough details about what the MRI told him, and offered a solution to my problem. The whole staff has been incredibly professional, and I feel as though, should I need follow up visits, I will be in good hands here. It should be noted that Teres is also open to those who get referrals via the public healthcare system, though I'm not sure if the wait is longer as a result.