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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464739803321

Autore

Organization World Health

Titolo

Financing Health Care in the European Union [[electronic resource] ] : Challenges and Policy Response

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2013

ISBN

92-890-4166-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

338.4336210094

Soggetti

Health care reform -- European Union countries

Medical care -- European Union countries -- Cost control

Medical economics -- European Union countries

Medical policy -- European Union countries

Medical Economics

Public Health

Health & Biological Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Health care systems across the European Union face a common challenge: the high cost of health care. Governments strive to ensure that cost pressures do not undermine values such as universal coverage and equitable financing and access. Focusing on the three health care financing functions - collection pooling and purchasing - as well as on coverage this book analyses the organization of health care financing in the Member States of the European Union discusses the principal financing reform trends of recent years and assesses their capacity to help ensure fiscal sustainability. The book inclu