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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824475203321

Titolo

Building European reference networks in health care : exploring concepts and national practices in the European Union / / W. Palm [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva : , : WHO Regional Office for Europe, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

92-890-0277-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Observatory Studies Series

Disciplina

362.1094

Soggetti

Medical care - Europe

Medical care, Cost of - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the editors; List of tables and boxes; List of abbreviations; Introduction and objectives; Mapping national practices and experiences; Discussion and preliminary conclusions; References; Annex I: Some examples of (European) reference networks; Annex II: Overview table

Sommario/riassunto

Under the European Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care the development of European reference networks was promoted as one of the prime areas for cross-border cooperation among Member States. These networks are meant to improve access to and provision of high-quality health care to all patients who have conditions requiring a concentration of specialized resources or expertise. At the same time they could act as focal points for medical training and research information dissemination and evaluation especially for rare diseases. The idea of pooling resour