Financing health care in the European Union : challenges and policy response / / by World Health Organization

• Pubblicazione: Copenhagen, Denmark : , : World Health Organization, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4336210094
• Soggetto topico: Health care reform - European Union countries; Medical care - European Union countries - Cost control; Medical economics - European Union countries
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Financing health care in the European Union
• ISBN: 92-890-4166-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786774603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II