Download or read book Healthcare Across EU Borders Report written by and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report that welcomes the proposal from the European Commission for a Directive on patients' rights to cross-border healthcare but calls for improvements and warns that, due to the unpredictable impact of the provisions in the Directive, it must be carefully monitored upon implementation.
Download or read book Healthcare Across EU Borders written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. European Union Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Healthcare Across EU Borders Evidence written by and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report that welcomes the proposal from the European Commission for a Directive on patients' rights to cross-border healthcare but calls for improvements and warns that, due to the unpredictable impact of the provisions in the Directive, it must be carefully monitored upon implementation.
Download or read book Healthcare across EU borders a safe framework Volume 2 evidence written by House of Lords European Union Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The right of patients from EU Member States to travel to another Member State to receive healthcare is a principle that has been confirmed on a number of occasions over the last ten years by the European Court of Justice, but uncertainty remains over how that right should function in practice. In an attempt to provide some clarity, the Commission published its proposal for a Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare.
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Download or read book Borders across Healthcare written by Nina Sahraoui and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining which actors determine undocumented migrants’ access to healthcare on the ground, this volume looks at what happens in the daily interactions between administrative personnel, healthcare professionals and migrant patients in healthcare institutions across Europe. Borders across Healthcare explores contemporary moral economies of the healthcare-migration nexus. The volume documents the many ways in which borders come to disrupt healthcare settings and illuminates how judgements of a health-related deservingness become increasingly important, producing hierarchies that undermine a universal right to healthcare.
Download or read book Easing Legal and Administrative Obstacles in EU Border Regions written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European Union (EU) legislation gives EU citizens the right to receive healthcare services in all EU Member States, as well as the right to work in a different EU Member State. This is particularly important in order to ensure the health and well-being of EU citizens and to offer healthcare workers the opportunity to relocate where labour market needs exist. According to the available data, the mobility of patients and healthcare professionals across EU borders is quite low. However, studies show a strong willingness of healthcare personnel to work in a different Member States and of patients to access services in other countries. Multiple and interrelating factors contribute to the low mobility levels of patients, including: differences in the organisation and delivery of health services; differences in reimbursement procedures; tensions between healthcare authorities on the reimbursement of treatments; lack of information concerning the services available abroad; and lengthy procedures for the authorisation of services or their reimbursement. With regards to healthcare professionals, the main factors are differences in qualifications and job titles, and in some cases lengthy recognition of qualifications. Access to cross-border healthcare is particularly important for citizens living in cross-border regions, where access to healthcare in the neighbour country might be the best option in terms of proximity of care, access to healthcare services lacking the home country or to better quality services. Similarly, healthcare professionals can have access to more job opportunities and in some cases better working conditions; most importantly they can respond to the labour market needs of the neighbouring country. The case of the Torne Valley (or Tornio-Haparanda Region), situated in the Northern part of Finland and Sweden, is used to illustrate the obstacles of different healthcare systems in cross-border context. The Torne Valley region is characterised by a long history of cooperation, also in healthcare. However, some obstacles persist to cross-border mobility, both in terms of access to healthcare for patients and the mobility of health professionals. Differences in coverage and reimbursement of services, imbalances in the mobility of patients and professionals, lack of skilled personnel in some areas, difficulties in the use of IT and telemedicine; difficulties in sharing information between health centres and inadequate IT infrastructures are some of the issues that the case of the Torne Valley highlights. Some of these problems have been the object of cooperation and have been partly solved while others persist and will need further interventions and initiatives to be effectively addressed. The impact of these obstacles is not easily quantifiable, however, three main issues are worth noting: potential shortages and mismatches in the healthcare labour market; missed opportunities for increasing healthcare quality and healthcare delivery efficiency. These are highlighted in the report.
Download or read book Cross border Health Care in the European Union written by Matthias Wismar and published by Observatory Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-border health care has become a much more prominent phenomenon in the European Union. When in need of medical treatment, patients increasingly act as informed consumers who claim the right to choose their own providers, including those beyond borders. This book explores such trends and also looks at the legal framework for cross-border care as well as examining some of the uncertainties surrounding it. After the adoption of the Directive on the application of patient rights in cross-border care, Member States will now have to start implementing these provisions. One of the challenges will be to see how various national practices related to access, benefits and tariffs, quality and safety, patient rights, cooperation etc. will be affected by these new rules. The information and analysis presented in the study can be of considerable use to policy-makers and those with an interest in key aspects of cross-border health care to accompany or follow this process.
Download or read book EU Actions for Cross border Healthcare written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 Cross‐border Healthcare Directive seeks to ensure EU patients’ rights to access safe and high‐quality healthcare, including across national borders within the EU. These rights are also intended to facilitate closer cooperation between Member States on eHealth and the treatment of rare diseases. We concluded that although EU actions in cross-border healthcare enhance Member States’ collaboration, the benefits for patients were limited. We found that despite the progress made on providing EU citizens with information on cross-border healthcare, in some areas this information remains difficult to access. We identified weaknesses in the Commission’s strategic planning and project management. We make recommendations focusing on the Commission’s support for national contact points, the deployment of cross-border exchanges of health data, and EU’s actions in the field of rare diseases.
Download or read book Cross Border Health Services in the European Union written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report makes available the evidence given by the Rt. Hon Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Health Services, on the issues involved in cross-border healthcare in the European Union. It was given in relation to the EU Commission's Communication - "Consultation regarding Community Action in Health Services ", SEC (2006) 1195/4.
Download or read book Cross border Patient Mobility in Selected EU Regions written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aimed to provide an overview of cross-border patient mobility and the reimbursement system used for planned healthcare treatment in selected EU Regions, in order to complement the data on cross-border healthcare collected for the purposes of Directive 2011/24/EU (reporting requirements under Article 20) and the Social Security Coordination Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. The study objectives were to carry out four case studies of cross border patient flows in selected EU Regions, specifically to gather quantitative/qualitative data on: cross border patient flows; types of treatment sought; methodological difficulties associated with data collection; and provide recommendations to improve future data collection. The case studies focused on Meuse Rhein region (DE/BE/NL), Grand Est region of France (FR)-Luxembourg, Lower Austria/Bohemia/Slovakia (AT/CZ/SK), and general patient flow between Poland and Czechia. The methodology involved a literature review, baseline data analysis, stakeholder mapping (over 200 respondents), qualitative focus groups/ interviews, and quantitative data analysis. Overall, the study found that current patient mobility data lacks consistency and is often purely financial in nature; some Member States report no data. Improved data collection requires a multi-level stakeholder approach. The COVID-19 Pandemic highlighted that good data is an essential enabler for well-functioning EU health systems and underpins a legal commitment of Member States and the EU to supporting patient rights in cross- border healthcare. The Directive remains an important enabler for patient mobility for planned care including in the context of post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience. Study recommendations include strategic approaches to improve cross-border patient mobility data collection that involve member states, healthcare insurers, regional and subnational stakeholders; which include collection of data on types of care accessed; and which can be piloted in border regions as recognised innovative laboratories for EU integration through cross-border co-operation.
Download or read book Hospitals and Borders written by Centers of Disease Control and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines why hospitals collaborate with each other and with other health care actors across borders in Europe. Cross-border hospital collaboration is not a new phenomenon but began to receive increased attention in the first decade of the 21st century in the context of European debates on patient mobility, the impact of European Union (EU) integration on national health systems and the particular situation of border regions. In this context, the role of health care providers stands out: while physically anchored in the health system that funds and regulates them, hospitals in border regions often witness or initiate cross-border movements of patients and health professionals.
Download or read book Public Health Aspects of Mental Health Among Migrants and Refugees written by Centers of Disease Control and published by Health Evidence Network Synthe. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing number of refugees, asylum seekers, and irregular migrants poses a challenge for mental health services in Europe. This review found that these groups are exposed to risk factors for mental disorders before, during, and after migration. The prevalence of psychotic, mood, and substance-use disorders in these groups varies but overall resembles that in the host populations. Refugees and asylum seekers, however, have higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder. Poor socioeconomic conditions are associated with increased rates of depression five years after resettlement. Refugees, asylum seekers, and irregular migrants encounter barriers to accessing mental health care. Good practice for mental health care includes promoting social integration, developing outreach services, coordinating health care, providing information on entitlements and available services, and training professionals to work with these groups. These actions require resources and organizational flexibility.
Download or read book Healthcare Across EU Borders written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. European Union Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union written by Helena Legido-Quigley and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for travelling, one question they ask is "If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?" This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best available evidence, monitoring the care provided, and taking action where it falls short. Others need to overcome significant obstacles.
Download or read book Government Response to the House of Lords European Union Committee Report Healthcare Across EU Borders a Safe Framework written by Great Britain: Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government response to HL Paper 30-I, 4th report of session 2008-09 (ISBN 9780104014356)
Download or read book Cross border Healthcare in the EU written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
