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Assuring the quality of health care in the European Union / Helena Legido-Quigley 

No review available on this record. Title : Assuring the quality of health care in the European Union : a case for action Material Type: printed text Authors: Helena Legido-Quigley, Author ; Martin McKee, Author ; Ellen Nolte, Author ; Irene A. Glinos, Author Publisher: Copenhagen : European observatory on helth systems and policies Publication Date: 2008 Series: Observatory Studies Series No. 12 Pagination: xxvii, 210 p. Size: 24 cm ISBN (or other code): 978-92-89071-93-2 General note: Includes bibliographical referneces Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Descriptors: Health policy Strategic planning Class number: 362.2 Abstract: Europe's citizens are on the move. In unprecedented numbers they are travelling across borders, their passage eased by the removal of national frontiers, the adoption of a common currency, and the growth of low cost air travel. People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity; some even commute weekly between, for example, Poland and the United Kingdom. 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 may ask is "if I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?". Until now, they could only go on trust. Surely each country had put in place systems that would ensure that the care provided on its territory was safe, effective, and humane? But they had no way of knowing whether this was the case. This book now 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. The European Union has only limited ability to take action on health care but if free movement of Europe's citizens is to become a reality, an essential measure would be to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to ensure high quality care, even if the approaches taken will vary according to local circumstances. This requires a dialogue between those responsible for funding and providing health care in Europe. This book contributes to this important process. Contents note: Quality of care : an overview; Quality of care strategies in the European Union; Patients, quality of care and cross-border care in the European; The users of cross-border health care : mobile patients; Link for e-copy: http://books.google.com/books?id=VUB3zSEm4DcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=97892890719 [...] Format of e-copy: http:// Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14191

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Health Targets in Europe

No review available on this record. Title : Health Targets in Europe : Learning from Experience Material Type: printed text Authors: Matthias Wismar, Editor ; Martin McKee, Editor ; Kelly Ernst, Editor Publisher: Copenhagen : European observatory on helth systems and policies Publication Date: 2008 Series: Observatory Studies Series No. 13 Pagination: ix, 164 p. Size: 24 cm ISBN (or other code): 978-92-89042-84-0 General note: Includes bibliographical referneces Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Descriptors: Health policy Strategic planning Class number: 362.2 Abstract: Health targets have been proposed as a tool to improve the governance of health systems. Health targets express a commitment to achieve specified outputs in a defined time period, and enable monitoring of progress towards the achievement of broader goals and objectives. They may be quantitative or qualitative, and based on outcomes or processes. However, like any tool, they must be used appropriately or they could lead to unintended or undesirable consequences. As governments strive to improve the performance of their health systems, it is timely to assess the experiences of those countries or regions that have employed targets. This book draws on a series of case studies written by experts from Catalonia (Spain), England (United Kingdom), Flanders (Belgium), France, Germany, Hungary and the Russian Federation. The book reviews the major technical, managerial and political challenges surrounding the definition and implementation of health targets. It concludes that they do offer scope to focus attention on agreed goals but, in order to realize their potential, they need to be based on evidence, accepted by those who must work to achieve them, be embedded in frameworks of mutual accountability, linked to appropriate incentive and/or sanction mechanisms and supported by an adequate intelligence infrastructure. Contents note: Divya Srivastava, Martin McKee: Emergence of Health Targets: Some Basic; Martin McKee: On target? Monitoring and Evaluation; Kelly Ernst, Matthias Wismar, Reinhard Busse, Martin McKee: Improving the Effectiveness of Health Targets; Ricard Tresserras, Pilar Brugulat: Catalonia : Improved Intelligence and Accountability; Peter C. Smith: England : Intended and Unintended effects; Stephan Van den Broucke: Flanders : Health Targets as a Catalyst for Action; Valerie Paris, Dominique Polton: France : Targeting Investment in Health; Matthias Wismar, Barbara Philippi, Hildegard Klus: Targets in a Federal System; Zoltan Voko, Roza Adany: Hungary: Targets Driving Improved Health; Kirill Danishevski: The Russian Federation : Difficult History of Target Setting; Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14187

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