| 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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