Financing health care in the European Union
Subtitle: challenges and policy responses
By: Sarah Thomson, Thomas Foubister, Elias Mossialos
Contributors: Foubister, Thomas; Mossialos, Elias; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Series: Observatory studies series -- no. 17
Publisher: World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9789289041652
Subjects: Medical care; Cost control; Medical policy; Health care reform; Medical economics
Notes: "This study was requested and financed by the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The problem of sustainability; title: Distinguishing economic and fiscal sustainability; title: Addressing the fiscal sustainability problem; title: Health care expenditure in context; title: Health care financing in the European Union; title: Frameworks for analysis; title: Descriptive analysis of financing arrangements; title: Health care financing reforms: options, trends and impact; title: Maximizing collection and changing the mix of contribution mechanisms; title: Addressing fragmented pooling; title: Expanding entitlement to public coverage and defining benefits; title: From passive reimbursement to strategic purchasing of health services; title: Conclusions and policy recommendations; title: Which reforms are most likely to enhance sustainability?; title: Is there an optimal method of financing health care?; title: Policy recommendations; title: Annex: summaries of health care financing by Member State.