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Financing Health Care in the European Union : Challenges and Policy Response /

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 - collect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages)
ISBN:9789289041669
9289041668