The delivery of health care is changing. While the acute hospital will always play
a key role in the provision of health care, reflecting its important role in training
and research, as well as its capacity to manage complex and severe disorders, in
many countries there is an increasing interest in the s...
The concept of screening in health care – that is, actively seeking to identify
a disease or pre-disease condition in individuals who are presumed and
presume themselves to be healthy – grew rapidly during the twentieth
century and is now widely accepted in most of the developed world. Used
wisely, i...
This policy brief provides a review of current information and issues relating to cross-border health care in Europe. Following an overview of current patterns of patient mobility, the policy brief looks in turn at the legal framework for mobility, the financial implications, approaches to quality monito...
