Health Care Spending in the New EU Member States : Controlling Costs and Improving Quality
The main objectives of this study, Health care spending in the new EU member states: controlling costs and improving quality, are to take stock of recent trends in health expenditure aggregates in the public sector and to identify specific areas of...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8100124/health-care-spending-new-eu-member-states-controlling-costs-improving-quality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6771 |
| Summary: | The main objectives of this study,
Health care spending in the new EU member states:
controlling costs and improving quality, are to take stock
of recent trends in health expenditure aggregates in the
public sector and to identify specific areas of reform
consistent with the objectives of consolidating the fiscal
situation in these countries without adversely affecting the
production, delivery and utilization of health services. The
book begins with an introduction and the rest of this study
is organized as follows: Chapter 2 discusses trends and
structure of health expenditures in the EU8. Chapter 3
assesses the nature and extent of indebtedness in the health
sectors. Chapter 4 discusses the key expenditure areas.
Chapter 5 presents population ageing and proliferation of
medical technology as the future spending pressure points in
the health sector. Chapter 6 focuses on the management of
health expenditures. Finally, Chapter 7 concludes. |
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