Health Systems Governance in Europe: The Role of EU Law and Policy (2010)

• Prelims
• Ch01 Health systems governance in Europe: the role of European Union law and policy
• Ch02 Health care and the EU: the law and policy patchwork
• Ch03 EU regulatory agencies and health protection
• Ch04 The hard politics of soft law: the case of health
• Ch05 Public health policies
• Ch06 Fundamental rights and health care
• Ch07 EU competition law and public services
• Ch08 EU competition law and health policy
• Ch09 Public procurement and state aid in national health care systems
• Ch10 Private health insurance and the internal market
• Ch11 Free movement of services in the EU and health care
• Ch12 Enabling patient mobility in the EU: between free movement and coordination
• Ch13 The EU legal framework on e-health
• Ch14 EU law and health professionals
• Ch15 The EU pharmaceuticals market: parameters and pathways
• Bibliography
• Index

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First published 2010
Reprinted 2010
ISBN 978-0-521-76138-3 Hardback
ISBN 978-0-521-74756-1 Paperback

This book, a co-publication by the OSE and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, was funded by the Belgian federal health authorities (SPF Santé Publique) and the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI/INAMI). It offers a state of the art of academic discussion on a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU healthcare policy, including regulatory, legal, ‘new governance’ and policy-making dynamics.

The study looks into different areas of EU policy and law-making that have an impact on national healthcare systems. It provides policy-makers with a compelling and rigorous analysis of the real and potential impacts of EU integration on the organisation of healthcare provision and the protection of public health, highlighting the need to balance economic and social imperatives.

The editors

Elias Mossialos

London School of Economics and Political Science, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Govin Permanand

London School of Economics and Political Science and World Health Organization, Copenhagen

Rita Baeten

Observatoire Social Européen

Tamara K. Hervey

University of Sheffield