Health Systems Governance in Europe: The Role of European Union Law and Policy

by Edited by Elias Mossialos , Govin Permanand , Rita Baeten , Tamara K. Hervey

• ISBN13: 9780521747561
• ISBN10: 0521747562
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

There is a fundamental contradiction at the core of health policy in the European Union that makes it difficult to draw a line between EU and Member State responsibilities. This raises a number of difficult questions for policy makers and practitioners as they struggle to interpret both 'hard' and 'soft' laws at EU and Member State level and to reconcile tensions between economic and social imperatives in health care. This book addresses these complex questions by combining analysis of the underlying issues with carefully chosen case studies that illustrate how broader principles are played out in practice. Each chapter addresses a topical area in which there is considerable debate and potential uncertainty.

Author Biography

Elias Mossialos is Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy and Director of LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Govin Permanand is Programme Manager of the Health Evidence Network at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, and Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Rita Baeten is Senior Policy Analyst at the European Social Observatory, Brussels. Tamara K. Hervey is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

List of figure	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
List of boxes	p. ix
List of contributors	p. x
Foreword	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of abbreviations	p. xvii
Health systems governance in Europe: the role of European Union law and policy	p. 1
Health care and the EU: the law and policy patchwork	p. 84
EU regulatory agencies and health protection	p. 134
The hard politics of soft law: the case of health	p. 186
Public health policies	p. 231
Fundamental rights and health care	p. 282
EU competition law and public services	p. 315
EU competition law and health policy	p. 337
Public procurement and state aid in national health care systems	p. 379
Private health insurance and the internal market	p. 419
Free movement of services in the EU and health care	p. 461
Enabling patient mobility in the EU: between free movement and coordination	p. 509
The EU legal framework on e-health	p. 561
EU law and health professionals	p. 589
The EU pharmaceuticals market: parameters and pathways	p. 635
Bibliography	p. 683
Index	p. 745
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