Gaps in health care accessibility are still very much a reality in the EU. Both the clinical needs and socioeconomic characteristics of patients need to be accounted for when measuring access to health care and its many barriers.
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29 Novembris 2019
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29 Novembris 2019
Skill mix innovations among the health workforce show great potential for increasing the resilience of health systems. Promising examples of task shifting among health workers are found across the EU, particularly when it comes to enhancing the role of nurses and pharmacists.
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29 Novembris 2019
The digital transformation of health promotion and disease prevention can result in winners and losers. People who would most benefit from mobile health and other such digital tools may be the least likely to have easy access to it.
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29 Novembris 2019
The product life cycle of medicines reveals ample scope for Member State cooperation in ensuring safe, effective and affordable therapies, including everything from rational spending to responsible prescribing.
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29 Novembris 2019
Vaccine hesitancy is a major public health threat all across Europe, which can be tackled by improving health literacy, countering disinformation and actively involving health workers.
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17 Maijs 2019
The State of Health in the EU is an initiative of the European Commission that provides policy makers, interest groups, and health practitioners with factual, comparative data and insights into health and health systems in EU countries.
Video with interviews of:
- Vytenis Andriukiatis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
- Olivia Wigzell, Director-General of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
- Stefano Scarpetta, Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at OECD
- Andrea Urbani, Director-General of Health Planning of the Italian Ministry of Health
- Josep Figueras, Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
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22 Novembris 2018
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23 Novembris 2017
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23 Novembris 2016
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