Health Care and Cost Containment in the European Union

Abstract

Part 1: health care and cost containment in the EU - an overview - health care systems, health care spending, cost containment measures, cost containment measures in practice, Eli Mossialos and Julian Le Grand cost containment and health expenditure in the EU - a macroeconomic perspective, Panos Kanovos is there convergence in health expenditures of the EU member states?, Adelina Comas-Herrera. Part 2: cost containment and health care reform in Belgium, David Crainich and Marie-Christine Closon health care and cost containment in Denmark, Terkel Christiansen et al cost containment in Germany - 20 years experience, Reinhard Busse and Chris Howorth cost containment and health care in Greece, Aris Sissouras et al cost containment in health care - the case of Spain, Guillem Lopez i Casanovas 20 years of cures for the French health care system, Pierre-Jean Lancry and Simone Sandier health expenditure and cost containment in Ireland, Jenny Hughes cost containment and structural reforms in the Italian national health service, Giovanni Fattore cost containment in health care - the case of Luxembourg, Elias Mossialos developments in health care cost containment in the Netherlands, Mirjam van het Loo et al health expenditure and cost control in Austria, Engerbert Theurl health care reform and cost containment in Portugal, Joao Pereira et al cost containment in Finnish health care, Unto Hakkinen health care forms and cost containment - the Swedish experience, Anders Anell and Patrick Svarvar cost containment and health care reforms in the British NHS, Giovanni Fattore.