Is it more important to address the issue of patient mobility or to guarantee universal health coverage in Europe? Comment on “Regional incentives and patient cross-border mobility: Evidence from the italian experience”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-50

Is it more important to address the issue of patient mobility or to guarantee universal health coverage in Europe? Comment on “Regional incentives and patient cross-border mobility: Evidence from the italian experience” (Note) (Open Access)

Legido-Quigley H.*

^a Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

This paper discusses whether European institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (UHC), “addressing inequalities” and tackling the effects of austerity measures. The paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at European level from a public health and social justice perspective should be to guarantee UHC for all the population living in Europe and prioritise protective action for those who are most in need. © 2016 by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

Author Keywords

financial crisis Austerity Patient mobility European Union

Index Keywords

statistics and numerical data health service utilization Emigration and Immigration Humans health services migration organization and management human private sector public health National Health Programs

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85002078871&doi=10.15171%2fijhpm.2015.163&partnerID=40&md5=4853fd3acb28f03ded7388afe07c7257

DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.163

ISSN: 23225939

Cited by: 1

Original Language: English