Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility Health Integration in the European Union /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Levaggi, Rosella (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Montefiori, Marcello (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, 12
• Θέματα: Computer mathematics.; Statistics.; Public finance.; Economic policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Emigration and immigration.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Migration.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.; Economic Policy.; Public Economics.

Patient mobility across Europe is markedly increasing and new generations will actively ask to be treated by the health-care system that best meets their needs. At a political level, the EU issued the EU Directive no. 24/2011/CE of 9th March 2011 concerning the application of patients’ rights in cro...

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