FINANCING SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE IN EUROPE: NEW APPROACHES FOR BETTER OUTCOMES
Conclusions from a collaborative investigation into contentious areas of healthcare
February 2007

This report was launched at a conference on Financing Sustainable Healthcare in Europe held on 7th and 8th February 2007 in Helsinki.

It was presented by Pat Cox to the Vice President of the European Commission Gunther Verheugen on 13th February 2007 in Strasbourg.

Text of the report can be downloaded here in PDF format, either in sections or as a single document.

Contents and Introductions: Pages 1-12 (147Kb)

Contents
Steering Committee
Rapporteurs
Contributors
Introduction to the report - Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Setting the Scene - Pat Cox

Report 1: Pages 13-44 (256Kb)

Protecting equity while improving efficiency:
Some possibilities for expanding the role of competition and choice in health care delivery

Jacques Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur (IDEI, University of Toulouse)
Stephen Wright (European Investment Bank)

Report 2: Pages 45-138 (519Kb)

Ensuring value for money in health care:
The role of HTA in the European Union

Corinna Sorenson, Panos Kanavos (LSE Health and Social Care)
Michael Drummond (University of York)

Report 3: Pages 139-162 (211Kb)

Patient empowerment and efficient health outcomes 139

Reinhard Angelmar (INSEAD)
Philip C. Berman (European Health Management Association)

Report 4: Pages 163-192 (482Kb)

Issues affecting the sustainability of health financing
in several countries of south east Europe 163

Pia Schneider (The World Bank)

The Cox Report - Entire Document: 192 pages (1.25Mb)

FINANCING SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE IN EUROPE:
NEW APPROACHES FOR NEW OUTCOMES