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Privatisation and Marketisation of Health Care Systems in Europe

In: Privatisation against the European Social Model

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  • Christine André

    (Paris School of Economics)

  • Christoph Hermann

Abstract

The financing and provision of health care in Europe has always involved a variety of institutions and actors, some of whom were public and others were private. The situation is all the more complex as private health services can either be provided for-profit or not-for-profit. However, what makes health care a traditional public service and what distinguishes Western Europe from the United States are the wide compulsory coverage by health systems, the crucial role of the state in planning and overseeing the system and the subordinated role of private for-profit insurers and health care suppliers. After having examined the main characteristics of the evolution of health care systems in Europe, we will look at the different ways privatisation and marketisation are implemented and at the role of the European Union.

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  • Christine André & Christoph Hermann, 2009. "Privatisation and Marketisation of Health Care Systems in Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Marica Frangakis & Christoph Hermann & Jörg Huffschmid & Károly Lóránt (ed.), Privatisation against the European Social Model, chapter 9, pages 129-144, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25068-0_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250680_9
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    Cited by:

    1. Richard Bůžek & Christoph Scheuplein, 2022. "The Global Wealth Chains of Private‐Equity‐Run Physician Practices," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 113(4), pages 331-347, September.
    2. Virpi Timonen & Luciana Lolich, 2020. "Dependency as Status: Older Adults’ Presentations of Self as Recipients of Care," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, October.
    3. Sabina Stan & Roland Erne, 2021. "Time for a paradigm change? Incorporating transnational processes into the analysis of the emerging European health-care system," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 27(3), pages 289-302, August.
    4. Cyril Benoît, 2023. "The regulatory path to healthcare systems’ financialization," Post-Print hal-04220439, HAL.

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