Efficiency and Health Care

Perhaps at no other time in the last decade has the need to extract the best potential benefits out of stretched resources been so urgent. With public sector budgets across Europe being stringently monitored and often curtailed, health care is no exception. In fact, in quite a few countries, and especially those subject to international loan agreements, the health sector is one of the areas targeted not only for more immediate cost savings but also for longer-term re-structuring and efficiency gains.

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: Eurohealth http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/partners/observatory/eurohealth

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