The question of how to generate sufficient revenue to pay for health care has become a serious concern for nearly all European policy-makers. This book examines the advantages and disadvantages of funding arrangements currently in use across Europe. Adopting a cross-national, cross-disciplinary perspective, it assesses the relative merits of the main methods of raising resources including taxation; social, voluntary and supplemental forms of insurance; and self-pay including co-payments. Chapters written by leading health policy analysts review recent evidence and experience in both eastern and western Europe. The volume is introduced by a summary chapter which integrates conceptual issues in funding with an overview of the main advantages and disadvantages of each method of funding drawn from the expert chapters. This is an important book for students of health policy, health economics, public policy and managment, and for health managers and policy makers.

Funding Health Care: Options for Europe (European Observatory on Health Care Systems)

Mossialos, Elias

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Open University Press

This title offers a broad perspective on institutional, political and supranational aspects of pharmaceutical regulation.

Regulating Pharmaceuticals In Europe: Striving For Efficiency, Equity And Quality (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

Business & Money

Economics

Taking a broad perspective that encompasses institutional, political and supranational aspects of pharmaceutical regulation, this book examines the approaches used to manage pharmaceutical expenditure through various factors across Europe and what impact these strategies have had on efficiency, quality, equity and cost, of pharmaceutical care. Chapters written by leading health policy analysts review recent evidence and experience in Europe, describing, analysing and comparing the successes and failures of specific initiatives to regulate the pharmaceutical market.

Regulating Pharmaceuticals in Europe (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

Mrazek, Monique

WALLEY, TOM

Mental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe

We are proud to announce that this book is joint winner of the EHMA Baxter Award 2007. "A genuinely fantastic resourse; such a rare text that provides such factual information for students and lecturers. A rich review of the subject areas from across Europe. Fantastic text." Chris Kelly, Programme Leader, Bournemouth University "Mental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe is a fascinating, complicated volume that looks at one of the key dimensions of contemporary mental health policy development in Europe — the role of the European Union (EU)." Medicine Weekly 
 In much of Europe it remains taboo to discuss the challenges that poor mental health raises for governments, societies and particularly for people with mental health problems themselves. 
 This book maps the current state of policy, service provision and funding for mental health care across Europe, taking into account the differing historical contexts that have shaped both the development and delivery of services. A holistic approach is adopted that aims to assess the influence on mental health of environmental factors such as housing, poverty, employment, social justice and displacement. 
 Covering a wide range of policy issues, the book:
<ul>
<li> Examines the legal rights of people with mental health problems </li>
<li> Addresses the impact of stigma, social exclusion and discrimination </li>
<li> Reviews the role of users and their families in the development of mental health services and policy </li>
<li> Reflects on approaches to reform and on the future development of services </li>
<li> Evaluates opportunities for the rehabilitation of people with mental health problems </li>
<li> Discusses the financing and organisation of mental health systems </li>
<li> Reflects on approaches to reform and the future development of services</li>
</ul> Mental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe is key reading for policy makers, professionals involved in the delivery of health and social care services, voluntary agencies, non-governmental organizations, academics and students of health policy. Contributors: Francesco Amaddeo, University of Verona, Italy; Peter Anderson, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford; Robert Anderson, Research Director, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working ; Terry Brugha, University of Leicester; Peter Bower, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Mancheste; Lorenzo Burti, University of Verona, Italy; Kathryn Berzins, Claire Curran; Paul Cutler, The Hamlet Trust; Natalie Drew, Dept of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Genev; Angelo Fioritti, University of Bologna, Italy; Michelle Funk, Dept of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva; Simon Gilbody, Department of Psychiatry, University of Leeds; Vidar Halsteinli, SINTEF, Oslo, Norway; Robert Hayward, The Hamlet Trust; Rachel Jenkins, WHO Collaborating Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London; Heinz Katschnig, University of Vienna, Austria; Robert Keukens, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, Hilversum, The Netherlands; Susan Kirkwood, European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness, Belgium; Martin Knapp, Director, PSSRU and LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London; Viviane Kovess, MGEN, Pari; Eva Jane Llopis, Prevention Research Centre, Academic Centre for Social Sciences and Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Jo Lucas, The Hamlet Trust; Ville Lehtinen, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Helsinki, Finland; Lorenza Magliano, Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Italy; David McDaid, LSE Health and Social Care and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Economics and Political Science; Elias Mossialos, Director, LSE Health and Social Care and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Economics and Political Science; Camilla Parker, Legal and Policy Consultant, Open Society Institute Budapest; Dainius Puras, Department of Social Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry, Vilnius Medical University; Roxana Radulescu, Mental Health Europe, Brussels; Diana Rose, Service Users Research Enterprise, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London; Nikolas Rose, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science; Luis Salvador, University of Cadiz, Spain; Benedetto Saraceno, Director, Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva; Liz Sayce, Director, Disability Rights Commission; Edward Shorter, University of Toronto; Michele Tansella, University of Verona; Graham Thornicroft, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London; Toma Tomov, Department of Psychiatry, University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Charles Watters, University of Kent, Canterbury; Richard Wynne, The Work Research Centre, Dublin; Robert Van Voren, General Secretary, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, Hilversum, The Netherlands; Ingrid Zechmeister, University of Vienna

Knapp, Martin

Thornicroft, Graham

McDaid,David

Mental Health

This book maps the current state of mental health service provision across Europe, taking account of the differing historical contexts influencing the development of services and the ways in which they are delivered. It identifies current and future epidemiological trends in the prevalence and incidence of mental health disorders, and in particular examines trends in the capacity and development of human resources for mental health care, including the supply of psychiatrists and psychologists, psychiatric nurses and other specialities including those outside the health care system. The book is aimed at a policy-making audience, but will also be suitable for a broader audience including professionals involved in the delivery of health and social care services, voluntary agericies, non-governmental organisations involved in promoting mental health care, and academics and students of international mental health policy.

This special double issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law is a collection of papers presented at meetings held by the European Health Care Systems Discussion group--a forum for health system scholars from throughout Europe who meet regularly to discuss intra- and intercountry analyses of health care system reform. Reaching beyond simple descriptive reporting on the health care system of their particular country, contributors from across Europe develop a much deeper understanding of health sector reforms by placing emphasis on how the health care system of their country promotes--and has been reformed to promote--efficiency, equity, accountability and responsiveness within the specific political, historical, and cultural contexts of their countries (including Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden).

Legacies and Latitude in European Health Policy (Volume 30) (Special Issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and)

Politics & Social Sciences

Oliver, Adam

Wilsford, David

Politics & Government

Duke University Press Books

Public Health Policies in the European Union (Routledge Revivals)

Holland, Walter

Merkel, Bernard

Routledge

Contemporary Greece and Europe (Routledge Revivals)

Mitsos, Achilleas

Social Sciences

Choices in Health Policy: An Agenda for the European Union (European Political Economy)

This work is based on a report prepared for the European Commission. It provides a survey of the main determinants of current health status in the European Union, the organization of health services and the issues that Member States have to address in framing policies for the future.

McKee,Martin

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Figueras, Josep

Abel-Smith, Brian

Dartmouth Pub Co

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