european union health policy . programs and priorities Flashcards
4 key principles
- Common and universal values concerning health
- Free access to high quality healthcare
- Justice and solidarity of health care systems in the EU
- Health (in all aspects) is the greatest wealth
priorities of the european health plicy
- Expanding primary healthcare
- Health promotion and focused disease prevention
- Increases healthcare system efficiency
- Market principles and mechanisms
- Quality of healthcare
- Health management
- An integrative approach in the management of health
institutions and bodies which make up the EU related to healthcare
- european parliament
- committee on the environment, public health and food safety
- european commision
- council of the european union
health legilslation of the EU
according to ‘contract on the functioning of the European union. the EU may adopt legislative initiatives in regard to healthcare
- articles 168
article 114
article 153
NGO’S
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they are generally defined as nonprofit entities independent of governmental influence (although they may receive government funding).
NGO’s provide expertise and experience in a community organisation (which governmental services don’t possess), the increase delivery of community based primary health care, they have special emphasis on health promotion, prevention and education
NGO’s participate in national co-ordination for national food and nutrition plans, national co-ordination for HIV/AIDS prevention and control programme, financial support to citizens via fundraising programmes
EXAMPLES:
-red cross
- catholic owned church hospitals
government + NGO partnership
provides NGO’s with macro perspective and replicable unit of operation, governments then have increased trusting mode of entry into the community and there is an increase in the delivery of community based primary healthcare services
