Are Health Systems National?

ARE HEALTH SYSTEMS NATIONAL? - PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES

INTRODUCTION

The question of whether health systems are national will be answered using a two fold approach:

1. An examination of EU health / health care policy through an examination of Treaties and Directives that affect:

- Health professionals
- Consumers
- Health services and EU competition policy
- Pharmaceuticals/ medical devices
- Voluntary health insurance

2. An examination of a group of multinational companies active in the health care sector that are likely to benefit from further liberalisation.

- Aetna/ING
- CIGNA
- Medicover
- Capio
- Fresenius
- Euromedic
- Quest Diagnostics
- ISS
- SODEXHO

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