Solidarity as a system design element for the European health care system and its trend
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2016.01.008
- VernacularTitle:论欧盟国家卫生制度设计的团结安排及变化趋势
- Author:
Yi WEI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Solidarity;
Europe;
Health care reform;
Welfare;
Liberalism
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2016;9(1):52-57
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Solidarity is the foundation of European health care and policy. However, it is constantly discussed by the new concept of personal responsibility, liberalism and privatization. In some European countries, out of pocket money was used more because of the limited resources which indeed weakened the solidarity, an element which con-sistently marks the difference among the European Union countries, and the main source of European political com-mitment and accountability associated with health. In the universal health care reform tide, the European government restrains its power in detailed operation on the health care and pharmaceuticals delivery, medical insurance design, and health resource allocation, but this is done through more specific supervision to ensure solidarity in health care system.
