Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility Health Integration in the
Patient mobility across Europe is markedly increasing and new generations will actively ask to be treated by the health-care system that best meets their needs. At a political level, the EU issued the EU Directive no. 24/2011/CE of 9th March 2011 concerni
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Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility Health Integration in the European Union
Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy Volume 12
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Rosella Levaggi Marcello Montefiori •
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Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility Health Integration in the European Union
With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union
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Editors Rosella Levaggi Department of Economics and Management University of Brescia Brescia Italy
ISSN 0927-4987 ISBN 978-88-470-5479-0 DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-5480-6
Marcello Montefiori Department of Economics University of Genoa Genova Italy
ISBN 978-88-470-5480-6
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Preface
Patient mobility is often described as a marginal phenomenon in Europe since the overall number of patients that receive cross border care remains minor compared to the total population. However this phenomenon is increasing markedly. The process of globalization and the
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