Aims
The project led by the European Health Management Association (EHMA) with the European Centre Vienna had these main objectives:
To identify and analyse barriers of access to health care services which are faced by vulnerable groups in society, and especially those most exposed to social exclusion;
To review the various policy initiatives taken by the Member States to realise the objective of access for all, including the analysis of good practice examples;
To highlight and describe the most effective policy measures to ensure access to health care to the most disadvantaged (including a case study on people with mental health problems);
To help determine the extent to which increased access to and quality of health care services can make to combating poverty and social exclusion and increasing social inclusion.
Results
Besides the final report, eight country wide analyses where carried out by the following countries: Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Romania, and United Kingdom.
Project partners / consortium leader:
European Health Management Association (EHMA), Dublin
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research , Vienna
Finland: Kristian Wahlbeck, University of Helsinki
Germany: Anette Riesberg, [Technical University of Berlin-http://www.tu-berlin.de/]
Greece : John Kyriopoulos, National School of Public Health-http://www.nsph.gr/oikonomika/eng/], Athens
The Netherlands: Nicoline Tamsma, Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare
Poland: Stanislawa Golinowska, Jagiellonian University, Public Health Institute
Romania: Miaora Predescu
Spain: Ines Garcia-Sanchez
United Kingdom: Maria Goddard, University of York, Centre for Health Economics
EuroHealthNet: Clive Needle, Caroline Costongs
For further information please contact federico.torres@ehma.org
For more information
For the full report
and the executive summary
