"Health as a growth factor: a comparative analysis"
A study by the Institute for Health Systems Research at the University of Linz (Austria) commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women in cooperation with the Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the EU (HOPE) has been published on September 2003.
The study titled "Health as a grouwth factor: a comparative analysis", is a pilot study of Austrian scientist which compares France and Austria, considering health care from a macro-economic perspective, asking what a health care system contributes to a sound society.
For more information on this research study, please contact the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women or the HOPE Secretariat
"Hospital co-operation in border regions in Europe"
On June 2003, HOPE published a study on one specific and rather new aspect f the European construction: cross-border cooperation in border regions in the healthcare field.
This study shows that cross-border co-operation is inequitably shared. The main objective of most activities is patient care, but cooperation in this field is not an easy task.
For more information, please contact the HOPE secretariat
