The emerging EU quality of care policy: From sharing information to enforcement
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The emerging EU quality of care policy : From sharing information to enforcement. / Vollaard, Hans; van de Bovenkamp, Hester M.; Vrangbæk, Karsten.
In: Health Policy, Vol. 111, No. 3, 2013, p. 226-233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The emerging EU quality of care policy
T2 - From sharing information to enforcement
AU - Vollaard, Hans
AU - van de Bovenkamp, Hester M.
AU - Vrangbæk, Karsten
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Despite the fact that Member States and many citizens of the EU like to keep healthcare a foremost national competence and the EU treaties state that Member States remain primarily responsible for the organization and delivery of health care services, the European Union (EU) has expanded its involvement in healthcare policy over the last twenty years. Based on interviews and document and literature analysis we show that the scope of EU involvement has widened from public health and access to care, to quality of care. In this paper we concentrate on the latter. Focusing on the recent EU initiatives regarding the quality systems of the Member States and the quality of services, this paper shows how the depth of EU interference has increased from sharing information to standardization and even to the first signs of enforcement. We argue that at this stage, reflection on the feasibility and desirability of the EU's involvement is clearly needed, also considering the differences in quality of care policies between and within EU Member States. Both arguments in favour and against further EU involvement are discussed in this paper
AB - Despite the fact that Member States and many citizens of the EU like to keep healthcare a foremost national competence and the EU treaties state that Member States remain primarily responsible for the organization and delivery of health care services, the European Union (EU) has expanded its involvement in healthcare policy over the last twenty years. Based on interviews and document and literature analysis we show that the scope of EU involvement has widened from public health and access to care, to quality of care. In this paper we concentrate on the latter. Focusing on the recent EU initiatives regarding the quality systems of the Member States and the quality of services, this paper shows how the depth of EU interference has increased from sharing information to standardization and even to the first signs of enforcement. We argue that at this stage, reflection on the feasibility and desirability of the EU's involvement is clearly needed, also considering the differences in quality of care policies between and within EU Member States. Both arguments in favour and against further EU involvement are discussed in this paper
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - European Union
KW - Quality policy
KW - Healthcare
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.004
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23764152
VL - 111
SP - 226
EP - 233
JO - Health Policy
JF - Health Policy
SN - 0168-8510
IS - 3
ER -
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