Study on cross-border health services: potential obstacles for healthcare providers : executive summary

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Titel: Study on cross-border health services : potential obstacles for healthcare providers : executive summary

Beteiligte: Weistra, Kim [Mitwirkende:r]; Bergen, Kimberley van den [Mitwirkende:r]; Raets, Tess [Mitwirkende:r]; Makulec, Agnieszka [Mitwirkende:r]; Mosca, Ilaria [Mitwirkende:r]; Exter, André den [Mitwirkende:r]; Boucon, Lena [Mitwirkende:r]; Simpson, Jasmine [Mitwirkende:r]; Ypma, Patricia [Mitwirkende:r]

Körperschaft: European Commission, Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency ; ECORYS ; Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Spark Legal Network and Consultancy Ltd

Erschienen: Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2017

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (13 p...)

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.2875/372583

ISBN: 9789279534614

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Schlagwörter: patient's rights ; provision of services ; social security ; cross-border cooperation ; organisation of health care ; health policy ; free movement of persons ; European Union ; health care ; report

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Beschreibung: This study seeks to identify the different requirements placed on healthcare providers wishing to either establish themselves in another European Member State (MS), or provide cross-border services in one MS whilst being established in another. The focus of the study was on cross-border General Practitioners (GPs) (including provision of online consultations and ePrescriptions), physiotherapists, medical laboratories, and hospitals setting up subsidiaries across borders. The study concludes that the requirements that only apply to cross-border providers (in this study referred to as "additional requirements") mainly concern requirements relating to individual medical professionals:  Recognition of qualifications (GPs, physiotherapists and professionals running a medical laboratory).  Language requirements (GPs, physiotherapists and professionals running a medical laboratory).  Additional requirements upon registration with regulatory bodies (e.g. additional supporting documents and certified translations). Requirements relating to the place of work and public funding coverage typically apply equally to all providers. For example, legislation on setting up subsidiary hospitals hardly ever distinguishes between national or crossborder providers. Cross-border healthcare providers may face obstacles, partially because of the additional requirements, when they want to provide cross-border services. The three main obstacles identified are:  Language requirements.  High costs associated with providing the required supporting documents - and particularly the certified translations of these documents - in the processes related to recognition of qualifications and/or registration with a regulatory body.  Unfamiliarity with the specifics of the healthcare system in a MS. Cross-border providers may experience more practical obstacles in finding the relevant information and navigating through the system compared to national providers. This potential obstacle is likely to be even bigger in MSs with a decentralised healthcare system.

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