Patient’s Cross-border Mobility Directive: Application, Performance and Perceptions Two Years after Transposition

The European Union Directive on the Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare

Over the last decade, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed the responsibilities of European Union (EU) Member States in the health care sector. It has also underlined the right for patient mobility outside national borders in order to access health care services in other countries. Furthermore, the ECJ, in the leading case Leichtle has stated the following: prior authorisation must...

The position of cross-border and international academic mobility in the selected Iranian universities

Moving towards the entrepreneurial university is one of the key strategies to promote social responsibility and accountability of the university and achieve the goals of social change and sustainable development, and the entrepreneurial university is one of the important scenarios for effective participation of universities in the local, regional and national development process and strong pres...

Regional Incentives and Patient Cross-Border Mobility: Evidence from the Italian Experience

Background In recent years, accreditation of private hospitals followed by decentralisation of the Italian National Health Service (NHS) into 21 regional health systems has provided a good empirical ground for investigating the Tiebout principle of “voting with their feet”. We examine the infra-regional trade-off between greater patient choice (due to an increase in hospital services supply) an...

The Health Mobility Is All True Mobility?; Comment on “Regional Incentives and Patient Cross-border Mobility: Evidence From the Italian Experience”

In their study, Brenna and Spandonaro analyzed the mobility into Italian regions. In particular, it analyzes the situation of 5 regions, with very different backgrounds. With this paper, we try to better define the meaning of health mobility and to find its underlying causes. Furthermore, we propose a strategy that could help in controlling mobility flows that currently are the source of health...

Cross-Border Mobility in Italy: Some Considerations in Response to the Recent Commentaries