Volume and diagnosis: an approach to cross-border care in eight European countries

Volume and diagnosis: an approach to cross-border care in eight European countries

OBJECTIVES Mobility of patients is a pertinent issue on the European Union's agenda. This study aimed to estimate the volume and main diagnoses of cross-border care in eight European countries, in order to provide policy makers with background information about the nature of patient mobility in Europe. METHODS This article reports the combined findings from three independent studies that comp...

Cross border reproductive care in six European countries.

BACKGROUND The quantity and the reasons for seeking cross border reproductive care are unknown. The present article provides a picture of this activity in six selected European countries receiving patients. METHODS Data were collected from 46 ART centres, participating voluntarily in six European countries receiving cross border patients. All treated patients treated in these centres during o...

ESHRE PAGES Cross border reproductive care in six European countries

F. Shenfield1,*, J. de Mouzon2, G. Pennings3, A.P. Ferraretti 4, A. Nyboe Andersen5, G. de Wert6, and V. Goossens7 the ESHRE Taskforce on Cross Border Reproductive Care† Reproductive Medecine Unit, New EGA, UCLH, Euston Road, London NW1 2BU, UK INSERM, Unité de Médecine de la Reproduction, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, 82 avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France Bioethic...

Diagnostic scope in out-of-hours primary care services in eight European countries: an observational study

BACKGROUND In previous years, out- of-hours primary care has been organised in large-scale organisations in many countries. This may have lowered the threshold for many patients to present health problems at nights and during the weekend. Comparisons of out-of-hours care between countries require internationally comparable figures on symptoms and diagnoses, which were not available. This study ...

Reflections on Health Tourism and Cross-Border Health Care