Quality in health-care – an international perspective
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In the summer of 2001, the European Court of Justice ruled that patients in the European Union (EU) must be reimbursed for treatment in another EU state if the operation they need is recognised and they face delay in treatment in their own country1. The long waiting list in the UK means that many patients may well fulfil these criteria and, indeed, patients have already been sent to France and other countries for surgical treatment. If this practice is to increase, the public will need to be reassured about the quality of care wherever patients are treated. A number of questions therefore come to mind, such as:
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