Health care in the EC member states.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction. Chapter I. Actual Services 1. Present coverage 2. Coverage of benefits in kind 2.1 Costs and health status 2.1.1 Diversity of costs 2.1.2 Diversity of life expectancy and mortality 2.2 Prevention 2.3 Ambulatory medical services 2.4 Dental services 2.5 Paramedical services 2.6 Hospital services 2.7 Drugs 2.8 Nursing homes 2.9 Home care 2.10 Rehabilitation 3. Cash benefits 3.1 Sickness benefits 3.2 Maternity benefits 3.3 Death benefit Chapter II Health Care Reform Acts in Selected Member States 1. Overview 2. Federal Republic of Germany 3. Ireland 4. Netherlands 5. United Kingdom Chapter III Feasible Scenarios for European Health Care Baskets 1. Health insurance dimensions of the Single Market 2. Organizational principles of health care systems 2.1 Market vs non-market principles 2.1.1 Market approach 2.1.2 Health care as public good 2.1.3 The public-private mix of health care 2.2 Principles of subsidiarity and solidarity 3. Hypothetic pathways for the future 3.1 Status quo 3.2 Harmonization 3.3 Deregulation 3.4 Synchronization 3.5 Realization of pathways Chapter IV. Synchronization of the European Health Care Baskets 1. Demand side sychronization 1.1 Coinsurance 1.2 Financial aspects 1.3 Subsidies 1.4 Insurers 2. Synchronization on the supply side 2.1 Contracts with doctors 2.2 Contracts with hospitals 2.3 Medical goods 2.4 Health care planning 3. Quality assurance 4. Minimum health care baskets 5. Information systems 6. Consultations Appendix: Country Reports.