Health System Impact Assessment and the High Level Group on Health Services and...

• Author(s): Albuquerque, José Maria ; Miguel, José Pereira
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2358
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
• Subject(s): European Commission; High Level Group; Health Systems; Health Services and Medical Care; EU Health Strategy; Health In All Policies; Impact Assessment; Health and Health Systems; Public Policies; Public Health; Políticas de Saúde; Saúde e Sistemas de Saúde; Saúde em Todas as Políticas; Saúde Pública
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Agenda EU Ministerial Conference (draft) disponível em: http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_primopianoNuovo_18_documenti_itemDocumenti_1_fileDocumento.pdf The High Level Group on Health Services and Medical Care was established by lhe European Commission in 2004 to endorse and implement the recommendations issued from lhe Patient Mobility reflection process. Amongsl lhese, arose lhe need lo develop and explore an assessment on social grounds (along lhe economic and lhe environmental) were lhe impact of non-health EU policies on health systems effectiveness should be delailed. In this paper we review the mandate and role of lhe High Levei Group in putting forward a mechanism specifically addressing Heallh Systems (HS), within the integrated impact assessment current methodology. The proposed model (and assessment tool) is presented and discussed along the key function elements, priorities and objectives of HS in formulating and implemenling EU legislative initiatives and policies.